The Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center has acquired a $29,000 scrimshaw etching and a $6,000 portrait of Native elder Charlie Jimmie Sr. under grants from Alaska’s Rasmuson Foundation.
The pieces by residents Heidi Robichaud and Donna Catotti, respectively, are the most recent additions to a 24-piece collection by local artists. The collection has been acquired since 2003 with $83,901 in Rasmuson program funding.
Pieces range from paintings by Miriam Cameron and John Svenson to a…
