Artstream Cultural Resources

Welcome to Artstream Cultural Resources!

Artstream Cultural Resources is a nonprofit educational and cultural organization dedicated to assisting visual and performing artists, and promoting arts education. Artstream instigated and continues to sponsor, a wide range of events and projects. Included are annual, bi-ennial, or one-time events listed below:

NWC Dance Regalia Documenatry Project	Northwest Coast Artists' Gathering	Alaska Native Artists' Directory	Whistlepig House Concerts	Theatre & Musical Productions & Art Shows	Chilkat Weavers' Retreats, Navajo & Chilkat Weavers Exchange

The Northwest Coast Artists' Gathering is a biennial event in Juneau, Alaska, coinciding with the Sealaska Heritage Institute's Celebration 2008. The first Gathering was held in May 2006. The second Gathering was held in June 2008, supported in part by a grant from the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian along with the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. The Juneau-Douglas City Museum, a department of the City and Borough of Juneau, has provided support to Gathering 2008.

The Dance Regalia Documentary Project is a multi-year research project (began in 2004) of the Northwest Coast Native dance regalia and its historical and present-day significance in the identity and well-being of its people. Producers and directors: Donna Foulke and Clarissa Hudson.

Chilkat/Ravenstail Weaving Gatherings & Retreats are held almost every year. Ernestine Hanlon, basket/Chilkat weaver from Hoonah, Alaska hosted one of the first Chilkat weaver gatherings in her home in 1993. Participants were Donna Cranmer from Alert Bay, British Columbia, Ann Smith from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Vicki LeCornu from Ketchikan, Alaska, Jean Lampe and Clarissa Hudson from Juneau, Alaska. Artstream assists to instigate and organize retreats. If you would like to host a Chilkat/Ravenstail weaving retreat in your town, please contact Clarissa at: ch@clarissahudson.com

The Alaska Native Artists' Directory is an online service inviting all Alaska Native artists in the fields of visual, literary, performance, cultural education and arts-related organizations to include their websites in the Directory, whether or not they reside in Alaska.

Since 2000, the Whistlepig House Concerts has hosted musicians from throughout the U.S. in a comfortable cozy setting of a Colorado home.

Artstream has sponsored a variety of theatrical and musical productions by various directors and producers.

A Cross-cultural exchange of Navajo and Chilkat weavers occurred in red earth country at Mark Winter's Toadlena Trading Post about 40 miles Southwest of Shiprock, N.M. Since 2005, Chilkat Weavers from the Northwest Coast have attended Toadlena Trading Post's annual "Navajo Spinning & Carding Day" held the 3rd week in September.

Please visit our site often for updates on current projects, events, and new information in the arts. Artstream is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Alaska and Colorado sponsoring projects and events in both states. Our contact information is below:

Artstream Cultural Resources
P.O. Box 2709
Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147
(970) 264-2491

Artstream Cultural Resources
P.O. Box 21453
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1453
(970) 903-8386

Artstream Cultural Resources is a nonprofit educational and cultural organization and is recognized by the IRS as exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c)(3). DLN: 17053078022043 Foundation Status: 509(a)(1) publicly supported organization. Internal Revenue Code 170(b)(1)(A)(vl) Donors may deduct contributions as provided in section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.