FAAJanuary2010

State of the Arts

“Promoting contemPorary and traditional arts in alaska’s interior”

Published monthly by fairbanks arts association

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january 2010 P.O. Box 72786, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707Vol. 10, Issue 1

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Fairbanks arts association • January 20102

These are tough economic times -- we’re all feeling the pinch. But these are also times that give Alaskans the chance to help organizations that make an impact on our community. Fairbanks Arts Association is pleased to participate in the 2010 Pick.Click.Give. program, where you can choose to give a contribution from $25 to the full amount of your dividend.

This innovative program gives Alaskans a way to donate to their favorite nonprofit organizations, including FAA. For those Alaskans who may not have given to a nonprofit in the past, the program provides a safe and secure way to make a donation.

For those who already support their favorite nonprofits, Pick.Click.Give. is a great way to make

an additional gift. As you consider your donation

to Fairbanks Arts Association, we also encourage you to visit the Pick.Click.Give. website and search for other organizations. Many local deserving groups are participating in this unique opportunity. You can also hear the

stories of causes that benefitted from Pick.Click.Give. in 2009.

Consider a gift today. If every Alaskan takes this step -- think of the accomplishment we can make together.

For more

information visit

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or call the Fairbanks

Arts Association at

456-6485, ex. 226

Fairbanks Arts Association is pleased to announce our participation in the 2010 Pick.Click.Give.

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Board of DirectorsLorraine Peterson, PresidentMarcella Hill, Vice PresidentRebecca Burns, SecretaryMyrna Colp, Treasurer

Members:Joan Stack Shane Hurd Darleen Masiak Calaya Williams Carol WilburDaron CrassMartin Miller

F a i R B a n k S a R t S a S S o C i a t i o n

FAA Phone: (907) 456-6485

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. FAA also helps to raise funds for other arts groups, provides technical assistance and support for arts programing, encourages and advises individual artists and beginning organizations, sponsors workshops and presents educational forums.

StaffJune Rogers, Executive Director , ex 225 [email protected] Hougland, Associate Director, ex 226 [email protected] Faught, Office Manager/Bookkeeper, ex 223 [email protected] Schwartz, Program Coordinator, ex 227 [email protected]

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Shirley was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. She attended UAF, majoring in Biology with minors in French, Art and Anthropology. Her husband Richard ‘OD’ Odsather, says he stepped on her shoe strings while they were students at UAF. With the exception of a 10 year sojourn in Anchorage, Fairbanks has been their home. They built a house on Gilmore Trail where they raised their sons, Jon and Erik.

Shirley’s grandmother learned to work with clay as a hobby in the 1930s and 40s in Victoria, B.C. Although not directly taught by her, the influence of her objects definitely sparked Shirley’s curiosity about pottery. It was Stan Zielinski’s ceramics classes that were held in the then brand new Fine Arts building at UAF that pulled her into the mud! She shared a studio with Ida Knaebel for a couple of years before building a new studio beside her house in the 1980s. After beginning her own studio, she was invited to teach beginning ceramics classes at UAF. She has also taught pottery in Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia.

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NORTH POLE ART SOCIETY

North Pole Art Society was formed over three years ago at the North Pole Grange Community Center. A group of artists got together to paint on Wednesday evenings and Watercolor Wednesday was formed. We started to do mini workshops to help artists hone their skills, then monthly “Third Friday” shows a while later. Our board members, John Poirrer, Tammy Phillips, Neal Johnson and Lena Foreman believe in promoting the arts in our community and helping fellow artists promote their artwork. We have volunteers who help with our shows, workshops and weekly painting sessions.

In December, we had several of our members assist “Christmas In Ice” and we will also be doing an ice carving workshop in January. Additionally we had a artist-style Christmas celebration with a “Watercolor Painting Demo” with Vladimir Zhikhartsev on December 23rd.

Our “Third Friday” show in January will be a special fundraising event. Our show “Tom Nixon and Friends” will donate money to a baby girl, Lylah Coghill, who was born Nov 8 with liver cancer. Lylah and her parents were medivaced to Seattle. They are expecting to be in Seattle for at least 6 months and could use a helping hand. We are all thrilled to help her through art. Art can be a powerful thing.

