2022 Fellowship Award

Ilgavak will create new garments and artwork made of fish skin, using traditional stitches, tanning methods and construction, turning to an Alaska Native art form disrupted by settler colonialism. He will share Elder-driven knowledge with future generations.

2018 Project Award

Williams will construct a shed and purchase equipment and supplies that will allow him to process and tan hides from seals and sea otters that he hunts and uses to produce wearable art. The capacity to tan his own hides has cultural and spiritual significance for Williams, and it will improve material quality and production.