Nathan Jackson s remarkable story continued this month with his selection as a 2021 United States Artists Fellow in traditional arts.
The Chicago-based national arts funding association on Feb. 3 announced Jackson s inclusion in the 2021 class of 60 fellows from across the country who were chosen for their bold artistic vision and significant impact, with each demonstrating generosity and care toward field-building that continues to inspire and propel their discipline.
Jackson, a world-renowned Tlingit master carver, designer and painter whose artistic endeavors stretch back to the late 1950s, was among seven individuals honored in the Traditional Arts category.
Lynette Miranda, USA program director, said the association is incredibly excited to announce Jackson as one of the 2021 Fellows.
Anchorage resident repays kindness to Haines disaster relief
December 24, 2020
Wally Smith, 83, a retired industrial arts teacher in Anchorage, donated $1,000 to local disaster relief efforts this month because he “had a kindness to repay to those who were kind to me” during a trip to Haines in 1964.
At the time, Smith was on his way to the Haines ferry terminal bound for the Lower 48 where he would attend graduate school in Colorado. While driving through Canada, a fellow teacher had mechanical problems with his pickup truck. Smith stopped to help repair the truck’s broken axle and, in the process, sustained a head injury.