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Twined red cedar bark Tsimshian baskets take shape at Anchorage Museum

By Erik Hill
Updated: October 6, 2016 Published: October 6, 2016

Master artists Delores Churchill and daughter Holly Churchill, of Ketchikan, work with Karla Booth of Anchorage and Kandi McGilton of Metlakatla on twined red cedar bark Tsimshian baskets on Wednesday morning, Oct. 5, 2016, in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. McGilton and Booth are studying with the Churchills, who are sharing their knowledge of weaving and the cultural meanings of the baskets during a Twining Cedar artists' residency this week at the museum. The public is allowed to view the artists at work 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center on the second floor.

Master artist Delores Churchill of Ketchikan, right, examines the work of apprentice Kandi McGilton of Metlakatla, left, as artists work on twined red cedar bark Tsimshian baskets on Wednesday. Churchill’s daughter Holly Churchill, center, listens. “I’ve been at it for about 25 years, but I’m still a student,” said Holly, whose specialty is Haida baskets.”My mom’s very generous with her teaching.”(Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)

Kandi McGilton of Metlakatla works on a twined red cedar bark Tsimshian basket on Wednesday in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)

Examples of twined red cedar bark Tsimshian baskets are displayed during a twining Cedar artists’ residency this week in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)

Karla Booth of Anchorage, left, and master artist Delores Churchill of Ketchikan, center, watch as Kandi McGilton of Metlakatla weaves herself into a problem before undoing some of her work on Wednesday at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)

Karla Booth of Anchorage works on a twined red cedar bark Tsimshian basket on Wednesday in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)

Master artist Delores Churchill, center right, helps daughter Holly Churchill, left, Karla Booth of Anchorage, center left, and Kandi McGilton of Metlakatla, right, as they work on twined red cedar bark Tsimshian baskets on Wednesday in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. McGilton and Booth are studying with the Churchills, of Ketchikan, who are sharing their knowledge of weaving and the cultural meanings of the baskets during a Twining Cedar artists’ residency this week at the museum. The public is allowed to view the artists at work from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center on the second floor. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)

 

Erik Hill

Erik Hill was a longtime photographer for Alaska Dispatch News, and before that, the Anchorage Daily News.

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