Alaskan Posters by Bill Hudson
25th Annual Alaska Folk Festival

Limited Edition Giclee Print of original Goldleaf & Acrylic Painting by Bill Hudson
Printed on archival paper     
Signed & numbered limited edition of 299 prints
$59 unmatted, includes shipping & handling

When the Alaska Folk Festival started out, as a free three hour concert at the Alaska State Museum, none of us expected that the event would still be thriving 25 years later.

So when we actually reached our 25 anniversary, the Festival Board figured they wanted something out-of-the-ordinary for the poster.

Some of the most striking art pieces I had seen in Alaska were the goldleafed icons in the numerous Russian Orthodox churches scattered around the state, and I decided an icon of the Mother Mary playing a three-stringed Russian balalaika would be appropriate.

But the Board thought the idea was "too religious."

So instead, I used Raven, the well-known Creator of the World in Tlingit Indian mythology. For some reason, no one thought a portrait of the Creator playing a balalaika would be offensive.

Price: $59.00 (shrinkwrapped; includes shipping)

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