Yup’ik Story Sharing with Quentin Simeon & Amber Webb
Schedule
Fri, 25 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
106 W Bunnell Ave, Ste A, Homer, AK, United States, Alaska 99603 | Homer, AK
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Bunnell Street Arts Center welcomes storytellers Quentin Simeon & Amber Webb as artists in residence from April 10-26. Join us for their Yup’ik story sharing on April 25, 7:00pm at Bunnell Street Arts Center, entry by donation.Quentin Simeon and Amber Webb collaborate to create a stop motion animation about Simeon’s new screenplay about Yup’ik culture and the “War of the Eye,”
Quentin Simeon is a Yup’ik storyteller who now lives on Kachemak Bay. He was raised on the Kuskokwim River, fishing and hunting camp and family traditions of harvesting the bounty of the Land and Rivers of the region are the foundations of his cultural relationships with land and water. He has worked as an Alaska Native cultural liaison and intercultural communication specialist.
Amber Webb is a Yup’ik artist/activist from Curyung/ Dillingham, Alaska. Her work visually explores the effects of colonization and the evolution and strength of Indigenous people after genocide and intergenerational trauma through portraiture and textiles. She explores pictorial Yup’ik storytelling to communicate contemporary stories of oppression, historic trauma, resilience, humor, changing climate, motherhood, and resistance.
This residency is supported by the National Performance Network and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Where is it happening?
106 W Bunnell Ave, Ste A, Homer, AK, United States, Alaska 99603Event Location & Nearby Stays:
