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State of the Arts

“Promoting contemPorary and traditional arts in alaska’s interior”

Published monthly by fairbanks arts association

I N T H I S I S S U E

June 2010 P.O. Box 72786, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707Vol. 10, Issue 6

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Gazebo Nights 2010

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Gazebo Nights & TIPSat Pioneer Park

The TIPS program will be held from noon to 8:00pm daily and scheduled for 45minute sets during the months of June, July & August. Acoustic performances are encouraged, as performers are obliged to bring their own equipment. No PA or tech will be provided, although electric-ity is available for small amps, etc. Performers may solicit tips and/or sell CD’s. Sign up to be a performer at any time of the day or week that works best for you. Contact Fairbanks Arts Association and get on the roster for this wonderful sum-mer program. Performance slots are limited and will be assigned quickly.

Additionally amongst the many outdoor summer events, Gazebo Nights has become a local favorite. What began as a once-a-week free performance has become a daily

occurrence at 7pm throughout June, July and August in Pioneer Park. This unique performance series features local musicians, dancers, and storytellers at the Gazebo

next to the Harding Train car. Please see the full summer schedule on page eight.

Bring a friend, bring a snack, bring your pet or just bring yourself, but whomever you bring we know that you will enjoy soaking in some of the Fairbanks culture while also soaking up some of that great Alaskan sun. Whether you stay for a minute or stay all night, we’ll look forward to seeing you there!

Call 456-6485 ext 226 or email [email protected] for more information

Thousands of people attend the many special summer events that are held at Pioneer Park and local entertainers have been instrumental in the success of these events. However, there remains an opportunity to perform for an audience of local families and interesting visitors from all over the world at other times of the summer. In it’s 3rd season, TIPS (Totally Impromptu Performance Series) will provide a continual performance atmosphere, for even the casual visitor – who just happens to walk through the park.

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Board of DirectorsLorraine Peterson, PresidentMarcella Hill, Vice PresidentRebecca Burns, SecretaryMyrna Colp, Treasurer

Members:Joan Stack Shane Hurd Darleen Masiak Calaya Williams Carol WilburDaron CrassMartin Miller

F a i R B a n k S a R t S a S S o C i a t i o n

FAA Phone: (907) 456-6485 • www.FairbanksArts.org

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.

StaffJune Rogers, Executive Director , ex 225 [email protected] Hougland, Associate Director, ex 226 [email protected] Seward, Program Coordinator, ex 222 [email protected] Schmidt, Bookkeeper/Office Manager, ex 223 [email protected]

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The Ketchikan Theatre Ballet teaches dance to hundreds of students each year - ballet, jazz, tap, and more. We present three major performances a year: An Evening of Dance during the Festival of the North in February, the Spring Gala in May, and the Nutcracker in December. KTB also collaborates with the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council and First City Players in sponsoring Gigglefeet Dance Festival in August.

Ketchikan Theatre Ballet works closely with other community arts organizations and dance schools in Southeast Alaska. KTB and First City Players purchased the Fireside

building in June 2009,

enabling them to share space and resources. Both groups, along with KAAHC, work closely to bring professional dance companies such as , Ailey II, Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company, and Fly Dance Company to Ketchikan to perform and give master classes to dancers in the community.

As a part of the community wide Festival of the North in February, KTB’s “An Evening of Dance” features our senior and

junior company dancers and has included dance companies from other southeast communities. Our annual Spring Gala performance in May showcases all of our school’s dancers, ages 4 through 18, giving each KTB dancer a chance to shine. Our most popular performance is our presentation of the Christmas classic The Nutcracker, performed each December featuring our mid- to upper-level dancers and members of the community.

For more information about Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, please call 907-225-9311.

