Wayne Price works on a 12 foot tall totem pole in his Haines studio.
Lingít Master Carver Wayne Price is returning to the University of Alaska Southeast as part of its Northwest Coast Arts program. “The attention being paid to all branches of Northwest Coast Native art. I really feel the support out here at UAS,” Price said.Both art forms have beginning, intermediate and advanced curriculums, but some of the classes are combined. Price says the formline class is intensive.Price said he only found out last week that he would be teaching this term, but he thinks his classes will fill up fast.
“So they have the benefit of an artist who’s got 50 years of Northwest coast art under my belt. And I bring that all here to the University of Alaska, at Áak’w,” Price said.