Tag: Nicholas Galanin

Dave Galanin 1955-2021: A ‘Dog’ who carved in silver, but strummed in blues

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jan 14, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

The passing of Sitkan Dave Galanin in December was a two-fold loss for Alaska: He was a renown engraver in the Northwest Coast tradition, and he was singer and slide-guitarist from somewhere deep within the Delta Blues. Most of all, however, he was a teacher, whose legacy survives in the art of his own family, and in the work of his students. Read More

Sitkans gather to demand the relocation of controversial Baranov Statue

by Katherine Rose and Erin McKinstry / KCAW | Jun 24, 2020 | Local News, Syndicated

The question of what we choose to honor with statues and memorials in this country has resurfaced in recent months. All over Alaska, people have been arguing for the removal of statues of European colonists because they represent a painful history of colonization for Alaska’s Native communities. And this week, conversation over a controversial memorial reemerged in Sitka. Read More

For Tlingit-Unangax artist Nicholas Galanin, first retrospective a lifetime in the making

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Aug 30, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

At 39, Sitka-based artist Nicholas Galanin currently has a solo retrospective at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona through September 3rd. "Dear Listener" is the largest exhibit by a contemporary artist at the Heard Museum in a decade. Read More

Sitka, Kake artists honored with Rasmuson Foundation awards

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | May 16, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

The Rasmuson Foundation awarded project money to several Alaskan artists last week, through their Individual Artist Awards program. Several of those honorees have roots in Sitka and Kake. Read More

Tlingit artist takes new apprentice under wing

by KCAW News | Jun 5, 2017 | The Morning Interview

Sitka artist Nicholas Galanin was chosen as a Mentor Artist by the Native Arts and Culture Foundation, to transfer techniques in Tlingit metalsmithing to his apprentice, Samuel Paul Sheakley over the course of the next year. Read More

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