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Eric P. Nichols & Sue Ann Bowling June 5, 7pm @ the Bear Gallery • FREE

Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts at Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way

Eric P. Nichols has written numerous articles in just about every existent and defunct amateur radio and electronics experimenter publication over the past 30 years, with a strong emphasis on radio design and techniques. He worked as a

broadcast engineer for a quarter century, later applying his radio experience to experiments conducted at HIPAS Observatory and HAARP, as well as designing instrumentation for the UCLA Plasma Physics department. His first novel, Plasma Dreams, was published in 2005. His upcoming book, The Opus of Amateur Radio Knowledge and Lore, is slated to be published sometime in the near future. He is currently putting the finishing touches on another non-fiction work, The Spirit of the Craftsman, a manifesto for creativity and career fulfillment.

Since 2000, Eric has made six trips to the Thailand/Burma border to work with the Karen Hill Tribe refugees, and has written numerous articles about the volatile situation in that region, and the brave efforts of those people trying to make a difference.

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Sue Ann Bowling earned a A.B in Physics from Harvard/Radcliffe in 1963, and a PhD in Geophysics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1970. Her dissertation was on ice fog (which isn’t found just anywhere). She stayed at the University of Alaska’s Geophysical Institute until she retired in 1998. (Yes, it was an early retirement, but she was having vision problems at the time and could not drive to work reliably.)

She wrote quite a lot in her years at UAF, not only professional papers, but science popularizations and articles on canine history. On retirement, she added considerably to her websites on Shetland Sheepdogs and genetics, and began playing with fiction. She’s also kept up an interest in gardening (at least in summer!) She’s also into animals, snowflakes and space. (She taught a beginning astronomy class a few times.) In addition to her regular writings she’s written a sequel as well as a trilogy. Maybe she’ll publish them someday, too.


Design Alaska Wild Arts Walk now in it’s 5th year! On Sunday June 6th, the 5th annual Design Alaska Wilds Arts Walk will take place at Creamer’s Field from 12-5pm. The Design Alaska Wild Arts Walk has taken place the first weekend in June since 2006 and is an annual community event that promotes the uniqueness of Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge as a venue for nature observation and artistic inspiration. Its goals are to encourage visitors to explore Creamer’s Field beyond the front fields and to help fulfill the mandate that established Creamer’s Field as a community refuge. Local artists are invited to come present their work to visitors and show the joys of nature through an artist’s eyes. A wide range of artistic styles and mediums are represented.

Each year the folks from Design Alaska create a mug with a nature theme that is given to attendees as a thank you gift. Similar to the ornament given out at the annual Fairbanks Symphony Holiday Concert, these mugs are beginning to make a wonderful collectors set for folks who have attended the event for each of the years it has been held.

Come out for a stroll on the refuge amid a colorful assortment of artists and musicians as they demonstrate their skills and display their work in this festive fundraising event.

Admission is $10 (children 17 and under are free) and will include a choice of pastries and bagels, and a cup of gourmet organic coffee, cocoa, or tea. Proceeds will support Friends of Creamer’s Field.

New this year at the Design Alaska Wild Arts Walk at Creamer’s Field is QuickDraw, a timed art event. Artists will have one hour to start and finish their painting, then frame it and the art is auctioned off immediately after by guest auctioneer, UAF Chancellor Brian Rogers! Proceeds benefit the artist, Creamer’s Field

and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Featured artists include Randall Compton, Dan Kennedy and Vladimir Zhikhartsev. The QuickDraw event starts at 1:30pm. Come on out, enjoy the numerous artist booths that are part of the Arts Walk, and stop by and watch art being created as the clock ticks down!

5th Annual Design Alaska Wild Arts Walk

For more information, please contact Friends of Creamer’s Field at

452-5162 or online at www.creamersfield.org .

THANKS TO OUR SEASON SPONSORS

TAKEYOURSEAT

2010 SEASON

BrundibarNovember 5, 6 & 7, 2010West Valley Performing Arts Center

July 9 & 11, 2010 Charles W. Davis Concert Hall, UAF

Tickets & outlets at OperaFairbanks.org


Exhibit Dates: June 4-26Opening Reception: Friday, June 4, 5-7pm

The Fairbanks Watercolor Society was formed 20 plus years ago with one of the goals being to give water media artists the opportunity to exhibit their work. Beginning in 1999 our annual spring exhibit has become an event for both the artists and viewers to share and enjoy. This summer proudly marks our 11th year.