We are looking forward to the coming year with a full schedule of shows, workshops and events. We welcome all artists to join us with whatever medium they choose. Feel free to contact Tammy at [email protected].


january G a l l e r y e x h i b i t NEW MEDIA: art via digital technology & 3R’s Re-cycled, Re-assembled, Re-used

Kade Mendelowitz-New Media JurorOriginally from New York City’s Lower East Side,

Kade moved to Alaska in 1992 to join Theatre UAF. This award-winning lighting designer and media producer teaches courses in lighting, sound and set design as well as technical theatre. He has authored two interactive multimedia titles available through Stage Research and Amazon.com.

Kade has designed numerous productions for the stage, television news, dance and the United States Olympic Ice Sculptures trials.

While in Fairbanks, he has designed for Fairbanks Drama Association, Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre, the

Northstar Ballet Company and NBC’s Fairbanks affiliate: KTVF News Center.

Hobbies include photography and multimedia experimentation including rich interactive environments and animation. He is the owner of Multimakers Multimedia (multimakrs.com) design company. He was honored to receive an Aurora Award: Platinum Best of Show 2004: Entertainment for his interactive sci-fi DVD adventure Water Stealers. In 2004 he also won the distinguished Usibelli Award for Service - UAF’s highest honor.

Dalmation by Kade Mendelowitz

Exhibit Dates: January 8-30, 2010Opening Reception: Friday, January 8, 5-7pm, Bear Gallery

Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Saturday, Noon-6pm

artwork intake for new Media & the 3R’sJanuary 2 • 12-6pmJanuary 3• 12-5pm


FAIRBANKS ARTS ASSOCIATION

F3 FAIRBANKS FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline for Entry: January 15, 2010 Festival and Awards Ceremony: March 27, 2010

CATEGORIES: Feature, Documentary, Short, Music Video, Animation, in both K-12 and Adult Divisions AWARDS: Awards will be dictated by sponsorship support and in-kind donations. Each award winner will receivedesignation as “Award Winner, Fairbanks Arts Association’s Fairbanks Film Festival 2010,” with the name of the award and division.

DESCRIPTION: This is the 4th Annual Juried Fairbanks Film Festival -- a juried survey of moving image arts by independent film and video makers, including amateurs and students. The Juror Panel will consider technical and creative merit of the work from the above categories. JUROR PANEL: Fairbanks Arts Association utilizes artists, industry professionals and university faculty (statewide and nationwide) to assure the broadest spectrum of critical appraisal for the competition. This year's Juror Panel will be announced in January. ELIGIBILITY: Open only to artists currently residing in Alaska and submitted only by the artist(s). The submitted work was not screened in USA on broadcast or cable TV prior to March 27, 2010. Student Work submitted must reflect the artist’s unique creative effort. Entered work will be eligible for the {F3} 2009 judging competition only if all fees and forms are submitted with

the entry postmarked January 15, 2010. INSTRUCTIONS: Accepted Formats: DVD (NTSC, Region I). Authored DVD capable of playing on common DVD player. All films in languages other than English must be subtitled or dubbed in English. All entries must be shipped prepaid, packed in proper returnable containers and postmarked no later than

January 15, 2010. Entries will be returned only if you provide SASE or make arrangements to pick it up from Fairbanks Arts

Association Office at Pioneer Park. Entry form must be completed in full and signed by the artist. ENTRY FEES: $15, $10 for K12 submissions. Make checks payable to Fairbanks Arts Association. CONDITIONS: All selected filmmakers should include a media package with brief bio of the director, producer, editor, all main

actors and production crew when possible, as well as some information about the technical and artistic process of making.

Entries will be handled with the greatest possible care and are insured against damage or loss for the duration of the festival. FAA is not responsible for minor wear resulting from normal handling.

Award winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on March 2 7, 2010. Films accepted into the Fairbanks Film Festival are “Official Selections.” All applicants grant Fairbanks Arts Association the right to show their film publicly in Alaska until March 2011,

unless written notice is given to Fairbanks Arts Association. All review copies become property of Fairbanks Arts Association unless return instructions and postage are provided at the time of entry. Submitting an entry constitutes agreement on the part of the artist to all conditions in this prospectus.

CALENDAR: January 1 First day to receive submissions. January 15 ENTRY DEADLINE: postmarked/hand delivered February Judging. March Official notification of non-selections and selections.

March 27 Awards Ceremony. Screening of Official selections/Winners.

“Animation may include 2 or 3 dimensional computer, puppet, clay, animatronics, rotoscoping or anima it is the simulation of continuous movement to produce the appearance of life over a series of graphic images pieced together in a timed sequence.

