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Angoon Youth Media Arts

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  • City: Anchorage
  • Region: Southeast
  • State House District: 13 - Anchorage
  • State Sentate District: G - Anchorage
  • Grantee Type: Arts Camp/Institute
  • Grantee Discipline: Multidisciplinary
  • NEA Outcomes: Learning
  • Project Discipline: Video
  • Activity Type: Arts Instruction
  • Grant Award Amount: $10000
  • Project In-Kind Contribution: $0
  • Grant Year: 2022
  • Grant Gategory: Youth Cultural Heritage Project Grants
  • Fund Source 1: Private Foundation - Rasmuson Foundation
  • HAYC Goals: Arts and Cultural Education Integration
  • ASCA Goals: Grow Alaska’s creative economy and develop the workforce of tomorrow
  • ASCA Objectives: Provide support, programs and services that foster a deep commitment to delivering arts education in school districts throughout the state.
A young person stands in the foreground with a microphone boom, while an elder seated in front of a formline image is interviewed on camera.
A student in the Angoon Youth Media Arts project team captures sound, while Unangas elder Barbara Shangin is interviewed on camera. Image courtesy see stories and Bitanga Productions.

Project Description

See Stories led a two-week media arts workshop in Angoon in October 2022. We worked in partnership with Unangas Elder Barbara Shangin to document World War II stories of resilience and resistance. Key parnters in the workshop included Angoon School, KTOO Public Media, and Angoon Tribal Council.

Impact

The impact of this project in Angoon was deep, wide, and diverse. One specific example of impact on an individual is as follows. When Unangas elder Barbara Shangin shared her and her family’s personal story with youth in Angoon, there was one particular student who lit up. When the student had to decide on a topic for the film she would create, she decided to highlight Barbara’s journey. She connected the bombardment in Angoon to what Barbara’s family experienced with their internment at Killisnoo. Barbara and the student experienced a strong bond in that they had both experienced atrocity in their communities. This is an example of the type of connections that were formed between youth and elders through the Angoon Youth Media Arts workshop. The student’s film can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/772252694.