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Actress, Storyteller & Weaver Lily Hudson
PO Box 22324, Juneau, AK 998802 | 907-463-3161
Ishmael Hope and Lily Hudson |
Education:
Graduate, Summer Training Congress, American Conservatory
Theatre, San Francisco 2007
BLA Language Arts & Communication, Theatre Minor, UAS
Juneau, May 2007
Associate of Arts General Studies, Cum Laude, UAS Juneau,
May 2005
Cumulative GPA 3.72
Professional:
Guest Artist, Ravenstail Weaving, Yakoosge Dakahidi Alternative
High School, Juneau 2008
"MacBeth", Smithsonian National Museum of American
Indian’s Rasmuson Theatre, March 2007
"Gunakadeit", Smithsonian National Museum of American
Indian’s Rasmuson Theatre, November 2006
"Class Act Arts", Virginia/Maryland/D.C. area schools,
November 11 - 17, 2006
CrossSound’s The Child God, Narrator, Juneau/Sitka
tour, September
Gunakadeit, with Raven Brings Box of Delight, May 2006
Fool for Love, Sound/lighting/tech operator, February 2006
Storybox, Gunakadeit 1st Performance, February 2006
Frog Stories, Glacier Visitor Center February 2006
Tape, Amy Randall, Perseverance Theatre (PT) January 2006
Storybox with Brett Dillingham and Riley Woodford, Jan 13th
2006
Blood Wedding, Bride, Perseverance Theatre (PT), September
2005
Beyond Heritage, SE Tour & Fairbanks, April 2005
UAS Native Oratory Contest, two first-place awards, April
2005
Statewide UAA Native Oratory Contest, 2 first-place awards,
April 2005
Wellbriety Through Storytelling Workshop Facilitator in Saxman/Ketchikan
and Hoonah Alaska for Elders and Youth, February 2005
PITAS Math 054/055 Tutor, Fall 2004
Gastineau Elementary Storytelling Workshop, April 2004
Special Guest Native Storyteller, Glacier Valley Elementary,
and Floyd Dryden Middle Schools, April/May 2004
Macbeth, 2nd Witch, PT Statewide Alaska Tour, Oct 2004
Metamorphoses, Myrrha, Perseverance Theatre, September 2004
Understanding: Stepping into the Light, Cancer awareness
film Aug 2004
Lady Rankin Meets the Pagan, Film, July 2004
UAS Native Oratory Contest, two first-place awards, April
2004
Statewide UAA Native Oratory Contest, 2 first-place awards,
2004
Macbeth, 2nd Witch, Perseverance Theatre at JDHS, Jan 2004
Tlingit Language Immersion Retreat participant, Sept 2003
Volunteer: Big Sister with Big Brother’s Big Sister
Southeast, since Oct 2002
Poster Queen/Label Master at Perseverance Theatre 2004-Present
Storytelling ROPES Coach Middle School student since Nov
2005
McDowell Group, Telephone Surveyor, 2002-07
Present & Upcoming:
Researcher, Louis Shotridge historical documents, at Alaska
State Library, for the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
February-March 2009
Guest Teacher for Juneau Community Charter School, Teaching
miniature-size button robe making. February 26-27, 2009.
Sharing Our Knowledge: Clan Conference 2009, Juneau, March
25-28
Chilkat Weavers' Retreat at Silver Cloud Art Center, Haines
Alaska, April 4-10, 2009.
Traditional Cedar Bark Harvesting, Apprenticeship with Master
Haida Weaver Delores Churchill, Ketchikan, May2009. Supported
by the Alaska Native Arts Foundation.
An invitied artist to exhibit a Ravenstail woven ensemble
"Copper Child" at the "Texile Art of the Northwest
Coast & the Ainu of Japan" exhibit at the Japanese
Garden Museum, Portland Oregon, June 2009.
BIOGRAPHY
Lily Hudson is a Tlingit performance and multimedia artist.
Following her matrilineal line, She is Raven Takdeintaan (Black-legged
Kittiwake)from the Snail House in Hoonah, Alaska. Born and
raised in Juneau, her Alaska Native heritage breathes life
into everything she produces.
Lily is an award-winning storyteller, Company Actor at Perseverance
Theatre, and frequent Guest Teaching Artist in the Juneau
School District.
Her recent teaching work includes:
* Ravenstail instruction for the Yakoosge Dakahidi Alternative
High School,
* Guest Storyteller for the CHOICE program at Juneau Douglas
High School,
* Featured Storyteller at Smithsonian Museum of the American
Indian, New York City, February 2008 as part of the Listening
to Our Ancestors Exhibit.
* Math tutor at the University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau
Lily holds a BLA in Language Arts & Communication from
University of Alaska, and trained in acting at The American
Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco.
Lily lives and works in Juneau, Alaska with her playwright
husband, Ishmael Hope and daughter, Elizabeth.
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