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Sven Haakanson and the art of collaboration
By Leslie Leyland Fields
In the green-walled corner of Kodiak's Alutiiq museum, I survey masks, twelve remarkable masks. Carved out of wood, elaborately adorned with feathers, shells, lacquered in white, rust, black and other shades of earth. But these are not ancient masks; they were carved this summer. And they were not fashioned by native elders or master carvers; they were made by students, Native and non-Native alike, part of a summer art program sponsored by the museum. READ MORE 
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ART ON DISPLAY

Stroll through a collection of compelling contemporary Alaskan work brought together through the Rasmuson Foundation Art Acquisition Fund. The Fund supports living, practicing Alaskan artists through museum purchases, enhances the permanent art collections of Alaskan museums, and encourages Alaskan museums to develop formal collections policies.

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Rasmuson Foundation is a catalyst to promote a better life for Alaskans.