Jackson is primarily known for carving totem poles, masks and wood panels, but he also draws, paints and makes jewelry.
"Delores Churchill"
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Southeast teachers learn to weave Northwest Coast arts into math lessons
Middle school and high school teachers in Juneau last week learned how to weave — literally weave — Northwest Coast art into math lessons.
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Petersburg museum installs ‘Decolonizing’ bench in municipal building
The massive painted and carved red cedar bench is the work of four well-known artists from Ketchikan. Petersburg community members raised $35,000 to purchase the work.
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Sealaska Heritage Institute to digitally preserve spruce-root basket weaving
Sealaska Heritage Institute will digitally preserve the Alaska Native art form of spruce-root basket weaving. With some outside help, the organization will produce how-to videos that show the entire Tlingit basket-making process.
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Haida weaver Delores Churchill replicates ancient hat
Sealaska Heritage Institute earlier this year acquired a spruce-root hat made by Haida weaver Delores Churchill. The hat is a replica of one found with ancient remains.
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Sealaska Heritage to celebrate Chilkat robe’s homecoming
Sealaska Heritage is celebrating the return of a 100-year-old Chilkat robe in a homecoming celebration that begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Walter Soboleff Building in the Shuká Hít clan house. Sealaska Heritage also plans to stream video of the celebration on Facebook Live.
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Master Haida weaver to address Alaska Federation of Natives
In 2014, Churchill shared her introduction to weaving with an audience at KTOO. She’d been wary as a child, but as a young adult, took a class from her mother, master weaver Selina Peratrovich.
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Sealaska Heritage Institute plans art auction fundraiser for Soboleff Center
Sealaska Heritage still needs to raise less than $2.5 million of the $20 million project cost. The facility will be complete in January 2015.
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