PRATT MUSEUM

established in 1968

Watermark

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June 4 – August 4, 2015
Opening reception: Thursday, June 4, 5-7 p.m.

 

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Asia Freeman and Michael Walsh present a duo show depicting their connections to the local landscape through painting and moving images. Freeman presents new oil paintings. Walsh presents new digital videos. The two artists have shared a studio for several years. They also share a sensual language of mark making with a focus on water as media and muse. Explore Kachemak Bay’s vast, ethereal waterscapes, places that are near yet remain elusive and enigmatic due to Alaska’s volatile weather. Islands rise like mirages from mist-shrouded shorelines, light bursts through translucent layers of color to create a mysterious sense of place. Investigate the tension between the solidity of paint, the realism of photography and the instability of form in fleeting light and motion. Watermark centers on artwork that hovers between pure abstraction and natural realism.

This exhibit is supported in part by Holland America Line, Alaska State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and City of Homer.

Faith Revell: Bird Dance

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April 3 – May 31, 2015
Opening reception: Friday, April 3, 5-7 p.m.
Artist’s Workshop: May 30, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. ($30)

Lesser Yellowlegs 24x24Bird Dance presents a confluence of birds in motion. Artist Faith Revell’s drawings and paintings exude a strong kinesthetic quality, are often gestural in nature, and focus on movement. These images will be paired with selected artifacts from the Pratt Museum’s natural history collection, as well as video and audio of birds in motion. Explore birds in motion through a variety of perspectives in Bird Dance.

Join Faith on May 30 for “Gesture and Form in Nature.” This workshop, geared toward adult and young adult artists, will start with a field session of outdoor observation and gestural drawing. After lunch, students will return to the museum for a gallery talk, additional drawing of mounted birds, and then move to a workshop space for final projects. Workshop space is limited. Please visit the link above for more information, and call the front desk to register and reserve your place.

This exhibit is supported in part by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Alaska State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and City of Homer.

Jubilee: Festival of Young Artists

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April 3 – May 10, 2015
Opening reception: Friday, April 3, 5-7 p.m.

Birch Trees by Kaitlyn Johnson, West Homer Elementary, 2013.

The annual student art showcase will open in the lower level Art Gallery on April 3, in conjunction with the opening of Bird Dance. Come celebrate works of art in all media by area students from Kindergarten through High School.

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Brooks Fish

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Thirty Years of Counting Fish at Brooks Lake,
Katmai National Park and Preserve
February 1 – March 29, 2015Brooks lake fish racks 1940

The Bristol Bay Investigation’s temporary tent camp and fish weir established at the outlet of the Brooks River in 1940. Photographed by Robert Hacker. “Brooks Camp Interpretive Collection,” KATM Photo Archives, Records of Katmai National Park and Preserve, Anchorage, Alaska.“One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Brooks Fish” shows visitors how counting fish at the outlet of Brooks Lake helped develop the management methodology used to regulate one of the most important sockeye salmon fisheries in Alaska. Thanks in part to the scientist’s eye for detail, the composition of the photographs are compelling and engaging. Most importantly, this exhibit underscores the conclusion that salmon-pursuing human beings have been an integral force that have profoundly shaped the salmon resource since the Brooks River formed nearly 4,500 years ago. Contrary to most salmon and people stories, the fish runs of Bristol Bay remain healthy, they serve as the ecological engines for an entire ecosystem, and support an industry that employs a high number of Alaskans. Simply put, this is a resource management story Alaska got right.

Biologists find the perfect balance for photographing salmon near the weir site in July 1959. “Theodore Merrell Collection,” Records of Katmai National Park and Preserve, Anchorage, Alaska.

Curators Kathryn Myers (Katmai National Park and Preserve) and Katherine Ringsmuth (Anchorage Museum, formerly Katmai National Park and Preserve) will give a curators’ talk as part of the Pratt Museum Annual Meeting: Tuesday, February 3 at 6pm.

This exhibit is supported in part by Icicle Seafoods, Alaska State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and City of Homer. Developed in partnership with the National Park Service.