Alaska Native Art: Tradition, Innovation, Continuity

Ranging from the islands of the Bering Sea to Alaska's interior forests, Alaska Native Art celebrates the rich art of Alaska's Native peoples, both setting their work in the context of historical traditions and demonstrating the vibrant role it continues to play in contemporary Alaskan culture. Alaska Native Art showcases a staggering array of types of art--from beadwork to ivory carving, basketry to skin sewing--from Aleutian Islander, Pacific Eskimo, Tlingit, Athabaskan, Yup'ik, and Inupiaq artists, as well as full-color photographs of artists at work. Lavishly produced, and featuring a fascinating study by author Susan W. Fair of the concept of tradition in the modern world, it is a tribute to the incredible vision of Alaska's Native artists.

Author: Susan W. Fair
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 07/15/2007
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.87lbs
Size: 10.55h x 8.47w x 0.91d
ISBN13: 9781889963822
ISBN10: 1889963828
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Folk & Outsider Art
- Art | Indigenous Art of the Americas

About the Author
Susan W. Fair (1948-2003) was a folklorist, curator, and advocate for Native peoples who published extensively on Alaska Native art.