State of the Arts

oldie but goldie film series p7watercolor society corner p7

art expo application p8 Volunteer of the month p9

mainstage p10statewide poetry contest p11

Volunteer thanks p12committee meetings p12

p2 art expop3 community calendarp3 Volunteer needsp4 writing in the darkp4 gift shop authorp5 arts down the road p5 gift shop artistp6 gallery exhibit

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

the monthly newsletter of fairbanks arts association

Art EXPO 2008

i n t h i s i s s u e

march 2008

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Art EXPO: View, Appreciate and Purchase!As the days warm and Alaskans look toward summer, the

annual Winter Carnival offers a fun-filled month to celebrate the season. Fairbanks Arts Association is doing its part with its an-nual Art EXPO.

This weekend event is packed with many exciting and infor-mative events and activities. Beginning at noon Saturday March 15th Gerri Brightwell will lead a panel discussion with profes-sionals in the fields of visual, performing and literary arts. Other workshops offered throughout the weekend will include Arts in Education Employment Opportunities, Packaging Your Artwork for Sale, and instruction on creating fused glass and chalk pastels.There are many other special events scheduled during this two-day event. On Saturday at 4pm in the Bear Gallery, FAA will announce the winners of the annual Statewide Poetry Contest, judged by Linda Schandelmeir. Fairbanks Arts Association’s Annual Parka Parade will take place on Sunday afternoon in the exhibit hall. This traditional Winter Carnival event will allow entrants to showcase traditional and contemporary parkas often created and owned by those who are modeling.

Artists will also present work for sale in the Exhibit Hall. A wide variety of art vendors will be present and several will dem-onstrate works in progress in addition to selling items. In addition to vendor sales, workshops and special activities, Art EXPO will

feature live entertainment, numerous children’s activities, includ-ing spin art, and delicious homestyle concessions.

The vendor sales will end at 5pm. However, FAA’s Bear Gallery and Gift Shop will remain open until 6pm. The annual Up With Art show will be exhibited during the month of March. This juried collection of artwork is solely created by K-12 students in the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Other Art EXPO activities will include FAA’s Oldie but Goldie Film Series. Beginning at 5pm on Saturday, FAA will present a double feature with Little Fugitive and Seventh Conti-nent. Little Fugitive is a film about a seven-year-old boy (Richie Andrusco) who is tricked into believing he killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New York’s nether wonderland: Coney Island. The Seventh Continent focuses on George (Dieter Berner), a middling engineer, and his sardonic wife Anna (Birgit Doll). Unable to empathize with their daughter’s compulsion for lying and uninterested in each other’s emotional well-being, the couple turns their pedestrian way of life into a vortex of subjective malaise.

With the wide variety of events, workshops, vendors, demon-strations and activities, Art EXPO is sure to have something for everyone. Please come and enjoy!

Fairbanks arts association 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. The Association also helps raise funds for other arts groups, provides technical assistance and support for arts programming, encourages and advises individual artists beginning organizations and sponsors workshops and educational meetings.

staffJune rogers, Executive Director , ex 225 Melissa Hougland, associate Director, ex 226sherry Faught, office Manager/bookkeeper, ex 223tatiana Piatanova, Program Director, ex 227carey seward, special Projects, ex 224Jessica rehfield, Education coordinator, ex 222

board of Directorscorlis taylor, PresidentMarcella Hill, Vice PresidentLeafy Mcbride, SecretaryMyrna colp, Treasurer

Members:bob DempseyJerrie GrahamJoan stackshane HurdLorraine Peterson

Art Expo Schedule of EventsSaturday, March 15th 12:00 to 1:00pm – How to Promote your Art: Mod-erator Gerri Brightwell leads a panel of profession-als in the fields of visual, literary and performing arts, who will provide an invigorating look at how to further your professional artistic career.

1:00 to 2:00pm – Tools for Professional Develop-ment in the Arts: Melissa Hougland and Tatiana Piatanova present information on technical skills and applications that are critical to a professional presentation of your credentials as an artist.

