PRATT MUSEUM

established in 1968

Ritz Art Preview

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October 9 – November 3, 2015

Opening Reception: Friday, October 9, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

2015 Ritz Poster copyVisit the Pratt Museum Special Exhibits Gallery during October to preview artwork to be included in the 30th Annual Ritz Art & Experience Auction. The dinner and auction event, which will be held on Saturday, November 7 at Wasabi’s, will include a live and silent auction, featuring artwork and other items donated by artists, businesses and individuals throughout Alaska. All funds raised at the Ritz will help the Pratt Museum continue to increase the diversity and quality of its exhibits and programs.

For this 30th Anniversary Ritz, we’ll be celebrating Havana Nights! Ritz at the CopaCabana. Celebrating the 1940s and 50s that was Cuba in its heyday, this year’s Ritz will include Cuban food, music, dancing, diamonds, pearls, bright lights, rum, and cigars (to take outdoors)!

For more information, call Michele Miller at 435-3342 or e-mail mmiller@prattmuseum.org.

Museum Macabre: Darkest Secrets of Kachemak Bay

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October 9 – 31, 2015

Some stories from Kachemak Bay have been lost to common knowledge, swept under the rug and into collections storage at the Pratt Museum. Now is your chance to learn about the dark days of our past through original artifacts and rare images:

Museum Macabre 2015

  • Silver bullet casting molds from the werewolf outbreak of 1934
  • Taxidermy mount of the now-extinct native scorpion forest squirrel
  • Various and frightening specimens preserved stuffed (fanged hare and parasitic fish crab) or in alcohol (giant huntsman spidermoose and assorted viscera)
  • Relics from the vampire wars of the 1970s, including impaling stakes, fangs, and desicated vampires (in bat form)
  • The brain (cast) of a 3-legged land whale
  • Kandorian “siren” eel extracted from Homer Pennock’s leg

This special exhibit is only up through Saturday, October 31, after which the specimens shall be appropriately forgotten…

Ocean Treasure, Ocean Trash

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August 7 – September October 4, 2015
Opening Reception: August 7, 5-7 p.m.

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies,
in celebration of the 30th Annual Kachemak Bay CoastWalk

Fishing NetThe ocean is a treasure that connects everyone in this world; it circulates through winds and currents, carries nutrients from one bay to the next, and houses an abundance of life. This hands-on exhibit shows how we fit into this watery world, how we impact the life within it, and how we can be the solution to ocean pollution.

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

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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.