Andrea Nelson spent a month in Whitehorse, Y.T. as an artist in residence through the Jenni House Artist Residency program. The program provided a workspace in a historic Shipyards Park cabin for Nelson to work on a project related to Yukon heritage and traditions. Through textile taxidermy, Nelson is examining the proto-historic fur trade, an era when quillwork was being replaced by beading and manufactured wool started to eclipse fur clothing. An exhibit, to be…
