‘Sugpiak Art Renaissance’, an exhibition by June (Simeonoff) Pardue

Friday, February 23 from 5-7pm, ‘Sugpiak Art Renaissance’ opens in the UAA Fine Arts Kimura Gallery, spotlighting the work of June (Simeonoff) Pardue, an Alutiiq and Inupiaq artist, Culture Bearer, and UAA’s Professor in Native Arts. June is recognized for her Alutiiq grass weaving, fish skin tanning, sea mammal skin sewing, jewelry and beadwork. During June’s fifty year career as an artist, museums have collected her work—beaded headdresses, grass baskets and grass socks, jewelry, and Alutiiq garments are in permanent collections at the Alutiiq Museum, Palmer Historical Museum, Autry National Center in Los Angeles, Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka, the Arctic Studies Center in Maine, and at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska.

This exhibition runs from February 23- April 5 Monday through Friday 10am- 5pm, is free and open to the public.