Norman G. Jackson is of the Tongass Tlingit of southeast Alaska and
was born in Ketchikan, Alaska. His lineage is from his mother who is of
the Tongass Tlingit Kaats Hit Bear House of southeast Alaska. His
father is Kaagwaantaan Tlingit of Klukwan, Alaska.
Norman studied at the Kitanmax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art
in Hazelton, B.C. and received advance training in design and carving.
He also received training in metal engraving from the Totem Heritage
Center in Ketchikan.
He is a recognized Master Artist in metal engraving by the Alaska
State Council on the Arts Master Apprentice Grant and has received
numerous honors for his excellence in wood carving. He apprenticed with
Master Artists, Dempsey Bob and Phil Janze, and has been invited
numerous symposiums on Northwest Coast Native carving. Norman's work is
held in major collections, and his work has appeared in exhibits in the
US and abroad.
"My style is Tlingit style. It's bold and round. I try to keep it
to the traditional level of Tlingit art. It is spiritual, and it has to
fit together with the history and the dance. The dance has its
connection with the art. If the public understood the art, then
everybody would understand our people. That's why I learned that you
have to share the art."
Norman G. Jackson Norman's Bio:
EDUCATION
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1986 - Certificate in
Advanced Carving and Design, Kitanmax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art,
Hazelton, B.C.
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1985 - Certificate in
Basic Carving and Design, Kitanmax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art,
Hazelton, B.C.
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1982-91 - Advanced studies
in Northwest Coast Native Art: Wood Carving, Metal Engraving, Tool making,
Design, Totem Heritage Center, Ketchikan, Alaska.
TEACHING
POSITIONS
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1992 - Ketchikan, Alaska -
Instructor, Southeast Island School District. Taught wood carving and
drawing to 1st-12th grades. (Two weeks).
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1989-91 - Ketchikan,
Alaska - Open Workshop Instructor, Totem Heritage Center.
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1989-90 - Ketchikan,
Alaska - Teaching assistant, Totem Heritage Center. Silver engraving,
carving, regalia design.
APPRENTICESHIPS
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1990 - Phil Janze - Metal
Techniques.
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1989 - Vern Stevens -
Carving, Metal Engraving, Design.
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1988-89 - Phil Janze -
Metal Engraving, Wood Carving.
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Apprenticed with
Dempsey Bob.
AWARDS AND
HONORS
- 2007 - Rasumuson Foundation
Individual Artist Project Award
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2004
- Second
Place,
83rd Annual Santa Fe Indian Market: Carved Raven Spirit
Mask.
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1991 - Invited
participant, The Drum in Northwest Coast Native Culture, Totem Heritage
Center, Ketchikan, Alaska: Professional drum making and drumming symposium
led by George David, Esther Shea and Guujaaw.
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1991 - Invited
participant, S' aaxw, Totem Heritage Center, Ketchikan, Alaska: Professional
carving symposium led by Marvin Oliver.
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1991 - Recognized Master
Artist in metal engraving for Alaska State Council on the Arts Master
Apprentice Grant.
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1991 - First Place, Native
Arts, Ketchikan Arts and Crafts Guild Show, Ketchikan, Alaska: Cedar Halibut
Hook.
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1990 - Scholarship
recipient, Klukwan, lnc., to study metal
techniques under Phil Janze.
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1990 - Invited
participant, island Carvers 11, Totem Heritage Center, Ketchikan, Alaska;
Professional carving symposium led by Bill Holm and Jack Hudson.
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1989 - Grant recipient,
Alaska State Council on the Arts Master/Apprentice Grant to study under Vern
Stevens.
EXHIBITS
- 2009 -"Raven's Time" at Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
- 2009 - "Of Myth & Mask: The Art of Storytelling" at Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
- 2008 - "Totem Story - Life and Art of the Northwest Coast Indians", at Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan
- 2006 - "MANAWA" at Spirit
Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Maori Moon Mask.
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2004 - "TOTEM TO TURQUOISE"
at American Museum of Natural History, New York,
N.Y.
U.S.A.
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2003 - "KIWA" at Spirit
Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Spirit of the Spawning Sockeye
Mask.
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1995 - U.S. Forest
Service, Southeast Alaska Visitor Information Center, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Nine small carvings from yew wood, alder and yellow cedar: Soap Berry Spoons (4), Frontlet, Halibut Hook,
Halibut Club, Carved Bowl.
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1989 - "A Treasured
Heritage" Institute of Alaska Native Arts, Statewide traveling
exhibit.
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