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# Alaska Native Arts Foundation

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- [Drew Michael Northern Artist Residency: Jessica Winters (Inuit)](https://aknativearts.org/2026/09/03/drew-michael-northern-artist-residency-jessica-winters-inuit/) - The Alaska Native Arts Foundation is thrilled to be a supporter of the inagural Drew Michael Northern Artist Residency at the Anchorage Museum. The residency program was conceived of by Drew Michael who began building an endowment for this project at the Anchorage Museum in 2019. Michael wanted to create an opportunity to give artists
- [Fish Skin Earrings Workshop](https://aknativearts.org/2026/07/30/fish-skin-earrings-workshop/) - Fish Skin Earrings Workshop 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug 11, Seed Lab. $30 Materials Fee. Scholarships available upon request, email mailto:seed@anchoragemuseum.org. Fish skins have long been used to make waterproof clothing, containers and items of adornment in Alaska. Try your hand at sewing with salmon skin during this fish skin earring workshop with June
- [Calfskin Qupak Making Workshop](https://aknativearts.org/2026/07/30/calfskin-qupak-making-workshop/) - 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, Wednesday, Aug. 5 & Friday, Aug. 7 (3 sessions) Seed Lab Join Britt’Nee Brower for a hands-on three-day workshop dedicated to the art of calfskin qupak making. Perfect for beginners and seasoned crafters alike, this evening class is three sessions and offers an immersive experience in traditional skin sewing. About your instructor: Britt’Nee
- [Red Dress Earrings Workshop Led by Mellisa Maktuayaq Johnson - May 8th, 2026](https://aknativearts.org/2026/04/27/red-dress-earrings-workshop-led-by-mellisa-maktuayaq-johnson-may-8th-2026/) - The Alaska Native Arts Foundation is pleased to support an upcoming workshop led by Mellisa Maktuayaq Johnson: “Stitching Strength Through Threads of Awareness: Red Dress Earrings: Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit relatives through beadwork, cultural knowledge, and community remembrance.” This workshop will take place May 8, 2026 from 5-7:30 at the Anchorage Museum’s Seed
- [2026 Mid-Year Report: Continued Momentum for Alaska Native Arts](https://aknativearts.org/2026/05/26/2026-mid-year-report-continued-momentum-for-alaska-native-arts/) - Dear Friend, Thank you for being part of ANAF’s work. We’re sharing our 2026 Mid-Year Report, which highlights some of what we’ve been building so far this year to uphold our mission to support Alaska Native artists across the state. This year, we’ve focused on practical work that helps artists strengthen visibility and access to opportunity, from portrait
- [Mid-Year Report: Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, Program Manager](https://aknativearts.org/2026/07/21/mid-year-report-nadia-jackinsky-sethi-program-manager/) - Scene from the streets of Umeå, Sweden during the 2026 Arctic Art Summit
- [2025 Annual Report: Building the Foundation for a Statewide Alaska Native Arts Consortium](https://aknativearts.org/2026/02/04/2025-annual-report-building-the-foundation-for-a-statewide-alaska-native-arts-consortium/) - 2025 was a year of major growth and visibility for the Alaska Native Arts Foundation, marked by the launch of the Alaska Native Arts Directory, expanded artist outreach, and new initiatives that strengthened statewide connections and recognition. In 2026, ANAF will build on this momentum to deepen regional collaboration, expand artists’ participation, and advance an
- [Community Care Through Art](https://aknativearts.org/2026/07/17/community-care-through-art/) - by Mikayla Mitchell (Deisheetaan Tlingit), Intern Many Alaska Native people use art to connect with traditions and also make ends meet financially. In this way, we care for ourselves and immediate family members. But Alaska Native art is obviously part of something much bigger, and it has the capacity for community care when we look
- [Qillaniq Exhibition Opening June 12th in Ottawa](https://aknativearts.org/2026/06/12/qillaniq-exhibition-opening-june-12th-in-ottawa/) - The Alaska Native Arts Foundation is proud of artists and curators involved in the exhibition Qillaniq opening this week at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Qillaniq, an Inuktitut word describing how light from the sun or the moon shimmers brightly when reflecting on water, is co-curated by an all-Indigenous team from the circumpolar world, including Jocelyn Piirainen (Canada),
- [Launch of Statewide Alaska Native Arts Directory During 2025 AFN Convention](https://aknativearts.org/2025/10/15/launch-of-statewide-alaska-native-arts-directory-during-2025-afn-convention/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAnchorage, AK - October 15, 2025 Contact: Alaska Native Arts FoundationPhone: (907) 258-ANAF Email: https://alaskanativeartsdirectory.org/ Website: www.aknativearts.org Board Chair thanks Senator Murkowski and Partners for Making Long-Needed Tool PossibleAnchorage, Alaska — The Alaska Native Arts Foundation (ANAF) is proud to announce that the Alaska Native Arts Directory is now live, providing the first and only statewide platform designed to
