PRATT MUSEUM

established in 1968

October 2014

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This Fall the architects and engineers begin refining the building design and are working towards construction drawings. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities,the exhibit designer is at work translating the exhibit concept work from the last year into detailed designs. The architect and exhibit designer met with staff in September to begin coordination of structural elements in the exhibit spaces. We look forward to a busy winter developing design details and preparing for the initial site work.Pratt exhibit map 9oct14

Jo Going: Reliquary

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Reliquary

by Jo Going

June 27 – September 21, 2014

Opening Friday, June 27, 5-7 pm; Artist Talk at 6 pm

How does one define the sacred? Nearly 30 years ago, artist Jo Going knelt beside a caribou skeleton on the tundra of the Alaskan Interior. She realized that “bones carry the spirits of the animals, a lasting essence of presence, that they are relics, holy and venerable.” Going continued to collect bones from the taiga and incorporate them into her own work. Paleolithic and Neolithic art, as well as Italian church reliquaries venerating the bones of saints, inspired Reliquary, an exhibit nearly three decades in the making. Reliquary invites visitors to connect with the spirit presence of animals, and contemplate our shared sacred impulse.

The Dena’ina Way of Living

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Invisible in their own homeland. About half of Alaska’s residents live in traditional Dena’ina territory, but there is little awareness of the indigenous people who have called Southcentral Alaska home for more than 1,000 years. Meet the Dena’ina through film, life-size re-creations, images, hands-on learning stations, audio and original artifacts, as well as a rich series of special events.

IMG_5865The Pratt Museum is proud to be the first site to host this traveling exhibition, and the only venue outside of Anchorage to feature original artifacts.

The exhibition, Dena’inaq’ Huch’ulyeshi: The Dena’ina Way of Living, was organized by the Anchorage Museum. Major support for traveling the exhibition has been generously provided by the Rasmuson Foundation. Additional support for the Pratt Museum installation has been provided by Apache Alaska Corporation, The CIRI Foundation, Ninilchik Traditional Council, Seldovia Village Tribe, Alaska State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Homer.

April 25 and 26, 2014

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Exhibit Planning Workshops

You are invited to join us for this important exhibit planning workshop! The Pratt Museum’s consulting exhibit planner and exhibit designer will be at the Museum sharing the preliminary exhibit plans for the new Pratt Museum. This is your opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions before we move to the next phase of development. We have scheduled two separate events so that as many community members as possible will be able to attend either one. The workshops will be: Friday, April 25, 5:30 – 7 pm and Saturday, April 25, 2 – 3:30 pm.

We hope you will have the opportunity to look over the following pdf documents before these workshops.

These comprise the focus of our conversation:

We look forward to your input!