May 2020
Although the Covid-19 closure of the gallery continues, we will carry on our online and window display efforts this May.
Both artists who had exhibitions scheduled for this month, Fairbanks artist Ethan Lauesen and Anchorage artist Ruby Suzanna, have been rescheduled to next year. Ruby will present installation work in January 2021 and Ethan will exhibit etching and encaustic work in May 2021.
We are disappointed to not be able to share their exhibitions with you this month, but in the meantime we will be featuring these artists on our social media pages and through interviews on our blog.
Online Shop, Window Displays & Artist Interviews
Ethan Lauesen - Ethan has four etchings on display in our windows this month and available for purchase in our online shop. This work will be up for the entire month of May for people to enjoy while strolling down D Street.
UAA BFA Graduate Displays - Also on display in the windows this month is thesis work by two of the four University of Alaska Anchorage BFA graduates. Aileen Page has three ceramic sculptures on view from 5/6-5/20 and this work is also available for purchase in our online shop. Kimberlyn Sheldon will display her thesis work from 5/20 - 6/3.
Artist Interviews - Interviews with all the May artists are now available to view/listen to on our blog.
Ethan Lauesen
Ethan Lauesen | Not Going to Disappear For Your Comfort, February 2019 | Etching and aquatint with chine-collé, 9 x 10 inches
Ethan Lauesen is a visual artist based in Fairbanks, Alaska. They earned their BFA from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2019. The body of work they create focuses on the cultural aspects of gender and LGBTQIA+ identity and how they are perceived in communities, specifically Interior Alaska. The work they produce is more intimate as a response to cultural perceptions of themselves due to inter-sectional issues of race, gender, and sexuality and as a result the prints, paintings, and drawings created represent a personal narrative documenting cultural change.
See more of Ethan's work at their website.
Ruby Suzanna
Ruby Suzanna | Image from Experiment 0.01, an immersive installation that took place for one night only on February First Friday 2019 at Out North Contemporary Art House Gallery | Projected light, air, and plastic with accompanying sound scape by composer and musician Sophia Street
Ruby Suzanna is a local Alaskan artist working in installation, projected media, and performance. She is a 2016 recipient of the Rasmuson Foundation Project Award and the 2017 Connie Boochover Fellow. Ruby Suzanna is currently experimenting and making new work and residing in her Geodesic Dome Home in the mountains of the Hiland Valley in Eagle River Alaska.
To see more of Ruby's work, go to her Instagram.
University of Alaska Anchorage BFA Students
Aileen Page | Slump, 2019 | Earthenware
Kimberlyn Sheldon | Paaqlaktautaiññiq, 2020 | Oil on canvas | 7’ x 9’
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the UAA BFA seniors were not able to hold their BFA thesis exhibitions in the UAA Kimura Gallery this spring. Aileen Page and Kimberlyn Sheldon are sharing a preview of their work in our windows until they are able to hold their exhibitions.
See images and information about all four BFA students thesis projects on the UAA Art Department Facebook page.