
Alvin Amason
Term Associate Professor of Art, Alaska Native ArtAlaska Native Art Program Coordinator
Engineering Temporary Building
(907) 786-1766
aeamason@alaska.edu
Education
- M.F.A., Arizona State University
- B.A., Central Washington University
- M.A., Central Washington University
Biography
After high school he attended Central Washington University where he received a B.F.A degree in painting. He then attended Arizona State University and earned a M.F.A degree in painting. He worked for several years for the Navajo Nation as Art Department Chair and instructor at Navajo Community College. He had studios in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, California and Washington state. In 1992, he was offered a position as Director of Native Art at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks where he served for seventeen years. After retiring, he was asked to join the Department of Art at the University of Alaska, Anchorage and develop a Alaska Native Art curriculum.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Beginning Alaska Native Art
- Intermediate Alaska Native Art
- Advanced Alaska Native Art
Professional & Department Service
- Native Arts Coordinator
- Visiting Elder Program Coordinator
- BFA Committee
- Community Outreach Committee
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Collections
- Institute of American Indian Art , Santa Fe, New Mexico
- National Collection of France at Chatau-Muse’e, Boulogne-sur-mer, France
- Clark Middle School, Anchorage, Alaska
- Alyeska Pipeline Company, Corporate Collection, Anchorage, Alaska
- Koniag Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska
- Doyon Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska
- University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
- Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
- His Holiness, Patriarch Aleksy II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
- National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
- U.S. Government Services Administration, Federal Bldg., Anchorage, Alaska
- Alaska Indian Arts and Craft Board, Department of Interior, Washington D.C.
- Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
- State of Alaska Art Bank, Anchorage, Alaska
- Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska
- Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage, Alaska