Robin K. Wright
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American art historian
Robin K. Wright is an American art historian. She is a professor emerita at the University of Washington and was curator at the Burke Museum in Seattle,[1] where she was a director of the Bill Holm Center.[2] She retired in 2015 and was made director emerita.[3][4]
Wright has written or edited multiple books on Northwest Coast art history. Her book A Time of Gathering won a 1992 Washington State Governor's Writers Award[5] and her book Northern Haida Master Carvers won a 2002 Washington State Book Awards.[6] She studied art history at the University of Washington, earning a master's in 1977 and a doctorate in 1985.[1][7]
- A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State. Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and University of Washington Press. 1991. (Edited)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
- Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle : Vancouver: University of Washington Press ; Douglas & McIntyre. 2001. ISBN 978-0-295-98084-3.[15][16][17][18]
- Charles Edenshaw. London UK: Black Dog Publishing. 2013. ISBN 978-1-908966-20-9. Edited with Daina Augaitis and James Hart.
- In the Spirit of the Ancestors:Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum. Burke Museum and University of Washington Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0-295-99521-2. Edited with Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse[19][20][21]
- Skidegate House Models: From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair and Beyond. Native Art of the Pacific Northwest: a Bill Holm Center Series. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 2024. ISBN 978-0-295-75105-4. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.[22]
References
- 1 2 "Swan and the Haida Indians featured in talk". Peninsula Daily News. 2018-02-02. p. 22. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ Lederman, Marsha (2013-10-28). "More than 90 years after his death, a Haida master carver gets his due". The Globe and Mail. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ "Bill Holm Center Team & Contact". Burke Museum. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ Skidegate House Models: From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair and Beyond. Native Art of the Pacific Northwest: a Bill Holm Center Series. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 2024. pp. XV. ISBN 978-0-295-75105-4.
- ↑ "Governor's Writers Day Awards at the Washington State Library, 1966-2000". Washington State Library. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ Webster, Dan (2002-11-24). "Reader weighs in on OED entrants". The Spokesman-Review. p. 67. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ "Robin K. Wright". School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ Singleton, John (1990). Wright, Robin K.; Haines, Roberta (eds.). "A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State". The Journal of American History. 77 (3): 943–949. doi:10.2307/2078993. ISSN 0021-8723.
- ↑ Berlo, Janet Catherine (1994). "Review of A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State". American Indian Quarterly. 18 (4): 563–565. doi:10.2307/1185408. ISSN 0095-182X.
- ↑ Ruby, Robert H. (1993). "Review of A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State". The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 84 (2): 73–73. ISSN 0030-8803.
- ↑ Mauzé, Marie (1995). "Review of A Time of Gathering. Native Heritage in Washington State". L'Homme. 35 (133): 148–149. ISSN 0439-4216.
- ↑ Lurie, Nancy Oestreich (1993). "Review of A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State". American Anthropologist. 95 (2): 531–531. ISSN 0002-7294.
- ↑ Trafzer, Clifford E. (1993). "Review of A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State". Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 43 (2): 88–89. ISSN 0026-9891.
- ↑ Morgan, Murray (1992-01-05). "Book celebrates state's Indian heritage". The News Tribune. p. 49. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ Bringhurst, Robert (2002). "Review of Northern Haida Master Carvers". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 103 (3): 398–399. ISSN 0030-4727.
- ↑ Reviews, Book (2014-06-17). "Northern Haida Master Carvers by Robin K. Wright". BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly: No 134: Summer 2002. doi:10.14288/BCS.V0I134.185138.
- ↑ Schneider, M.J. (May 2002). "Northern Haida master carvers". Choice. 39 (9): 1577.
- ↑ Rupp, Virgil (2002-01-06). "American Indian carvers establish great tradition". East Oregonian. p. 23. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ Miller, Jay (2015). "In the Spirit of the Ancestors: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum (Wright and Bunn-Marcuse, eds.)". Museum Anthropology Review. 9: 169–171. doi:10.14434/mar.v9i1-2.19579.
- ↑ Smetzer, Megan A. (2014). "Review of In the Spirit of the Ancestors. Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum". The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 105 (4): 200–201. ISSN 0030-8803.
- ↑ "In the Spirit of the Ancestors: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum". BC Studies. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ Peck, Alexandra M. (January 16, 2025). "Skidegate House Models: From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair & Beyond". BC Studies. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
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