Linda Infante Lyons Exhibit, August 2015
Open Space/Open Mind Buddha teaches that the essence of an enlightened mind is open space. We often feel small and insignificant in the presence of wide open spaces. Open space is where we go to “lose” ourselves, removing self as…
JUNE: Amy Meissner
Amy Meissner: Hand stitching isn’t fast work. It’s a quiet skill that feels tenuous, nearly lost when placed in a contemporary context. Slipping fast away, like childhood, like domesticity, like safety beneath the weight of something handmade. I sew because…
FEBRUARY: Michael Conti’s “Comedy / Tragedy / Hockey”
Exhibit: February 6 – March 5, 2015 First Friday, February 6 Opening 5pm-7pm / Artist Talk 6pm Anchorage artist, Michael Conti, explores hockey’s symbolism and cultural significance as a northern sport contrasting grace and violence, blood and ice, the professional…
JUNE: MaryKaye Denkewalter
MKaye Denkewalker After 25 years of teaching at the secondary level, MKaye Denkewalter was given the opportunity to teach metalsmithing and jewelry at East Anchorage High School. Known until then as a fiber artist, Denkewalter moved into jewelry and quickly…
Shaping Alaska
May Exhibit First Friday, May 1 Opening 5-7pm / Artist Talk 6pm For this invitational exhibit four Alaska artists were invited to create new work expressing how contrasting media and diverse experience redefine Alaska's vast landscape.
APRIL: AIR, Abigail Kokai
Life occurs as a series of layers. These layers can easily be quantified into linear sequences as single years, techniques, education, and personal experiences. For Abigail Kokai, these layers translate into the layers of a quilt. Abigail positions herself as…
JAN 2015: Jo Going – STILL & AGAIN
STILL AND AGAIN - Projections, watercolors and poetry exhibition January 9 - Feb 3, 2015 reading January 9, 6 pm This exhibit presents a video of Jo Goingʼs recently published book of poems and paintings, STILL AND AGAIN, inspired by her…
Christina Fenner, July Exhibit
History Retold I'm an introvert. For me, any new relationship is an endeavor of compromise and stubborn self-discovery. Each new interpersonal encounter may or may not expose the all too familiar awkwardness of my personality. It's like the day after…