This painting by Linda Miller will be on display as part of the UAS Student Juried Exhibition at the JACC Gallery.
Image courtesy of Alan Munro.
Learn how to clean Alaska's glaciers and more from the REAL ALASKAN Magazine, a parody publication to be released April 1 by Jeff Brown, with signings at Hearthside Books on April 1 and KTOO on April 2.
Cameron Byrnes is the featured artist during April at the Juneau Artists Gallery, depictinga homestead in Utah.
Cameron Byrnes is the featured artist during April at the Juneau Artists Gallery, depicting boats in Scotland.
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Two new exhibits will open at the State Museum on April 2, with receptions sponsored by The Friends of the Alaska State Museum held from 4 to 7 p.m. Longtime Juneau photographer Brian Wallace will display images from the past three decades of the Alaska Folk Festival. Sue Kraft will open an exhibit titled "Familiar Places," featuring approximately 40 new oil and acrylic paintings, many focusing on local scenes. For more information, call 465-2901.
Annie Kaill's will have their annual Easter Egg Hunt event from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 2. Eggs hidden throughout the store contain candies, discounts, gift certificates, or a trip to the prize table. Limit one per person. For more information call 586-2880.
Aunt Claudia's Dolls will be open to the public from 2-7 p.m. each First Friday.
Aunt Claudia's Dolls is a museum housing the collection of deceased local treasure, Claudia Kelsey. There are over 500 dolls and miniatures collected from all over the world by the Kelsey family over a period of 80 years, with some from the 18th and 19th century.
MK MacNaughton will exhibit new drawings and three-dimensional abstractions at the Canvas through the month of April. The show "Elicit" explores balance and contrast of emotion and tension through line and movement. The opening reception is from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 586-1750.
Homespun Mercantile will be hosting custom and original design artist teddy bears by Vicki Peres, with a reception April 2 from 4 to 7 p.m. with refreshments. For more information, call 523-5667.
Averyl Veliz presents her artwork and her book "A Klondike Tale," from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 2. Veliz's pieces were designed as screenshots for a future animated movie, telling an original tale that takes place in the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush Books and prints will be available for sale. For more information visit averylveliz.blogspot.com, or call 310-962-8492.
Photographer Cameron Byrnes is the featured artist during April at the Juneau Artists Gallery. Byrnes is the newest member of the cooperatively run gallery, and will be available to discuss his photographs from 4:30 to 7 p.m. during the First Friday Art Walk on April 2. While much of his work reflects the life of Southeast Alaska, he mixes in photographs from travels that have taken him to many places around the globe.
The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council presents the Eighth Annual UAS Student Juried Exhibition with an opening reception April 2 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. This year's guest juror is artist and longtime Juneau resident Bob Banghart. Work in the show will include painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, design, and Northwest Coast artwork. UAS art students created all the artwork during the current academic year.
"Along the Way: Paintings by Alan Munro" opens at the City Museum with a reception Friday, April 2 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. "Along the Way" contains artwork centered on the ideas of chaos, rote, chance and randomness. "Limitless chaos exists in nature," says Munro. "The challenge is to capture its existence in a presentable dimension."
Inspired by nature and working primarily in acrylics and mixed media, Munro attempts to capture the chaos within his artwork.
There will be a series of magazine signing events in celebration of the release of REAL ALASKAN Magazine, a parody of all magazines Alaskan. The author, Jeff Brown, will be signing copies Thursday, April 1, from 4:30-6 p.m. at Hearthside Books downtown; and Friday, April 2 at the Alaska Photographic Arts Association reception at KTOO from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