The exhibit reflects our motto “Art from the Heart” and represents many outstanding subjects, styles and interpretations. The exhibit is non-juried, with recognition of our member artists coming from exhibit viewers in the forms of a People’s Choice 1st place and 2nd place award.

June G a l l e r y e x h i b i t The Fairbanks Watercolor Society

Phyllis Tate

Dee Carpenter


Bear Gallery Hours: Monday-Sunday, Noon-8pmAll events and exhibits are held in the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park

& Steven GordonSteven Gordon grew up in Dubuque, Iowa, located in the scenic

Mississippi River Valley. From childhood Steve showed an interest in nature and art. His father, Gene Gordon, an architectural designer, promoted his interests by providing him with supplies and classes. At Dartmouth College he continued studying art while completing a degree in biology. There he met his wife, Karen, and was married just before graduation in 1979.

The next five years Steve studied art as the University of Iowa School of Art, earning his MFA in 1984. Upon graduation Steve and Karen packed their belongings into a U-Haul and headed up the ALCAN highway to Anchorage, Karen’s hometown, where they continue to live with their four children: Ben, Amy, Peter and Laura.

Steve taught painting, drawing, and design classes as an adjunct instructor at the University of Alaska-Anchorage for several years before becoming the Director of the Art Program at Alaska Pacific University where he worked for two years. Since 1992, he has worked fulltime as a professional artist painting the south central Alaskan landscape. He has received several public art commissions and has numerous one man shows across the state. His work can be seen at the Museum of History and Art, the Fairbanks Art Museum, and in many private collections across the US.


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Sundays Mosquito Creek Folk/Rock/Country Mondays Solstice Complex Folk/RootsTuesdays Blazing Bellows AccordiansWednesdays Mike Stackhouse Original FolkThursdays Stephen Moore Rock/FolkFridays Tundra Caravan Middle Eastern DanceSaturdays Martin Miller Storyteller

Sundays Tim Robb Roots Guitar/Jazz/BluesMondays Ron Veliz, Lindy Raines & Friends Jazz, Guitar, Solo & Duo Tuesdays Joe Feller Folk/Rock/CountryWednesdays Kit Carson Acoustic Music that Rocks Thursdays Porch Dogs/Rural Delivery Bluegrass/RootsFridays Karl Monetti Slack Key & Guitar VariationsSaturdays Guy Peters Contemporary Tribal/Inspirational

Sundays Steve Moore Guitar with VocalsMondays Lousiaska Original Music from the Marshes of AKTuesdays Hunt Bayer World Music w/Mandolin & PianoWednesdays Theresa Bauer Country/RockThursdays Blazing Bellows AccordiansFridays Joan Stack Vocalist Saturdays Martin Miller Storyteller

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Fairbanks Arts 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.

sponsored by Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation

All Shows at 7pmFree Admission


At the Gazebo near Gold Rush Town Entrance at Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way

Bring a chair and blanket, bench seating is limited

For more information call 456-6485 ext. 226

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Sundays PioneerParkPickers AmericanRootsMondays FairbanksRedHacklePipeBandDancers TraditionalDanceTuesdays AureliaStringQuartet ClassicalWednesdays HotDenaliHarps HarmonicasThursdays TundraCaravan MiddleEasternDanceFridays KarlMonetti SlackKeyandGuitarVariationsSaturdays MartinMiller Storyteller

Sundays SteveMoore GuitarwithVocalsMondays SusanGrace FolkSinger/SongwriterTuesdays HuntBayer WorldMusicw/Mandolin&PianoWednesdays MikeStackhouse OriginalfolkThursdays LouiseKowalski AccordionFridays JoanStack VocalistSaturdays MartinMiller Storyteller

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At the GAZEBO near Gold Rush Town Entrance at Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport WayBring a chair and blanket, bench seating is limited.

