Erika Tripp

Ałixi | TOGETHER

Face Mask Fashion Show

In the early summer, the Alaska Native Virtual Gathering Place hosted a mask contest on Facebook. Over 80 masks were entered in three categories: artistic, modeling and practical use. Beads were featured, and buttons and cedar and seal and sewing machines and paint brushes and formline. The diversity and craftsmanship impressed the thousands of people who viewed the contest. The project was supported by The CIRI Foundation and Tlingit & Haida. Perseverance Theatre helped host. Here are a few of our favorites. Names are those of the mask makers, with photos provided by Erin Tripp (Tlingit.)

Demaris Hudson

Janet Peele

Sharon McIndoo

Nasuk Ahyakak

Sylvia Lange

Vicki Soboleff

Lisa Johnson Blackhorse