This talk is jointly organised by the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford and ICON Ethnography Group, with support from Goldbelt Heritage and Native Arts and Culture Foundation (NACF)
Lily Hope. Tlingit. Raven. T’akdeintaan clan.
Lily is a distinguished artist and community leader born and raised on Lingit Aani. She is a Chilkat weaver in the teaching lineage of Jennie Thlunaut & Clarissa Rizal. Pre-shutdown, Lily taught weaving internationally. She now teaches on Patreon, holding weekly space for weavers across the nation to continue studying Ravenstail and Chilkat techniques.
Her finger-twined, adapted Formline, ceremonial Chilkat dancing blankets take years to complete. They document inheritance; weavings recording history like a book woven in yarn; a lineage of weavers, our current crisis, and political issues. She’s also a paper collage artist, bead-worker, and indigenous fashion designer.
Lily is an Enthuser and advocate for artists and the arts. Her conversations, collaborations and ideas
contribute lasting support and a rich artistic community for artists in Alaska and beyond.
www.lilyhope.com
Instagram: @lilyhopeweaver
