WAAC

2025 WAAC Annual Meeting
Anchorage Museum

Anchorage, Alaska
17 - 19 September 2025

September 17th: Optional Tours & Volunteer Opportunities
September 18th: Presentations; 8:00am - 5:00pm & Evening Reception/WAAC Party; 6:00pm - 8:30pm
September 19th: Presentations; 8:00am - 2:45pm & Optional Tour: Alaska Native Heritage Center; 3:00pm - 5:15pm
September 20th: Optional Tour: Wildlife and Turnagain Arm; 8:00am - 8:00pm


Late Registration Fees (after 10 Septtember):
Members: $130.00
Non-Members: (includes 2025 individual membership*) $172.00
Student or Intern Members: $100.00
Student or Intern Non-Members: (includes 2025 individual membership*) $142.00
*New Members join for the 2025 membership year, i.e. January to December 2025 and will receive all back issues of the WAAC Newsletter for 2025. Eventually, members will receive the 2025 Membership Directory as a .pdf via email.
Evening Reception/WAAC Party

Thursday, 18 September. At Muse Restaurant in Anchorage Museum. 6:00 - 8:30pm
Food and one drink included with registration
Join your fellow WAAC attendees for an evening of fun. Sign up to view a planetarium show to kick off your evening, or check out the permanent galleries before going to the Muse restaurant for heavy appetizers and drinks.
Planetarium show: A Place Like No Other. Take a journey to the remote wild places of Alaska to observe the iconic animals and landscapes that define the state. Meet Alaskans who seek to understand the impacts of climate change on these dynamic ecosystems and strive to protect an enduring way of life. 		@ $0.00
Guest(s): @ $35.00
Events:

Wednesday, 17 September

Community Outreach:

These opportunities are for professional conservators. Positions are limited. Please email Monica Shah to express your interest in any of these projects. Please give your specialty and which project you would like to volunteer for.
Native Village of Chickaloon 8:00am - 2:00pm

(Objects, Architectural/building, and Paper specialties needed.)
Nay'dini'aa Na'Kayax (Chickaloon Village Traditional Council) is hoping to have a hide specialist clean a clan grandmother's moosehide shawl and Gary Harrison's moosehide vest. Chief Gary Harrison is the Traditional Chief and Chairman of the council. Both garments are used in ceremonies and are in need of care.
In addition, they have a large tub of photographs that need care and rehousing. The items will be brought to the Anchorage Museum's conservation lab for treatment.
Wasilla Museum 8:00am - 2:00pm

(Objects/textile and Photograph specialties needed.)
The Wasilla Museum consists of 11 historic structures, including two on the National Register of Historic Places. They are hoping to have conservators assist with returning a wardrobe trunk containing a few textiles to display, cleaning of grass basketry, and/or providing practical care guidelines for their historic buildings. They also are coordinating the care and assessment of a handwritten mining claim signed and buried in Hatcher Pass, a mining area in the Wasilla area.
The museum is about 60 minutes from downtown. Transportation and lunch provided.
Alaska Native Heritage Center 8:00am - 2:00pm

(Any specialty.)
The Alaska Native Heritage Center is a vibrant living cultural center where you can discover traditions, languages, and arts of Alaska Native cultures through live cultural programming and exhibitions. They care for a wide variety of cultural heritage items.
They are willing to find small conservation/care projects for any specialty.
The center is about a 15 minute drive from downtown. Transportation and lunch provided.

Workshops:

Workshop: Salmon Skin Sewing

10:00am - 12:30pm, Anchorage Museum

Join artist and activist Rochelle Adams and her daughter Amaya for a class on salmon skin sewing. They will share the importance of salmon to the Gwich'in and how to sew fish skin. In this workshop you will learn to sew salmon skin and beading, creating a pair of earrings or a key chain. Materials provided.

 @ $50.00

Workshop: Baling Strap Basket Weaving

10:00am - 2:00pm, Seed Lab

JSince 2012, Hawai'i-based artist Gaye Chan has foraged plastic baling straps and developed a weaving technique to make containers while learning a basic skill practiced around the globe: basket making. Join us for a basket-making workshop led by Museum staff member Rebecca Pottebaum trained in Chan's technique.
A common scrap of global capitalism, baling straps are found around nearly every box shipped across the globe. Plastic straps secure everything from reams of paper to enormous pallets transported between continents. These seemingly small straps create a tremendous amount of plastic waste, especially in places like Hawai'i and Alaska, and only a tiny fraction is recycled. Chan's basketmaking practice extends the life of an otherwise single-use material through craft and skill sharing. Create in community with others as you make your own waterproof basket to take home. Materials provided.

 @ $25.00

Friday, 19 September

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Saturday, 20 September

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For payment by Check:

Make checks payable to WAAC.
*Funds must be drawn on a US Bank in USD.

and mail to:

Chris Stavroudis
WAAC Treasurer
1272 N. Flores Street
West Hollywood, CA 90069-2904

For payment by Credit Card:

WAAC accepts MasterCard, Visa, and AmEx. Payment will be made through NMI's secure website.
You will receive an email from NMI confirming the transaction.

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