“Life Is a Poem”: Oral Literary and Visual Arts of the Northwest Coast

Elder Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Kheixwnéi, a poet and oral literary scholar and a mentor of the author, told the author “Life is a poem”. This essay will explore the ways in which the oral literary and visual arts of the Northwest Coast interact, how artists across multiple disciplines attain knowledge...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Arts
Main Author: Ishmael Khaagwáask’ Hope
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023
Subjects:
Northwest Coast art
Tlingit art
American art history
Indigenous art
Native art
Native American oral literature
Arts in general
NX1-820
tlingit
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12060228
https://doaj.org/article/fb39d91d9dc348319165d3c6da14b628
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Summary:Elder Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Kheixwnéi, a poet and oral literary scholar and a mentor of the author, told the author “Life is a poem”. This essay will explore the ways in which the oral literary and visual arts of the Northwest Coast interact, how artists across multiple disciplines attain knowledge and develop as artists, and the ways in which the arts sing the poetry of Tlingit life. Examining the relationship between the arts will deepen one’s understanding of each art and illuminate how they inform and enrich one another.

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