For more information call 456-6485, ext.226


G i f t S h o p A r t i s t s o f t h e M o n t hJoyce Kelso & Kim Krinke

Kim KrinKe I grew up in Richfield, Minnesota, where summer

vacations were mostly spent camping either at some park across America or up in the “Canoe Country” of northern Minnesota. After I got my first camera, it came with me on these outings so I could bring some of it home with me.

In 1974, I moved to Nome, Alaska where I lived for 12 years. Got my first job in a grocery store then worked for a bush airline as cargo hand. Got a chance to get on some of those flights and take aerial pictures of the Seward Peninsula.

The last 5 years in Nome I started working for the Post Office, eventually transferring to Fairbanks. I worked another 24 years for them, finally retiring to pursue my passion for photography and art. During all

those years I gained insight of the forests, tundra and coastal regions of this great state and have tried to capture some of those moments to share with others.

Come, watch and listen to the world around you. Enjoy each moment fully before rushing off to the next one. If you don't, you will miss so much of life.

Joyce KelsoI am a nature photographer. I took my first photo at

age five. Granted, Daddy set the cameras and all I did was press the shutter, but I did it… and it was pretty. And I wanted MORE. There have been more, many more photos over the years. In 1985 my dream of moving to Alaska came true, and now I live in a cabin in the wilds of Alaska with my sled dogs and all of the wild critters.

G o d h a s often put me in the righ place at the right time to witness events that very few people will see in their lifetime. So come join the adventure and witness the glory of his creation!

Kim Krinke

Joyce Kelso

Volunteers donate their time, energy and skills in many ways to Fairbanks Arts Association. These volunteers are a crucial part of ensuring FAA’s success. We are currently seeking new volunteers to become a docent in the Bear Gallery and Gift Shop in the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts. This position involves working a three-hour shift while greeting gallery visitors, answering questions they may have about Fairbanks or the gallery and working as a cashier when items are purchased. This is a great opportunity for people who enjoy meeting new people, seeing the exhibits, and working as the “face” of Fairbanks Arts Association. If you are interested and available between 12-4pm or 4-8pm any day day of the week please contact Maria at (907) 456-6485 ext 223.

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Museum moviesDynamic Aurora, Winter and You Are HereOffered several times daily

$5 movie pass + admissionInfo: 474-7505 or http://museum.uaf.edu/

TOTE Family Fun FestSunday, June 13 Noon to 4 p.m.

University of Alaska Museum of the North$3 per child (adults are free)

Info: 474-7505 or http://museum.uaf.edu/

SUNDAY, JUNE 20TH Noon-Midnight

Downtown FairbanksFor more information contact

[email protected] or (907)452-8665

Midnight Sun Festival

University of Alaska Museum of

the North special exhibit

Then & Now:

The Changing Arctic Landscape

Free with museum admission

Opens May 15

Info: 474-7505 or

http://museum.uaf.edu/

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BeGINNING JuNe 1

7 days a weekNoon-8pm

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Do you paint plein air?

Want to paint something in the downtown

Fairbanks area? This is for you!

For the first time, the Downtown Association

is making space available for artists to paint

during the Midnight Sun Festival, Sunday,

June 20, noon to midnight.

Artists pick the spot they want to paint and

the time they would be there. Paintings must

be of something in the downtown area. There

is no charge. Locations and times will be first

come, first serve. Artists must bring all their

own supplies and set up.

Art created during the event can be submit-

ted for the next First Friday, on July 2, at a

venue yet to be selected. The percent split

between artist and venue will vary.

Questions?

Amy Geiger, Downtown Association

[email protected]

or 907-452-8671.

Fairbanks Watercolor Society Meeting

Wednesday Jun 16 • 6:00pmSquare Dance Pavilion, Pioneer Park

Join us for our Summer Solstice Picnic and

Paint Out. Bring a friend, bring a dish, and

bring your paints. Keep your fingers crossed

for lots of fun, sun and no bugs.

For more information call Cheryl 389-2114 or

Matt 458-7925.

