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Salmon Skin Sewing with Rochelle Adams

This event has ended. It was scheduled for 11/17/2023.

1 – 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 & Saturday, Nov. 18

Reynolds Room, First Floor, East Wing (Friday, Nov. 17) & Art Lab, First Floor, East Wing (Saturday, Nov. 18)

In-Person Event

Learn about sewing salmon skin with Rochelle Adams. Participants will create a set of earrings and a matching necklace from beads and salmon skin. Students will also learn about salmon skin and how to work with the material. All materials will be provided. $25. Registration required; includes museum admission.

This program is part of the Salmon Culture exhibition at the Anchorage Museum with support from The CIRI Foundation. Salmon Culture celebrates the connections between salmon and Alaska Native peoples and honors salmon as a resource that has nourished communities physically and spiritually for thousands of years.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Rochelle Adams, Gwich'in, is from the interior villages of Beaver and Fort Yukon in the Yukon Flats. She was raised with a close connection to the lands and waters, living a traditional lifestyle of hunting, fishing, and gathering with her family. Rochelle is a passionate language educator and artist who loves to share cultural teachings through art.

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