FRIDAY, MARCH 3
Visceral: Verity Exhibit Opening
4:30–7 pm free admission, Alaska State Museum
Artist Lecture
6:30 pm, APK Lecture Hall
Visceral: Verity is a new exhibition of work by contemporary artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs. Kelliher-Combs’ mixed-media installations combine natural and synthetic materials and evoke questions of authentic experience, truth, abuse, transparency, and credibility. She is one of only a few artists working with marine mammal gut.
Kelliher-Combs returns to the museum for the first time since her powerful 2001 solo exhibition, bringing the richness of her experience growing up in Nome, her career as an internationally recognized artist, her life in Anchorage, and her insights as a person of Inupiaq, Athabascan, and European heritage.
Visceral: Verity is the first in a series of three interrelated exhibitions opening at the State Museum. The Visceral trilogy is co-curated by Kelliher-Combs and explores contemporary and historical Alaska Native issues, spotlighting gut as a material used to express Indigenous voices.
Visceral: Legacy and Visceral: Identity open in May.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
Free Youth Activity for Grades 6-12:
Portable Secrets with Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Saturday, March 4, 12-4 pm, APK
Explore the idea of healing through the creation of art. Each student will sew a small pouch from natural gut or luxury textile, embellished with beads and natural materials such as fur, porcupine quills, and feathers. Students are invited to bring small personal items to incorporate into the artwork.
Space is limited and registration is encouraged. Reserve your spot.
This program is partially funded by the citizens of the City and Borough of Juneau through sales tax revenues and is sponsored by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum.
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