F3 FAIRBANKS FILM FESTIVAL ENTRY FORM (Please Type or Print)

Name ____________________________________________________________________

Address __________________________________________________________________

City _____________________________ State _________Zip________________________

Work phone ______________________ Home ___________________________________

Email address: ____________________________________________________________ 1) FILM/VIDEO INFORMATION: Category (circle appropriate): feature | documentary | short | music video | animation Division (circle appropriate): Adult | K-12

Film Title: _________________________________________________________________

Date Film Completed: _______________________ Film Length: ____________min.

Film Format NTSC Region 1 DVD please check one: __ 4:3 or __ 16:9 (widescreen) (Please contact FAA if other formats are required)

Film/Video notes or brief description: ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

I have read and agree to abide by the conditions in the prospectus

Signature: __________________________________________________________ 3) RETURN INSTRUCTIONS (check appropriate):

______I would like my materials to be returned and have provided SASE with correct postage. ______I do not care if my materials are returned to me.

Entries must be RECEIVED/POSTMARKED no later than January 15, 2010. Mail this form along with entry fee and your submission to: Fairbanks Arts Association PO Box 72786 Fairbanks, AK 99707 Or deliver personally to: Fairbanks Arts Association Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way

CHECK LIST:_____ Entry Fee _____ Completed entry form & signature _____ Instruction and SASE for your materials return

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StAtewide Poetry ConteSt

Fairbanks Arts Association’s Literary Arts Committee is accepting entries for the 15th Annual Poetry Contest. The purpose of the contest is to encourage, publicize and reward the writing of high quality poetry.

Winners of the contest will be announced on March 6, 2010, 5pm at Fairbanks Arts Associations Bear Gallery in the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way.

Deadline:Monday, January 11, 2010 • 6pm

hand delivered, postmarked or e-mailed

• Hand deliver entries to: Fairbanks Arts Association, Alaska

Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way

• Mail entries to: Fairbanks Arts Association, PO Box

72786, Fairbanks, AK 99701

• NEW: DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS! Submissions may be e-mailed to

[email protected], Fees for these will be accepted via the phone, mail or in person. Submissions will not be entered

without the fee.

Entry Fee:Elementary, Middle, and High School:

$3 per poem or $10/four poems.Adults: $4 per poem or $13/four poems.

INSTRUCTIONS:• Open to Alaska residents only.

• No more than four poems per author may be entered.

• All poems must be original and not previously published.

• Each must be typed or formatted to an 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of paper and may not

exceed 100 lines in length.• A separate cover page should include name, address, phone, division, and the titles of all poems submitted. Author’s name should not appear on any poems.


f a i r b a n k s a r t s a s s o c i a t i o n

.:: Reading Series ‘10

Culminating five years of collaboration, Double Moon by Margo Klass and Frank Soos is a spirited conversation between image and text. Margo uses found objects to create enigmatic box constructions and Frank responds with mini-essays that are sometimes ironic, sometimes whimsical, sometimes piercing. Margo’s compositions of objects—old tools, discarded game pieces, twigs, rocks—lead Frank to contemplations on love, loss and place.

Both artist and writer have studios in Fairbanks and Corea, Maine. Margo’s work has been exhibited across the country. She is a 2008 recipient of the Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award and has recently been Artist-in-Residence at Denali National Park in Alaska. Before moving to Alaska, Margo taught art and art history in the Washington, DC area. Frank has published two volumes of short stories and was the winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Unified Field Theory. He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alaska State Council on the Arts. Margo and Frank began their collaboration while holding fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

Margo Klass and Frank SoosAmong Margo Klass’s influences are medieval altarpieces,

and the work of constructionist Kurt Schwitters and architect Tadeo Ando. Her work has been exhibited by various galleries and museums from Maine to Alaska. She is a 2008 recipient of a Rasmuson Foundation Artist Award.

Frank Soos has published two works of fiction: Early Yet and Unified Field Theory, the 1997 winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and one book of essays, Bamboo Fly Rod Suite.

Double Moon: Constructions and Conversations

Margo Klass and Frank SoosJanuary 9, 7pm @ the Bear Gallery • FREE

Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts at Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way


To submit calendar information, please email [email protected] or call 456-6485 ext.226

Theatre UAF Auditions for Vinegar Tom - a play with song by Caryl Churchill directed by new Theatre UAF faculty member Stephan Golux. Auditions will be Saturday, January 30th at 10am in the Lee H. Salisbury Theatre and are always open to the public, you don’t need to be a UAF student or a Theatre major. Vinegar Tom will be presented from April 23-May 2, 2010. For more information: www.uaf.edu/theatre/audition Contact: Heather Kasvinsky 474-6590, [email protected]

Fairbanks Concert Association PreSentS

Imago Theatre’s ZooZoo Sunday, January 24, 7pm

Hering Auditorium

Tickets: $27 adults$12 children 18 and under

Tickets available at www.alaskatix.comGrassroots Guitaror call 490-2858

Visit

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Association’s upcoming

events!

