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Making Pigment and Paint with Local Materials

Learn and practice the process of making dry pigment from rocks and blue mussel shells to use to create watercolor pans/shells. The pigment-making process is ages old, and there are amazing archeological examples of uses of this type of pigment in rock paintings throughout the world: Mayan, Egyptian, Incan, Plains Indians, and Inuit Peoples have left art on rocks, walls, and in caves. They utilized, egg, and crushed minerals/rocks with animal fat and more to create their medium. Kachemak Bay and Cook Inlet have their own special petrographs which have been studied and explored as a cultural heritage.


a person on an all terrain vehicle in the snow, hearding reindeer.
Alaska Reindeer Herders Association Presentation

On Wednesday, September 24 at 6 PM at Kachemak Bay Campus, Nathan Baring, Program Director of the Reindeer Herders Association (RHA) at Kawerak, will dive into some of the complex history surrounding Alaska Native reindeer husbandry on the Seward Peninsula, including the 50+ year history of RHA, 130+ year history of reindeer-focused Tribal livestock agriculture and current exciting efforts in the reindeer economy. For more information, call (907) 235-1674


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