[7] Outside of Alaska, the foundation also promoted Alaskan Native art at events and festivals in Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., Paris, and Miami.
[4] In addition, the Foundation maintained extensive inventory of Native art and utilitarian handmade items of all sorts, based on the "subsistence" lifestyle of their makers: walrus ivory carvings, baleen etchings and baskets, whalebone sculpture, salmon and halibut skin baskets, fish skin crafts, caribou antler dolls dressed in traditional sealskin clothing, bronze sculpture and oil and acrylic paintings; and wearable art and accessories: jewelry, carved masks, traditional "ulu" knives, traditional mukluks made using natural material, summer parkas, beaded gowns using quills and moose hide, bolo ties, walrus whisker earrings, "scrimshaw" belt buckles, and silver, gold and copper jewelry.
[3][7][8] The Foundation went dormant in the spring of 2016 as the result of lost state funding and low markups on sold art.
At the time of closure, the stock of the Foundation gallery was made available for private sale,[1] and services were phased out to accommodate future marketing efforts.
As opposed to the curation and reopening of a physical gallery, the new concept consisted of an online portal for Alaska Native artists and an innovative digital marketplace that directly connects buyers with Indigenous art.