Name: Reading: Raven and Fog Woman
Start: 2024-09-23T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Arts Council of Princeton

Join us for a special reading of Raven and Fog Woman with Sarah Rivett. The legend of the Fog Woman is a story that the native Tlingit used to explain the bounty of salmon during certain months and the disappearance of salmon in other months.
This reading is held in celebration of renowned Alaskan Tlingit artist, Nathan Jackson, and his visit to the Arts Council of Princeton for an Artist Residency. Themes and imagery from Raven and Fog Woman will be found in his project.
Sarah Rivett is a Professor of English and American Studies at Princeton University as well as the 2023 – 2024 Old Dominion Professor in the Humanities Council. She is the author of The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (2011) and Unscripted America: Indigenous Languages and the Origins of a Literary Nation (2017).
About Nathan Jackson’s residency:
Jackson's residency project, “Monumental Sculptures: Understanding the Totem Poles of the Northwest Coast”, will be honoring and celebrating the artwork of the Tlingit peoples of the Northwest Coast.
Mr. Jackson began the carving of a totem pole at the Edwin DeWill Carving Center in Saxman Native Village, Alaska, and, after shipment of the pole to New Jersey, will complete the carving at the ACP.
During his stay in Princeton, Mr. Jackson will be featured in a series of events that include public carving demonstrations, panel discussions, student workshops, and a traditional dance performance. Mr. Jackson will have an allocated carving space at the ACP’s Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, open to the public throughout the week, and will offer designated carving demonstrations that involve opportunities for visitors to ask questions and engage in discussion.