"Aluki's Leap of Faith" by Charity Green will be on display at Paradise Beach Tanning and Travel salon during Gallery Walk.
"Homunculus" by Rob Roys is one of many pieces to be displayed at Annie Kaill's during the month of December.
The work of David Woodie will be on display at Figment Contemporary Gallery and Gifts during the month of December.
Mostapha Beya will display work in "Back From War" at the Silverbow Bakery during the month of December.
Paintings by Danielle Edmunds will be shown at Wilderness Peaks Gallery.
REACH artists will show "Painting with the Masters" at The Canvas Community Art Studio and Gallery during the month of December.
Beadwork will be displayed at the Bentwood and Bead Gallery along with carvings, fiber work and door harps.
The Juneau Artists Gallery will highlight the pottery designs of Collette Oliver.
Portrait dolls by Mary Ellen Frank will be among the items displayed at Aunt Claudia's Dolls. Her work can also be seen at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum's "Rasmuson Retrospective" exhibit.
"New Ceramics" by Andrew Heist will be shown at the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council Gallery at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center.
Story last updated at 11/30/2011 - 1:07 pm
On the first Friday of each month, Juneau galleries, museums and shops open their doors for show and exhibit openings, artist meet-and-greets and more. Following is information about events available as of press time. All events and openings listed are on Friday, Dec, 2 unless otherwise noted.
To have your event listed here next month, send details to editor@capweek.com no later than one week prior.
PARADISE BEACH TANNING AND TRAVEL SALON
2 Marine Way, Ste. 119
Reception: 4-8 p.m.
Artwork and accessories by Charity Green and Carrie Baxter Graham will be on display for one night only. The exhibit, called "Livin' Paradise," will feature new work reflecting the artists' lives in "paradise" - the dichotomy between Alaskan and Hawaiian attitudes on adventure, love and devotion to lives spent outdoors. Featured items include photos, art prints, jewelry and accessories.
Green is a Juneau photographer and painter. Much of her work is inspired by what she called "nearly unbelievable adventures" of her Alaskan life. She aims to express to others what life can be like in Alaska, both in its wonders and its challenges. All of her work is based on true stories. About her work, Green wrote. "I have to trust that there are others out there like me, who have the same kind of adventurous, wild, troublesome and amazing Alaskan lifestyle that I do. I hope some will understand. They will see past the imperfection, the struggle, the differences. They'll see through to the underlying sketch and understand my story, because they've lived something similar. And then all the risk and work will be worth it."
Juneau businesswoman and craftsperson Graham has had a career in the travel industry for more than a decade. She travels often for personal enjoyment, much more than work, so her business is a fit match for her interests. This month marks Carrie's fifth year in business as Paradise Beach Travel and Tanning, LLC. But she's no stranger to the gallery walk scene - she's sponsored several collaborative arts and crafts shows at Paradise Beach in the last two years, and has been an active gallery walk participant and supporter for the past five years.
ANNIE KAILL'S
244 Front St.
Reception: 4:30 p.m. until gallery close
This year's Gallery Walk will feature artists Sandra Greba, Alice Tersteeg, Rob Roys, Sherri McDonald and Karen Beason.
Greba, originally from Gulkana, currently lives in Sitka, where she operates a bed and breakfast and paints stunningly realistic watercolors. Recognized for her botanical accuracy, she is a self-taught artist who strives to capture the intricate details and fragile beauty inherent in her subject matter.
Tersteeg recently retired after teaching art at the University of Alaska Southeast for 35 years. She has been painting and studying local wildlife and habitats since her arrival in Alaska in 1973. She has interpreted wildlife and in many media including oils, watercolors, serigraphs, etchings, relief prints, pastels and various combinations.
Roys' work focuses on aspects of living and growing up in Alaska: The isolation, both personal and cultural, the gloomy weather, and the short, intense summers. He also finds inspiration in the characteristics of small communities where the past is often visible in the present.