- [Collaboration with Leadership Anchorage Advances Economic Impact Framework for Alaska Native Arts ](https://aknativearts.org/2026/05/07/collaboration-with-leadership-anchorage-advances-economic-impact-framework-for-alaska-native-arts/) - Alaska Native arts have long played a key role in communities across the state, supporting cultural continuity, artistic innovation, and local economics. Yet despite that evident impact, Alaska Native art has often been overlooked as an economic sector and has rarely been measured in ways that is reflective of its full contribution to Alaska’s economy. Compared with industries
- [Artist Gathering at Alaska Native Heritage Center - February 2026](https://aknativearts.org/2026/02/27/artist-gathering-at-alaska-native-heritage-center-february-2026/) - In February, 2026 the Alaska Native Arts Foundation partnered with the Alaska Native Heritage Center to support an artist gathering at the Heritage Center. During the gathering photographer Chris Arend shared tips and resources on photographing art work for artist portfolios. John Hagen set up a photography station to take professional headshots for artists. Melissa
- [Announcing 2026 Workshop series](https://aknativearts.org/2026/03/28/announcing-2026-workshop-series/) - The Alaska Native Arts Foundation is pleased to offer a series of Alaska Native arts workshops in 2026 thanks to generous support from the Arctic Willow Advisory Group. The workshop series will kick off in April 2026 with a seal skin slipper workshop led by Joni Spiess. In May, the workshop series will continue with a
- [Alaska Native Arts Foundation Welcomes 2025 With a Statewide Artist Directory ](https://aknativearts.org/2025/01/20/alaska-native-arts-foundation-welcomes-2025-with-a-statewide-artist-directory/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAnchorage, AK - January 13, 2025 Contact: Alaska Native Arts Foundation(907) 258-ANAF info@aknativearts.org Anchorage, Alaska—The Alaska Native Arts Foundation (ANAF) proudly announces the upcoming launch of the Alaska Native Arts Directory in 2025. Inspired by the motto 'Our Art, One Place,' this initiative will serve as a centralized hub for Alaska Native creatives, encompassing both contemporary and traditional
- [2025 Alaska Native Workshop Series](https://aknativearts.org/2025/12/02/2025-alaska-native-workshop-series/) - In 2025 the Alaska Native Arts Foundation partnered with the Anchorage Museum Seed Lab to build an Alaska Native workshop series. Workshops ran from May through November 2025 and included mask carving with David Angaiak (Yup’ik), ladle carving with Eric Hamar (Haida), moosehide medallion beading with Rochelle Adams (Gwich’in), and seal skin bowtie making. Thank you to our project supporters for making these workshops
- [One Night Stand: Indigenous Art Pop-Up](https://aknativearts.org/2025/10/20/one-night-stand-indigenous-art-pop-up/) - Twenty artists shared their work in the pop-up exhibit “One Night Stand” held October 16, 2025 at the Wild Birch Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. The exhibition development was led by Drew Michael in collaboration with members of Alaska Native Arts Foundation’s steering committee (Erin Gingrich, Melissa Shaginoff, and Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi). Over 300 guests joined our

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- [Home](https://aknativearts.org/) - Alaska Native Arts Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting, promoting, and preserving Alaska Native arts and culture. Visit the Directory!
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- [Projects](https://aknativearts.org/projects/) - ANAF Projects Exhibition: Resistance The Alaska Native Arts Foundation is pleased to organize the exhibition Resistance, which will open as a pop-up exhibit in October 2026 at the Wild Birch Hotel in Anchorage during the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention. The project includes curatorial team members Drew Michael, Erin Gingrich, Melissa Shaginoff, Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi and
- [Board](https://aknativearts.org/board/) - ANAF Board Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi AlutiiqHomer, Alaska Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi (Alutiiq) is the Program Manager for Alaska Native Initiatives and Partnerships at the Alaska Native Arts Foundation. She is an art historian, arts administrator, and museum consultant based in Homer, Alaska. Her work is focused on supporting Alaska Native arts revitalization, museum sovereignty, and Alaska Native arts

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