PRATT MUSEUM

established in 1968

Curators’ Closet

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February 1 -April 28, 2018

The Pratt Museum’s current and former Collections Department staff collaborate to create an exhibit based on each curator’s “favorite things.” This retrospective exhibit highlights items in storage that visitors may not see often, gives some insight into the role and nature of the museum’s collections, and invites visitors to think about what they value as individuals and, collectively, as a community.

This retrospective look at the Pratt Museum’s collections will also be a springboard to discuss the collection moving into the future.

Stay tuned for a schedule of community conversations, workshops, a call for art, and curricula in local K-12 schools!

New Acquisitions

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February 1 – March 31, 2018

Come see what’s new in 2018! The annual recent acquisitions show in the lower level Art Gallery features contemporary Alaska art acquired through donations and the Rasmuson Foundation’s Art Acquisition Fund, as well as select donations in the areas, cultural history and natural sciences.

ROOT Mail Art Show

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ROOT International Mail Art Exhibit

In conjunction with a site-specific installation by local artist Lynn Marie Naden, the Pratt Museum is excited to host the ROOT International Mail Art Exhibit. We are rooting out participants!

Artists from across Alaska and around the globe are invited to mail original artwork via U.S. Postal Service, on the theme of Roots. All works are considered a donation and will be auctioned for the Pratt Museum (a tap root of our community) at the December 30 closing, with starting bids set at the cost of postage.

The root of Mail Art is attributed to the New York artist, Ray Johnson, correspondence artist founder (Oct. 1927-Jan. 1995).

ROOT by Lynn Marie Naden

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November 3 – December 30, 2017

Lynn Naden’s “ROOT” will be a multi-component installation in the Pratt’s Special Exhibits Gallery. ROOT explores interconnections and ancestry. The central structure will be built up from strips of paper containing community-sources perspectives on roots. Visit the Pratt Museum to contribute your own story and be part of this multilayered installation.

As John Muir once stated, “When you tug at a root, you’ll find that everything else is connected.”

Following its premiere at the Pratt Museum, ROOT will also travel to Naden’s ancestral homes: Central California and Serbia.