STACEY WILLIAMS, WEAVER

Stacey Williams is a Tlingit weaver. She was raised in Ketchikan, AK where she continues to practice her arts and teaching. As a student under Holly Churchill, Dorica Jackson, Diane Douglas-Willard, Janice Jackson and many other talented weavers and artisans, she has worked hard to study multiple disciplines of weaving including cedar bark, spruce root and textiles as well as regalia. As an instructor, she instills hope in each of her students that the arts will go on. She inspires many to delve deeper into her love that is Northwest coast weaving. As an artist working with natural materials from local resources, she hopes to build upon the foundation laid by the ancestors, while drawing up new conclusions on how to sustain the culture and its many facets. She finds cultural art to be an outlet, a gateway, and a path. It provides a place to explore through experimentation and diligent dedication. Art is a welcome home where the fire is always burning with creation. That fire has inspired her to practice the arts thoroughly, with respect, and a deep commitment.
Her baskets and pieces can be seen on display in the Ketchikan Museums collection, at the Sealaska Heritage store, Crazy Wolf studios and in private collections.
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