Alison Marks: Decaf/Regular

Where: Anchorage Museum - Anchorage, AK When: Through April 14, 2019 What: "Alison Marks challenges assumptions and expectations about Tlingit art. Her work tackles cultural appropriation with subversive humor and reimagines traditional Tlingit themes using contemporary materials. The works in Decaf/Regular span a variety of media, including painting, carving, digital collage and regalia. Marks blends … Continue reading Alison Marks: Decaf/Regular →

Alaska Native Heritage Center – Anchorage, AK

" The Alaska Native Heritage Center collection showcases all of the Indigenous cultures in Alaska. There are tools, watercraft, clothing, pieces of art, drums, and more. See these items on display in the Hall of Cultures." Text courtesy of the Alaska Native Heritage Center. http://www.alaskanative.net. By clicking on the links under 'Exhibitions & Collections' in the … Continue reading Alaska Native Heritage Center – Anchorage, AK →

Anchorage Museum – Anchorage, AK

"The Museum's collections can be divided into four areas: Alaska and circumpolar Native prehistoric and ethnographic materials Alaska historical materials Art of Alaska and the circumpolar north Non-northern collections The largest component of the Museum's collections is its Alaska Native collections. The first large collections of Eskimo and Aleut material were donated to the Cook … Continue reading Anchorage Museum – Anchorage, AK →

Gertrude Svarny: Ukuqanaadan

Where: Anchorage Museum - Anchorage, AK When: Through April 14, 2019 What: "Gertrude Svarny grew up in Unalaska until she was evacuated and interned during World War II along with nearly 900 Unangax people of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands. Those who survived and returned home found their communities ransacked and burned. Today, Svarny lives … Continue reading Gertrude Svarny: Ukuqanaadan →