John Kailukiak Quotes (3 Quotes)

There is a fault that comes through the face and I used that as a representation of her cancer.

It's a unique school. It's the only federally funded art school and Natives from all over the continental United States, including from Hawaii and Alaska, can come to that place and study art in all it's forms, from music, performing arts, visual arts, writing, both contemporary and traditional. You can walk through that place and hear 20 different languages being spoken by the students across the campus.

It effected my life so much I had to tell her story in stone. I had to let it out somehow, all that stress, tension, worry and concern is in this piece.