PRATT MUSEUM

established in 1968

Cliff-Nesting Seabirds of Gull Island — LIVE

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Each year, cliff-nesting seabirds signal a change of season when they return to Gull Island. Pelagic birds live at sea for most of the year. They return to remote islands during their summer nesting cycle. Gull Island, a series of jagged rocks twelve miles from Seldovia Museum and nine miles from the Pratt Museum, is situated in the middle of Kachemak Bay. This unique rookery hosts a nesting colony of over 15,000 birds, including 12,000 Black-legged Kittiwakes and 5,000 Common Murres.

For thousands of years people have utilized the valued resources at Gull Island. Like their ancestors before them, the Sugpiaq Alutiiq and Dena’ina Athabascan of this region continue to gather eggs in the springtime.

Gull Island is protected and off-limits to visitors except for approved Native harvest. This remote-controlled camera is currently operated from the public galleries of the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska. Visit the museum to control the camera and explore Gull Island for yourself!

Paula Dickey Legacy Exhibit

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The Pratt Museum is proud to present a legacy exhibition representative of Paula’s lifetime of creating (1937-2011). Many of her lovely works will be available for purchase, as well as other artists’ pieces that were in Paula and Brad Dickey’s personal collection. The Pratt Museum appreciates the gifts Paula has given this community and is honored to offer the opportunity for community members to have a remembrance of Paula Dickey.

Art Sale: Saturday May 7, 3-6 p.m.

Art and Science of Bears

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May 6 – July 31, 2016IMG_9497

Since the Fall of 2015, the Pratt Museum has hosted a series of special presentations and activities surrounding the science of bears on the Kenai Peninsula and Lower Cook Inlet region. Drawing from those presentations and a coinciding call for new works, we are thrilled to present the Art and Science of Bears. Local and regional artists from Alaska will present works interpreting our region’s bears alongside current science.

Please join us for the opening reception on May 6. Additional presentations and events are listed on the BEARS project page.

Jubilee 2016

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This year’s annual Festival of Young Artists exhibit includes works by students at Paul Banks, West Homer, McNeil Canyon, Fireweed Academy, Razdolna, and Port Graham schools. Jubilee ise on exhibit in the Art Gallery, April 1-30.

See what these amazing youth are creating in our own communities!