Art-to-Art Palette Journal

The future told with artworks

“Our lifeways, material culture, and protocols serve as armor to resist efforts to exterminate us. They are rooted in the power to unite and create space for all people. When we break down the efforts of those who work to silo, segregate, and discriminate, there is space for all people and all living things.” Joel Isaak (Dena’ina)

ANCHORAGE, AK (PNAN) – How are Indigenous Alaska artists today strengthening self and community, and guiding the next generation from surviving to thriving?  Soon goers will know with the forthcoming opening of “Protection: Adaptation and Resistance” on Sunday, October 23, 2022 at the Anchorage Museum. This exhibition will explore three themes:  Land and Culture Protectors, Activists for Justice and Sovereignty and Resilient Futures.

Working within intergenerational learning groups and as collaborators in vibrant community networks, Alaska’s Indigenous artists are invigorating traditional stories in customary arts and proposing resilient futures through design, tattoo, regalia and graphic arts.

Artist projects elevate collaboration, ally-ship and community as tools of resistance, adaptation, and cultural affirmation, especially in these times of pandemic, climate crisis and ongoing assaults to human rights.

For more details, see www.anchoragemuseum.org.

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