PRATT MUSEUM

established in 1968

Museum from Home!

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Looking for ways to engage with the Museum from the comfort of your own home?

Keep checking with us here and on social media for more ways to have museum adventures!

Pratt Museum CLOSED through Friday, APRIL 3

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To support public efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Pratt Museum is closed effective Monday, March 16, through Friday, April 3.

As an organization founded by and for community, our highest priority is to protect and support community. We thank our friends, partners, visitors, members, staff and volunteers for your support as we all we all do our part to help ensure a safe and healthy environment.

We will continue to monitor this situation and to act in accordance with the recommendations of health officials and local, state and federal authorities. We will announce any changes via our regular communication channels including our website and social media.

In Homer, more information on COVID-19 may be found through the City of Homer.

More information on COVID-19 may also be found through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Alaska Department of Health and social Services.

PRATT MUSEUM CLOSED THROUGH TUESDAY, MARCH 30

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To support public efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Pratt Museum is closed effective Monday, March 16, through Monday, March 30.

As an organization founded by and for community, our highest priority is to protect and support community. We thank our friends, partners, visitors, members, staff and volunteers for your support as we all we all do our part to help ensure a safe and healthy environment.

We will continue to monitor this situation and to act in accordance with the recommendations of health officials and local, state and federal authorities. We will announce any changes via our regular communication channels including our website and social media.

In Homer, more information on COVID-19 may be found through the City of Homer.

More information on COVID-19 may also be found through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Alaska Department of Health and social Services.

Jubilee Festival of Student Art

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The Pratt Museum is partnering with Homer Council on the Arts to present the 2020 Jubilee Festival of Student Art! Student works submitted through HCOA’s office will be distributed between HCOA and the Pratt. View the amazing work that our community’s youth are creating at both locations!

Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth

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October 9 – November 28, 2020

“Whither the Waterfront?” by Cathy Miranker

Art quilts from Studio Art Quilt Associates Pacific regions

An exploration of the effect of the Pacific Ocean on the lives of people
living in the coastal states and province of the North American continent
and in Hawai‘i.

Created as a group exhibit to shine a light on the issues facing the Pacific Ocean today, Shifting Tides is a collection of work by 45 artists chosen from the seven Pacific-facing regions of SAQA. Curated by renowned textile artist Ann Johnston, the exhibit offers a variation of style and context about the plight of oceans and the communities they support.

From their strikingly different vantage points—from Southern California northward to Western Canada and Alaska, plus Hawai`i—artists from a range of backgrounds were asked to express their concerns and feelings about the Pacific. “Merely because we live in this part of the world, we as individuals are part of the Pacific ecosystem. On a daily basis we may not recognize the changes that are happening, but they are of vital importance to our world,” write Georgia French and Sonja Campbell, co-chairs of the exhibit planning committee.

Shifting Tides debuted in San Jose, California at the 2019 SAQA Conference for the purpose of showcasing the talents of SAQA members living in the greater North Pacific region. The show will tour the seven participating Regions, bringing to public view the innovative contemporary art that SAQA stands for.

 

 

Denali: Artists Respond to Composers

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February 4 – May 25, 2020

DENALI Artists Respond to Music Inspired by Wilderness was conceived at the confluence of two languages-music and visual art. Elements Artist Group, six artists anchored in Alaska, created eighteen pieces of art in collaboration with nine composers from Composing in the Wilderness 2017. Each piece of art is a personal response to a musical composition. Composers from Denali National Park’s Composing in the Wilderness program shared their music scores, ideas, and information about specific locations that kindled their inspiration. Elements artists have all experience the transformative potency of living, working, traveling, or being an Artist in Residence in Denali Park. Their connections to this rare wilderness, alon with knowledge of specific places influence their responses–the colors, textures, shapes, and images they chose.

Each visual work in the show is accompanied by a musical score and QR link to audio of the composition by which it was inspired.

Kathy Smith: Rivers of Ice

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October 4 – December 28, 2019

Kathy Smith is a painter and a long time resident of Homer, Alaska. She can see Grewingk Glacier from her house, and has been watching glaciers retreat since visiting Portage Glacier as a child. Her new paintings are a record of visits to various glaciers in Alaska, and a testament to the effects of a changing climate on the northern landscape. Her work is represented in the Pratt Museum’s permanent collection.

Gull Island Cam

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Gull Island Camera is online! Feel free to watch on YouTube, or come in to the museum to control the camera view. Thanks to SpitwSpots for providing discounted wireless service to transmit the signal from Gull Island to Homer!

Officially Renovated!

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Wow! What a party! Thank you to everyone who came to the Museum on Saturday and helped us celebrate our Grand Re-Opening! We hope you had as much fun as we did! Thank you, also, to all the amazing performers who shared their talents, and our community partners who brought discovery lab materials! Missed Saturday? Don’t worry– we’re open 10am-6pm daily all summer, so you can come see the renovations in person someday soon!

Renovation Progress 2/7/19

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People keep asking what’s going on with renovation–it’s mostly been on the inside, and it’s been busy! Wall framing is complete in almost all areas, as well as rough-in for systems. Shafts sites are prepped for both elevator lifts (front entrance and interior). Things will start looking very different when drywall arrives next week! Work has also resumed on the re-vamped front entrance. Although glass windows, doors, and siding will be installed near the end of the project, interior space, steps and roofing are coming together!

*If youwould like a special sneak peak, call the museum to book your own Hard Hat Tour! These one-hour behind-the-scenes tours (including hors d’oeuvres and a beverage) are $50 per person, $175 for a group of 4, or $250 for a group of 6 (max tour size). Call the museum at 235-8635 to schedule!