Join Tlingit artists Lily Hope and Sydney Akagi for multiple artist activations throughout this Free Saturdays event. Hope and Akagi specialize in Ravenstail and Chilkat styles of weaving and were commissioned to weave a special Chilkat dancing blanket for FAMSF. The activations include a talk, a family art-making activity, and weaving demonstrations. The program concludes with a ceremony that activates their newly made Chikat blanket through dance, marking the beginning of its life at the de Young. Schedule 10 am–noon: Weaving Demonstrations by Lily Hope and Sydney Akagi, Wilsey Court 11 am–3 pm: Family Art Making with Lily Hope, Sydney Akagi, and Addy Mallott, Piazzoni Murals Room 1–2 pm: Artist Talk by Lily Hope and Sydney Akagi, Koret Auditorium 3–4 pm: First Dance with maternal aunts, Irene and Deanna Lampe, and Eagle opposites, Joseph and Elijah Marks, Wilsey CourtAbout the artists Sydney Akagi (Tlingit) is a Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver working at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge systems, contemporary form, and environmental advocacy. Rooted in Lingít Aaní (Southeast Alaska), Akagi’s work is informed by an ongoing relationship to the Taku River and its salmon systems. Recent bodies of work explore the presence of the human figure within Chilkat structure, incorporating elements such as adornment, tattoo, and mark-making to consider identity, transformation, and the visibility of Indigenous bodies across time. Lily Hope (b. 1980) was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska. She is Tlingit, of the Raven moiety, of her grandmother’s clan, the T’akdeintaan. She learned Ravenstail weaving from her late mother, Clarissa Rizal, and Kay Field Parker. She also apprenticed for over a decade in Chilkat weaving with Rizal, who was one of the last living apprentices of the late master Chilkat weaver Jennie Thlunaut. She’s committed to co-creating, and teaching the technical and spiritual practices in these two premiere finger-twined textiles. She spearheads multicommun