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State of the Arts

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p2-3 Fairbanks Film Festivalp4 reading seriesp5 arts down the roadp5 giFt shop artistp6-7 gallery exhibit p8-9 community calendar

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

Published monthly by fairbanks arts association

i n t h i s i s s u e

sePtember 2009

P.O. Box 72786, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707

Vol. 9, Issue 9

Fairbanks Film

FestivalFairbanks Arts Association is now accepting entries for the 4th annual Fairbanks Film Festival

also known as F3. Deadline for submissions is June 19th, 2009 at 5pm.

Fairbanks Film Festival is a juried survey of moving image arts by independent film and video makers, including amateurs and students. Categories include: feature, documentary, short, music video and animation. The Panel of Jurors will consider technical and creative merit of the work from the above categories. Open only to artists currently residing in Alaska. All work submitted must reflect the artist’s unique creative effort. For further details please consult the F3 prospectus attached or call/email FAA Program Coordinator at 456-6485 ext.227 / [email protected]

The Festival will take place September 7, 2009 at 5pm at the Pioneer Park Theater located inside the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, 2300 Airport Way.

The Prospectus can also be downloaded from our website www.fairbanksarts.org

$7 or $5 students & seniors

Alaska Centennial Centerfor the Arts Theater in Pioneer Park

September 7 5pm

Fairbanks arts association • September 20092

Fairbanks Film Festival The fourth Annual Fairbanks Film Festival, or F3, is here!

Fairbanks Arts Association is proud to announce that the Fairbanks Film Festival, also known as F3, is scheduled to take place on Labor Day, Monday, September 7, 2009 at 5pm. The Festival was born in 2006, following one of Fairbanks Arts Association’s Cinema Committee meetings, during which several members of the committee expressed a wish for having a showcase event for the growing number of Alaskan filmmakers in Fairbanks.

This year Fairbanks Arts Assoc ia t ion had th ree wonderful jurors. Two, Katie Pride and Kathryn Harris, have been past jurors for F3. Katie has many years experience in the film industry as a part of the Sundance Film Festival team and Cine Vegas, the popular Las Vegas Festival, as well as with various crew work for both feature and independent films. Kathryn is a well known Fairbanks community member, a radio DJ on Magic 101.1 as well as KIAK.FM’s morning show “Pete the Cruiser and Kathryn”. The final F3 juror is Pat Race from Juneau. Pat makes short

films and illustrates the Alaska Robotics comic. He studied computer science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and screenwriting at The Film School, was named to Alaska’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2006 and was a founding member of the Juneau Underground Motion Picture Society.

This year all submissions for F3 fell into one of five categories: Documentary, Short, Animation, K-12 Short and K-12 Feature. A “Best of” will be awarded in each category along with a Cinema Committee Choice Award and winners will be announced

The Award Ceremony and screening of winners’ films will take place on Monday, September 7th, at 5 pm in the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts Theater at Pioneer Park. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. This year’s F3 is shaping up to be a very exciting event, so please come out and support all your local filmmakers!

Call 456-6485 ext. 227 for more information.

The Ceremony and screening of winners’ films will take place on Monday, September 7th, at 5 pm in the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts Theater at Pioneer Park. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Please come out and support your local filmmakers!

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Board of DirectorsLorraine Peterson, PresidentMarcella Hill, Vice PresidentLeafy McBride, SecretaryMyrna Colp, Treasurer

Members:Joan Stack Shane Hurd Darleen Masiak Calaya Williams Rebecca Burns Mary Ann FortuneMartin 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]

Fairbanks Film Festival

General Admission $7Student & Senior $5

F3

5 pm - %Award Ceremony / Previews of all F3 Winners

September 7, 2009Pioneer Park Theater at

Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts2300 Airport Way, Fairbanks

FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CALL 456-6485 EXT.227

OR EMAIL [email protected]

OR ONLINEWWW.FAIRBANKSARTS.ORG

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Amber Flora ThomasSeptember 7, 7pm @ the Bear Gallery

