Mentor Deborah McConnell (right) and apprentice Natalie Scott (left) hold up their in-progress Jump Dance baskets. Photo courtesy of the artists.
︎ Role: Digital Media Specialist
︎ Skills: Feature Writing, Research, Cultural Storytelling
︎ Impact: 🧺 Highlighted intergenerational Native California basketweaving traditions
I wrote an in-depth feature on Native Californian basketweaving in Hupa, Wukchumni, and Pomo communities. The piece follows three mentor-apprentice pairs from ACTA’s 2024 Apprenticeship Program as they pass down weaving techniques, traditional ecological knowledge, and cultural responsibility. Drawing from field interviews and program archives, the article showcases these thriving and essential art forms, and explores how traditional art exists in relationship to land, community, and self.
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) promotes and supports ways for cultural traditions to thrive now and into the future by providing advocacy, resources, and connections for folk and traditional artists and their communities.
Read the feature ︎︎︎
︎ Skills: Feature Writing, Research, Cultural Storytelling
︎ Impact: 🧺 Highlighted intergenerational Native California basketweaving traditions
I wrote an in-depth feature on Native Californian basketweaving in Hupa, Wukchumni, and Pomo communities. The piece follows three mentor-apprentice pairs from ACTA’s 2024 Apprenticeship Program as they pass down weaving techniques, traditional ecological knowledge, and cultural responsibility. Drawing from field interviews and program archives, the article showcases these thriving and essential art forms, and explores how traditional art exists in relationship to land, community, and self.
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) promotes and supports ways for cultural traditions to thrive now and into the future by providing advocacy, resources, and connections for folk and traditional artists and their communities.
Read the feature ︎︎︎