Material Traditions - Sewing Salmon

The Sewing Salmon residency -- hosted by the Smithsonian Institution's Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum -- brought three contemporary Native artists together for a week of teaching, learning from each other, and studying museum pieces created by previous generations. Along the way from fish to completed work, they shared their knowledge with students and visitors, and with curators and conservators who care for museum collections. Each has a unique approach to her work, and a commitment to this almost-lost art.

For more information about the Alaska office of the Arctic Studies Center, go to http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/ala...

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