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

Amber Flora ThomasAmber Flora Thomas is a faculty member at the University of Alaska Fairbanks English Department where she teaches poetry. Amber is the recipient of several major poetry awards, including the Richard Peterson Prize and Ann Stanford Prize. Her poetry has appeared in the Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Coast, Southern Poetry Review, and Bellingham Review, among other publications. She has an MFA in Poetry Writing from Washington University in St. Louis, where she won an Academy of American Poets Prize and a post-graduate teaching fellowship. Her first collection of poems, Eye of Water, won the 2004 Cave Canem Poetry Prize (selected by Harryette Mullen) and was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2005. Eye of Water was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in 2005.


Gift Shop Artist of the Month: Doris Pfalmer I learned to throw pottery on the wheel in high school, but didn’t touch clay again until 25 years later. By that time, I had started collecting “clay tools” like marker lids, lock washers, Legos, beads, and anything else I thought might make a cool mark in clay. Seeing patterns in ordinary objects has become second nature to me. I find tools in the oddest places, like a piece of plastic inside a smashed video tape in a driveway near my house, which I use to make an Aztec-looking god, or a black binder clip, which I use to make a cartoon face with two eyes and big nose. I normally have trouble sitting still for any length of time, but when I work with clay, I can sit for hours making pattern after pattern. I love doing my own work, but my real joy is taking my tools into schools and working with kids and clay. Seeing children get so excited about the marks they make in projects they didn’t think they could make in the first place is one of my biggest joys. There’s just nothing like teaching art to kids.

In today’s economic climate, families need to make every dollar count. That’s why the University of Alaska Museum of the North and the Fairbanks North Star Borough public libraries launched a new program this summer to make the museum more accessible to families. Borough residents with current library cards can now check out museum passes at the Noel Wien and North Pole branch libraries as well as from the library book mobile. The passes, which provide free admission for two adults and up to four children from the same household, can be checked out for two weeks and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The passes include admission to the museum’s

special exhibits. “The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World” runs through Saturday, October 3.

”Ascension: Exploring the Art of Denali” opens October 10 in the special exhibits gallery and runs through January 30.

In addition to the library passes, museum memberships offer an economical way to visit the museum – a $75 annual family membership will pay for itself if your family visits the museum more than twice a year.

Volunteer opportunity: The museum is looking for volunteers to lead school tour programs this fall. No experience is necessary. Free training will be provided August 31 through September 11. For more information, call 474-5360.

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Exhibit Dates: September 4-26Opening Reception: Friday, September 4, 5-7pm, Bear Gallery

september G a l l e r y e x h i b i t Tatiana Piatanova

New Work: The Adventures into Alter Ego.

This body of work came out of living in a small cabin and hiking in the woods with my dog. It always amazes me how things and perspectives change when you are alone among the trees. Your mind always wanders into imaginary worlds dreaming up what is hiding behind the trees. The ordinary, everyday grind and worries seem to disappear and you are left with just yourself, stripped of the many faces you put on during the day. The drawings for this show are a series of visions that happened during those hikes. Since the subject matter, “The Adventures into Alter Ego”, is somewhat unusual, my objective for this work was to use unconventional materials in the creative process to complement it. Exploring different media was just as much fun as it was transferring the visions on paper and the process itself became a sort of conversation between the subject matter, materials and myself. This work is not meant to be taken seriously or literally (as any art really) and I hope it will be as enjoyable exploring it as it was for me to create it.


Nancy Burnham

Burnham was raised in Massachusetts

where she studied to become a

registered nurse. After working as

a nurse for 10 years she pursued

her dream to become a working

artist. She studied in Fairbanks and

Vermont where she received an MFA

in Studio Arts. This study opened

up a world of possibilities. She has

worked in several media, but has a

particular attachment to painting,

most especially encaustic painting.

