Creative Alaska
340 pages, 10 3/4 x 10 3/4
232 color plates
Hardcover
Release Date:07 Nov 2016
ISBN:9781602232853
Creative Alaska
A Ten-Year Retrospective of Support for Alaska Artists, 2004-2013
Edited by Sven Haakanson and Amy Steffian
University of Alaska Press
Alaska has long been a nurturing home for artists, with its stunning natural beauty, rich cultural life, and unique communities. In recent years, artists in Alaska have had an additional source of support: the awarding of annual grants to craftsmen, musicians, performers, visual artists, and writers by the Rasmuson Foundation.
Creative Alaska profiles the award winners from 2004 to 2013 in three categories: Distinguished Artists, Fellowships, and Project Awards. Richly illustrated accounts of each of the artists and their work illuminate the challenges and opportunities of the artistic life in Alaska and the powerful impact of the Rasmuson Foundation’s support.
Creative Alaska profiles the award winners from 2004 to 2013 in three categories: Distinguished Artists, Fellowships, and Project Awards. Richly illustrated accounts of each of the artists and their work illuminate the challenges and opportunities of the artistic life in Alaska and the powerful impact of the Rasmuson Foundation’s support.
Sven Haakanson Jr. is the curator of Native American anthropology at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum. Amy Steffian is the director of research and publication at the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository in Kodiak, Alaska.
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