Faa will be

CLoSED Dec 31, Jan 1

& Jan 18


Patterns of Influence “Elements of Change”

February 5-27

IntakeJanuary 29-31

Call 456-6485, x227with questions

The Alaska State Council on

the Arts (ASCA) has extended

a Call for Artists for the Fair-

banks International Airport in

Fairbanks, Alaska.

Total Budget for Art: $40,000

USD

Submission Deadline: Monday

January 4, 2010 9:59pm Alaska

Standard Time. This Public Art

RFQ for interior artwork is open to

all Alaska artists and teams of art-

ists. Applicants must register and

apply through www.callforentry.

org (CaFÉ).

Fairbanks Light Opera Theater presents

“Sweeney Todd”West Valley Performing Arts Center

March 2010

Visit www.flot.org for dates, ticket information and upcoming FLOT events. Don’t miss this

fantastic show!

Fairbanks Watercolor Society Meeting

Wednesday, Jan 20Blue Room in the Alaska Centennial

Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park Social Hour is from 6:30pm -7:00pm General Membership Meeting and the

program begins at 8:00pm.

New members are welcome, for further information call 389-2114 or 458-7925.

CaFÉ is now the online application site for

ASCA Calls for Art. Please contact ASCA

during regular business hours if you have

questions about using the CAFÉ system.

1-907-269-6610 or 1-888-278-7424. Please

continue to check our website for posted Artist

Opportunities www.eed.state.ak.us/aksca


Christine “Okiku” Thomas is excited to call Fairbanks her “official” home. Her husband’s army career landed her in Fairbanks 10 years ago “kicking and screaming”. However, wonderful friends and mentors in the art community have helped to make Fairbanks Christine’s home of choice. Christine’s LOVE of bright colors and playful experimentation with water media have created unusual “one of a kind” works that have caught the eye of many. She enjoys beginning each piece with a “what if” approach and paints with many types of textural elements, often incorporating elements of collage. To own an “Okiku original” is to own something unique. Christine is a self taught artist who has had the pleasure of learning from many mentors in the Watercolor Society. Her signature, “Okiku” is her Japanese middle name and means chrysanthemum. Originally born and raised in Hawaii, Christine is proud and happy to call Alaska her home.

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Ronald L. SmithHow do ptarmigan survive Alaska’s extreme cold? With

the help of winter toe feathers! More amazing details about grizzlies, salmon and moose - as well as lesser-known creatures, plants and even dinosaurs - fill the pages of Ronald Smith’s Interior & Northern Alaska: A Natural History. Illustrations throughout complement the text, and an extensive eighteen-page index makes this a handy reference and a fascinating journey of discovery.

Ron was born in Texas and grew up in the Arizona, New Mexico and southern California. He graduated from Occidental College in 1964. He earned an MS and PhD at the University of Miami. In 1968 he joined the faculty at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For the next 31 years he conducted research and taught a variety of biology courses. He retired from the university in 1999.

Ron grew up hunting, fishing and hiking with his family. Alaska provided many opportunities to pursue those hobbies. Ron and his wife Marsha now split their time between Alaska and the Hill Country of Texas. They can’t completely break away from Alaska, especially in the summers.


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january Committee Meetings:

Literary Arts January 25 at 5:30 p.m.

Cinema CommitteeJanuary 19 at 5:30 p.m.

Visual Arts January 20 at 5:30 p.m.

All meetings are in the Bear Gallery, 3rd Floor of the Alaska Centennial Center

for the Arts, Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way.

All meetings are subject to change.For more information call 456-6485 ext. 227.

Thank you to our volunteers!

Thanks to our 2009Portfolio review

Committee for all your hard work!

Chair-Penny WakefieldVAC-Cheryl Berrong

Ceramics-Carol Young Photograhpy-Charles Mason

Fiber-Ree Nancarrow Mixed Media-Margo Klass

Painting-Terry Glendinning & Tina Shih

Vi Robinson

Marcella Hill

Barbara Clark

Nancy McHugh

Margret Van Flein

Lee Harris

Mary Lou Jorissen

Liz Bent

Shirley Odsather

Gayle Miller

Christina Thompson

Anna Lange

Cora Cook

Colleen Hickman

Angela Rosebeary

Terry Glendinning

The Fairbanks Arts Association relies on donations each

year from community members just like you. Our needs

vary from time to time, however right now we need:

Thank you for your generosity in continuing to support Faa!