2:00 to 3:00pm – Arts in Education Employment Opportunities: Jessica Rehfield leads you on a step-by-step look at how to become an Artist in the Schools.

3:00 to 4:00pm – Appearances are Everything - Packaging your Artwork for Sale: Miriam Cooper gives insight on successful approaches to packaging your art for sale.

4:00 to 5:00pm – Fairbanks Arts Association Statewide Poetry Contest Awards: Winning entries will be read by their authors and awards will be presented.

5:00 to 7:00pm- Fairbanks Arts Association Film Series: Little Fugitive. Little Fugitive is a film about a seven-year-old boy (Richie Andrusco) who is tricked into believing he killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New York’s nether wonderland: Coney Island.

7:00 to 9:00pm- Fairbanks Arts Association Film Series: Seventh Continent. The Seventh Continent focuses on George (Dieter Berner), a middling engi-neer, and his sardonic wife Anna (Birgit Doll). Un-able to empathize with their daughter’s compulsion for lying and uninterested in each other’s emotional well-being, the couple turns their pedestrian way of life into a vortex of subjective malaise.

Sunday, March 16th12:00 to 1:00pm – Fused Glass:Deb McQueen gives an instructive how-to presentation on the art of fusing glass.

1:00 to 2:00pm – Pastels: Jessica Rehfield instructs on how to create and subsequently preserve chalk pastels.

2:30pm – Fairbanks Arts Association Annual Parka Parade: Don’t miss this revival of an early day Win-ter Carnival event.

Application for Exhibit Space Saturday, March 15 & Sunday, March 16 Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way

Name:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Business Name:___________________________________________________________________________________

Address:________________________________________________________________________________________

City:_______________________________________________ State:___________ Zip:______________

Phone:______________________Email:_________________________________________ Fax:______________

Number of Spaces ($125 for 9’x8’ space): _____________ (Two tables provided per single space)

Will you need and electical outlet? yes_________ no__________ (Extension cords not provided)

Please let us know if you have any special needs, every effort will be made to accomodate requests:

Description of Product Line (First time participants in Art Expo please send photo or sample of your work):

You wil be billed for your space at the time of acceptance.Submit application to:

Fairbanks Arts AssociationPO Box 72786

Fairbanks, AK 99707

Exhibit space is limited. Assignments will be made in order of the date received. Fairbanks Arts Association reserves the right to accept only those exhibits that reflect the character of the show.

APPlicAtiOn FEE $125

2008

Applications received before February 15, 2008 only $100!

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Application for Exhibit Space Saturday, March 15 & Sunday, March 16 Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way

Name:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Business Name:___________________________________________________________________________________

Address:________________________________________________________________________________________

City:_______________________________________________ State:___________ Zip:______________

Phone:______________________Email:_________________________________________ Fax:______________

Number of Spaces ($125 for 9’x8’ space): _____________ (Two tables provided per single space)

Will you need and electical outlet? yes_________ no__________ (Extension cords not provided)

Please let us know if you have any special needs, every effort will be made to accomodate requests:

Description of Product Line (First time participants in Art Expo please send photo or sample of your work):

You wil be billed for your space at the time of acceptance.Submit application to:

Fairbanks Arts AssociationPO Box 72786

Fairbanks, AK 99707

Exhibit space is limited. Assignments will be made in order of the date received. Fairbanks Arts Association reserves the right to accept only those exhibits that reflect the character of the show.

APPlicAtiOn FEE $125

2008

Applications received before February 15, 2008 only $100!

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Gift Shop Author of the Month: Ken WaldmanKen Waldman has drawn on his 20 years in Alaska to produce poems,

stories and fiddle tunes that combine into a performance uniquely his own.

A former college professor, Waldman has had more than 400 poems and stories published in national journals, and has worked full-time since 1994 as Alaska’s Fiddling Poet, performing at some of the nation’s leading universities, festivals, arts centers, and clubs.

