GLIMPSES OF WHO WE ARE

Culture dances across the airwaves
By Dan Henry
Access to Haines, Alaska's only radio station is up twenty-eight steps to the second floor, which becomes an issue on the night we haul up Horace Marks in his wheelchair. Palsied and hardly able to whisper, it is essential that the elder participate in this explication of a clan's treasured heritage. A five-hour ferry ride up from Juneau with three nephews validates his role as memory-keeper. READ MORE 
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ART ON DISPLAY

Stroll through a collection of compelling contemporary Alaskan work brought together through the Rasmuson Foundation Art Acquisition Fund. The Fund supports living, practicing Alaskan artists through museum purchases, enhances the permanent art collections of Alaskan museums, and encourages Alaskan museums to develop formal collections policies.

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Rasmuson Foundation is a catalyst to promote a better life for Alaskans.