Sheldon Jackson Museum artist-in-residence Tina Harness (Yup’ik) will give a talk in-person and simultaneously on zoom on Fri., Sept. 13th at 2pm at the Sheldon Jackson Museum. In her talk entitled, “Traditional Relevance in our Modern Creative World,” Harness will talk about the ties between Yup’ik traditional art (everyday tools and wares) and how it influences Yupiit modern creativity today. She will share how contemporary artists can look at the quality and workmanship of Yup’ik pieces and work with those same values in modern art. She will speak about the Yup’ik people, patterns, colors, and composition and use examples she has learned from her grandmother and from elders in her region. She will “go into traditional beliefs in making things; how the land and the animals know when care and love has been put into the items we use. For example, when you care for your “stuff,” the land cares for you.” Harness will also delve into the mindset and thoughts put into art as it is created and how traditionally, Yup’ik were “expected to be careful with our minds, as it can leak into the things we touch and create.”
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Tina Cupell’aq Harness (Mixed Yup’ik) will teach a two-part beaded earring class in-person at the museum on Thursday, September 19th from 9:00-noon, with a break for lunch, and resuming from 1:30-3:30pm. The class is for ages 12+. Youth should be accompanied by adults. A check made out to Tina Harness for $50 or bring cash at the time of sign-up is required. To register, call (907) 747-8981 or stop by the museum. Space is limited.
Sheldon Jackson Museum artist-in-residence Tina Harness (Yup’ik) will give a talk in-person and simultaneously on zoom on Fri., Sept. 20th at 2pm at the Sheldon Jackson Museum. In her talk, she will share a selection of cultural belongings from the Sheldon Jackson Museum’s permanent collection.
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Sheldon Jackson Museum artist-in-residence Tina Harness (Yup’ik) will lead a “Journal Prompt Class for Healing and the Creative Mind” on Wed., Oct. 2nd at 11am. Students should bring their journals and pens. Harness will talk about the importance of journaling for the creative mind and give a quick overview of the benefits of getting out of thoughts, good and bad, out of our heads, and then move into offering some journal prompts to encourage reflection about what individuals have to offer towards their creative flow.
In her talk, Sheldon Jackson Museum artist-in-residence Denali Taniilux̂ McGlashan (Unangax) will share reflections on her journey as an indigenous woman in heavily contrasting environments and the way her creativity has acted as a tool to speak to her future and past selves, digest the forces of the outer world and self-actualize her own. She will be considering the personal effect of growing up in rural subsistence communities, the disparity between this lifestyle and her urban adulthood and how these seemingly disconnected realms are, in actuality, inseparable. She will consider the implications of researching through lifestyle in juxtaposition to western expressions of academia. This will include examinations of connections between literal consumption (food/subsistence), conceptual consumption (ideas/spirituality) and the ways these set the pace and angle of our collective orientation in regards to time, identity and resources. She will reflect on what it means to witness, in the context of monochronic/linear time & polychronic/non-linear time, articulating the ways in which these different perceptions of directionality have molded her own approach to life, creativity and connection.”
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Denali Taniilux̂ McGlashan (Unangax) will offer a watercolor painting class in-person at the museum on Friday, October 11th from 1:30-3:30pm. Students should bring their own rock, shell, leaf, flower, or other natural item to paint. The class is for ages 12+ and youth should be accompanied by an adult. There is no materials fee, but students should purchase a watercolor set (for $12.90) in advance online from:
https://www.risdstore.com/koh-i-noor-watercolor-wheel-stack-pack.html?id=55179320
To register, call (907) 747-8981 or stop by the museum. Space is limited.