His first full-length collection, Nome Poems, was published in April 2000 by West End Press of Albuquerque and is now in its second printing. It chronicles the two years Waldman spent teaching writing over the telephone at the Nome campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Also included is a section about the 1996 plane crash that led locals to refer to him as “a walking dead man.” In March 2002, West End Press published a second collection, To Live on this Earth, which contains more Alaska

poems, including a number about old-time music and dance.

He is also a popular visiting artist in classrooms. Employing both his fiddle and a repertoire of proven writing exercises, he has led workshops in over 100 schools in 22 states nationwide, and has been a guest writer at over 70 colleges and universities.

.:: Reading Series ‘08 Carolyn Kremers

&Susan Campbell

Carolyn Kremers writes literary nonfiction and poetry, and spends as much time as possible outdoors. Trained as a musician, writer, and educator, she supports herself by teaching for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and the University of Alaska. She is the author of Place of the Pretend People: Gifts from a Yup’ik Eskimo Village (Alaska Northwest Books) and co-editor of The Alaska Reader: Voices from the North (Fulcrum Publishing). Her poems and essays have appeared on public radio and in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies, including the AK show, Alaskamagazine, Alaska Quarterly Review, American Nature Writing series, Brevity,

Creative Nonfiction, Holding Common Ground: The Individual and Public Lands in the American West, Ice-Floe, The Last New Land, Manoa, Newsday, and North American Review, among others. In a former life, Carolyn was a member of the English/Creative Writing faculty at Eastern Washington University in Spokane, where she designed and implemented the MFA curriculum in literary nonfiction. She appreciates writing that explores the inner life and helps change what people think and do. On March 1, she will read from new and collected work. Susan Campbell has lived in Fairbanks for the past 20 years, teaching elementary school for the Northstar Borough. She has backpacked and paddled, with her husband, through many seasons in the arctic. She believes that reading and writing poetry gives sustenance to life and helps us try to make sense of life's mysteries. She is inspired by landscapes, terrestrial and human. Her work has been recently published in the AlaskaQuarterly Review.

Saturday, March 1 at 7pm • Bear Gallery

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Gift Shop Artist of the Month: Jamie Smith

Jamie Smith, who is said to be “afflicted with an unremitting sense of absurdity” is the creator of the cartoon features “Nuggets” and “FreezeFrame” which have been appearing weekly in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner since 1988, and is a staff editorial

cartoonist for the Ester Republic. He currently teaches drawing part-time as an adjunct at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and does freelance illustration and

design out of his cabin while working on several book-length projects.

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theROAD Bethel Arts Council

Camai from Bethel! Camai is a Yup’ik word meaning a warm, genuine hello. It is also the name of Bethel Council on the Arts’ largest annual event. Every spring hundreds of dancers travel to Bethel to perform for an enthusiastic audience. The festival is a celebration of dance and cultural diversity hosted by the Yup’ik Eskimo community of Southwest Alaska.

Camai brings the people of Bethel together long before the Friday evening ceremony opens the festival. Volunteer coordinators begin meeting in October to make preparations for the three day dance festival. The event is so large that our small Council is simply not capable of coordinating and executing it independently. Instead, we rely on a group of dedicated

chairpersons and volunteers to help us pull together this multi-faceted weekend that includes a craft fair, a Mr. and Mrs. Camai contest and a native foods potluck.

Each year, the coordinators come together to develop a theme and choose a logo designed by a Yup’ik artist. This year’s theme is ‘Kevgiq’ or Messengers of Dance. It was selected to recognize the important contributions of both the dancers and the event’s coordinators and volunteers in preserving and honoring the Yup’ik culture. Indeed, the Camai Dance Festival has been a key part of the cultural revival in many of the 52 Yup’ik villages of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and beyond. Many villages revived their traditions of dancing, dormant for years, in order to participate in this celebratory event.

What began as a one afternoon community event over twenty years ago has grown into an international festival that features 20-23 dance groups. Notable participants in this year’s festival are Maori Dancers, Pamyua, and Sioux Hoop Dancer Dallas Chief Eagle. Camai continues to evolve. This year we are excited to broadcast the festival for the first time live via webcam at our website: www.bethelarts.com. If you can’t make it to Bethel for Camai, be sure to stop by our website on March 28, 29 and 30th. Enjoy the dance!

