In the exhibit As We See It, co-curators India Young and Suzanne Fricke bring together the work of eight contemporary Native American photographers and filmmakers to develop a dialogue around representation, portraiture, and landscape. By its nature, photography does not just capture images of the world. It also recreates the world by presenting a coercive…
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AUTHOR TALK – JANET COLLINS
Janet Collins, author of On the Arctic Frontier: Ernest Leffingwell’s Polar Explorations and Legacy, discusses her research on the early polar explorer and his work exploring, studying and mapping the landscape in what is now the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge between 1906 and 1914. In consultation with the Inupiat of the area, Leffingwell took scientific…
MOVING MOUNTAINS WITH ANNETTE BELLAMY
A mountain assembled from hanging rocks, a tapestry of fish skin, a dip net made of clay- these are just a few of the works in Annette Bellamy’s solo exhibition, Moving Mountains. The show pays tribute to the things that sustain us. Annette Bellamy is one of eight artists selected for the Alaska State Museum…
THE LITUYA BAY DISASTERS
Visiting maritime historian Philippe Fichet-Delavault presents interesting material on Lituya Bay, including the contact between La Perouse, the French explorer, and the Tlingits in 1786 through the megatsunami of July 9, 1958.
LECTURE WITH BEN HUFF
Ben is an Alaska-based portrait and landscape photographer and the founder of the independent publisher, Ice Fog Press.
ART & LIFE IN THE AFTERMATH with JOAN NAVIYUK KANE, DON REARDEN, VERA STARBARD
In this NEA Big Read keynote event, playwright Vera Starbard, poet Joan Naviyuk Kane, and novelist Don Rearden discuss the power of art in a colonized, indigenous Alaska. Through an examination of their own work and the Big Read selection, Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel, the panel will discuss the notion that “survival is…
What Shall We Do With Our Heroes? with Ernestine Hayes
Alaska State Writer Laureate Ernestine Hayes for a discussion of her writing that examines our society’s histories and heroes from a deeper perspective. Hayes is the author of The Tao of Raven and Blonde Indian and a professor at the University of Alaska Southeast. It was recorded on Friday August 4th at 7pm At the…
Building Effective Coalitions in Alaska
2017 Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness Conference Building Effective Coalitions in Alaska.
System Performance Measures – What Are They and How Can They Improve Client Outcomes?
2017 Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness Conference System Performance Measures – What Are They and How Can They Improve Client Outcomes?
Lunch Plenary: Delbert Pungowiyi, Chris Kolerok, Eva Malvich, and Chris Collins
2017 Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness Conference Lunch Plenary: Delbert Pungowiyi, Chris Kolerok, Eva Malvich, Chris Collins.