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  Visiting Research Grants
We encourage non–University of Washington researchers and artists to apply for the Bill Holm Center Visiting Research Grants by January 15, 2009. These grants will fund visits for artists and researchers to study the Burke Museum's collections.
Graduate Fellowship
We encourage University of Washington graduate students to apply for the Bill Holm Center Graduate Fellowship by April 6, 2009. This fellowship will fund UW graduate students doing research and writing on Native art of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Past Grant Recipients
Past Bill Holm Center Graduate Fellowship Recipients
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Six new Bill Holm Center Visiting Research Awards were granted for Spring, Summer and Fall 2008: Shgen George / Tlingit / Angoon, Alaska
Shgen Doo Tan yóo xat duwasáak. Dakl’aweidí áyá xat. Deisheetaan yádi áyá xat. Keet ooxu hít dáx áyá xat. Angoon kwáan áyá xat. Hello, My name is Shgen Doo Tan George. I am from the Killer whale clan. I am the child of the Raven Beaver clan. I come from the Killer whale tooth house in Angoon. I currently work at Juneau School District as an elementary art teacher and I create my own art for ceremonial use as well as for sale. Tlingit art has always been a part of my life. I learned to do bead work and sewing at an early age and have practiced this type of art since childhood. More recently I have become obsessed with both Ravens Tail and Chilkat weaving. The Alaska State Museum has a wonderful collection of Chilkat and Raven’s Tail weavings and I have visited them several times. I have taken hundreds of photographs of the Chilkat robes that they have. I have also had the opportunity to visit the National Museum of the American Indian and taken photographs of some of those robes. I have found that I learn the most about weaving not from being told but by looking at that art itself. Shgen visited the Burke Museum June 9-17 to study the collection of Chilkat robes, tunics, aprons, and leggings and tools associated to weaving, such as spindles, looms, pattern boards, and templates. While at the Burke Museum she consulted about the Burke Museum's educational outreach program and plans for the enhancement of educational materials on Tlingit art and culture. See her educational materials on canoes on the Sealaska Heritage Institute's web site. Arlene Skinner / Northern Cheyenne / Sioux / Kodiak, Alaska
Arlene Skinner has been practicing her art of twined grass basket weaving for over 26 years, utilizing a natural method of curing wild beach grass. Her work combines fine twining and embroidery work with contemporary artistic design. Her work has been exhibited at the Alutiiq Museum h& Archaeological Repository and the Baranov Museum, Kodiak Historical Society in Kodiak, Alaska, the Alaska Museum of History and Art in Anchorage Alaska. |
