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Sitka artist wins $50,000 grant Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:03 a.m., Saturday, December 8, 2012 Galanin, a Tlingit and Aleut artist, said he found out about the award a few months ago, but had to keep quiet about it until the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization made the official announcement Monday. Galanin isn't sure how he will spend it but has his eye on some creative endeavors, as well as everyday needs, such as a house down payment or paying off student loans. "Reflecting the diversity of artistic practice in America, they include cutting edge thinkers and traditional practitioners from the fields of architecture and design, crafts and traditional arts, dance, literature, media, music and visual arts," USA said in a news release. Galanin, a multimedia artist, was listed under the "craft and traditional visual arts" category in the awards announcement, but describes his art in his Fellows profile as "contemporary multimedia work that transcends the familiar, time-honored iconography of Tlingit and Northwest Coast art." Adaptation and resistance, lies and exaggeration, dreams, memories and poetic views of daily life - these themes recur in my work, taking form through sound, texture, and image. Inert objects spring back to life; kitsch is reclaimed as cultural renewal; dancers merge ritual and rap. Galanin's study has included apprenticeships with his father Dave Galanin and uncle Will Burkhart; a bachelor of fine arts degree in jewelry design and silversmithing from London Guildhall University; and master's coursework in indigenous visual arts at Massey University in New Zealand.

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