She often incorporates organic

forms while she explores the

concepts of her personal history

and the influence of a nursing

background. After a hiatus from

painting for a year, she has created

this body of work as a reintroduction

to ideas and materials.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Saturday, Noon-6pm

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Opera Fairbanks presents An Evening With David Cangelosi (Denali Park) on September 4. Visit www.OperaFairbanks.org for information.On Thursday, September 3, KUAC FM 89.9 hosts a special “Fairbanks Symphony Concert Season Preview” from 1pm to 3pm. This two hour broadcast will feature commentary by Music Director Eduard Zilberkant, Fairbanks Symphony Board President Charles Lemke and other guests, including musicians from the Fairbanks Symphony. The commentary will be interspersed with music to be heard during the upcoming season as well as special offers and giveaways.

Tickets for 2009-2010 Fairbanks Symphony and Arctic Chamber Orchestra performances – currently available only in subscription packages – will go on sale to single ticket buyers beginning Tuesday, September 8. Tickets for all concerts can be purchased by calling the Symphony Office at (907) 474-5733, visiting the FSO Website at www.FairbanksSymphony.org or by visiting the Symphony Office in the Fine Arts Complex at the University of Alaska Fairbanks which is open from 10am to 5pm Monday through Friday.

Fairbanks Symphony Arctic Chamber Orchestra presents Corigliano - Concerto for Percussion & Strings and Mozart – Symphony No. 40 with Eduard Zilberkant, Conductor; Morris Palter, Percussion Soloist; R. Strauss – Serenade for Winds Op.7 on Sunday OCTOBER 4, 2009 at 4:00 pm in Davis Concert Hall. For more information please visit www.fairbankssymphony.org.

WINTER HOURSThe Bear Gallery & Gift Shop is switching to Winter Hours beginning September 1st.

New hours are Tuesday-Saturday,

Noon-6pm

Violin Instructors Wanted! Teach an hour or two a week during the school day at local schools for a non-profit, grant-funded program, Young Native Fiddlers, which is affiliated with FNSBSD Alaska Native Education. Young Native Fiddlers offers Alaska Native children individual violin lessons at their schools weekly during non-academic times as well as group lessons with traditional Athabascan fiddlers on Saturdays. We are in need of instructors for the individual lessons. For more information, call Maryanne Allan at 590-1711.


Administrative Assistant Wanted!

Northland Youth Choir is looking for a non-profit administrative assistant. Must have computer knowledge, a good work ethic, an interest in the arts and excellent social and organizational skills. It is a paid, part-time position. For more information, contact Melissa Downes at 907-388-0543 or www.northlandchoir.org.

To submit calendar information, please

email [email protected] or call 456-6485

ext.226

September auditions for Northland Youth Choir’s 10th An-

niversary Season. Auditions are ongoing by appointment. Call

388-0543 or visit www.northlandchoir.org.

SILK FUSION WORKSHOP sponsored by Fairbanks Weavers

& Spinners Guild on September12, 13, 14. Presented by KAREN

SELK – Salt Spring Is., B.C. SLIDE LECTURE to be held Sep-

tember 13. Check website for location & lecture topic

www.fairbanksweavers.org Contact: Penny Wakefield @ 452-

7737.

Fairbanks Watercolor Society monthly meeting will be held

Wed Sept 16th, 2009 beginning at 6:30pm in the Blue Room in

the Centennial Center for the Arts in Pioneer Park. Social hour

is from 6:30pm -7:00pm followed by the general membership

meeting, and the program begins at 8:00pm. The program will be

our summer Show n Tell. Bring 1 or 2 paintings, you will have

1 or 2 minutes to briefly talk about your painting. New members

are welcome. For further information call 389-2114 or 458-7925.

State of the Arts

Fairbanks Arts Association invites

you to advertise in our State of the Arts Newsletter!

rates as low as $25Members receive 5% off all prices!

For more info call 456-6485 ext. 226

Docents Needed!

Volunteer in the Bear

Gallery for a three-hour

shift as often as you

like. Call Sherry at

456-6485, ex 223.

