Book review: ‘Painful Beauty: Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resistance’ By Megan A. Smetzer
In “Painful Beauty: Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resilience,” Megan A. Smetzer explores how Tlingit women have beaded beautiful, detailed and colorful designs for over 150 years. Smetzer is a white artist, author and lecturer in the department of art history at Capilano University in North Vancouver.
The Tlingit people are indigenous to the Pacific Northwest, from Southeast Alaska down through Western Canada; while they are separate groups, the Tlingit and Haida nations have a common history in a shared land and formed a central council in 1935. ...