Recent Art Acquisitions
Rasmuson Foundation Art Acquisition Initiative

Detail from Wild Alaska oil pastel by Karla Freeman
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
    • Brad
      © Brad Hughes
  • Red/Green Pin, Turid Senungetuk
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    2007 Purchases

  • Sea Lion 007, Lena Amason Otter
    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
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    2006 Purchases

     

  • Winter Portraits, Karla Freeman
  • mal'uk badarkis, allrilug mamaayak, Lena Amason
  • Water Music, Kathy Smithart
  • 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
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    2005 Purchases

    Nenana Flats quilt by Ree Nancarrow

  • 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
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    2004 Purchases

    Sedna

  • 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
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    Ron Senungetuk
    © 2005 Scott Dickerson

     

     

    2003 Purchases

    Nenana Flats quilt by Ree Nancarrow
    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