Maria Bell, Henrietta Long, and Agnes Hoelscher of the Hooper Bay Traditional Dancers entertain the crowd with their expressions and dancing. photo by Greg Lincoln/The Delta Discovery

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March Gallery Exhibit: Up With ArtMarch is Arts Education Month in Alaska and national Youth Arts Month. To help celebrate, Fairbanks Arts

Association and the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District present the annual Up with Art show. This student exhibit features kindergarten through 12th grade art and will be on display throughout the month of March.

The goals of the show are to:

-Give the community an opportunity to view student art from grades K through 12.

-Demonstrate student artistic development under the guidance of a professional art teacher.

-Recognize and reward students for their hard work and resulting achievements.

-Showcase exemplary student art in a contemporary setting.

Sharlene Dick, 5th Grade

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5 PM 7 PM

MARCH 15, 2008DOUBLE-FEATURE

film seriesOLDIE butGOLDIEsponsored by Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation.

The 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.

Tickets available at the door for $5

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Fairbanks Drama association presents A THOUSAND CLOWNSMarch 21 - April 6Performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:15pm and Sundays at 2pm. Riverfront TheatreCall 456-PLAY.

Fairbanks Drama association presents ANNE OF GREEN GABLES March 1 at 8:15pm and March 2 at 2pmRiverfront TheatreTickets $ 18 adults and $ 16 for Seniors, Students and Military. Call 456-PLAY for advance tickets.

9th annual Fairbanks Watercolor society shoW First Friday, March 7, 5 to 8pm New Horizons Gallery on 1st AveOver 60 watercolor paintings will be displayed on a “Chena River Area” theme. Reception, paintings will be displayed for 2 weeks. Contact 479-0804 for more info.

kuac / alaskaone Poster signing March 8, 2008 12 - 4pm New Horizons Gallery on 519 First AvenueView the 2008 AlaskaOne poster “Alaskan Wild Iris” by Fairbanks artist Cynthia West Hanson. Get your poster personally signed. For more info please call 456-2063.

ua museum oF the north special exhibit: ainu ramati ~ soul of the ainu: art and craft of northern JapanDaily through March 30, Weekdays 9 AM - 5 PM; Weekends Noon - 5 PM More than 90 art and craft pieces, including historic and contemporary clothing, jewelry, ritual implements, wood carvings and weavings, offer an intriguing look at the Ainu culture of Northern JapanContact: 474-7505 or museum@uaf.edu

museum Family Program: aDvanceD rocket science Saturday March 22 & 29 (two-part program), 9 AM - noon Build and launch rockets that record height and image data. For children ages 7-12 with an adult; $30 per child adult pair. Pre-registration required.Contact: 474-5360 or museum.education@uaf.edu

Fairbanks concert association Presents turtle islanD string Quartet March 8 at 8pm Hering AuditoriumTickets available at Grass Roots Guitar, online at www.alaskatix.com or by calling 490-2858.

Fairbanks concert association Presents an evening With sarah voWell March 28 at 8pm Hering AuditoriumTickets available at Grass Roots Guitar, online at www.alaskatix.com or by calling 490-2858.

Fairbanks light oPera theatreseussical: the musical February 29 to March 9 Friday, February 29 at 8pm, Saturday, March 1 at 2 and 8pm, Sunday, March 2 at 4pm, Friday, March 7 at 8pm, Saturday, March 8 at 2 and 8pm, and Sunday, March 9 at 4pm. For more information or tickets go to www.flot.org or call 456-3568.

March Volunteers needed!

• Gallery Docents(Gift Shop Sales, Gallery Attendants) 12-3pm or 3-6pm, Monday-Saturday

•First Friday Crew(Greeters and Food Preparation)

Fri, Mar 7, from 4-9 PM • FAA Bear Gallery

•Reading Crew!(Setup and Breakdown Crew)

Saturday, March 1 from 6-8:30 PM

To Volunteer Contact: 456-6485 ex: 226

Community Calendar! Community Calendar!

