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Artists & the Arts in Alaska


About Alaska Native Art
From the Federal Trade Commission, a guide to identifying genuine Alaskan Native art.

Alaska Antler Art
Cherie & Bob Clark offer a wide variety of items, from buttons and fireplace sets to spirit sticks and carvings.

Alaska Antler Works
Unique antler gifts including scrimshaw antler cribbage boards and antler carvings, as well as a large photo gallery of shed hunting and other Alaska adventures.

Alaska Gift Baskets
A wide selection of baskets are offered by this Arizona company, containing items ranging from Alaska honey to wild berry tea and reindeer sausage.

Arctic Animals
A series of 22 illustrated articles by 9- and 10-year-old children. Much of the artwork is wonderful!

Jill Choate Basketry
Based in Trapper Creek, Jill creates a wide variety of baskets, often incorporating antlers into the designs.

Sidney Laurence (1865-1940)
A beautifully-illustrated look at the life of Alaska's premier classic painter.

Barbara Lavallee
The work of this very popular artists can be found at many galleries throughout Alaska.

Rie Muñoz
This large site has a biography and many illustrations of Muñoz' colourful prints of Alaska's people.

Gail Niebrugge
Living in Palmer, Gail is best known for her unique style of painting Alaskan scenes with "dots" (known as pointillism).

Marvin Oliver Gallery
Oliver combines traditional Northwest coast designs with modern techniques; the galleries are in Seattle and Ketchikan.

Oomingmak Cooperative
Located in Anchorage, the co-op supplies hand-knitted items made from qiviut, the exquisite underwool from musk oxen.

Bev Reid
Living at Dutch Harbor, Reid uses watercolours to express her love of the Aleutian Islands.

Veronica Topmiller
Living in Fairbanks, Topmiller is a poet and Alaskan storyteller who has regular performances.

Wayward Winds Studio
Jacquie Cote'Suter specializes in watercolours of Alaska nature, aviation, and the Alaska Railroad.






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