State of the Arts
JUNE 2008
The
monthly newsletter of Fairbanks Arts Association
GAZEBO NIGHTS 2008
IN THIS ISSUE p2 & 3 Gazebo nights 2008 p4 reading series p4 gift shop author p5 arts down the road p5 gift shop artist p6 & 7 gallery exhibit p8 & 9 community calendar
volunteer needs volunteer thanks committee meetings watercolor society corner F3 fairbanks film festival volunteer spotlight
“Promoting contemporary and traditional arts in Alaska’s Interior.”
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GAZEBO NIGHTS 2008
JUNE
Sundays Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays
Tyler Solstice Complex Blazing Bellows Mike Stackhouse Stephen Moore Tundra Caravan Martin Miller
JULY
Sundays Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays
AUGUST Sundays Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays
Steve Moore Lousiaska Hunt Bayer Theresa Bauer Blazing Bellows Joan Stack Martin Miller
Free Admission All Shows at 7pm Original Acoustic Guitar w/ Vocals Folk/Roots Accordians Original Folk Rock/Folk Middle Eastern Dance Storyteller
Tim Robb
Free Admission All Shows at 7pm Roots Guitar/Jazz/Blues
Ron Veliz, Lindy Raines & Friends Jazz, Guitar, Solo & Duo Joe Feller Folk/Rock/Country Kit Carson Acoustic Music that Rocks Porch Dogs/Rural Delivery Bluegrass/Roots Karl Monetti Slack Key & Guitar Variations Guy Peters Contemporary Tribal/Inspirational
Free Admission All Shows at 7pm Guitar with Vocals
Original Music from the Marshes of AK World Music w/Mandolin & Piano Country/Rock Accordians Vocalist Storyteller
At the Gazebo near Gold Rush Town Entrance at Pioneer, 2300 Airport Way Bring a chair and blanket, bench seating is limited
For more information call 456-6485 ext. 226
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Cover Photo: Gazebo Nights Performer Lousiaska
Karl Monetti Fairbanks Arts Association • June 2008
Gazebo Nights 2008
As the days grow longer and the flowers begin to bloom, Alaskans trade layers of thinsulate for baseball hats and gardening gloves. hat Pioneer Park was hosts one of the once many rituals of the a weekly Fairbanks summer: musical Nights. performance Gazebo What was once a has grown weekly musical into a daily performance event throughout has grown into a daily event June, July and August. throughout June, July and August. These nightly free concerts feature local musicians, dancers and storytellers at 7pm. Each artist performs on the same day of the week for a month. This summer we are welcoming back familiar faces like Stephen Moore as well as new performers including Tyler, Solstice Complex, Porch Dogs and Lousiaska. Starting the season off this June is a new Fairbanks resident. Tyler is a singer, songwriter and guitarist with a long history of performing in Alaska. A resident of the Eagle River Valley since 1968, Tyler has opened for numerous performers including Pamela Means, Edgar Winter, The Laura Love Band and Dan Bern. Although he occasionally plays some cover tunes, he plans to perform mostly originals during his Gazebo Nights spot. He will play at 7 PM every Sunday in June. Mondays in June will feature Solstice Complex, which has been together since the winter of 2004-2005. They play an eclectic mix of folk, classic country, bluegrass, Americana and old-time music. Members include Chuck Thomas on guitar, Jeff Siniscalchi on mandolin and harmonica and TJ O’Donnell on banjo, jaw harp and gut bucket bass. From the ashes of Fairbanks’ Rural Delivery bluegrass band, the Porch Dogs have emerged to play on Thursdays in July. Members include Suzanne Graves on guitar and fiddle; Jeff
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Siniscalchi on mandolin, harmonica, and guitar; Ken Brown on dobro (a resonator guitar) and the weissenborn (a lap slide guitar); and Jim Vogt on bass. The Porch Dogs perform original songs written by all of the members. Their style is a mixture of bluegrass, country, folk and blues played on acoustic instruments.