Paper Plates • Copy PaperBar napkins • TapeSmall Paper Cups

General Office Supplies

Congratulations toJoe Samaniew!

December basket raffle winner!


Alaska’s Interior mayors and the Fairbanks Arts Association are soliciting nominations for the Mayors Awards for the Arts. Awards will be presented on March 12, 2010 in the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts theater in Pioneer Park at 2300 Airport Way, Fairbanks. The awards will be presented at 6pm, with a reception to follow.

This event is free and open to the public. Eligibility:

Awards are open to all individuals or groups, residing in the interior of Alaska who have made signifi cant contributions to contemporary and/or traditional arts within Alaska’s Interior.A person who receives an award is not eligible to receive the same award within the next four years; they may be nominated for a different category within that time frame.Fairbanks Arts Association staff are not eligible to be nominated or nominate awardees.

Categories of Awards:Arts and Leadership Award: recognizes individuals or organizations that have contributed to the promotion of art in the Interior.Volunteer Award: recognizes individuals or organizations whose support of the arts through volunteer service has made a signifi cant impact on the arts in the Interior. Arts Advocacy Award: recognizes individuals or organizations who advocate for the arts in the Interior. Youth Arts Award: recognizes individuals (regardless of age) or organizations whose efforts advance arts among young people. Lifetime Achievement Award: recognizes a lifetime of artistic endeavors.

How to complete a winning nomination:Assume judges know nothing about the nominee or organization.Fill out the nomination form and submit up to a 300 word essay. Essays should specifi cally and concisely address how the individual or organization has helped the Arts in the Interior of Alaska in one of the fi ve categories of awards.

Additional information:Every nominee will receive a recognition packet.Every nominator will receive a thank you for his or her effort.Panel members may not nominate, nor judge family members.Fairbanks Arts Association may decide not to award in any category if there is a lack of eligible candidates. All nominations will be reviewed by a committee of Fairbanks Arts Association. Award recipients will be notifi ed by February 26, 2010.

Nominations must be postmarked or emailed to the address below no later than January 22, 2010.

Fairbanks Arts Association, PO Box 72786, Fairbanks, AK 99707 [email protected] any questions please call (907)456-6485 ext.226

Fairbanks Arts Association2010 Interior Alaska

Mayors’ Awards for the Arts Alaska’s Interior mayors and the Fairbanks Arts Association are soliciting nominations for the Mayors Awards

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Tropical Storm Megan was on the verge of changing into a much more frightening form. In an hour segment of this planet’s time it would become a hurricane like none that had been felt on this world before. They would call it Hurricane Cindy. Its fame would supercede that of any other storm or hurricane for it would prove to be the harbinger of

something more profound. This storm was being observed by others besides those who would survive it. There were others who knew how to use it as a tool. Cindy was about to become more than just a transporter of water and planetary debris. This storm was going to deposit something much more viable to the future of this planet and its

inhabitants. There was a point in Hurricane Cindy where time had a nick in it: a small gouge, almost negligible. In the split, a being slid through with practiced ease, and came to rest, if you could call it resting, just at the edge of the eye of the storm. From this point he drifted, at gale force speeds, until the just right moment...

In a Nick

Fairbanks Arts Association is pleased to help foster and support artists of all genres. For the next year we will feature the science fiction series In a Nick by Cheryl Joens. To learn more about FAA’s programs, please contact [email protected].

By Cheryl Joens • Episode 1

As I got into the rhythm of full time retirement and began to think about doing some volunteering, it was nice to get a call from June asking if I could find time to volunteer in the Gallery/Gift Shop. When employed as an insurance agent, several of my clients were non-profits in the arts world, so I am familiar with their work. It seemed appropriate that my first volunteer gig would be at Fairbanks Arts Association. I have enjoyed meeting and seeing locals in the gallery, but look forward to summer as I love talking to the tourists.

As a 45 year resident of Fairbanks I have a strong love for Alaska and the Fairbanks area. My only artistic talent is in the vocal area - am a 30 year member of Fairbanks Frontier Chorus of Sweet Adelines, a long-time choir member at my church and member of the University Chorus for several years. These ventures keep my calendar hopping.

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