McDonald has been binding books and creating with paper since 1993. Her studio is located on Douglas Island, where she and her husband live with their two children. Paper has a unique beauty that brings a wonderful richness to her work, its secret in the fibers. In her landscapes she uses many layers of decorative and handmade papers that she meticulously pieces together until she sees Alaska come alive in her collages.
Beason also specializes in creating original works in fiber, inspired by the marine life and flora of her native Southeast Alaska. Born in Ketchikan, Beason now lives in Juneau, where she gathers and prepares the plant fibers in the summer months and freezes them for later use. Each of Beason's block prints is created by hand using a linoleum block and unique handmade Alaskan papers that she creates herself. In addition to prints, she also creates paper mache fish sculptures, fabric fish, peace ravens and other one-of-a-kind mixed media works.
SILVERBOW BAKERY
120 Second St.
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
U.S. Army veteran and father Mostapha Beya will be showing a collection of work named "Back From War" at the bakery during the month of December.
After serving eight years in the Army, Beya returned home with many different views of the world. His nickname in the army was "Picasso." His position as a combat translator took him through Europe, Africa and Asia.
Beya has exhibited with the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and in Fort Jackson, S.C.
FIGMENT CONTEMPORARY GALLERY AND GIFTS
175 S. Franklin St., Ste. 105
New work by David Woodie will be displayed at the gallery during the month of December.
Crafts, gifts and other work by local artists will also be for sale at the gallery.
THE RUBY ROOM
174 S. Franklin St., Emporium Mall
Reception: 4-8 p.m.
New work will be on display, including illustrations by Pat Race and graphic designs by Sarah Asper-Smith. For sale at the event will be the recently released DVD, "Alaska Robotics Vol. 2," as well as graphic novels and locally designed shirts.
WILDERNESS PEAKS GALLERY
159 S. Franklin St.
Reception: 4-8 p.m.
The paintings of siblings Meghan Grunow and Danielle Edmunds will be featured in "Juneau: The View From Inside."
Both artists grew up in Juneau and their work captures the town's nuances, secret places and hidden treasures. From the morbid beauty of a spawned and rotting fish to the fleeting sunset captured in a picture while crossing the bridge, the artists have created unique artistic renderings of distinctly local spots.
ALASKA STATE MUSEUM
395 Whittier St.
Reception: 4-7 p.m.
Four recently opened exhibits will be featured during Gallery Walk at the museum.
"A Klondike Tale" marks Averyl Veliz' first major show and uses graphic arts to depict fictional characters set in turn-of-the-century Skagway. Veliz will be in attendance at the museum during the Gallery Walk event to lead a casual discussion about her process and answer questions.
Constance Baltuk's solo exhibition features bright, bold paintings that reflect the colorful nature of Alaska's landscapes, particularly around Juneau.
"Versatile Birch: Objects from the ASM Collection," features baskets, dolls, canoe models and other traditional artifacts from the museum's collection.
"Boreal Birch: Art and Science in the Northern Forest," features birch based work by noted Alaskan artists Margo Klass, Kesler Woodward and the late Barry McWayne, in conjunction with UAF scientist Kimberly Maher.
ALASKA LITHO
228 Seward St.
Reception: 4-8 p.m.
"Words of Advice," an exhibit by Sarah Conarro and Giselle Stone, will be on display during the month of December at Alaska Litho's downtown location. The collection includes text-based prints created with the print shop's Original Heidelberg lead-type letterpress and accented with colorful washes and hand-drawn additions.
The event will also offer copies of Sitka author Will Swagel's book, "The Bight Before Christmas," and the Alaska Litho 2012 poster calendar. KINY radio will be broadcasting live and Perseverance Theatre will be selling and giving away tickets to their current production of "A Christmas Carol."
JUNEAU ARTISTS GALLERY
175 S. Franklin St., Ste. 111
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
Colette Oliver will be the gallery's featured artist for December, presenting new
bration: "Eat, Drink and Be Merry!"
