Visit Stonington Gallery in December 2022 to see several of Eechdaa’s masks on display
Blog
-
Ketchikan Museums
Native Arts Study Program – On display through September 2023
“This apron represents my family name ‘Ketah.’ It is derived from the Tlingit ‘Kéetáxch,’ which refers to the orca’s hunting behavior of slapping its tail on the surface of the water. The Raven figure refers to my moiety.”
– Eechdaa, Dave Ketah
http://www.ketchikanmuseums.org/virtual_exhibit/vex33_instructor_student_case_2022/index.htm
-
Staff in Tlingit CEO Ensemble
Stonington Gallery in Seattle, WA, currently has on exhibit “Tlingit CEO Ensemble,” created by sisters Lily Hope and Ursula Hudson. Included with it is the Octopus Tentacle Cane, hand-carved Western Red Cedar by Tlingit artist Eechdaa (Dave Ketah).
UPDATE – 11/16/2022 Items is no longer on display at Stonington. This page will be updated with new location once available.
This piece will be on display at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum from May 2023 – April 2024
-
Ketchikan Totem Heritage Center
June 21 and June 23 – In person.
6-9 p.m.
Tináa Making Workshop
[ UPDATE: The workshop is now full but we are taking names and contact info for a waiting list. ]
Tlingit artist Eechdaa Dave Ketah will be visiting Ketchikan in June and has graciously offered to teach a tináa (copper shield) making workshop at the Totem Heritage Center.
Workshop participants will be introduced to the historical place and significance of the tináa in Tlingit culture, and will make at least one tináa pendant with a leather necklace cord using a hammer-shape, metal-forming technique.
This tináa making workshop is free of charge, but there is a $25 materials fee for the pre-made material kits. The kit should be paid for in cash at the time of sign up to reserve one’s place. The workshop is open to the first 12 people that register by contacting Marni Rickelmann at 907-228-2791 or marnir@ktn-ak.us. The workshop is open for ages 12+ but any youth under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Source:
-
Washington State History Museum
In The Spirit – Contemporary Native Arts, 17th Annual Exhibition.
Tacoma, WA – June 11 through September 11, 2022.
IN THE SPIRIT is an annual summer celebration of diverse Native American arts and culture. A juried exhibition of exciting new works by contemporary Native artists opens in June and is on view through the summer at the Washington State History Museum, accompanied by programs, artist talks, and an Artist Awards event.
Read more about the exhibit, and events at the Washington State Historical Museum.
-
Sheldon Jackson Museum
Alaska Native Artist Residency Program.
Sitka, AK – July 8 through July 30, 2022.
Eechdaa is the first in the lineup for the Sheldon Jackson Museum’s Alaska Native Artist Residency Program for 2022!
Eechdaa Dave Ketah is a Tlingit carver, drum maker and painter. He will be the artist-in-residence at the Sheldon Jackson Museum and working most days at the museum from July 8th until July 30th.
Ketah was born and raised in Ketchikan. His ancestors are the Hinyaa from the south of Lingít aani (Tlingit land – Southeast Alaska). For years, what he knew about his Tlingit identity came from what his grandmother taught him as a boy. Living outside Lingít aani for most of his adult life, he struggled against assimilation into the dominant culture through learning from reading, the internet, and museum visits.
The pandemic opened new opportunities and was the catalyst in Ketah becoming a practicing student of his language and the creative expressions of formline design, carving, and regalia making.
Ketah pursues growth as an artist with a passionate approach and prolific productivity.
He and his wife have two children, who are also just beginning to explore their Tlingit and Inupiat heritage.
UPDATE – Artifacts Talk by Eechdaa August 25, 2022
UPDATE – Did the Ancestors Call it Art?: An Artist Talk by Eechdaa August 24, 2022
UPDATE – Listen to Eechdaa‘s interview on Raven Radio July 22, 2022
UPDATE – Formline drawing basics class announced June 22, 2022
-
Tináa Workshop
July 9th and July 16th – In person or Online.
The Sheldon Jackson Museum and Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum invite the public to participate in a tináa (copper shield) making class. In this class taught by Eechdaa Dave Ketah (Tlingit) students ages, 12+ will have an opportunity to make one large tináa pendant, two tináa earrings, and one small tináa pendant (similar to the samples featured in the photo) The class will be held in-person and on Zoom on Saturday, July 9th, and Saturday, July 16th from 1-4 pm and participants should plan to attend both sessions. Students attending in-person must register by July 7th; students attending via Zoom must register by June 27th.
Ketah’s tináa making class is free of charge, but there will be a $25 materials fee for pre-made kits. The kit should be paid for at the time of signing up to reserve one’s place. Additionally, students will need to purchase several inexpensive hand tools in advance of the first class, unless they already have such tools on hand. People are encouraged to sign up early as the number of in-person and zoom participants will be limited.
The $25 material fee is due at the time of signing up. Students can sign up for the class by calling the Sheldon Jackson Museum at (907) 747-8981. Following the signup, students will receive a tool list and links to purchase the additional items online.
Eechdaa Dave Ketah is a Tlingit carver, drum maker, and painter. He will be the Sheldon Jackson Museum’s first Alaska Native artist-in-residence of 2022 and will be working most days at the museum from July 8th until July 30th. Ketah was born and raised in Ketchikan. His ancestors are the Hinyaa from the south of Lingít aani (Tlingit land – Southeast Alaska).
-
Ravenstail Robe Feast
May 14th, 2022.
It was an honor to be commissioned to build this display. My work supported the gifts of copper given to guests at the feast celebrating Jacqueline Jainga-Hyllseth’s completion of a masterwork Ravenstail robe.
