Allied Arts is proud to be working with several new Teaching Artists this year for our Arts Education Project. Bringing a diverse range of art into our Whatcom County Elementary Schools.

Michelle DeAsis studied Native Art at the University of Alaska Southeast, where she learned to carve traditional tools like Halibut Hooks and speak the Tlingit language. For the past 2 years she’s been an understudy, learning traditional artforms from Tribal Elders who pass on their knowledge of our ancestors. Michelle also designs, makes, and sells Inspired Native Jewelry with materials harvested properly and ethically from the land.

Students will join her in learning how to make Cedar Ribbon and Roses.

Use this link to find our more about Michelle and the Arts Education Project: Education Project – Allied Arts