New porcelain drinking vessels include wine and martini glasses, eggnog and punch cups, mugs, rocks glasses, shot glasses, flasks and bottles. Serving items include platters, cookie plates, candy dishes and dip bowls, as well as a variety of mugs, spoon rests, colanders, batter bowls, whale tail jars and gravy boats. All work is thrown on a potter's wheel or handbuilt with porcelain clay which is food, oven, microwave and dishwasher safe.
Oliver and other JAG artists will be present during the reception.
THE CANVAS COMMUNITY ART STUDIO AND GALLERY
223 Seward St.
Reception: 4:30-7:30 p.m.
"Painting with the Masters," curated by Chris Taylor, will highlight Canvas artists participating in the REACH Day Habilitation Program. The included paintings are inspired by classic works from history.
Teaching artist Taylor has been working with artists in the studio for the past year, teaching the process of "master copying." The practice focuses on the concept that much can be learned and derived through the practice of copying a powerful piece of art, especially one created by a master.
Over the last nine months, 15 REACH artists have been diligently studying and copying the works of masters, such as Vincent Van Gough, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and more modern artists such as Nathan Oliveira, Lee Krasner and Piet Mondrian.
Through studying their colors, compositions and applications some wonderful reproductions have been made. In many cases, the artists have blended their own unique artistic sensibilities with those of the masters, creating stunningly original pieces of art, that at times seem to be improvements on already wonderful classic works.
Most of the pieces on display were created in multiple sessions, ranging anywhere from two weeks to seven months. The artists typically worked in a layered fashion and employed a variety of mediums to achieve their desired effects.
Each and every artist met this challenge with enthusiasm, excitement and joy and they are delighted to share their experience of "Painting with the Masters" with the public.
BENTWOOD AND BEAD GALLERY
315 Third St.
Reception: 4-7 p.m.
Several artists will show new works at the gallery this month, including Shiela Alexandrovich, Sue Kraft and gallery owners Salty and Jim Hanes.
Salty's work will include knitted hats and berets, crocheted beaded bags, beaded moccasins and beaded wall. Jim will be exhibiting his carved moon face door harps, an 8-foot yellow cedar sculpted pole supporting a totemic copper killer whale by Dave Galanin of Sitka and a red alder polar bear sculpture.
Alexandrovich will show new felted raw wool hats, scarves, table mats and wall hangings. Kraft will have on display her 10 most recent paintings.
Open hours during the month are Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
FRANKLIN STREET GALLERY
127 N. Franklin St.
Reception: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
"Small Works" by several artists will be on display at the gallery during the month of December. Featured artists include Constance Baltuck, Barbara Craver, Cristine Crooks and Jane Stokes. Handmade Moondance Jewelry by Colleen Goodrich will also be available at the gallery.
The thought behind "Small Works" is that a small painting requires the same good composition, contrast and skill as a larger painting, but allows the artist to explore an idea a bit more quickly. Baltuk will show 18 paintings from a trip to France, Crooks has pastels of Juneau and a still life, Craver will have small pastel and acrylic still lives and landscapes and Jane will be showing small watercolors.
Live music will be performed by Tom Locher.
JUNEAU ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER
350 Whittier St.
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
"New Ceramics" by Andrew Heist will fill the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council Gallery during the month of December.
Heist, a 2011 recipient of an Individual Artist Award grant from the Rasmuson Foundation, recently completed a residency at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, Mont. Red Lodge Clay center is a state of the art ceramics facility that brings together artists from around the nation to work in a group studio setting and develop new ceramic work.
Heist has lived in Juneau since 2005 and has been an active member of the ceramics studio at the University of Alaska Southeast since then. "New Ceramics" will exclusively feature work created during Heist's residency period in Red Lodge. All of the work is functional and will be available for purchase.
THE LEARNING CONNECTION
210 Ferry Way
Reception: 4:30-7:30 p.m.