Choral Conductor Wanted!

Northland Youth Choir is looking for a part-time choral

conductor. This individual must have a music education

degree, knowledge of a child’s developing singing voice

and experience teaching children. Prior choral experience is

preferred. For more information, contact Melissa Downes at

907-388-0543 or www.northlandchoir.org.


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Helen Howard was born in North Cornwall, England and moved to Fairbanks in 1964. She was the Project Secretary for the Musk Ox Project started that year by John Teal, Jr. and taught qiviut knitting as well as helping to start the Oomingmak cooperative. She became interested in watercolors through the Fairbanks Watercolor Society after retiring from UAF’s Alaska Native Language Center in 1999. She has taken workshops and classes from a number of well-known artists and she especially enjoys painting outdoors. She finds watercolor a challenge but enjoyable to use and

has had three solo shows. Most recently she has had prints made of one of her paintings, “Polar Bear Awash”, as a gentle reminder that we should do what we can to slow climate warming as it not only affects the bears but is causing the coastal erosion of villages.

sue ColeI joke and tell people that I have Artistic ADD- I’m always trying

something different in art. Currently I am experimenting with marbling on paper and fabric as well as learning different aspects of bookbinding and other book arts. Additionally, I’ve recently taken on painting murals. I have completed an 11’x 7’ foot wall of Chinese Bamboo and, most recently, a 6’ foot single fireweed. I love to teach, both one-on-one and classroom style. I teach knitting and crochet as well as all kinds of art and give driving lessons.

Life is a constant challenge and inspiration and I especially enjoy taking part in trying to capture different aspects of it. You can forget about your problems and even time while you are making art, which is one of the things that fascinates me most about it.

Helen Howard

Sue Cole

Census 2010Census Day is April 1, 2010The Fairbanks North Star Borough is joining the rest of the United States to prepare for

Census Day 2010. The census occurs every 10 years and is a count of everyone living in the U.S. Participation in the census is mandated by the U.S. Constitution but the 2010 census is easier than ever and will take less than 10 minutes to complete. Any personal information you share during

the census is protected by federal law.

Census data is used to distribute Congressional seats to states, to make decisions about what community services to provide, and to distribute $300 billion in federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year.

For more information about the Fairbanks North Star Borough Census, e-mail the Complete Count chair Kathryn Dodge at [email protected].


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Mon-Sat 10 to 7pm

september Committee meetings:

Literary Arts September 21 at 5:30 p.m.

Cinema CommitteeSeptember 15 at 5:30 p.m.

Visual Arts September 16 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!

Genie Loser:

Harp, Guitar, Office Supplies

Computer Monitor, Table

Craig Dorman:Baskets

support FAA by giving

a gift membership!

Only $35 a year. Call

456-6485 for more

information.

Kathy Richardson

Karen Janssen

Vi Robinson

Marcella Hill

Tatiana Piatanova

Doreen Fish

Kathy Dubbs

Deb McQueen

Cheryl Joens

Krista Katalenich

Willi Bliss

Mary Gebhard

Terry Glendinning

Ginny Kawasaki

Barbara Clark

Christopher & Julia

Kobernuss

Nancy McHugh

Barbara Pomar

Margret Van Flein

Lee Harris

Mary Lou Jorissen

Betsy Bear

Liz Bent

Daphne Attla

Nathan Funkhouser

Colleen Hickman

Shirley Odsather

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!

Office Supplies • Hammers

Fax Machine • Airline Miles

thank you for your In-Kind

Donations!

P.O. Box 72786 Fairbanks, Alaska 99707

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State of the ArtsPublished monthly by fairbanks arts association sePtember 2009

Vol. 9, Issue 9

Volunteer Spotlight - BarBara miller

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I’ve lived in Fairbanks just two years, and

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to be an important part of the cultural life

here and volunteering at the Bear Gallery is

one way to make my small contribution to the

arts, even though I am not an artist.

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