06/03/2026
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FRIDAY, JUNE 5
Book Signing 4 โ 5 pm
First Friday 4โ 7 pm
"๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ serves as a long-overdue celebration of Grant, who has long advocated for the intersection of cultural pride, style, and a maintaining of tradition.โ
โVogue
Join us at the museum for a book signing with world renowned Haida fashion designer Dorothy Grant. ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ is the first monograph to celebrate her trailblazing career. This book surveys the past four decades of Grantโs journey building her legacy making Haida fashion since her first clothing collection, ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, debuted in 1989. It features new photographs of her garments, modeled both in a studio and in natural settings in Vancouver and Haida Gwaii. Early sketches, traditional button robes, and spruce-root weaving are included alongside personal stories shared by Grant. โThe journey to here and now has been a wild and great ride! These photographs have helped me remember all the nuances of pasttimes: the moods, locations, events, and, most importantly, the people.โ Essays by Royal BC Museum Curator India Rael Young, curator and artist Kwiaahwah Jones, Executive Director and Curator of the Haida Gwaii Museum, Taa.uu โYuuwans Nika Collison, and Haida repatriation specialist and museologist Sdahl Kฬฑ'awaas Lucy Bell, share insight and memories.
Dorothy Grant will be at the museum in person on Friday, June 5 to sign her book, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต: ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, from 4:00 to 5:00 pm. Books are $40, scarves $60. Cash preferred.
Donโt miss the opportunity to see the exhibition, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต: ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ. The museum will be open for extended hours on Friday, June 5, and free from 4:00 โ 7:00 pm.
The exhibition is at the Alaska State Museum through October 17, 2026.