GFairbanks theater grouPs Want 10-minute Plays For 8X10 Festival

As part of their commitment to showcasing the work of Alaskan playwrights, the Fairbanks Drama Association and The Looking Glass Group Theatre invite Alaskan residents to send in their best 10-minute plays to be considered for the 7th Annual 8X10 Festival of New Alaskan Plays.

Eight ten-minute plays will be given rehearsed staged readings at theFestival, which will be held April 18 & 19, 2008, at FDA’s RiverfrontTheater in Fairbanks.

Guidelines for entering scripts:• Alaskan residents only.• One entry per playwright.

• One author per play.• No musicals or children’s plays.• Submit 5 (five) copies of each script, typed & bound, with pages numbered.• Cover page with title & playwright’s contact info, including phone and e-mail.• “Cast of Characters” page with brief character descriptions following cover page.• Cast size should be no more than eight actors.• Plays should be between 8 & 12 minutes long based on one minute of playing time per page of script. (Cover and cast list pages will not be included in page count.)• No electronic submissions or Express mail.• Scripts will not be returned.

Submissions must be postmarked no later than March 15, 2008 and sent to:

8X10 FestivalFairbanks Drama Association/ Looking Glass Group Theatre1852 Second AvenueFairbanks, Alaska 99701

For more information, contact:Peggy MacDonald Ferguson, Executive DirectorFairbanks Drama Association907-456-PLAYpeggyferguson@gci.nethanleyao@hotmail.com

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Volunteer of the Month: Deb McQueen

Deb McQueen is a self-taught

bead artist, specializing

in lamp-work and bead

embroidery. She is a long-

time Alaska resident and artist.

Deb has a life-long interest

in ancient forms of physical

adornment and the history of

the jewelry making crafts. Her

pieces are influenced by Pictish,

Egyptian, and Native American

art forms. Her work has been

in several local juried exhibits

and in the Bead Museum in

Glendale, Arizona as part of

the “Bead 2000 Project”. She

has many pieces in private

collections. Deb maintains her

studio here in Alaska.

What does it mean to live in Alaska at this moment in human history and Earth time? We are a group of writers, artists and scientists exploring the natural world in interior Alaska in a variety of media. As writers, dancers, musicians, and visual artists, we’re respond-ing to what we see going on around us, to its beauty and intricacy. As scientists we look in detail at the evidence and try to understand the long-range consequences.

The idea for a collaborative performance was born over a long evening of discussion around a campfire near Poker Creek where scientists from UAF and elsewhere are do-ing research into the longterm effects of the Boundary Fire of 2004, which burned a large amount of land north of Fairbanks. The sci-entists wanted to share their information and to broaden their understanding of the area by bringing in people with very different ways of seeing it. We agreed that there is an unusual richness and joy in the community of arts and sciences, in the coming together of insights from many different perspectives and disci-plines. Blending our talents and knowledge, we seek an expanded vision, hoping to find ways to preserve and enhance our community

in a changing world.The performance will feature an original

dance piece, readings by Fairbanks writers, comments by locals scientists, songs and a short play, as well as interactive art installa-tions.

Please join us at Pioneer Park Auditorium on Friday, March 21, 7:30 p.m. for “In a Time of Change,” a two-hour collaboration. Bring your imagination, curiosity, and your ability to be surprised and entertained.

Admission is free. Refreshments will be served in the Bear Gallery following the performance.

This event is sponsored by the Fairbanks Arts Association, Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Alaska Experimental Program for Stimulating

Competitive Research (EPSCoR), Uni-versity of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska International Polar Year, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival through a grant from the Rasmuson Founda-tion, North Star Ballet and the Northern Alaska Environmental Center.