new name better described the original nature of their songs. Lousiaska, whose influences include Hank Williams and the Grateful Dead, claim a “heavy folk country sound with a hint of Cajun and bluegrass music.” Singer/songwriter Stephen Moore will also be a returning artist in August. An Indiana native and long-time Alaska resident he enjoys performing rock, folk and occasionally country music. Playing music since he picked up his older brother’s guitar at the age of twelve, Steve has just completed his first CD, “Wrong Way.” Bring a friend, a snack, your pet or just yourself, but don’t forget to attend at least some ring a of these evening friend, events. Enjoy an a snack, hour of entertainyour pet or ment from Fairjust yourself, banks most talentbut don’t ed performers free forget to of charge while attend at soaking up some least some sun. Come out to of these support our line up evening of new sounds and events. faces as well as Gazebo Night favorites Ron Veliz and Mike Stackhouse. Whether you stay for a minute or stay all night, we’ll look forward to seeing you there at 7 PM!
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Stephen Moore During the harvest month of August, Lousiaska will grace our stage. The band began as a side project for father Leighton Nunez and daughter Jessica Knott in 1999 and has since added Marie Mitchell to the mix. The group, originally named Y’all, changed their name to Lousiaska in 2000. They felt the
Fa i r b a n k s A r ts Ass 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. 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.
FAA Phone: (907) 456-6485
June 2008 • Fairbanks Arts Association
Board of Directors Corlis Taylor, President Marcella Hill, Vice President Leafy McBride, Secretary Myrna Colp, Treasurer
Members: Bob Dempsey Jerrie Graham Joan Stack Shane Hurd Lorraine Peterson
Staff June Rogers, Executive Director , ex 225 june@fairbanksarts.org
Melissa Hougland, Associate Director, ex 226 melissa@fairbanksarts.org
Sherry Faught, Office Manager/Bookkeeper, ex 223 sherry@fairbanksarts.org
Tatiana Piatanova, Program Director, ex 227 tatiana@fairbanksarts.org
Carey Seward, Special Projects, ex 224 carey@fairbanksarts.org
Jessica Rehfield, Education Coordinator, ex 222 jessica@fairbanksarts.org
Rosalie Stockwell-White, Special Projects, ex 224 rosalie@fairbanksarts.org
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.:: Reading Series ‘08
FAA Community Writer’s Group Fairbanks Arts Association Community Writer’s Group (CWG) is a lot like a steaming pot of jambalaya--fresh, hot, and rich in writers that bring their own flavor to the mix. In June, CWG will serve up readings on Saturday, June 7th and Saturday June 14--two nights in which to listen to samples of new works of non-fiction, fiction and poetry. Keep in mind that the order on June 7th is different than June 14th, so plan to be at both! Think of it as a second helping of a great literary meal. Reading on Saturday, June 7th are Joyce
Clark, Jim Durkee, Betty Robinson and Thomas Zinza. Reading on Saturday, June 11th are Larry Paquin, Rachael Kvapil, Walter Rutherford and Ulyana Korotkova. Community Writer’s Group is celebrating its 11th year mentoring writer’s! We always invite new members. Anyone interested can attend our next meeting on Sunday, May 18 (regular day altered because of Mother’s Day) from 1-4 pm in the Bear Gallery. With the exception of May, CWG usually meets every second Sunday from 1-4 in the Bear Gallery.
June Readings are Saturday, June 7 and 14 at 7pm • Bear Gallery
Gift Shop Author of the Month: Judy Ferguson udy’s Alaska background, starting in 1968, sparked her writing. For twentyJ four years, Judy lived a remote Alaska life-style on a homesite accessible only by boat and dog sled. There on the Tanana River, as well as on their trapline, she and her husband, Reb, raised three children. She and Reb still make their home in the Big Delta area near their homesite. Many of her stories describe that life, and the characters who made Big Delta. an eclectic mixture of literary output characterizes what Alaskans and others Today,outside the state know of this prolific word artist. Judy is able to communicate effectively with Alaskans and elicit from them the stories of lives that built the northern frontier we see around us today. Judy’s books and newspaper columns provide a level of detail and empathy rarely seen, and provide a startlingly clear insight into the lives of pioneer men and women of this Great Land.
