Indigenous Leaders and Artists – Bunnell Street Arts Center

Chin’an, Chiqinik, Quyana, Thank you Indigenous artist leaders and advisors: Emily Johnson (Yup’ik Nation); Amber Webb (Aleknagik); Melissa Shaginoff, Nay’dini’aa Na Kayax (Chickaloon) Tribe; Argent Kvasnikoff, Niqnalchint (Ninilchik) Tribe; Joel Isaak, Kenaitze Tribe (Ch’aghałnikt); Sally Ash, Sugpiaq (Nanwalek) and many more.

Herring Protectors, Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Join us for the Herring Protectors: Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Saturday, March 18, 2-4 pm at the Anchorage Museum Auditorium. Gather for a screening of two films: Yaa…

Melissa Shaginoff Workshop, How To Be A Good Guest, March, 2023

“How To Be A Good Guest” is a discussion-based workshop by artist Melissa Shaginoff on March 11th, 1-3pm at her studio in The Nave in Anchorage. Part conversation, part performance,…

Land acknowledgment w/ Argent Kvasnikoff and Thorey Munro, April 9, 2021

How can land acknowledgment spark other ways of knowing, being and listening into action? Argent Kvasnikoff shares the significance of Nichiłt’ana and birch for the Ninilchik Tribe, other materials, colors,…

Tuggeht: Land Acknowledgement

Bunnell Street Arts Center gratefully receives a Social Justice Award from Alaska Community Foundation, a Community Fund Award from National Performance Network and a Rasmuson Tier One Grant for Tuggeht:…

Protection: Adaptation and Resistance, Bobby Itta, Atikluk Sewing Zoomshop

Saturday, November 14th 1-5pSunday, November 15th 1-5p Registration by email bobbyitta@gmail.com or BobbyIttaDesigns.com Learn atikluk (snow shirt) making. In 2, 4-hour classes. Bobby will request sizes for each student and…

Protection: Adaptation and Resistance, Peter Paul Kawagaelg Williams: Fur sewing Zoomshop

Make a pattern and sew a traditional “trapper hat”. Indigenous participants will be provided with otter fur. Non-Natives will be provided with beaver. This class is sponsored by Bunnell Street…

Protection: Adaptation and Resistance, David Engels, Lower Tanana Songmaking Zoomshop

Learn Lower Tanana Denakenaga’ songmaking from David Engels, who has studied this art for the past twenty years, beginning with his grandmother. This class is sponsored by Bunnell Street Arts…

Protection: Adaptation and Resistance, Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone, Naniq: Womens Seal Oil Lamp Carving Zoomshop

Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone (Inupiaq and Kiowa, Nome) teaches an intergenerational (mixed age/skill levels) how to carve a naniq using soapstone and hand tools. The traditional womens’ seal oil lamp ,…

Protection: Adaptation and Resistance, Lily Hope, Chilkat Protector Mask hand twining Zoomshop

Chilkat Weaver Lily Hope will lead a cohort of Chilkat weavers in hand-twining a Chilkat Protector Mask from start to finish. Sponsored by The CIRI Foundation, A Journey to What Matters:…

Part 5: Acknowledgment in Action with Melissa Shaginoff

Melissa Shaginoff (Ahtna, Piaute) discusses an ephemeral land marking project, “Acknowledgement in Action,” With Sally Ash (Sugpiaq, Nanwalek) Alaska Native of the Chugach Region, Sugt’estun language teacher and Syverine Bentz,…