PRATT MUSEUM

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Alaska Positive: Juried Photograph Exhibition

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Join us at the Pratt Museum to see Alaska Positive on display in our People and Place Gallery May 7 – August 28, 2021.

Now in its 49th year, Alaska Positive is a statewide juried photographic exhibition organized and toured by the Alaska State Museum. Its purpose is to encourage the practice of photography as an art form in Alaska. Alaska Positive was on exhibit at the Alaska State Museum from December 6, 2019, through February 15, 2020, and then traveled to Cordova in 2021, and will now be on display in Homer from May through August. After Homer, the statewide tour continues, as the exhibition travels to museums throughout Alaska.

The juror for Alaska Positive was David Michael Kennedy, whose photographic career spans over 50 years. Kennedy selected 38 photographs by 26 photographers for the exhibit. Overall, 202 photographs were submitted by Alaskan photographers for the competition. The top award, the Juror’s Choice, went to Cody Swanson of Anchorage for the photograph titled Dipnetters. The Awards of Recognition went to Mike Gates of Ketchikan for Self, and Iris Korhonen-Penn of Juneau for Auke Lake, Bunchberry, Eagle Beach, and Lincoln Island. These awards are sponsored by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum.

In a Time of Change: Microbial Worlds

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June 4 – September 25, 2021Impermafrost by Gail Priday
An Art / Humanities / Science Collaborative exhibit

Discover the hidden world of microscopic organisms as seen through the lens of the arts. In this collaborative exhibit sponsored by the arts-humanities-science consortium, In a Time of Change, fourteen artists and writers magnify the physical beauty of microbes and illuminate the many roles they play in human and environmental health.

 

Familiar Faces: Portraits of Community

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Familiar Faces: Portraits of Community 2021 Exhibit imageJoin us February 5 – May 29, 2021 for our newest special exhibit, Familiar Faces: Portraits of Community. During an era of social distancing, this exhibit provides visitors the opportunity to ‘meet’ our neighbors and community members throughout history, with up-close observations of individuals and the stories that surround them. Familiar Faces features special content by guest community members Joshua Veldstra, Christina Whiting, and Clark Fair, and draws on the Pratt Museum’s permanent collections to illustrate the deeper stories behind – and beyond – these seemingly simple images. We hope you take an opportunity to discover the soul of our community portrayed in this exhibit, and explore what portraits can reveal about the people of Kachemak Bay.

Greetings from the Past: History in Postcards

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An exhibit at the Pratt Museum exploring the history of Postcards and the stories they hold

What is your hope when you send off a postcard? For over 150 years, this seemingly ephemeral form of communication has run the gamut of uses, and has proved itself to be an indispensable form of community recordkeeping across the globe, giving us bite size glimpses into the past. As we live through the current COVID-19 crisis, we have an opportunity to save our stories of this unusual and trying time. Just as stories from events of the past have created snapshots of different eras for us, we are able to pass our stories through time for future generations. What might someone learn about your life if they read a collection of postcards you’ve written? As you explore this exhibit of postcards from the Pratt Museum permanent archives, think about how stories from the past inform us about lives lived. How might you explain this current time we’re living in with just a few short lines and a picture? End your exploration of the past by dropping a note for future generations in the Postcards from Unprecedented Times mailbox, and answer a question for years to come: What’s in a postcard?

Greetings from the Past: History in Postcards will be on display in the Pratt Museum Community Gallery through March 31, 2021.