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Penny Wakefield

September 14, 2020

University Relations

Penny Wakefield was an instructor of weaving at UAF from 2000 until her death in 2020. Photo courtesy of the Art Department.
Penny Wakefield was an instructor of weaving at UAF from 2000 until her death in 2020. Photo courtesy of the Art Department.


Longtime weaving instructor Penny Wakefield died in August.

Wakefield started taking weaving classes at UAF in the mid-1970s. She began teaching weaving in the Art Department in 2000, and continued through the 2020 spring semester.