THE STORY OF “Raven and the Box of Daylight” has captivated the imagination of Tlingit peoples for thousands of years, just as it has captured the imagination of non-Tlingit anthropologists ...

To illustrate the Tlingit story of “Raven and the Box of Daylight,” Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary has crafted glass works, original music, narration, projections and soundscapes ...

Preston Singletary at his studio on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. (Photo: Jovelle Tamayo for American Craft) Stepping into the dark, cave-like anteroom of the Eiteljorg Museum’s newest ...

Singletary grew up in Seattle, where he's still based, and learned Raven's story through books before he met Tlingit mythology expert Walter Porter in 2004 at the National Museum of the American ...

The exhibition tells the story of Raven, who in Tlingit culture transformed the world — bringing light to people via the stars, moon, and sun. Raven is a central character in Native mythology, ...

Opposite page: Preston Singletary (American Tlingit, born 1963) Gagaan Awutáawu Yéil (Raven Steals the Sun), Made at the Museum in 2008.Blown, hot-sculpted, and sand-carved glass 9 1/2 x 26 x 9 ...

Visitors to the Denver Art Museum look at “Drum (Gaaw),” a cultural item from the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, on display in the Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art Galleries ...

The Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska say they’re still trying to reclaim their heritage from the Denver Art Museum, 34 years after the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation ...

DENVER — In 2017, a delegation from the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska flew to the Mile High City to meet with officials from the Denver Art Museum. The dozen tribal members came to ...

In Tlingit culture, Raven — a trickster — brought light to the world. Artist Preston Singletary interprets and creates that story in glass, in his exhibition, “Preston Singletary: Raven and ...