 Left: Melanie Brown, center: Maureen Gruben, right: Sonya Kelliher-Combs
October First Friday
October 6, free admission 4:30-7 pm
Melanie Brown performance, 5 pm, atrium
Talk with Artist Maureen Gruben, 6:30 pm, lecture hall
Co-curators Sonya Kelliher-Combs and Ellen Carrlee will be in the galleries.
About Musician Melanie Brown
Melanie Brown is a community organizer for SalmonState whose work is focused by salmon. She was born on Lingít Aaní, but her heritage is tied to the Yup'ik and Unangan people of Bristol Bay through her mother and Inupiaq people of Norton Sound by her father. Melanie is grateful for opportunities to share energy out to the world through song. She is also part of a music duo called Sunny Porch.
About Artist Maureen Gruben
Maureen Gruben is an Inuvialuk artist from the village of Tuktoyaktuk on the Beaufort Sea in Northwest Territories, Canada. Her practice encompasses varied media, including video, photography, sculpture, textiles, land installations and large-scale public works. She shares an aesthetic affinity and mutual respect with Visceral exhibit co-curator Sonya Kelliher-Combs, who will be in the galleries with co-curator Ellen Carrlee.
Youth Activity for K-12: Puviaq (bird crop) ornament workshop
Saturday, October 7, noon–2 pm
Create a bird crop ornament with Inuit contemporary artist Maureen Gruben from Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada.
The puviaq is a beautiful gut ornament made in many communities across the circumpolar north from an inflated bird crop. The translucent globe reveals the foods, such as seeds and berries, that birds like grouse and ptarmigan hold for later use. This hands-on youth workshop will explore this special anatomy, why gut is a special material, and how to inflate a bird crop.
Drop-ins welcome, no registration necessary. Younger students are encouraged to bring an adult.
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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Indigenous Peoples’ Day, last day to see Visceral
Monday, October 9
Open 10 am–1 pm, free admission
Visceral: Verity, Legacy, Identity - Alaska Native Gut Knowledge and Perseverance is a group of three interrelated exhibitions that explore contemporary and historical Alaska Native issues, spotlighting gut as a conduit for Indigenous voices.
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