Upcoming Events
 Detail of Into Something New, acrylic on canvas, by Gail Priday
Gail Priday Solo Exhibit Up Close and Underfoot Opens with Artist Talk
December First Friday Opening: Dec. 2, 4:30–7 pm, free admission
Artist lecture: 6:30 pm in the APK Lecture Hall
Up Close and Under Foot is a solo exhibition of work by Fairbanks artist Gail Priday. Priday finds inspiration in the natural world, specifically the boreal forest. Her show includes 33 paintings that depict “ever-changing treasures up-close and underfoot.” In her paintings, she combines elements of realism and imagination to portray fungus, lichen, leaves, and other life in the understory. Up Close and Under Foot runs through February 4, 2023.
Artist Talk with Albert “Laine” Rinehart (Tlingit)
Friday, December 2, 12 pm
On Zoom only
From Laine Rinehart, Tlingit (they, them, theirs):
This conversation will include a history of Chilkat Weaving, its origin, how this style of weaving has traveled, and how it continues to spread across different tribes. Additionally, the artist will share the Chilkat robe that they were weaving as an artist-in-residence at the Sheldon Jackson Museum in June of 2021. Further discussion will revolve around the preparation of mountain goat wool, from the hide to weft yarns and the spinning of warp, in order to prepare to for the actual weaving of a robe. Finally they will examine the differences between mountain goat wool and merino wool for the dye and spinning process.
Visit www.zoom.com and input meeting ID: 878 6155 6757 and passcode: Rinehart.
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Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit solo exhibit:
Midnight at the Fireworks Stand
Alaska State Museum
On display through January 7
In her solo exhibition, Midnight at the Fireworks Stand, artist Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit considers the ways in which western contact continues to shape Indigenous communities, from potlaches to the poverty-to-prison pipeline. Bremner incorporates a wide range of mediums and materials, from formline paintings to deer hide and plastic toys to vintage 1951 Sears, Roebuck & Co. wallpaper collages.
Image credit: Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit, Lil Baby with the Brass Knuckles, 2022.
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Fridays, noon-1 pm, online
Cold Mountain Path by Tom Kizzia starts Dec. 2
Story hours for kids are great, but why should they get all the fun?
Homer, Alaska author and journalist Tom Kizzia, named 2022 Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical Society, will join us to kick off reading his book. Cold Mountain Path, a prequel, of sorts to his bestselling Pilgrim’s Wilderness: a True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier, digs into the history of the community of McCarthy, starting from the closure of the Kennecott Mine. Join us!
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The Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum are looking for Alaska Native artists to apply to the 2023 Native Artist Residency program.
Residencies are 21-22 days long and occur:
- July 7-July 28
- August 18-September 9
- September 15-October 6
- October 7-October 28
If you have questions about the program or application, please email Jacqueline.Fernandez-Hamberg@alaska.gov or call (907) 747-8904. Applications are due Dec. 22, 2022.
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