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Fairbanks Arts Association • June 2008
Susan Mumma and Judith Lethin as the Blues Brothers at the Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Festival
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Seldovia Arts Council Seldovia is tucked away facing the south side of Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula. The Seldovia Arts Council is a small organization in a small town that makes a BIG effort to bring arts to the community. Over the past 7 years they have hosted over 100 arts events in Seldovia. This includes the annual Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Festival which brings up to 20 musical acts to Seldovia for a weekend of performances and workshops. The Festival now attracts over 300 people from near and far, a number approximately equal to the winter population of the town. The music festival makes a tremendous impact on Seldovia’s economy and quality of life. Their mission is “to sponsor and encourage cultural and educational activities in the communities of Seldovia, Alaska, and the south side of Kachemak Bay. Our focus is to provide quality arts events and arts education through performances, art workshops and education for all ages.”
Gift Shop Artist of the Month: Ray Gary Award Winning Box Maker Ray Gary, Ray Gary’s Wood Joint, Healy, Alaska
When Ray retired from the Alaska State Troopers in 1996, he found a new focus in his woodworking. Although Ray had enjoyed carpentry required when he built his own home, he found greater creative expression in his box making. Developing new designs and techniques and using a variety of woods ensures that his work is constantly evolving. Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Ray first saw Alaska while serving in the US Army on his way to Viet Nam. In 1975 he returned to Alaska to make it his home. As a state trooper, he lived in Nome, Tok, Fairbanks and Anchorage before making his home in Healy near Denali National Park. Ray and his wife Gina Soltis live on a 60 acre homestead overlooking the Nenana Valley near Denali National Park. Since Ray’s retirement, he has also devoted much time to his other interest, travel. His journeys around the country allow Ray to incorporate types of wood not readily available in Alaska into his boxes.
Ray Gary June 2008 • Fairbanks Arts Association
Three of Ray’s original designs can be seen in the book “400 Wood Boxes” published by Lark Press.
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J U N E Gallery Exh Dennis Witmer
Fairbanks in Winter
In the intoxicating light and green of June, it is hard to remember how different the landscape is during winter. While people who do not live here sometimes speak with dread of the cold and darkness, those who live here know that the darkness of December is simply the balance for the light of June. But there is an undeniable grimness to the effort it takes to carry on a schedule developed for more temperate climates when it is cold and dark.
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The immediate response of most people to the cold and darkness is to huddle up by a warm fire, and wait until things warm up again. But there are rewards for those willing to venture out into the cold—the ice patterns of rivers at freeze-up, the unbelievable soft grays of the forest after weeks at thirty below, the patterns of wind blown snow—consolations for the cold.
Exhibit Dates: June 6-29 • Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 5-7pm Fairbanks Arts Association • June 2008
hibits
Trails North Betsy Bear
Betsy Bear came to Alaska in 1966 with her family after having lived most of her childhood in Europe and Morocco. The ensuing years were busy with college, marriage, raising two children and teaching in the Fairbanks area. It was a rewarding and fulfilling 25 years, but Betsy’s artistic talents remained on the back burner for most of those years. Retirement from teaching in 2001 provided Betsy the opportunity to spend more time developing her artistic inclinations. Her watercolors reflect her love for the natural beauty and rich history found throughout Alaska. She paints diverse subjects, from wildflowers to wildlife, landscapes, and historical figures. After living in the Fairbanks area for over 40 years, she especially loves painting local Alaskan scenes and historical subjects. Betsy has found Fairbanks a wonderful place to learn and grow as a painter. She actively takes advantage of the many painting opportunities available through local university classes, workshops, seminars and shows. In addition, she spends countless hours in her studio or out on location, getting to know her brushes, paper and pigments well. Recent shows include a three person exhibit at the Valdez City Museum in March 2007 themed on the historic Fairbanks-Valdez Trail and a two person show at the North Pole Grange in May 2007. Betsy regularly shows in group exhibits at New Horizons Art Gallery and at the Bear Gallery in Pioneer Park. She makes her own Giclee’ prints and cards, which are carried in various gift stores in Fairbanks and throughout Alaska. More information about Betsy and the “Trails North” art exhibit in June 2008 can be found on her web site at www.betsybearcreations.com.
