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Feb. 23, 2005 (Radio Actualities)                                                   

ACCLAIMED ART EXPERT HEADING TO HOONAH

One of the country’s leading scholars on Northwest Coast art history will teach classes in Hoonah this week for a program sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute.

Aldona Jonaitis, director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum of the North and author of several books on Northwest Coast art, is highly regarded in art and museum circles nationwide, said SHI President Rosita Worl.

 “She’s one of the foremost recognized scholars in this area and the fact that she’s agreed to come here to Southeast and to teach it in one of our villages is very notable,” Worl said.

The course will include classes on art history taught by Jonaitis and on the cultural context of Native art taught by Worl, a Tlingit anthropologist. The classes are part of a three-year Native art program in Hoonah sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute and the University of Alaska Southeast. Students who complete the program will receive a Northwest Coast Art Certificate from the university.

 “One of our approaches is to work with institutions and also to work with communities. And, we’re reminded by our educators that this is a good example of culturally based education,” Worl said.

The art and culture courses are scheduled Thursday through Tuesday, Feb. 24-March 1, at the Hoonah school, a partner in the program along with Huna Heritage Foundation. The three-year Hoonah arts program is funded through a 3-year federal grant of $363,500 from the Administration for Native Americans which covers 80 percent of program costs.

CONTACT:  Rosita Worl, SHI president, 907-463-4844

Radio Actualities

1. Dr. Rosita Worl, SHI president, TRT:  :12 -- She’s one of the foremost recognized scholars in this area and the fact that she’s agreed to come here to Southeast and to teach it in one of our villages is very notable. (Audio)
   
    
2. Dr. Rosita Worl, SHI president, TRT:  :15 -- One of our approaches is to work with institutions and also to work with communities. And, we’re reminded by our educators that this is a good example of culturally based education. (Audio)
   
    
3. Dr. Rosita Worl, SHI president, TRT:  :14 -- She’s authored several books, she’s curated several national exhibitions at the New York Museum of Natural History, at the Smithsonian. She’s just a recognized expert. (Audio)