State of the Arts
SEPTEMBER 2010
P.O. Box 72786, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
VOL. 10, ISSUE 9
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY FAIRBANKS ARTS ASSOCIATION
I n This Issue:
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CHARLIE PARTY FOR THE ARTS
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GIFT SHOP ARTIST
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READING SERIES
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WATERCOLOR CORNER
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GALLERY EXHIBIT
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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ARTS DOWN THE ROAD
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THANKS!
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IN A NICK
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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
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“PROMOTING CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL ARTS IN ALASKA’S INTERIOR”
On Oct. 18, 2010, Fairbanks Arts Association will present a preview showcase performance of The Winter Bear by former Alaska Writer Laureate Anne Hanley. The performance will take place during the annual Youth & Elders Conference, which is appropriate since it is a show is about a youth and an elder.
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and their culture.” The Huntington family is lending a wolf parka made by Sidney which will be worn by the actor portraying Sidney Huntington in the play.
The cast features Irene Bedard as Sidney’ s granddaughter; Andrew Demientieff as Duane; Moses Wassilie as Sidney Huntington and Brian Wescott as Victor. Set design is In the play, troubled Athabascan teenager by Sheila Wyne and digital video design by Duane “Shadow” David is plotting to commit Martha Jane Bradford. suicide when he’s sentenced to cut wood for elder Sidney Huntington. Produced by The Oct. 18 showcase Fairbanks production Cyrano’s Theatre Company and directed will be held at the Alaska Centennial Center by Jayne Wenger, The Winter Bear explores for the Performing Arts Theater at Pioneer the causes of suicide through the prism of Park at 7:00 p.m. General Admission tickets Athabascan culture. ($12.) are available at the following locations: ChARTreuse, McCafferty’s, Bear Gallery, Sidney Huntington, 95, says, “I think this If Only, Gullivers; by calling 456-6485, play will help people, especially young Alaska EXT 226; Online at fairbanksarts.org or Native males, by showing them they’ve got to at the Pioneer Park Theater Box Office one look out for themselves and make their own hour prior to show time. Recommended for way, but at the same time respect their elders audiences 14 and above. Fairbanks Arts Association • August 2010
I love the outdoors and I like to spend time in the wilderness to escape the noise and confusion of everyday life. Reconnecting with nature helps me to restore my positive energy and exploring nature through my paintings is an important ritual in my life. Seasonal employment with the Alaska Railroad brought me to Alaska in 1995. During the winter layoff time I decided to go back to college where I studied art at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In 2001 I graduated with a BFA in Painting with a “railroad theme” thesis exhibition which was a befitting tribute to the job that got me through college and had become a great part of my life. A few years later I met my future husband who lives in Arizona where I now spend my winters. With a home in both Alaska and Arizona I divide my time, energy and attention between the landscapes of these two worlds which is well reflected through my artwork. I enjoy exploring and experiencing the wilderness and its many inspiring offerings which include the mountains, glaciers, boreal forests and various wildlife in Alaska as well as the cactus, canyons and desert imagery of the southwest. With my ever evolving style and approach to painting, I have found new ways to capture, render and express various aspects of these landscapes. Although the desert landscape offers amazing and inspiring imagery that has worked its way into my repertoire of paintings, the northern region remains my main source of inspiration.
FA I R B A N K S A R T S A S S O C I AT I O N Fairbanks Arts Association was established in 1966 to promote and support the arts in the Fairbanks area. The Association is funded by private, corporate, and foundation memberships and donations, City of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. With assistance from professional staff and charitable volunteers, the Association provides services in five areas: Visual, Literary, Performing, Community Arts and Arts Education. FAA also helps to raise funds for other arts groups, provides technical assistance and support for arts programing, encourages and advises individual artists and beginning organizations, sponsors workshops and presents educational forums. Staff June Rogers, Executive Director , ex 225 june@fairbanksarts.org
Melissa Hougland, Associate Director, ex 226 melissa@fairbanksarts.org
Carey Seward, Program Coordinator, ex 222 carey@fairbanksarts.org
Susan Chapa, Bookkeeper/Office Manager, ex 223 susan@fairbanksarts.org
Jacob Teague, Tech Assistant, ex 227 jacobteague@gmail.com Board of Directors Lorraine Peterson, President Marcella Hill, Vice President Rebecca Burns, Secretary Myrna Colp, Treasurer
Members: Joan Stack Shane Hurd Darleen Masiak Calaya Williams Carol Wilbur Dawn Crass Martin Miller
FAA Phone: (907) 456-6485
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www.FairbanksArts.org
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FSAF Creative Writing Class
Featuring Authors:
Karen Kohout, Don Gray, Sue Ann Bowling, Rob Childers, Rebecca Morse, Peggy Shumaker, Mare Fenno, Mike Welsh, Rhonda Harvey and Charlotte Titus Literary Reading: FSAF Creative Writing Class
October 2, 7pm @ the Bear Gallery • FREE
Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts at Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way
Debbie Miller
Survival at 40 Below (Walker, 2010) is Debbie’s latest children’s book. Set in Gates of the Arctic National Park, this book describes some of the amazing winter adaptations of arctic animals. Debbie was inspired to write this book after hiking 75 miles through Gates of the Arctic on a 2004 summer trip with fellow Fairbanks writers Carolyn Kremers and Ann Hanley. Their trip was sponsored by the National Park Service artistin-residency program. Debbie is also the author of many award-winning nature books for children, illustrated by wildlife artists Jon and Daniel Van Zyle. Her books have been recognized as Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association. Her book, Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights recently received the 2003 John Burroughs Nature book for Young Readers Award.
