Programs & Events
Saturday September 23, 12:00-4:00pm: Artist Workshop Susan Malutin Fur Mittens
Artist, Susan Malutin, will teach participants how to make fur mittens. Workshop will be held at the Kodiak Public Library. Limited spots available. Sign up with our Curator, Lynn Walker. curator@kodiakhistorymuseum.org 907-486-5917. Workshop is free thanks to the support from the CIRI Foundation.
Saturday September 30, 10:00am-4:00pm: Artist Workshop David Tucker Illustrating
Artist, David Tucker, will teach participants how to create illustrations with colored pencils. Limited spots available. Sign up with our Curator, Lynn Walker. curator@kodiakhistorymuseum.org 907-486-5917. Workshop is free thanks to the support from the CIRI Foundation.
Friday October 6, 12:00pm-1:00pm: Virtual Lecture “Storytelling and Archaeology: Uncovering the Past Together in Old Harbor”
Speakers: Hollis K. Miller, PhD (SUNY Cortland) & Allison Pestrikoff-Botz. In this presentation, we will discuss research at the Ing’yuq Village site, a place where Sugpiaq/Alutiiq ancestors lived in the 17th and 18th centuries on Sitkalidak Island. Ancestors who lived at Ing’yuq persisted through the arrival and subsequent colonial occupation by Russian fur traders in the Kodiak Archipelago, navigating challenges such as violence, food shortages, mandatory service, and disease. We use both archaeology and narrative storytelling to explore the experiences of Sugpiaq/Alutiiq ancestors during this tumultuous period of Kodiak history. Taken together these two methods create a nuanced picture of Sugpiaq/Alutiiq lifeways at Ing’yuq – a picture that includes the historical, emotional, and experiential context of relationships to this specific place on the landscape. Free to the public. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/
Friday, October 6, 5:00-7:00pm First Friday Art Walk Artist Q&A and Deomonstrations
Kodiak artists Mariah Stapleton, Susan Malutin, & David Tucker will share about their respective artistic specialties, weaving, fur sewing, and illustrating. 5:00-5:30pm Artist Q&A. 5:30-7:00pm Artist Demonstrations. At Kodiak History Museum.
Free to the public.
Friday, October 13, 5:30pm-6:30pm: Lectures “Kodiak Alutiiq Placenames” & “Kodiak Bears on Afognak and Sitkalidak Islands”
Join us for two back-to-back lectures at the museum. Free to the public.
Speaker: Dehrich Chya (Alutiiq Museum) will be presenting on the significance of Kodiak Alutiiq placenames and why they should be studied. Kodiak Alutiiq placenames hold a wealth of information, from knowledge about resource utilization areas to information about a place’s history. Documenting placenames is a vital part of cultural heritage preservation.
Speaker: Shannon Finnegan (Koniag) will present findings from her 4-year PhD research on Kodiak bears on Afognak and Sitkalidak islands. The focus of this study was developing a better understanding on the movement, dietary and energetic ecology of bears across the Archipelago. Shannon will also discuss her current research with Koniag, developing a protocol for the use of thermal imaging drones for bear population monitoring.
Friday, October 20, 5:30pm-6:30pm: Lecture “The City of Kodiak’s Historic Preservation Commission”
Speakers: Molly Odell (Alutiiq Museum) & Margaret Greutert (Kodiak History Museum). Learn about the City of Kodiak’s Historic Preservation Commission – historic sites in our city, goals of the Commission, and the rehabilitation of the Russian-American Magazin. At Kodiak HIstory Museum. Free to the public.
Friday October 27, 12:00pm-1:00pm: Virtual Lecture “Pottery in the Kodiak Archipelago”
Speaker: Elizabeth Groat (Utah State University). The pottery of the Kodiak Archipelago is shrouded in mystery. It was made for just a few hundred years, from around AD 1550 to contact, and it’s only been found in some parts of the archipelago—mostly to the south and east. For the past year, I have been studying this pottery by examining specimens held in Alutiiq Museum collections, running laboratory analyses, and even attempting my own experimental reconstructions. In my presentation, I will share what I’ve learned about what traditional Alutiiq pottery looked like and how it was made, as well as some preliminary thoughts about what it may have been used for. Free to the public. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/
Questions about the events? Contact Curator, Lynn Walker, curator@kodiakhistorymuseum.org