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Fireweed celebrates artist residency

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Little Fireweed Academy students practice with ceramics during the culmination of an art residency at the school Friday, March 29, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. Debbie Piper was the artist in residence. (Photo courtesy Kim Fine)
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Little Fireweed Academy students practice with ceramics during the culmination of an art residency at the school Friday, March 29, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. Debbie Piper was the artist in residence. (Photo courtesy Kim Fine)

Little Fireweed Academy students practice with ceramics during the culmination of an art residency at the school Friday, March 29, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. Debbie Piper was the artist in residence. (Photo courtesy Kim Fine)
Students and family members review art students made during a residency by Debbie Piper, during an art showing Friday, March 29, 2019 at Little Fireweed Academy in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Adele Person)
Artwork by students at Fireweed Academy line the wall on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the end of an art residency by Debbie Piper at Little Fireweed in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Adele Person)

Debbie Piper was the most recent Artist-in-Schools resident at Little Fireweed.

On Friday, March 29, the school celebrated with a gallery art walk for friends and family to see the work the students did during the ceramics residency.

The Artists in School program is offered through the state and is coordinated locally by Bunnell Street Arts Center. Artists participate in one- to three-week residencies in schools around the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.

The program also gets support from the Alaska State Council on the Arts, Rasmuson Foundation, Kenai Fine Arts Center, Alaska USA, Ulmer’s Drug and Hardware, and Bunnell supporters.