Children’s Literary Reading & Book Signing: Debbie Miller
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October 23, 2pm @ the Bear Gallery • FREE
Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts at Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way Fairbanks Arts Association • August 2010
OCTOBER G A L L E R Y E X H I B I T
::25th Annual 64th Parallel::
Juror- Bella Feldman
Bella makes extraordinary objectsobjects that rivet your attention by their physical appearance; the weight, mass, volume, material, posture, balance, and motion immediately access a bodily response. Then your mind, your sense of poetry, human imagination, and memory tune in and hold you there. Bella’s works are intended to keep and enlarge their meaning over time; their layered imageries shift and evolve with the viewer’s own moods and experiences. The materials for her sculptures are chosen not only for structural reasons but also for the references they embody. Although the objects are beautiful, they contain an element of threat and of irony. They are what the critic Harold Rosenberg aptly called “anxious objects.” They are made in anxious times.
Exhibit Dates: October 1-30 First Friday Reception: Friday, October 1, 5-7pm Bear Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, Noon-6pm
All events and exhibits are held in the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park
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New Bear Gallery Hours
for the s d r a w A r’s Governo manities u H d n a Arts 1, 6pm October 2 odge Princess L 6 85 ext.22 4 6 6 5 4 l l Ca
September -April Tuesday-Saturday, Noon to 6pm Call 456-6485, ext 223 for more information
Arctic Chamber O rchestra with Olivier Fluchaire Sunday, October
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10, 4 p.m. Music Director Edu ard Zilberkant lead s the ACO in works by Mendelssohn, Respighi and D e b u s s y. G u e st so lo is t O li vi er F lu ch ai re pe rf or m s Mendelssohn’s V iolin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. A lso included on th e program are Men delssohn’s Hebride s Overture, Respigh i’s Gli Uccelli (T he B ir ds ) an d D eb us sy ’s P et it e S ui te arranged for orches tra by Henri Busse r. A fr ee pr e- co nc er t le ct ur e w il l be delivered on stage by Maestro Zilberkant at 3:00 p.m.
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To submit calendar n, informatio @ issa e-mail mel arts.org fairbanks 6-6485 or call 45 ext.226
Tickets: $10-$30 .
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Fairbanks Arts Association • August 2010
Winter Bear
October 18th, 7pm Tickets $12 Pioneer Park Theater Call 156-6485 ext. 226 for more informa tion
ting October 20th, 2010 is the regular mee , held of the Fairbanks Watercolor Society g. at Bld ial tenn Cen in the Blue Room of the pm. 6:30 at Pioneer Park. The social hour is is r Meeting begins at 7pm. Guest speake den John Poirrier, speaking on ‘The Gol 458 4, -211 Mean’. Questions? Call 389 e. 7925, or 456-3329. Public is welcom
FAIRBANKS LIGHT OPERA THEATER PRESENTS “ INTO THE WOODS “ OCTOBER 8,9,10 AND 15,16,17 VISIT WWW.FLOT.ORG FOR TICKETS, SHOWTIMES,
Fairbanks Youth Symphony at Pioneer Park Saturday, October 16, 2010, 12:00
LOCATION AND TO PURCHASE SEASON TICKETS.
The Fairbanks Youth Symphony kicks off the 23rd Intenational Friendship Day activities in Fairbanks with a performance of Jean Sibelius’ tone poem Finlandia.
