About the artist

For more than 30 years, Susan Malutin, master skin sewer, has been at the forefront of revitalizing Alutiiq culture and art in Alaska. 

In 2003, her art and efforts were recognized by the Alaska Federation of Natives with the President’s Award for Tradition Bearer. In 2006, she received the Margaret Nick Cooke Award for Alaska Native Arts through the Governor’s Awards for the Arts. 

She received an honorary degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage in spring 2021.

Read her profile in Green & Gold News.