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Accession Number: TT.04072
Date of Photo: 1983
Caption: "This is my get-a-way world," says Michael Hootch of his art work . No matter what is going on around him, however loud someone may be playing their music, and however gray the walls may be, Hootch can lose himself in outdoor Alaska. Hootch, originally of Emmonak but living in Anchorage at the time he got into trouble with alcohol and burglary, made up him mind to use his time in prison wisely. He works with his art work as much as eight or nine hours in a day, and hopes to eventually make a living off of it. Hootch also designed the stationery for the council, as well as the potlatch program and the emblem for some council jackets. "It made me feel good to be able to help that group out," he explined.

Description: "This is my get-a-way world," says Michael Hootch of his art work . No matter what is going on around him, however loud someone may be playing their music, and however gray the walls may be, Hootch can lose himself in outdoor Alaska. Hootch, originally of Emmonak but living in Anchorage at the time he got into trouble with alcohol and burglary, made up him mind to use his time in prison wisely. He works with his art work as much as eight or nine hours in a day, and hopes to eventually make a living off of it. Hootch also designed the stationery for the council, as well as the potlatch program and the emblem for some council jackets. "It made me feel good to be able to help that group out," he explined.


Name: Bill Hess
Ethnicity: Non-indigenous
Role: Photographer

Name: Michael Hootch
Ethnicity: Yup’ik
Role: Subject

State: Alaska
Region: Cook Inlet
Community: Eagle River

Indigenous Group: Yup’ik
Publication Information: Tundra Times Newspaper 5-4-1983  
CD Number: 554

Annotations: T.T. 5/4/83
"This is my get-a-way world," says Michael
Hootch of his art work . No matter what is
going on around him, however loud someone
may be playing their music, and however
gray the walls may be, Hootch can lose him-
self in outdoor Alaska. Hootch, originally
of Emmonak but living in Anchorage at the
time he got into trouble with alcohol and
burglary, made up him mind to use his time
in prison wisely. He works with his art work
as much as eight or nine hours in a day, and
hopes to eventually make a living off of it.
Hootch also designed the stationery for the
council, as well as the potlatch program
and the emblem for some council jackets.
"It made me feel good to be able to help
that group out," he explined.
Keywords: Art:Painting
Indigenous Groups:Yup’ik
People:Artists
People:Men
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