Crystal has teamed up with Project Backboard, a nonprofit that aims to renovate basketball courts to revitalize their respective communities, and Five Star Basketball, a company that hosts basketball teaching camps for kids, to renovate a court with Formline art! Together, Project Backboard and Five Star are committed to renovating 20 basketball courts in communities across the country in 10 years.  The court at Sitka's Crescent Harbor Park is one of those.  To stay updated on their efforts, check out Project Backboard and Five Star!  Read more in the Sitka Sentinel here. Stay tuned for the finished product!    

Trickster Designer and Artist, Crystal Worl, was featured on the cover of the Alaska Business Magazine and the lead story on public art in Alaska!  She's been on a whirlwind of large public art projects that include murals in Juneau and Anchorage.  This summer, she designed and painted a basketball court in Sitka, Alaska.  Read here.

Learn more about Crystals Elizabeth Peratrovich mural!     https://www.sapiens.org/culture/crystal-worl/

This month the Alaska Department of Commerce awarded Rico Worl a Top 40 under 40 award! They did a quick interview, read here and flip to page 54 to catch the latest interview:  Check out the publication and learn about a great group of Alaskan awardees here!    

Rico Worl was honored with a number of high profile interviews during the excitement around producing the Raven Story stamps. One exciting one was on the Forbes.com website!  https://www.forbes.com/sites/nadjasayej/2020/12/16/native-american-artist-rico-worl--designs-us-postage-stamp/?sh=49329042e09e