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Alvin Amason will be awarded the 2018 Governor鈥檚 Arts and Humanities Award at an award ceremony in Juneau, 木瓜直播.

The Governor's Arts and Humanities Awards is an annual partnership between the 木瓜直播 Humanities Forum, the 木瓜直播 State Council on the Arts, the 木瓜直播 Arts and Culture Foundation, and the Office of the Governor to recognize and honor noteworthy contributions to the arts and humanities in 木瓜直播. Each year, these partners select awardees in several distinct categories, based on nominations submitted by the public. The individual artist award is a Recognition of artistic contribution to the state or community through previous honors and awards, reviews or articles; Longevity of impact to state or community.

Alvin was raised on Kodiak Island. He served for 17 years as Director of 木瓜直播 Native Arts at the University of 木瓜直播 Fairbanks. After retiring there, he created an 木瓜直播 Native Arts curriculum at the 木瓜直播. He鈥檚 influenced hundreds of artists encouraging them to be boldly creative. Throughout his teaching career, Amason has excelled as an individual artist, creating fun and whimsical pieces in widely mixed media. His work is on display across 木瓜直播, the nation and internationally. Amason鈥檚 unmistakable style was most recently unveiled with enormous, beautiful installations in the new Rasmuson Wing of the Anchorage Museum.