Recent Art Acquisitions
Rasmuson Foundation Art Acquisition Initiative
Detail from Wild Alaska
© 1989 Karla Freeman
The Pratt Museum collects significant works of art in all media by primarily local and Alaska artists. The art acquisition program is a balance of theme-driven and artist-driven selections. Themes emphasize community interests and museum programmatic initiatives, particularly as they relate to Kachemak Bay people and place - the unifying theme in museum exhibitry and programs. Selections of a particular artist's work reflect the history and diversity of art in the community, offer local artists a sense of vision and place, and connect with the broader art community.
Funds for purchase of artworks are made possible by donations from art patrons and the Rasmuson Foundation Art Acquisition Initiative. The Art Acquisition Initiative, administered by Museums Alaska since 2003, supports the purchase of contemporary works by Alaskan artists.
Potential acquisitions are selected by an Art Acquisition Committee of local artists, community members, and staff. All acquisition candidates are recommended to the Pratt Museum Collections Committee for final approval.
Acquisitions are selected by the Art Acquisition Committee of local artists,
community members, and staff. All acquisitions are recommended to the
Pratt Museum Collections Committee for final approval.
2008 Purchases
Just Hanging On, Deb Lowney
Beat The Retreat, Kathy Smith
Melting Ice, Aerial View, Scott Dickerson
Sea Stars Tile, Lynn Marie Naden
Octopus Tile, Lynn Marie Naden
Salmon and Kelp Tile, Lynn Marie Naden
Great Gray Attack, Gina Hollomon
Fireweed and Pushki , Toby Tyler
Sandhill Crane, Shirley Timmreck,
St. Innocent, Byron Birdsall
Brad, Brad Hughes
Celtic Evening Run, Brad Hughes
Frost Forest, Douglas Yates
Migration Triptych, Ron Senungetuk
Green Leaf Pin, Turid Senungetuk
Red/Green Pin, Turid Senungetuk
2007 Purchases
Sea Lion 007, Lena Amason 
Lena Amason
Photo © 2007 Scott Dickerson
Peeper, Alvin Amason
Plastic Death, Rebecca Lyon
Hunting for Fossil Fuels, Rebecca Lyon
Halibut Pod III, Fran Reed
Dark Forest Memory, Ahna Iredale
Hold Fast II, Ahna Iredale
Ocean Circle I, Ahna Iredale
Lunch on the Sheep River, Marian Beck
Birch Merge, Lynn Marie Naden
Spruce Bark Beetles on the Move, Gail Baker
Alder Crane, Tamara Schmidt
Entwined, Sheila Wyne
Notes of the Lost, Sheila Wyne
Stretched Pink Secret, Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Small Secrets, Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Ivory and Baleen Necklace, Susie Bevins Ericsen
Ivory and Aluminum Ring, Susie Bevins Ericsen
2006 Purchases
Winter Portraits, Karla Freeman
mal'uk badarkis, allrilug mamaayak, Lena
Amason
Water Music, Kathy Smith
Predator Control, Chris Jenness
Angular Motion #4, Douglas Yates
Aurora Borealis I II III, Ron Senungetuk
Jellyfish Sconces, Tarri Thruman and Marion Prazen·
Volcanic Ocean #2, Marjorie Scholl
Red Tide, Paula Dickey
Bore Tide, Elizabeth Petersen
Mending Tools, Annette BellamyAurora Borealis I, II, III, Ron Senungetuk
© 2005 Scott Dickerson
Urchin Forms #5 #8 #9, Paul Eneboe
Green Sheild, Paul Dungan
Pendulum Vase, Paul Dungan
2005 Purchases
Hydria, Anna Ramsburgh
Lykos, Anna Ramsburgh
Diamond Dressmaker, Anna Ramsburgh
Frozen Over Ice Break, Hal Gage
Ice Boulder, Hal Gage
Supporting Ice Column, Ice Cave, Hal Gage
2004: Turning Back the Clock, Celia
Carl Anderson
The Dream Bag, Kate Boyan
Green Blue Red, Alex Duff Combs
Nikiski Scene, Jim Evenson
Pleiades Islands 2, Asia Freeman
Continuity Necklace, Rika Mouw
Traditional Sugpiaq Dancers, Nancy Radtke
Plankton, Judy Winn Pleiades Islands 2
© 2005 Asia Freeman
2004 Purchases
Mountain Bones, Brad Hughes
Whales 1-2-3 Triptych, Ron Senungetuk
Sedna: Goddess of the Sea, Susie Silook
Ice Map Series, Kathy Smith
Tall Grass, Kathy Smith
Three Reds Sculptural Bench , Leo Vait
Wetland Box Series, Rika Mouw
Ron Senungetuk
© 2005 Scott Dickerson
2003 Purchases
Nenana Flats
© 2003 Ree Nancarrow
Crucible, Celia Carl Anderson and Sarah
Glaves
Untitled #8, Alex Combs
Wild Alaska, Karla Freeman
Wild Iris Necklace Box, Rika Mouw
Nenana Flats, Ree Nancarrow
The Lost & The Found, Alan Parks
Dock Platter, Carla Potter
Silver Glacier, Ann-Margret Wimmerstedt
Waterways, Judy Winn
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