Download or read book Alaska Native Art written by Susan W. Fair and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich artistic traditions of Alaska Natives are the subject of this landmark volume, which examines the work of the premier Alaska artists of the twentieth century. Ranging across the state from the islands of the Bering Sea to the interior forests, Alaska Native Art provides a living context for beadwork and ivory carving, basketry and skin sewing. Examples of work from Tlingit, Aleutian Islanders, Pacific Eskimo, Athabascan, Yupik, and Inupiaq artists make this volume the most comprehensive study of Alaskan art ever published. Alaska Native Art examines the concept of tradition in the modern world. Alaska Native Art is a volume to treasure, a tribute to the incredible vision of Alaska's artists and to the enduring traditions of all of Alaska's Native peoples.
Download or read book Looking North written by University of Alaska Museum and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The University of Alaska Museum's collection of Alaskan art ranges from 2,000-year-old ivory carvings to paintings done in the 1990s. LOOKING NORTH presents 138 of the Museum's most treasured works. The book also engages the reader intellectually, challenging him or her to see each piece from multiple perspectives. 146 illustrations, 135 in color.
Download or read book Double Vision Alaska written by Jeff Schultz and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff Schultz and Jon Van Zyle are two artists and long-time friends that live and work in Alaska. Jeff, a photographer, and Jon, an artist, are both longtime Alaskans, well-known for their respective art forms and each with a deep love for the natural world, adventure, and the wilds of the Last Frontier.For over forty years, both men have been drawn to the same subjects. Now they have joined forces to share their favorite visions of our Great Land. Double Vision Alaska, captures the essence of their home through camera and paintbrush, and sometimes a combination of both. They invite you to wander through their four seasons of breathtaking images that capture the imagination of all who visit or reside here in the last frontier.The artists' wives, Joan Schultz and Jona Van Zyle wrote the mosaic of text adding insight into the creativity and dedication of their husbands' work pursuits.
Download or read book Looking North written by University of Alaska Museum and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The University of Alaska Museum's collection of Alaskan art ranges from two-thousand-year-old ivory carvings to paintings done in the 1990s. Looking North presents 138 of the Museum's most treasured works from the archaeology, ethnology, and fine arts collections. Among them are ancient artifacts as well as 19th- and 20th-century artworks by Athabaskan, Aleut, Yupik, Inupiat, Haida, Tlingit, and other Alaska Natives. Historical painting is represented by the canvases of well-known artists such as Sydney Laurence, Rockwell Kent, and Henry Wood Elliott. Works by George Aghupuk and Florence Malewotkuk are among the Eskimo drawings and watercolors included. Images by James H. Barker and others present Alaska through photographs. Color illustrations of the artworks are accompanied by a lively dialogue among ten experts (both Native and non-Native) including artists, university faculty, and museum staff. Their conversation ranges from detailed discussion of the manufacture, style, and significance of particular works to theoretical musings on the museum experience, ethnic art, and the many meanings of Alaska to different artists and audiences. Poems by Peggy Shumaker provide a verbal counterpoint to the visual art. Alaska's striking landscape provided both the necessity and the materials for creating traditional Native crafts, such as elaborately decorated footwear and clothing to protect against the elements, baskets to hold the fruits of the environment, and masks to represent and interact with the spirit world. It also has served as the awe-inspiring subject for innumerable works by Euro-American visitors and settlers -- a subject that in recent years has come to be seen as notisolated and remote, but instead a place long inhabited and shaped by people. The state's first human residents both created much of what we think of as Alaskan art and became the subjects of art by newcomers. The simplistic designation of their traditional culture as authentic and of acculturation as inauthentic is now being challenged, as is the devaluing of Native art manufactured for the tourist trade -- birchbark baskets, ivory carvings, and dolls. These themes resurface throughout the dialogue, providing frames for viewing a vast array of visually compelling and culturally rich artworks. While showcasing many of the museum's highlights, Looking North also engages the reader intellectually, challenging him or her to abandon the customary pigeonholes of ethnography and fine art, and to see each piece from multiple perspectives.
Download or read book Painting in the North written by Anchorage Museum of History and Art and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveying more than two centuries of Alaskan drawing, painting, and printmaking, this landmark study introduces a long-overlooked chapter of art history.
Download or read book Finding Alaska written by Shannon Cartwright and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shannon Cartwright's personal story of living and working as and artist and publisher in the wilds of Alaska. Contains some of Cartwright's earliest unpublished artwork and illustrations from her 23 picture books with commentaries on the creation and publication of each book.