Hana Esop
Hana Esop was born in the Czech Republic in 1946. She grew up in Trutnov, a small town in the mountains. This place offered many beautiful subjects for drawing. Although drawing and painting had been a lifelong hobby, she did not study art formally. Hana has lived in Fairbanks since 1999 and only now has enough time and opportunity to paint seriously. She has met many friends in the Fairbanks Watercolor Society and is grateful for their encouragement and help. In 2002, Hana began to study fine art at UAF, including painting, printmaking and native Alaskan art. She also learned from art books, magazines and other artists. She currently works at the New Horizons Gallery, which gives her a wonderful opportunity to see and appreciate what other artists are doing. This, she feels, helps her to expand her horizons and extend her limits. She can always find some new artistic endeavor and she enjoys this process. Three years ago, Hana met Ellen Harney, a local plein-air painter. They became painting partners and friends. Together they discover the beauty of nature by painting out of doors throughout all of the seasons of the year. Hana finds her new home in Alaska to be a land of extremes; “Sometimes there is too much light, and sometimes not enough”. She describes Alaska as astonishing with an overwhelming sense of space,
unlimited sky and intense colors. Clouds float in a seemingly endless sky. In winter, the land seems to be in a perpetual state of sunrise or sunset. Autumn offers golden delights, when the rich blue of the sky contrasts with a collage of yellows, oranges, crimsons and greens. Hana’s goal is to capture these qualities of vastness, intensity and extremes in her painting.
Dawn Marie Crass Dawn Crass has lived in ten of the 50 states in the U.S. and traveled extensively throughout the country and abroad. In 1994 she moved to Alaska and at last felt she had arrived home. She divides her time between Fairbanks and Pelican, Alaska, fishing, kayaking, hiking and painting.Dawn has studied painting at
June 2008 • Fairbanks Arts Association
the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and under the direction of Vladimir Zhikhartsev, Gael Murakami and Karen Austen. Her work has been in juried shows at the University of Alaska, The Bear Gallery and the New Horizons Gallery. It has been shown at the Denali Bank, Bureau of Land Management, Woodway, the Grange Gallery and Wrangle St. Elisa Visitors’ Center at St. Elias National Park. The University of Alaska also holds one of her pieces in it’s permanent collection. Dawn’s most recent show was a collaborative, shown at the Valdez City Museum in Valdez, Alaska in May 2007. Dawn is a member of the Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks Watercolor Society and Anchorage Watercolor Society.
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Festivals
June 28, Noon to 8pm – SHAKESPEARE FAMILY RENAISSANCE FAIRE!
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Hearken back to the days of yore—When days were days and Knights were Knights! Come play in the past at the Renaissance Faire where frolicking fools, spirited maids, pretty princesses, and swashbuckling pirates fill the lanes with color and merriment. Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre is teaming up with the best of local talent to share in a day of fantasy and fun for all ages. There’ll be medieval merchants, costume contests, games, prizes, exhibitions and the return of the rotten tomato play! It’s family entertainment at its Fairbanks finest. Huzzah!
June 14th, All Day Fairbanks Summer Folk Fest – An All Day Music Fest June 14th, Pioneer Park at the Pavilion, FREE.
Enjoy an entire day of live music in a comfortable, family setting that is Free of admission charge! Two stages! Over 30 performances! KUAC/ 89.9 FM public radio will broadcast the event, so listen to KUAC while you head to the music fest. And, be sure to visit the Fairbanks Folk Fest membership and CD booth to purchase this years first Fairbanks Summer Folk Fest T-shirt.
