FIVE OAKS MUSEUM ALASKA NATIVE ART EXHIBIT
“Alaska Native Art: Stories of Healing through Transformation” Online Exhibit Now Online - Five Oaks Museum in Portland, Oregon. Curated by Renea Perry, citizen of Tlingit Haida Nation/N. Euro & PCC Instructor.
My intention is to create a conversation space that highlights Alaska Native ways of being and knowing through stories of transformation, and connections to land and culture. The four artists of this exhibition, Yupik Sculptor Terresa White, Tlingit Artist James Johnson, Inuit Inupiaq Artist Holly Nordlum, and Yupik Inupiaq Artist Drew Michael bridge contemporary and traditional Alaska Native art and storymaking through the use of media, spatial location and, physical and spiritual manifestation. This exhibition will also connect to an upcoming Introduction to Alaska Native Studies class at Portland Community College in Winter of 2022–the first class of its kind in Native Studies curricula in regional academic institutions outside of Alaska.
Killerwhale Clan Hat / Red Cedar, Abalone, horse hair