“ In a Time of Change ”A Performance by Writers, Artists, and Scientists

John Haines (Writer) – read-ing his work (his new 2-CD set produced by Susan Todd will also be on sale)

John Morgan (Writer) – reading poetry

Terry Chapin (UAF Scientist)- speaking on what it’s like to be a scientist studying climate change

Carolyn Kremers (Writer) – read-ing her work

Mary Shields (Writer) and Susan Grace (Singer/Songwriter) - a song and a children’s story com-bination Mary’s new children’s book,”What’s a Shrew to You?” ask kids if they care about the wild creatures around them. Susan Grace and Mary set the text to music, to be preformed by a children’s choir.

Susan Grace (Singer/Songwrit-er)– original songs

Marjorie Cole (Writer) – reading

Teri Vierek (Scientist/Writer/Dancer) and Douglas Yates (Photographer)– haigas (haikus accompanied by photographs)

Deliquescent Designs and John Luther Adams – original modern dance piece by Mary Beth Leigh (UAF Biologist/Dancer, Fair-banks), Tamora Petitt (Dancer, New York City), Stephanie Dixon (Dancer, New York City) and Karen Flygare (Dancer, Oklahoma City) with music by John Luther Adams

Roger Ruess (UAF Scientist)- speaking on ecology

Knut Kielland (UAF Scientist)- speaking on similarities in percep-

tion between scientists and artists

Teresa Nettleton Hollingsworth (USDA Forest Service Scientist), Mary Matthews (Artist), Anne Hanley (Playwright) – short playWhen plant ecologist Teresa Nettleton Hollingsworth meets visual artist Mary Matthews who creates elaborate “fashions” out of natural plant materials, they find that they have more in common than just a love of plants. They also unearth a few irreconcilable differences in this ten-minute play by Anne Hanley.

Mary Matthews (Artist)– interac-tive art installations for theater entrance and on stage

Jamie Hollingsworth (UAF Scientist) and Lorien Nettleton (Writer) – outdoor metal sculpture

In a time of change: a Performance by Writers, artists, and ScientistsFriday, March 21, 7:30 pm at Pioneer Park Auditorium • Admission: free

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Watercolor Society CornerQLena Foreman

I was born and raised in Vladimir, Russia. There I studied various styles and techniques of Russian decorative art

from 1985 to 1987. After 2.5 years of study, I switched my major to Business and Economics and never touched the brushes again…until I moved to Alaska in 1998, where, ironically, the first fellow Russian I bumped into was Vladimir Zhikhartsev!

Vladimir’s talent and passion for art rekindled my interest in painting and soon I started attending his watercolor classes

where I met other very talented artists. I joined Watercolor Wednesday group in February of 2007, and Fairbanks Watercolor Society in 2008.

Betsy Bear

Creating art has always been an important part of Betsy’s life. After 25 years of teaching in the Fairbanks area schools, retirement in

2001 provided her the opportunity to spend more time on her art. Betsy has learned much

through attending art classes, workshops, shows, and countless hours in the studio. Betsy’s main medium is watercolor, though she has recently found ink drawings and caricatures much to her liking. Her art often reflects a love of nature and historical subjects. She continues to refine her talents and expand her horizons by experimenting with new mediums, techniques and subjects.

Betsy is a member of the Fairbanks Arts Assn., Fairbanks Watercolor Society, Alaska Watercolor Society, and North Pole’s Watercolor Wednesday. She regularly shows her work in Fairbanks, North Pole, Excursion Inlet, and at other locations around Alaska. Her originals, Giclee’ prints, and cards are available at gift shops statewide, her home studio, and online at www.betsybearcreations.com. She can also be reached by calling 907-488-2129 / 907-388-4901.

Winter Carnival Kick-Off Reception!

Come and join artists, ice carvers, and dog mushers in celebrating the start of Winter Carnival with food and good company. The reception will take place on Saturday, March 1st from 5 to 7pm in the Fairbanks Arts Association Bear Gallery. To end this wonderful event, Carolyn Kremers and Susan Campbell will read from their selected literary works.

For more information please call 456-6485 ext. 226.

