FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                             For
more information contact:
April 25,
2000
Dayna Brockman

(907) 486-7004

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                      GRASS BASKET EXHIBIT GRANTED

The Alutiiq Museum has been awarded $5,114.00 from the Alaska Fund for
the Future to

support a traveling exhibit on grass basketry that will feature the work
of Arlene Skinner

as well as grass baskets from other Kodiak artists.  The exhibit, “Grass
Baskets of

Kodiak Island”, will be on display starting in early July and then will
travel to village

communities.  It will include photographs by Sven Haakanson, Jr. of
local weavers.


The Alaska Fund for the Future is a special project of the Philanthropic
Collaborative,

Inc., a public charity.   The Alutiiq Museum is located 215 Mission
Road, Suite 101.

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Dayna Brockman, Programs Manager
Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository
215 Mission Road, Suite 101
Kodiak, Alaska 99615
voice:  (907) 486-7004
fax:  (907) 486-7048
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