Drew Michael, a Yup'ik and Inupiaq artist, has inspired the creation of the Drew Michael Artist Fellowship Endowment at the Anchorage Museum. This fellowship will provide opportunities for artists in Alaska and the Circumpolar North to focus on their craft without financial worries. The program, modeled after Michael's own residency experience, will offer stipends, access to resources, and a dedicated space for artistic creation.
Drew Michael, a Yup'ik and Inupiaq artist, works on a mask carving at his East Anchorage home studio.
The Anchorage Museum will launch a new fellowship next year designed to support artists in Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The program was designed and conceived by Michael, who wanted to give other artists an opportunity to focus on their craft without worrying about day to day logistics. When Michael didn’t see anything similar in Anchorage, he wanted to give other artists the same opportunities he had.
The endowment is meant to support young or emerging artists from Alaska or the Circumpolar North with a focus on people, place and ritual.I think if we're able to culture share and share about how we're living in these places, connecting to these places, maybe we could learn, maybe we could grow in who we are in these places,” Michael said.
ARTIST FELLOWSHIP ALASKA INUPIAQ YUPIK ANCHORAGE MUSEUM
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