The Homer Council on the Arts board of directors is now accepting nominations for the Arts Awards 2004. Awards will be given in the following categories3 arts advocacy, arts education, lifetime achievement in the arts, artist of the year and youth artist of the year. The council invites all to join in recognizing and honoring those who have made an impact on the arts in the Homer area. Nomination forms are available at schools, local galleries, the Homer Chamber of Commerce, the Kachemak Bay Campus, City Hall and the council office. Deadline for nominations is 5 p.m. Jan. 3. The recipients will be honored at the council's annual meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 15. For further information, call 235-4288.
The Pratt Museum is planning an exhibition titled "Alex and Friends" honoring the contributions of artist Alex Combs to Alaska and the state's artists. It will be held in the changing exhibitions gallery and lower level at the Pratt Museum and open June 10. Artists from around Alaska, who consider themselves to have been greatly influenced by Combs, are invited to create a work and-or write a statement about Combs' influence on his-her creative process to be included in the exhibit. Artists interested in participating must notify Gale Parsons of his-her intent to participate and the approximate size and media of work by e-mail at gparsons@prattmuseum.org or phone 235-8635 extension 36. Notification must be by Dec.17. Art for exhibition must arrive no later than June 6 delivered or shipped to the Pratt Museum in containers suitable for return shipping and be for sale. A loan form is attached and must accompany the work when it arrives at the Pratt.
A science-art collaborative exhibition and series of programs with an ocean and-or marine plankton theme is planned for an opening in April at the Pratt Museum. Visual artists and writers are invited to submit one piece for exhibit. Performance artists and composers are asked to contact Gale Parsons.
Workshops focusing on oceanic zoo (animal) and phyto (plant) plankton - organisms at the mercy of the tides, currents and waves have been offered collaboratively by the Pratt Museum, Kachemak Bay Campus and Kachemak Bay Research Reserve. The workshops in Homer were part of a year-long project, inviting visual artists, poets, musicians, dancers, filmmakers and thespians to create ocean-inspired and-or ocean plankton-inspired artwork for a spring 2005 exhibit at the Pratt Museum, events and performances in other venues as well.
Using microscopes and video equipment, participants viewed plants and animals the naked eye cannot see. The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve is continuing to offer related labs on the first and third Thursday of each month. The exhibition will be installed on April 4 and program opportunities will continue through April, May and June.
Artists interested in participating must notify Gale Parsons of their intent to participate and approximate size and media of work no later than Jan. 3 by e-mail at gparsons@prattmuseum.org or phone 235-8635 extension 36. Art for exhibition must be delivered or shipped to the Pratt Museum arriving by April 4 in containers suitable for return shipping and be for sale. A loan form is attached and must accompany the work when it arrives at the Pratt.
The Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College will hold the statewide Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference June 10-14 at Land's End Resort. It will feature former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins as the keynote presenter as well as 20 other faculty including noted authors, editors, publishers and agents from throughout Alaska and the United States. Other out-of-state authors and poets include Eva Shaw, Jack Driscoll, Jan Harper Haines, Pamela Houston, Allison Hedge Coke and Gary Ferguson.
The conference will offer daily workshops, craft talks, manuscript reviews, panel presentations and evening readings in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, the business of writing and more. Evening readings by conference faculty will be open to the general public at no charge.
The general conference fee, including luncheons, opening dinner presentation and workshops is $245 before May 12; $295 after May 12. Advanced registration is required.
One UAA academic credit is optionally offered for additional tuition of $112. For specific program and registration information go to http://writersconference.homer.alaska.edu or call 235-7743.
Artists may apply for shows at Fireweed Gallery during the 2005/2006 season, and consigned space is also available. Submit a concept statement and brief supporting resume. The deadline is Dec. 31. For more information call 235-3411 or e-mail homerart@xyz.net.
The University of Alaska Anchorage Facilities Planning and Construction office is issuing an artists' "call for concepts" for art to be installed as part of Kenai Peninsula College's Kachemak Bay Campus expansion project. The art selection committee is interested in artwork that reflects the mission of the campus to provide education and enlightenment. Artwork should be easily maintained and not subject to vandalism.
The budget for this art project is $22,000. Deadline for submission is Jan. 14. For more information go to www.homer.alaska.edu or contact Vicki Williams at 786-4918 or anvrw @uaa.alaska.edu.
HCOA looks to honor artists with awards
Alex-inspired art wanted
Pratt calls for ocean art
Writers conference set
Exhibit opportunity
University calls for artwork
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