Esmeralda Goncalves, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and former Fulbright Scholar, is in Sitka on a 2026 Craft Research Fund Grant. She joined KCAW for the Morning Interview to discuss her current work — research that focuses on Indigenous textiles in Alaska, beadwork and the intersection of religion, particularly Russian Orthodoxy. Listen to the conversation here:



Learn more about Goncalves and the project here.