Rasmuson Foundation Grant Awards – Spring 2014
Today, 36 Alaskan artists received a Rasmuson Foundation award; check out the award ceremony at: http://new.livestream.com/rasmusonfoundation/iaa2013
I will be using the funds to help support me while I do several projects this year all having to do with Chilkat weaving, including the following: teaching an introductory Chilkat weaving workshop and spearheading the Indigenous Weavers’ Gathering and my art exhibit all at the Kwaanlin Dun Cultural Center in Whitehorse, Yukon; teaching apprenticeship in artist-in-residence in Haines, Alaska; helping weavers in Juneau, Alaska to begin weaving a Chilkat or Ravenstail robe in time for Celebration 2014; begin weaving my “Resilience” Chilkat robe, begin weaving my child-size Chilkat robe; and making the Chilkat weaving tour of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia down to Seattle, Washington this coming Fall.
The monetary support from this Rasmuson grant is invaluable for a (more than) full-time artist like myself. I have come to admit, my entire life is about creating art. And any and all monetary support is such a plus! Thank you, Rasmuson!