Artist Talks @ Bunnell

January 15, 2021- Inspiration and Adaptation: New Music with Wild Shore: Beringia!

What does it mean to create new music with respect for Indigenous cultures, stories and experiences? Found Sound Nation's Christopher Marianetti and Joe Bergen discuss their new project, Beringia, with Wild Shore New Music's Katie Cox and Angie Tanning. more.

January 8, 2021- Inspiration and Adaptation: Being Future Being with Emily Johnson

Emily Johnson, Yup''ik multi-disciplinary artist raised in Soldotna, now based in NYC, connects with her Alaska audience about her current multidisciplinary project, Being Future Being, and how it has shaped her work in systemic change, Creating New Futures land acknowledgment and social architecture. Link to video: https://youtu.be/_QLs1fGKF4o

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December 18, 2020- Inspiration and Adaptation: Christian Freet & Myesha Callahan Freet

Christian Freet and Myesha Callahan Freet are conceptual artists and  collaborators focused on self, personal and social contexts, and questions surrounding the nature of reality in photography, literature,  video, sculpture, and light. They live in Chugiak. more.

 

December 11, 2020- Inspiration and Adaptation: Rico Lanáat’ Worl

Tlingit and Athabascan artist Rico Lanáat’ Worl designed a new postage stamp to be released in 2021 for the United States Postal Service, inspired by a traditional Indigenous tale. more.

December 4, 2020- Inspiration and Adaptation: Sheila Wyne

Anchorage artist Sheila Wyne explores “Three Seasons,” an ongoing series that explores art, alchemy and anthropecene. more.

 

 

November 27, 2020- Inspiration and Adaptation: Singing for Strength w/ David Engles

How can we create stories from the most authentic representation?  What does it mean to reimage modern storytelling with Indigenous authority, Elder and youth contributions, and our own cultural competencies?

Singing for Strength: How Indigenous language, stories and songs enrich identity and community this week on Inspiration and Adaptation with David Engles, songmaker and language leader of Lower Tanana Denakenaga’ more.

November 20, 2020- Inspiration and Adaptation: Shared Universe Book Club

How can we create stories from the most authentic representation?  What does it mean to reimage modern storytelling with Indigenous authority, Elder and youth contributions, and our own cultural competencies?

Shared Universe is a group of Alaskan artists, writers and knowledge-bearers who seek feedback from readers about their efforts to create, promote and distribute exciting comic book stories/new media/fashion exemplifying the rich regional cultures of Alaska in ways that both honor the heritage and forge new concepts to bridge the past with the future. more.

November 13, 2020- Inspiration and Adaptation: David Brame on Afrofuturism and comics

David Brame describes himself as proudly Blackity Black, an afrofuturist and scholar. His most recent scholarly creative accomplishments for 2019 and 2020 include Sanford Biggers: CODESWITCH in collaboration with Professor John Jennings, The Bronx Museum and produced by Yale University Press. His scholarly work for young black youth, The Struggle, was produced by Minnesota Press. His forthcoming graphic novel After the Rain, disseminated by ABRAMS/Megascope, adapts Nnedi Okorafor’s short story “On the Road.” more.

November 6, 2020- First Friday w/ Karen Stomberg & Elissa Pettibone

Karen Stomberg: "I am very conscious of the preciousness of our world and the efforts made by science to protect, preserve and document each piece of it. So, though this work began with drawing the beauty of iconic wildflowers, it deepened as I considered their twin qualities of fragility and resilience."

 

Elissa Pettibone: "For this exhibition, I have developed a series of colors derived from Alaskan plants within the Kenai Peninsula region to create large scale swatches and a color library depicting the results of over 50 experiments." more.

 

October 30, 2020- Inspiration and Adaptation: Chrisine Byl & Sara Tabbert

Christine Byl is the author of Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, a book about trail crews, tools, wildness, gender, and labor. Sara Tabbert is a printmaker and mixed media artist from Fairbanks, Alaska. more.