Carrie Hill
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TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Akwesasne Mohawk
MEDIUM: Basketry - Ash and Sweetgrass
ARTIST STATEMENT
Carrie Hill is an Akwesasne Mohawk black ash and sweetgrass basket artist. The tradition of weaving goes back many generations of Carrie’s family, and her first teacher was her Aunt.
Carrie’s work has a contemporary approach using traditional materials of black ash and sweetgrass. Her work has been sent all over the world, including an entire collection representing the Haudenosaunee People for the U.S. Embassy in Swaziland, Africa. Carries has participated in art markets and art shows, as well as teaches and demonstrates.
