Dear Supporters of the Bunnell Street Arts Center, This spring marks a year since the Covid-19 pandemic has brought daily life worldwide to a standstill. The challenges of this pandemic have permeated every facet of living from our physical and…
How can land acknowledgment spark other ways of knowing, being and listening into action? Argent Kvasnikoff shares the significance of Nichiłt’ana and birch for the Ninilchik Tribe, other materials, colors, the spatial organization of the types of structures that were…
What is the value and purpose of writing alternative histories of Alaska? What responsibilities does a person who operates from a distance have to a culture? Shared Universe Bookclub discusses cultural appropriation. With Nathan Shafer, Richard Perry, Lucas Rowley, Leslie…
How are international artists-in-residence managing pandemic, distance and dialogue? Fiber artists Berith Stennab (Skövde, Sweden) and Mandy Bernard (Homer, Alaska) discuss their intercontinental collaboration of shared communication and textiles. Stennab and Bernard are participants in a residency exchange between Bunnell…
Bunnell Street Arts Center is situated within the sovereign tribal boundaries of Ninilchik Village Tribe, stretching from Elanaaq (Homer Spit in the Suge’stun language) across Tikahtnu (Cook Inlet, Dena’ina), and from T’ch’anen (Caribou Hills, Dena’ina) to north of Niqnalchint (Ninilchik).…
Artist Holly Mititquq Nordlum speaks about cultural resistance and revitalization through her present projects including public art, acknowledgment through art, film and traditional tattoos. Holly received a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in Graphic Design and Photography from the University…
This conversation is with owner/curator Simonetta Mignano of Bivy, Anchorage artspace and bookstore as she speaks with Hollis Mickey, Susan Share and Ben Huff about their art and the mission of this bookstore and home of The School of Nonfunctional…
During this residency David developed a mixed media show that further develops Dusty Funk and the lexicon of Afrofuturism. David says, "I maintain an active scholarly engagement. Dusty Funk is a series of mixed media Art Experiences that include 3…
How do artists and writers share truthful stories about fictions staged in Alaska? American physician and explorer, Frederick Cook claimed to have discovered the North Pole in 1908. But who was “discovered" and what was suppressed in this story? What…