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FAIRBANKS ARTS ASSOCIATIONFOURTEENTH ANNUAL

Statewide Poetry ContestFairbanks Arts Association’s Literary Arts Committee is now accepting entries for the 14th Annual Poetry Contest. The purpose of the contest is to encourage, publicize, and reward the writing of high quality poetry. Winners of the contest will be announced on March 15, 3:30pm, @ Bear Gallery (Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way).

Divisions: Awards:Adult 1st Place $150 | 2nd Place $100 | 3rd Place $50High School 1st Place $100 | 2nd Place $50 | 3rd Place $25Elementary & Middle School 1st Place $50 | 2nd Place $30 | 3rd Place $15

DeaDline:Saturday, February 16, 2008 - postmarked

Saturday, February 23, 2008 • 6pm - hand delivered(hand deliver entries to Fairbanks Arts Association, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way)

entry Fee:Grade, Middle, and High School: $3 per poem or $10/four poems.Adults: $4 per poem or $13/four poems.

inStrUCtiOnS:• Open to Alaska residents only. • No more than four poems per author may be entered. • All poems must be original and not previously published.• Each must be typed on an 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of paper and may not exceed 100 lines in length. • A separate cover page should include name, address, phone and division, as well as the titles of all poems submitted. AuThOr’sNAME shOuLd NOT APPEAr ON ANy POEMs.

No entries will be returned. A list of winners will be sent if SASE isincluded.

SenD entrieS with entry Fee tO:(Checks should be made payable to Fairbanks Arts Association)

Fairbanks Arts AssociationFAA Poetry Contest 2008

P.O. Box 72786Fairbanks, AK 99707

Linda’s poems have appeared in literary magazines, newspapers, and anthologies, including Inroads,Preposterous, and The Last New Land. she was the recipient of an Individual Artist’s Fellowship from the Alaska state Council on the Arts in 1984, and the winner of the Midnight sun, Fejes and Anchorage daily News-uAA prizes for poetry. Linda’s poems have been set to music in three song cycles, one of which, Poem Against the Cold,by British composer Corey Field, was performed at Carnegie hall in 1983. Also an elementary school teacher and lifelong Alaskan, she lives with her husband, John da-vies, near Fairbanks, Alaska. Lis-tening Hard Among the Birchesis her first collection of poetry.

POetry COnteSt JUDge:

Linda Schandelmeier

For more information please call 456.6485 ext. 227 or visit our website at www.fairbanksarts.org

The Literary Arts Committee of the Fairbanks Arts Association meets at 5:30 pm on the third Monday of each Month in the Bear Gallery.

The Literary Arts Committee of Fairbanks Arts Association, an organization 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, sponsors this contest.

P.O. Box 72786 Fairbanks, Alaska 99707

Non-ProfitOrganization

U.S. Postage PaidFairbanks, Alaska

Permit No. 17State of the Artsthe monthly newsletter of fairbanks arts association march 2008

MARCH Committee Meetings: Community Writers Group March 9 from 1-4 Daylight Saving Time: SPRING FORWARD Cinema Arts Committee March 18 at 5:30 Visual Arts Committee March 19 at 5:30

Long Prose Writers Group March 20 at 6:30

Literary Arts Committee March 17 at 5:30 Community Arts Group March 26 at 12:00 Noon

All meetings in the Bear Gallery, 3rd Floor of the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts,

Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way.For more information call 456-6485 ext. 227.

Thank you to our Volunteers:Gallery Docents

Ushers

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Lisa, Forrest, and Quinn Freer

Robin Davis Peggy Birkenbuel Virginia Damron Marcella Hill

Betsy & Jessica Bear Lana Kulikovskiy

Rosalie Stockwell-White Edie Barbour Dotti Loaiza

Debbie Wigand

Cheryl Joens Lee Harris

Deb McQueen Frances Schulz Willie Bliss

Pat Mack Sue Malen

Margret Van Flein Betsy Bear

Edie Barbour

Patterns of InfluenceBarbara Annan

Pat MackGinny ShaferPhyllis Tate

Peggy BirkenbuelDan Kennedy

Gael Murakami