Download or read book Proud Raven Panting Wolf written by Emily L. Moore and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among Southeast Alaska�s best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists. Although the art form is centuries old, the parks date back only to the waning years of the Great Depression, when the US government reversed its policy of suppressing Native practices and began to pay Tlingit and Haida communities to restore older totem poles and move them from ancestral villages into parks designed for tourists. Dramatically altering the patronage and display of historic Tlingit and Haida crests, this New Deal restoration project had two key aims: to provide economic aid to Native people during the Depression and to recast their traditional art as part of America�s heritage. Less evident is why Haida and Tlingit people agreed to lend their crest monuments to tourist attractions at a time when they were battling the US Forest Service for control of their traditional lands and resources. Drawing on interviews and government records, as well as the totem poles themselves, Emily Moore shows how Tlingit and Haida leaders were able to channel the New Deal promotion of Native art as national art into an assertion of their cultural and political rights. Just as they had for centuries, the poles affirmed the ancestral ties of Haida and Tlingit lineages to their lands.
Download or read book She Explores written by Gale Straub and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every woman who has ever been called outdoorsy comes a collection of stories that inspires unforgettable adventure. Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, She Explores is a spirited celebration of female bravery and courage, and an inspirational companion for any woman who wants to travel the world on her own terms. Combining breathtaking travel photography with compelling personal narratives, She Explores shares the stories of 40 diverse women on unforgettable journeys in nature: women who live out of vans, trucks, and vintage trailers, hiking the wild, cooking meals over campfires, and sleeping under the stars. Women biking through the countryside, embarking on an unknown road trip, or backpacking through the outdoors with their young children in tow. Complementing the narratives are practical tips and advice for women planning their own trips, including: • Preparing for a solo hike • Must-haves for a road-trip kitchen • Planning ahead for unknown territory • Telling your own story A visually stunning and emotionally satisfying collection for any woman craving new landscapes and adventure.
Download or read book Eskimo Art written by Dorothy Jean Ray and published by J.J. Douglas. This book was released on 1977 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well illustrated account of Alaskan Eskimo art and it's transition as a result of contact with outside cultures.
Download or read book Eskimo Drawings written by Suzi Jones and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition organized by the Anchorage Museum of History and Art and co-curated by Suzi Jones and Walter Van Horn, Eskimo Drawings marks the first time that Alaska Eskimo artwork has been the exclusive subject of a major exhibition and publication. Accompanied by full-color illustrations, as well as black-and-white photographic reproductions, Eskimo Drawings features only a few works that have ever been exhibited previously while showcasing the work of previously undiscovered Eskimo artists. Covering topics as diverse as artistic considerations in the Eskimo graphic arts and an analysis of the work of Happy Jack and Guy Kakarook, this remarkable volume includes contributions by Susan W. Fair, Russell Hartman, Herbert O. Anungazuk, Steve Henrikson, Molly Lee, Mary Jane Anuqsraaq Melovidov, Patrick Minock, David Mollett, Dorothy Jean Ray, Susie Silook, Birgitte Sonne, and David P. Sweeney. Not to be missed by any art historian with an interest in Alaska Eskimo and Alaska Native art, this fascinating and fully illustrated collection is an unsurpassed survey of the field.
Download or read book Creative Alaska written by Sven Haakanson and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Art in Alaska written by United States. General Services Administration. Art In Architecture Program and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Services Administration's Art In Architecture Program in Alaska.
Download or read book An Introduction to the Native Art of Alaska written by Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalog of the Alaska International Art Institute written by Alaska International Art Institute and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alaska written by Yvonne Young Merrill and published by Kits Publishing. This book was released on 1996-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art activities include work with leather, whale bone, abalone, fox fur, bark, antler, trade beads, baleen, fish skin, feathers, grass and sinew.
Download or read book Rie Mu oz Artist in Alaska written by Rie Muñoz and published by R. Mu~noz. This book was released on 1987 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Best of Alaska written by Jon Van Zyle and published by Dana Point Publications. This book was released on 1990-02 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Favorite paintings of Jon Van Zyle, each accompanied by a personal narrative. Includes Alaska landscapes, wildlife, Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Van Zyle captures his three decades of Alaskan living in the intricate art and drawings and detailed notes of his private sketchbooks.
