Hear it again: What's in a weave? Native basketmaker and archeologist explore the stories baskets tell
To be chosen for a National Heritage Fellowship is to be recognized as a kind of national treasure.
The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts, or NEA, and celebrates traditional and folk arts. Previous winners include folk and blues singers, woodworkers and potters. These are art forms that exemplify past and present cultures and communities.
That’s the kind of work recent NEA fellowship winner and master basket maker Ed Carriere has been doing for decades.
Carriere is a Suquamish elder and master basket maker in Indianola, on the Kitsap Peninsula. Last week, he was honored along with other fellowship recipients in Washington DC. He also participated in a panel on Native art making as part of the event.
Soundside producer Alec Cowan visited Ed back in May to see the master in his shop.
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Alec Cowan
Producer, Soundside
Alec Cowan is a producer for Soundside. His interests have brought many eclectic stories to the program, and his segments gravitate toward history, technology, arts and culture, and the environment. He's proud to be KUOW's unofficial "boat guy."
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