This photograph of the Chugach Mountains was taken on the Valdez dock shortly before boarding the ferry to Whittier on the Kenai Peninsula. While in Valdez, I visited the Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum at the Prince William Sound Community College, a private collection of Alaskan Native art and artifacts. The pieces were collected while traveling to Alaskan villages to purchase crafts for sale in Maxine’s gift shop. What makes this one of the most interesting museums I have ever been to is the narrative that accompanies the collection. Without patronizing the Alaskan Natives who produced the craft or the customers who purchased it, the collection examines, mostly through a series of questions, the line between fine art and craft art; art done for art’s sake and art done for money; and other similar issues. Very thought provoking exhibit.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Chugach Mountains
This photograph of the Chugach Mountains was taken on the Valdez dock shortly before boarding the ferry to Whittier on the Kenai Peninsula. While in Valdez, I visited the Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum at the Prince William Sound Community College, a private collection of Alaskan Native art and artifacts. The pieces were collected while traveling to Alaskan villages to purchase crafts for sale in Maxine’s gift shop. What makes this one of the most interesting museums I have ever been to is the narrative that accompanies the collection. Without patronizing the Alaskan Natives who produced the craft or the customers who purchased it, the collection examines, mostly through a series of questions, the line between fine art and craft art; art done for art’s sake and art done for money; and other similar issues. Very thought provoking exhibit.
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