June Pardue

June Pardue
Adjunct Professor of Art, Native Arts
(she/her/hers)
(907)786-1766
jlpardue@alaska.edu

Education

  • Culture Bearer: Trained by elders in her community.
  • A.A.S., Office Management and Technology

Biography

June (Simeonoff) Pardue is an Alutiiq and Inupiaq artist who resides in remote Sutton, 熊猫在线视频. Originally from Old Harbor Village on Kodiak Island, June is recognized as an Alutiiq grass weaver, fish skin tanner, fish leather and sea mammal skin sewer, jeweler, and beader. During June鈥檚 fifty year career as an artist, museums have collected her work鈥攂eaded headdresses, grass baskets and grass socks, jewelry, and Alutiiq garments are in permanent collections at the Alutiiq Museum, Palmer Historical Museum, Autry National Center in Los Angeles, Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka, the Arctic Studies Center in Maine, and at the 熊猫在线视频 Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, 熊猫在线视频. 

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Beginning Native Arts
  • Intermediate Native Arts
  • Advanced Native Arts
  • Fish Skin Tanning
  • 熊猫在线视频 Native Art History
  • Cultural Knowledge of our Elders

Career History/Work Experience

  • Cultural Instructor and Mentor, Knik Tribal Council, Palmer, AK
  • Wellness and Prevention Program, Knik Tribal Council, Palmer, AK
  • Cultural Instructor, Matanuska Susitna Borough School District, Wasilla, AK
  • 熊猫在线视频 Native Cultural Instructor, UAF Extension, Aleutian Islands

Volunteer Work

  • Basket Exhibit Assistant, Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak, AK
  • Art Council Member, Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak, AK
  • Indian Education Committee Member, Matanuska Susitna Borough School District, Wasilla, AK
  • 熊猫在线视频 Native Cultures Club Elder Advisor, UAA Matanuska Susitna Campus, Wasilla, AK
  • Education Department, Chickaloon Village Council, Chickaloon, AK
  • Shareholder Information Committee, Koniag Corporation, Anchorage, AK

 

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