Alaska Pacific University Virtual Artist in Residence Program Story by James Temte M.S. By Rebekkah Hartman During the course of this grant project a total of seven emerging Alaska Native artists were selected to have an opportunity to develop professional skills through artist exhibition, artist talks, virtual art features and mentoring. The goals of the project were to … Read more
Protection: Adaptation & Resistance Grantee: Bunnell Street Arts Center Story by Asia Freeman Protection: Adaptation & Resistance is a visual art exhibition produced by Bunnell Street Arts Center, touring from Homer (2022) to Anchorage (2022-3), Portland (2023), Tulsa (2023), Santa Fe (2023-4) and Juneau (2024). The exhibition explores Indigenous ways of knowing. In times of … Read more
Mountain View Elementary Alaska Native Heritage Month Heritage Project Grant Invited Agreement with Mountain View Elementary, Story by Dr. Clare Hill The CIRI Foundation is deserving of our gratitude and appreciation in helping empower Mountain View Elementary to celebrate November as an Indigenous Heritage Month. We have used the cultural grant funds to celebrate with … Read more
Deniigi c’ezes c’et naden The Place We Return to for Moose Hide Grantee: Cheesh’na Tribal Council Story by Jessica Denny The purpose of the project was to begin the process of rebuilding our knowledge systems of traditionally tanning moose hides through collaboration with Alaska Native Elders and knowledge holders that continue to practice hide tanning. … Read more
A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership 2022 Graduate ARTShop Golga Oscar Yupik Parka Marking The ARTShops program is a collaboration between the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation and The CIRI Foundation’s A Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Arts and Culture grant program. Established in … Read more
An Alaska Native Cultural Heritage and Artistic Sovereignty in Museums Project funded through A Journey to What Matters Salmon Culture Grantee: Pratt Museum The exhibition project, Salmon Culture, was developed at the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska with an Alaska Native curatorial team including Anna Hoover, Erin Gingrich, Drew Michael, Ilgavak Peter Williams, Rochelle Adams and Nadia … Read more
A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership 2022 Graduate ARTShop Lena Amason in Kodiak Graphic Arts as Intergenerational Process The ARTShops program is a collaboration between the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation and The CIRI Foundation’s A Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Arts and Culture … Read more
Yupik Arts Workshop Grantee: Bethel Arts Council The SouthWest Alaska Arts Group was happy to have hosted a series of four Native Arts workshops in Bethel funded by The CIRI Foundation. Our region is full of amazing artists that create beautiful traditional art forms! Over the course of the last year, we gathered together to … Read more
A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership 2022 Graduate ARTShop Joni Spiess in Anchorage Baby Bootie Making The ARTShops program is a collaboration between the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation and The CIRI Foundation’s A Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Arts and Culture grant program. … Read more
A Journey To What Matters and ASCA Partnership Polar Lab: Collective Program Grantee: Anchorage Museum Association, Story by Monica Shah, Deputy Director for Collections & Conservation The ARTShops program is a collaboration between the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation and The CIRI Foundation’s A Journey to What Matters: … Read more