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Aaluk Edwardson, born and raised on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, is a multidisciplinary artist, purposeful educator and the founder and director of Creative Decolonization, LLC. She is Iñupiaq/Norwegian and was raised in those cultures. Aaluk's work is focused on supporting wellness, cultural exploration and creative engagement in service to communities and families around the world. She has written poetry for adolescents healing from sexual abuse, culturally diverse plays for children and adults, and for TV. She is working on a novel and two children's storybooks at present. Her first creative love was singing as a very young child. Her second arrived when she was five years old and it was theater. As an adult, Aaluk began and continues to grow her career in education. |
She's taught elementary, middle and high school students and currently teaches creative writing and ancient Inuit history and art for the Iñupiaq Studies department at Iḷisaġvik College. Aaluk founded Creative Decolonization, LLC as a collaborative space to build community-driven creative projects that support cultural and individual wellness. The ATTA Project, the PUIGUITKAAT Project, the Evolving through Disaster Series, and the Sovereignty Stories Project are a few of the projects she's helped to develop in service to culture and community.
She leads small group workshops for communities and organizations to support their purposeful exploration into what culture, cultural identity and wellness are for them. Aaluk hopes this work encourages people to treat one another with respect and kindness with the eventual goal of a world full of such things.
She leads small group workshops for communities and organizations to support their purposeful exploration into what culture, cultural identity and wellness are for them. Aaluk hopes this work encourages people to treat one another with respect and kindness with the eventual goal of a world full of such things.
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TRAINING AREAS OF FOCUS: Writing, Performance, Directing, Teaching, Community Discussion Facilitation, Creating Collaborative Art, Singing, Meditation, Yoga, Diversity and Inclusion Practices, & Leadership. TRAINOR ORGANIZATIONS/TEACHERS: The National SEED Project: Creating Conversational Communities that Drive Change Homeless Children's Playtime Center in Washington, DC: Working in a Volunteer Capacity with Homeless Children Spirit Series: Classroom Teacher Dartmouth Rockefeller Global Leadership Program The Diversity Peer Leadership Program with Nora Yasumora Native Student Mentoring & Retention Training with. Dr. Molly Springer The Tucker Center: Cross-cultural Research The San Francisco Zen Center: Zen Meditation Zen Center North Shore: Zen Meditation CERTIFICATIONS: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Facilitator, Bereavement Groups Healing from Suicide Loss Mental Health First Aid for Youth |