Heather & Jessica Received the Bill Holm Center Artist in Residence Grant

Back in 2022, two Sugpiaq artists, Heather Metrokin Cannon and Jessica Towns-Camara, came to the Burke Museum on a Bill Holm Center Artist in Residence Grant. These two contemporary artists researched several different pieces of clothing and bags made by their ancestors and used what they learned in creating their own skin-sewn bags. Heather and Jessica also invited other Sugpiaq Peoples to join them in reconnecting with these ancestral pieces to build community and create roadmaps back to these traditions. Learn more about Bill Holm Center grants and the Burke Museum's Arts and Cultures collections at www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/heritage/bill-holm-center