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teins” Show in a Day 2010 “The Frankens es. Held during Parent Teacher conferenc h high school October 29, 2010 ages 8 and up throug 9:00am Camp is $30.00 Registration starts at adult, $6.00 Performance is at 7:00pm cost $8.00 Child, plus 3 cans of food Bring lunch, water bottle. Pizza for dinner is provided Ave. At Dance Theatre Fairbanks at 656 7th Call 452-1113 for details.
hony Orchestra Fairbanks Symp lis with Jura Margu 3, 2010, 4 p.m. Sunday, October duard Zilberkant Music Director E all Tchaikovsky leads the FSO in an ist Jura Margulis concert. Guest solo k o v sk y ’s P ia n o p er fo rm s Tch ai B-flat minor, Op. Concerto No. 1 in on the program ed ud cl in o ls A . 23 s Polonaise from are the composer’ Onegin and the his opera Eugene athetique”. A free Symphony No. 6 “P will be delivered pre-concert lecture ro Zilberkant at on stage by Maest 3:00 p.m.
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Tickets: $10-$30
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Gift Shop Artist of the Month
Stephanie Rudig
My first memory is making something. I learned to sew, cut, paint, draw, craft, at an early age. I was encouraged by family and friends to continue, so long as it was just a hobby. I became a teacher. I taught in the Fairbanks school district for the last 25 years. My students were “gifted and talented” interested in all manner of things scientific, mathematical, historical, and political. I didn’t get to teach them to make art, but always included the requirement of it in their projects, in case they also liked to make things. I loved the fact that in teaching, I got to make things for my classroom, for the students’ learning, and for other teachers. My favorite medium is cloth. I make quilts, art and bed, clothing, cloth bowls and trivets, little animals and little birds. I also knit, embroider, needlepoint, felt as well as linoleum block print fabrics. I have also done glasswork in most forms, beading and silversmithing, mosaic, and ceramics. There are other art forms I intend to learn, like welding, and screen printing.
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t A very special “Thank You!” to the artists tha s! donated to Charlie’s pARTY for the Art
in Franzen Sherry Faught Maria Schmidt Kar ra Fenton Kathy Dubbs Junko Yanagida Lau Urquhart n Shirley Phelps Nancy McHugh An Phillips Betsy Greslin Penny Dean Tammy Beth Bev Byington Barb Carlin Ann Mc dson Sherry Faught Jim & Kathy Richar en Hilda Melchior Gayle Murray Haz Myrna Colp Dan Kennedy
SEPTEMBER Committee Meetings: Literary Arts October 18th at 5:30 p.m. Cinema Committee October 25th at 5:30 p.m. Visual Arts October 20th at 5:30 p.m. Community Arts October 27th at Noon All meetings are in the Bear Gallery, 3rd Floor of the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way. All meetings are subject to change. For more information call 456-6485 ext. 222.
Thank you to everyone who helped with Charlie’s pARTy!
McCafferty’s ChARTreuse Sherry Faught Rebecca Burns Lorraine Peterson Marcella Hill
Donations NeeSudppedlie:s
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In a Nick
By Cheryl Joens • Episode 9 “That guy, Jen, he’s kind of funny looking ain’t he, except when he smiles. Must have been in a fire or something.” “I hadn’t noticed. Wished he brought some supplies with him.” John grumbled. All-in-all there were fifteen people that had waited out the hurricane in what turned out to be a truck stop diner, six men, five women (wives
of five of the men) and five children. The electricity and phone service were still down due to the hurricane. There was a generator but it ran on gas so it was used sparingly. After several hours of work it began to get dusk and the workers began making their way to the diner. A make-shift outdoor kitchen had been set up by Marty and John and a fire was blazing and a cast iron pot full
Fairbanks Arts Association is pleased to help foster and support artists of all genres. For the next year we will feature the science fiction series In a Nick by Cheryl Joens. To learn more about FAA’s programs, please contact Melissa@fairbanksarts.org. of stew was simmering over the flames. Each person was given about a quart of water to wash up in and soon everyone was settled down for dinner. Jen sat down on the ground his back against the diner wall with his portion. After a bit, Marty and Phil came over a sat down nearby. “Looks like water is your most urgent need. Potable water.” Jen commented as he ate.
THANK YOU!
I have been a docent with Fairbanks Arts Association for 4 years now. From the start I knew I was going to love it. The staff is awesome, the volunteers are a great group of people and the monthly shows are always wonderful. I enjoy meeting the artists and have met visitors from all over the world. I use my volunteer time as an opportunity to expose my children to the exciting world of art. They love coming with me and have done some volunteer work as well. As a family we have run the spin arts booth for Art EXPO and have been thrilled to be a part of the Very Special Arts festival. I value my time here and I am proud to dedicate my time to FAA.
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT - DOREEN FISH