July 13th-27th Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
To submit calendar information please email melissa@ fairbanksarts.org or call 456-6485 ext.226
Register for the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival by June 14 and save $$$. With over 100 classes to choose from, you can pay by the class or take as many classes as you want for the full registration fee, only $495 ($450 if paid by check.) After June 14, full registration is $550 ($495 if paid by check.) Download the Registration Form at www.fsaf.org or see our catalog online. Registration is open to adults and high school graduates. The Festival will be held on the beautiful University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, July 13-27. For more information call 474-8869 or email: festival@ alaska.net
Naturally Alaska, the Second Annual Alaska Book Festival.
by: Jamie Smith
More than 20 prominent artists—featuring the likes of fish illustrator and musician, Ray Troll, and author Peggy Shumaker—will gather in Fairbanks, June 12-14, to share their thoughts and expertise. Genres include poetry, natural history, science fiction, history, mystery, cooking and children’s literature and it’s all free! Events will be at UAF Reichardt Natural Sciences Building, the Noel Wien Library and other venues around town.
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Dinners in the Homes This summer we are pleased to host over 1000 guests! In order for Fairbanks Arts Association to make this happen, we need you! All dinners are scheduled on Thursday night from mid-May to midSeptember with pick-up scheduled at 6:45pm. Available dates include June 5th, 12th, 26th, July 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st, August 7th, 14th, 21st and September 4th. Please give us a call at 456-6485 ext. 224 if you would like to volunteer or have any questions about Dinners in the Homes.
EXHIBITS-1st Friday
June 6, 5 to 8pm Festival’s 2008 Poster Artist Tom Nixon
VOLUNTEERS!
We need volunteers in the Bear Gallery & gift shop for the summer season! This is a great opportunity to support the arts in Fairbanks while meeting visitors and sharing about life in the north. Our volunteer docents fill a four-hour shift once a week and are a vital part of our program. Find out more about how you can be part of the team at Fairbanks Arts Association by calling 456-6485 ext. 223 or 226.
pm, where this JOIN us at NEW HORIZONS Gallery at First Friday, June 6 from 5-8 poster. Posters Festival 2008 the signing be will Nixon Tom artist, poster year’s featured note card, which are $10. Local artist, Neville Abbott Jacobs will also be there, signing her is the image from the front of the Festival catalog!
Workshops/LECTURES June 2, 7:00pm
on his art and Morten Solberg, nationally known artist, will be giving a presentation are welcome to painting at Zion Lutheran Church on Davis Road. All interested persons attend. For further info please call 479-5246 or 389-2114.
June 3rd- 6th
ity Hall. Mr. Solberg will be conducting a painting workshop at St. Raphael’s Commun on. informati further for 479-5246 call Please limited. is space and $350 is This workshop the under Society or Watercol Fairbanks the by hosted are The presentation and workshop sponsorship of the Fairbanks Arts Association.
meetings
June 18th, 6:30pm Fairbanks Watercolor Society
Hall Pavilion The Watercolor Society will have a potluck on Jun 18th at 6:30 in the Dance 479-0804 at Pioneer Park. For more information, please contact Gael Murakami at
PERFORMANCE
June 20-21, 7:30pm; June 22, 2pm
“Twelfth Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre’s Groundlings Summer Drama Camp presents 2pm Jack Night” by William Shakespeare June 20-22 Fri. & Sat. 7:30 pm, Sunday on or www. Townsend Point on the UAF campus Call 457-7638 for more informati fstalaska.org “If music be the food of love, play on.”
Acheivment in the Arts
The Northland Children’s Choir was honored to perform the World Premier of Fairbanks composer Lori Lange’s “Adieu”. This beautiful choral piece was inspired by Lord Byron’s “Adieu, Adieu! My Native Land”. The performance took place during the choir’s spring concert on Sunday, May 18. Thank you to everyone for the successful show!
Historical Materials Wanted! Do you have any old newspape r clippings, show programs, phot os or other information from the begi nnin of Fairbanks Arts Association? We gs are collecting all historical documen ts, matter how insignificant. So clean out no your garage and bring them by! Fairbanks Arts Association Office, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts in Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way Phone: 456-6485 ext 226.