ART FOR ALASKA PARKS – 2010ALASKA’S TOP 30 COMPETITION

• 5 Award Catagories• $1000 Grand Prize

• Entry Deadline is July 28th• New Expanded Subject Eligility!

Prospectus and information can be downloaded from our website www.artforalaskaparks.com

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arTIST Every Saturday 10am-2pm June – August

Each Saturday, a different local artist will set up their art for viewing

and for sale in the back room of the Creamer’s Field Farmhouse Visitor

Center. Drop-in any time during the hours stated Come meet some of

our local artists! Call 452-5162 or check in at www.creamersfield.org

for more information and the list of artists by date.

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is beginning an outdoor market in their parking lot.

Open to anyone who has items made in Alaska.

interested? Please contact Jeff and Linda

at 907.452. 6238 or visit

www.alaskahomegrown.com

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june Committee Meetings:

Cinema CommitteeJune 15 at 5:30 p.m.

Visual Arts June 16 at 5:30 p.m.

Literary Arts June 21 at 5:30 p.m.

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. 227.

Thank you to our volunteers!

Thank you to everyone who helped make Charlie’s Old-Fashioned Box Social a success!

Vi Robinson

Marcella Hill

Barbara Clark

Nancy McHugh

Margret Van Flein

Lee Harris

Mary Lou Jorissen

Liz Bent

Shirley Odsather

Gayle Miller

Christina Thompson

Cora Cook

Colleen Hickman

Angela Rosebeary

Terry Glendinning

Peggy Birkenbuel

The Fairbanks Arts Association relies on donations each

year from community members just like you. Our needs

vary from time to time, however right now we need:

Thank you for your generosity in continuing to support FAA!

Paper Plates • Copy Paper Bar napkins • TapeSmall Paper Cups

General Office Supplies

Fred Meyer’s Grocery Fairbanks Title AgencyFnSB Parks & Rec • McCafferty’sHot Licks Ice Cream • Hurd Familydarleen masiak • Lorraine PetersonKurt Dinsmore • Marcella Hillnancy Smoyer • Vi Robinson Gayle Miller • Bill RogersMyrna Colp • Glory Kuleskeyjohn Kohler, jr • Dan KennedyRebecca Burns • Calaya WilliamsKarin Franzen • Liz Bent

Seth Schwartz • Kathy DubbsSherry Faught • Lucy ShilanskyDawn Crass • Martin Miller

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VolunTeer SpoTlighT - Calaya WilliamS

The visitor from another place stood on a small rise in the landscape. There in the distance a few buildings could be observed. The traveler quickened his pace. Soon he found himself on a roadway, one of the few that was still in good condition after the storm. As he approached the buildings, he could see that they were made out of a block material and seemed to have withstood the storm

intact. Someone had built up an additional barrier of sand bags right up against the walls. The windows had been boarded-up and only the roof seemed to be the worse for wear. As the visitor approached he could see there were people pulling debris that had piled-up against the buildings. He approached the group and introduced himself. “Good morning, my name is Jen

Apelcede. I’ve been traveling in the area hoping to make myself useful.” “Well, we could use the help. We’re putting anything that is unsalvageable and burnable over in that pile. You don’t have any water with you?” Asked the older man in the group. “Water?” Jen asked,slightly amused.

In a Nick

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 [email protected].

By Cheryl Joens • Episode 6

Calaya Williams was born in Santa Monica, Ca, raised in southeastern Kentucky, returned to California in the 70's and moved to Fairbanks (home!) in the early '90's. In CA she studied and cocreated mural art with Dexter Smith and exhibited various visual art in bay area galeries. Following

a spinal injury several years ago, while unable to stand, she learned to peyote stitch and fell in love with beading. Drawing on her painting and sculpting skills, her bead works are inspired by her relationship with nature. Currently her focus is work on a collection of small, bead & wire sculptures. She continues to bead baskets,although smaller ones using larger beads, gratefully using her hands & eyes while she readies herself for a corneal transplant.

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