“I created these masks as reimagining of historic Yup’ik masks that have inspired me and influenced my work.”

“Each of these masks is a reimagining of an historic Yup’ik Mask. Ann Fienup-Riordan’s book, Agayuliyararput: Our Way of Making Prayer, The Living Tradition of Yup’ik Masks has been such an important book to me throughout my years of sculpting. The inspirations for the five masks in the exhibit are among so many mask images and stories from Fienup-Riordan’s book that live large in my imagination, that continue to impact me and influence both my ceramic masks and my bronze sculptures.” ~ Terresa White, 2025