The Learning Connection, a program of the Southeast Regional Resource Center, is teaming up with photographer Mary Vanderjack to offer a new venue for Gallery Walk. Vanderjack's unique nature photography will be featured, refreshments will be served and TLC staff will be on hand to answer questions about the center's free community programs.
JUNEAU-DOUGLAS CITY MUSEUM
114 W. 4th St.
Reception: 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Friday will mark the opening of "Rasmuson Retrospective," a collective exhibition of local work that has been purchased through the Rasmuson Foundation's Art Acquisition Fund since 2003. The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 28, 2012.
Works of art include portrait dolls by Mary Ellen Frank, Ravenstail and Chilkat style weaving by Anna Brown Ehlers, watercolors by Rie Muñoz, beadwork by Ella Johnson-Bentley and Salty Hanes, and paintings by Barbara Craver, Charity Green, David Woodie, Dan DeRoux, Rick Clair and Devita Stipek Writer. Other artwork featured in the exhibit include carvings by Richard Beasley and Michael Beasley, a wearable art piece by David Walker, a sculptural piece by Rachael Juzeler and photography by Mark Daughhetee, Marilyn Holmes, Brandon Hauser and Jack Hermle.
"Felted Forest Friends: Ornaments by Sara Lee" will be featured in the gift shop through Dec. 31. Both an artist and biologist, Lee's felted creations include felted starfish and woodland critters, felted bird ornaments and satchels felted into organic root designs.
A drop-in activity will be held at the museum the following day, Dec. 3, from noon to 4 p.m. Participants will create holiday crackers, also known as party crackers, which are a British gift-giving tradition. Crackers can contain cracker snaps, a tissue paper crown, and joke or riddle.
The event is open to all ages, and materials will be provided for $5 per cracker. Participants are encouraged to bring a message or small trinket to personalize their holiday cracker.
ALASKA USA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
One Sealaska Plaza
Reception: 4:30-6 p.m.
Alaska USA will host a Juneau Chamber of Commerce First Friday event featuring work by Ketchikan artist Larry Johansen. Johansen's photography on canvas exhibit, "Alexander Eighteen," features the 18 wilderness areas that exist within the Alexander Archipelago.
THE ROOKERY CAFE
111 Seward St.
On display at the cafe for the month of December will be new mixed media paintings and drawings by Jackie Manning and Chris Taylor. Ryan Cortes will provide live music during Friday's reception.
THE ALASKAN BREWING DEPOT
219 S. Franklin St.
Reception: 4-7 p.m.
The Depot will offer samples of the Alaskan Winter Ale brewed with Sitka Spruce tips and paired with gourmet spreads and snacks. Through Gallery Walk weekend only, crystal Spiegelau glass will be on special at 20 percent off, along with other selected items on sale throughout the holiday season.
WILD OVEN
Third and Franklin Streets
Wild Oven, Juneau's artisan bakehouse, will be open during Friday's Gallery Walk. For more information about the store's offerings, visit www.wildoven.com.
THE JEWEL BOX
248 Front St.
Reception: 4-8 p.m.
An "Artistry in Jewelry" trunk show will be featured during Friday's Gallery Walk at The Jewel Box. Items offered include stackable rings in colorful gemstones, sparkling diamonds, 14 karat gold or sterling silver. Festivities will include holiday music by the Chapel By the Lake bell choir and the serving of diamond cookies.
AUNT CLAUDIA'S DOLLS
114 S. Franklin Street Suites 102, 103, 105
Reception: 2-7 p.m. Dec. 2 and noon-5 p.m. Dec. 3.
Aunt Claudia's Dolls, a museum, will be displaying the large collection of Claudia Kelsey's dolls and miniatures. In addition to this permanent collection, in the revolving display area features figures from an extensive holding of Alaskan Native dolls and friends from Siberia, Canada, Lapland and Iceland.
Mary Ellen Frank's doll making studio is located with the museum and is open for view also.
Frank will host the event with the Kelsey collection owner Bea Shepard. For more information, visit www.auntclaudiasdolls.com.