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Opportunities
YOUTH FOR UNDERSTANDING NEEDS HOST FAMILIES FOR FALL 2008! Youth for Understanding USA is a non-profit organization that partners with over 50 countries around the world. We provide orientations and ongoing support to host families, volunteers and exchange students to ensure student success while on the program. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact me at blizzard@ yfu.org or by phone at 907.561.2918 or toll free 800.872.0200 ext 281. Also, please refer to our website www.yfu-usa.org for more information.
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JUNE Committee Meetings:
Community Writers Group June 8 from 1-4pm Literary Arts Committee June 16 at 5:30pm Cinema Arts Committee June 17 at 5:30pm Visual Arts Committee June 18 at 5:30pm Long Prose Writers Group June 19 at 6:00pm
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.
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Sue Cole:
I am currently working in transparent watercolor and watercolor and collage. In the past I worked with a strictly realistic style, but have lately been exploring both abstract and mixed media as a challenge. I have a tremor
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called “benign essential tremor”, which means nothing is wrong with me, but I have a tremor in my right hand. This has caused me more and more difficulty with tight realism, so I have been moving towards a more abstract version of realism and stronger use of color theory, which also seems to be more successful than the work I was doing with tighter realism, so it was an unexpected bonus.
Dan Kennedy
Society Corner
I like most forms of art. I have lived in Fairbanks for twenty-four years and have attempted to render birds and other animals in their environments since childhood. I usually work in a representational style, but sometimes like to experiment with contemporary themes. I do some oils, but usually use water-based paints. Birds and animals all have different environments as well as personalities. Some are very subtle and secretive like bitterns and thrush while others are more bold and mystical
like ravens. These different personalities leave artists free to use creative styles to exaggerate the animal’s personalities. A raven, for example, may lend itself to be portrayed in many ways, from realistic to expressionistic, if I am trying to bring out its mythical and haunting past.
To download the F3 entry form, please go to www.fairbanksarts.org Fairbanks Arts Association is now accepting entries for the 3rd annual Fairbanks Film Festival also known as F3. Deadline for submissions is June 20th, 2008 at 5pm. The Festival will take place September 1, 2008 at 5pm at the Pioneer Park Theater located inside the Centennial Center for the Arts. Fairbanks Film Festival is a juried survey of moving
image arts by independent film and video makers, including amateurs and students. Categories include: feature, documentary, short, music video, and animation. The Juror Panel will consider the technical and creative merit of the work from the above categories. Open only to artists currently residing in Alaska. Student work submitted must reflect the artist’s unique creative effort. For further details please call or e-mail FAA Program Director at 456-6485 ext.227 / tatiana@fairbanksarts.org.
Still from animated short which got an “Honorable Mention” award at F3 2007.
Still from animated short “Pirates” by Owen Funk, Wesley MacDonald, and Jeffrey Zhan - Visual Arts Academy students - submitted to F3 last year. June 2008 • Fairbanks Arts Association
Still from animated short “Muscle Ducks” by Sarah Sherman, Julia Sherman, and Areli Miller - Visual Arts Academy students - submitted to F3 last year.
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The
monthly newsletter of Fairbanks Arts Association
June 2008
State of the Arts
Thank you!
P.O. Box 72786 Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
Myrna Colp has been volunteering for Fairbanks Arts Association since 2002. She started out by helping with the Parka Parade since parkas are very near and dear to her heart. Her late mother Lois Tapp was an inspiration to her during her life and designed the ‘Parkas by Lois’ pattern line now called ‘Alaskan Patterns’ which Myrna sells in her little business by the same name. Myrna especially enjoys being a hostess for ‘Dinners in the Homes’ in the summertime because there are so many interesting travelers to meet from all over the US. She is currently serving as Treasurer for FAA and finds great pleasure in helping with different events during the year like Art EXPO, the Charlie Party and Governor’s Awards. Myrna has found a home in her Fairbanks Arts community and is grateful that FAA is there as an expression and voice to the world.
Volunteer Spotlight - Myrna Colp