For Immediate Release
April 21, 2021
SITKA – The Sheldon Jackson Museum is pleased to offer a dreamcatcher making class with artist-in-residence Danielle Stickman (Dena’ina & Koyukon Athabascan). The class is for ages 17+ and is tentatively set to take place in-person at the museum on Sat. May 22, Sun. May 23, and Sat. May 29, from 2 to 4 pm. The class is free, but a materials fee of $20-$25 at the time of sign-up applies. To sign up for the class, call (907) 747-8981. The deadline to sign up is April 30.
Traditionally, dreamcatchers were made by the Ojibwe people. Although not a traditionally Athabascan craft, Danielle has made this art form her own and incorporates elements of her own culture and language into the process. In her designs, she utilizes natural materials including salmon skin, moose hide, salmon vertebrae, salmon otoliths, seeds, birch bark, and more. She herself learned how to make dreamcatchers from an elder in Ninilchik, Alaska seventeen years ago.
The Sheldon Jackson Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday between 12 and 4 pm until May 12, when the museum will switch to summer hours and summer admission fees. Current admission fees are $7 for adults, $6 for ages 65+, and free for youth 18 and under and Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum or Alaska State Museum members. The Sheldon Jackson Museum is compliant with State mandates pertaining to Alaska State Libraries, Archives and Museums. For more information on COVID-19 health mandates and advisories, please visit https://covid19.alaska.gov/health-mandates/.
The Alaska Native Artist Residency Program is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum, Alaska Airlines, and private donors. People with questions about the Alaska Native Artist Residency Program, artist-led Zoom classes and talks, art class materials, or operating hours and admission fees may call the museum directly at (907) 747-8981.
Media Contact:
Patience Frederiksen
Director, Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums
907.465.2911
patience.frederiksen@alaska.gov
lam.alaska.gov
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