Author: Jackie Fernandez-Hamberg

In this short clip, Cup’ik doll maker and grass basket weaver Neva Mathias introduces herself in Cup’ik. Mathias is from Chevak and was selected to be an artist-in-residence in the Sheldon Jackson Museum’s...

Join us at the Sheldon Jackson Museum for an At Saxan Art Activity on Sat., Sept. 28th at 10am. At this At Saxan, we will make a Tlingit killer whale paper craft. Admission will be waived for this youth program. To register your...

On Saturday, September 21st, the Sheldon Jackson Museum will observe the 2019 Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day. Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums and...

In this video, https://youtu.be/5nMxXwy4QNA Sheldon Jackson Museum artist-in-residence Chuna McIntyre (Yup’ik) describes a Yup’ik mask (SJ-II-A-9) from Nushagak in the Sheldon Jackson Museum’s collection. The...

In this July 20th, 2019 Artist Talk  https://youtu.be/-cCkSAT3A2o , Sheldon Jackson Museum artist-in-residence Abel Ryan (Tsimshian) shares his experience making his first totem pole. For this project, Ryan worked with a group...