PRATT MUSEUM

established in 1968

Landfalls

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Dedications to Alaskan Women Writers and Storytellers

“With it, we are joined, and continue” Joan Naviyuk Kane. Found images, photographs, blueberry-dyed paper and gauze, fish leather, and encaustic on hand-cut scrap metal Words from her poem, “Anchorage,” in The Cormorant Hunter’s Wife. 8″ x 10″

How do we know, relate to, and narrate the complexities of living in the North? What words resonate with us when we talk, hear, or read about the place we call home? What sparks us to learn more, change our behavior, and show empathy towards a place and its people? These questions inspired Haines artist Katie Ione Craney to create a new series of work based on deciphering the roles of women within the literary and physical landscape.

Opening reception: Friday, August 3, 5-7 p.m.

Reflecting Upon 50 Years of the Pratt Museum

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The Pratt Museum has been a part of the Kachemak Bay region for 50 years! Do you have a fond memory or story of the Pratt Museum that you’d like to share? We’re collecting reflections in any form: stories, poems, haiku, et cetera!

Compiled contributions will be gathering into a publication to debut in 2019.

Please complete the following form with your story. If you’d like to add more, or send a flashback photo, send to info@prattmuseum.org.

Thank you for being a part of the Museum!

 

 

Ties us Together

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Due: Now through June 1, 2018

What are the activities that tie our community together? How would you represent our community to an audience in 2068? Submit a photo of one activity that ties us together! Images will be part of a large format collage in Ties Us Together, a community-based installation by Sharlene Cline, May 4 – July 1, 2018.

No description necessary.

Deadline:

Images submitted through June 1, 2018 will be part of a large, progressively growing collage.

 Please submit hardcopy images to the museum’s front desk.

Submissions are considered a donation for art installation, and will not be returned. Inclusion is at the discretion of the artist.

Kachemak 2068: Future Visions

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Artwork Due: April 9 – 16, 2018, (M-F, 9am-5 pm.)

 

As the Pratt Museum looks back on 50 years of collecting community history, we also look to the future to ask what we will collect over the next 50. How do you envision our community and our museum in 2068? Contribute to creating our shared future through this special anniversary exhibit curated by Sharlene Cline.

Goal: to explore visions of Kachemak Bay fifty years in the future.

Artwork Due: April 9 – 16, 2018, (M-F, 9am-5 pm.)

Exhibit: May 4 – July 1, 2018

Guidelines

  • Artists may submit work in any medium: visual art, media, or narrative.* Please inquire about extra large works or special concerns.
    * please no live organics—living plants or materials with the potential to harbor insects*
  • Please include with the artwork:
    • Title
    • Media
    • Artist
    • Brief statement (200 words max)
    • Sale price or “Not for Sale” (sale price includes 25% commission)
    • Any special instructions for installation
  • Artist loan agreement must be completed at or before drop off
  • Inclusion in the exhibition and gallery design is at the discretion of the curator

Questions?

Contact Scott Bartlett, Curator of Exhibits: sbartlett@prattmuseum.org or 907.435.3335.