The exhibition, Salmon Culture, created by a stellar group of Alaska Native artists, curators, academics and culture bearers opened at the Anchorage Museum in September 2023 with a gathering of artists and museum visitors August 2024. The exhibition featured artists considering the beauty and history of salmon which has nourished the bodies and spirits of the Alaska Native people for millennia. I was honored to have my painting, The Kal’ut Madonna, included in this exhibition. This painting was acquired by the Anchorage Museum in 2022.
Holding the precious gift of a jar of smoked salmon at the Anchorage Museum during the Salmon Culture exhibition reception.
We all gathered for the final day of the exhibition, curators and artists with a few words and thoughts about our work and the significance of salmon in our lives and that of our ancestors.