Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi

Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi (Ninilchik Tribe, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq) is an art historian, author and museum consultant based in Kachemak Bay in Alaska. For the past decade, she has served as the program director for the “Journey to What Matters: Increased Alaska Native Art & Culture” project at The CIRI Foundation, an Alaska Native non-profit focused on education and heritage. Her work at the Foundation includes supporting Alaska Native art revitalization projects, in addition to overseeing an art writing initiative, a museum sovereignty program and an Alaska Native emerging artist leader program. In addition, Nadia is a contributing author for First American Art Magazine and an occasional art history instructor. She is inspired by the concept of sovereignty and the idea that the arts connect us across generations and cultures. Her art writing practice is focused on documenting Alaska Native and circumpolar art histories.