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Press Release
May 26, 2006 (Radio Actualities)
WINNERS OF SEALASKA JURIED ART COMPETITION TO BE ANNOUNCED
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will open its third biennial Sealaska Juried Art Show on Wednesday and announce winners of the Native art competition.
SHI received applications from 18 Native artists who submitted 59 pieces for consideration. Jurors chose 34 pieces by 14 artists for inclusion in the show, which will run May 31-July 9 at Sealaska Plaza.
“This Juried Art Show is especially exciting because of the many contemporary items that we have,” said Rosita Worl, SHI president. “I think this demonstrates the continued evolution of our art.”
Winners will receive seven prizes in the following categories:
Top Prize
- Best of Show: $1,500
Traditional Art
- 1st Place: $1,000
- 2nd Place: $750
- 3rd Place: $500
Contemporary Art
- 1st Place: $1,000
- 2nd Place: $750
- 3rd Place: $500
The winning artists will attend the reception to meet the public and to talk about their art, most of which is for sale.
The winners were chosen by Native glass artist Preston Singletary and Northwest Coast art scholar Aldona Jonaitis. Singletary, an accomplished artist based in Seattle, won first place for contemporary art in the institute’s 2004 competition.
“Preston has already gained national recognition for his contemporary art,” Worl said. “He works in contemporary media – glass – but his work is based on traditional art forms.”
Jonaitis, who has served as a juror in the institute’s previous competitions, is the director of the state University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks. She is a widely known scholar of Northwest Coast art, Worl said.
The show will be open to the public from 8 am-4:30 pm, Thursday-Saturday during Celebration, then open 8 am-4:30 weekdays through July 9.
SHI founded the competition in 2002 to promote the development of Southeast Alaska Native arts. The goals of the Juried Art Show are:
-To encourage and enhance the creation and production of Southeast Alaska Native objects of artistic value which have fallen into disuse and are becoming rare.
-To stimulate and enhance the quality of artistic work among our Native artisans.
-To encourage the development of new forms of art of purely Southeast Alaska Native form and design.
To ensure an objective judging process, the names of the artists were not included with the photos of objects viewed during selection.
Sealaska Heritage Institute is a Native nonprofit founded by Sealaska Corp. in 1981 to administer the corporation’s cultural programs. The mission of the Institute is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures.
CONTACT: Rosita Worl, SHI president, 463-4844
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Rosita Worl,
President,
Sealaska Heritage Institute, TRT: :10 “This Juried Art Show is especially exciting because of
the many contemporary items that we have, and I think this
demonstrates the continued evolution of our art.” (Audio)
- Rosita Worl, President, Sealaska Heritage Institute, TRT: :13 “Preston has already gained national recognition for his contemporary art. He works in contemporary media – glass – but his work is based on traditional art forms.” (Audio)