Fire & Ice - Sara Tabbert
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VALDEZ
MUSEUM ART ACQUISITIONS
Valdez,
Alaska October 7, 2014 - - The Valdez Museum is grateful to the Rasmuson
Foundation for the 2014 award of its annual Art Acquisition Initiative grant
for the purchase of five new acquisitions of contemporary art to the collection.
Two of the pieces are diptychs, making seven pieces of artwork altogether.
Each
of this year’s purchases is a part of the Valdez Museum’s traveling exhibition Communities, Disaster and Change. This
exhibition, displayed in Valdez during the summer of 2014, features works by 28
of Alaska’s finest artists, responding to the theme of natural disasters and
their influence on the arts and communities. Communities, Disaster and Change was assembled in response to
2014’s fifty-year anniversary of the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, and is
accompanied by the publication of a full-color catalogue available for purchase
through the Valdez Museum and participating institutions. The exhibit tours
around the state and beyond between September 2014 and December 2015, touring
consecutively to Homer; Cordova; Fairbanks; Honolulu, Hawaii; Coos Bay, Oregon;
and Juneau. The purchased items will remain with the touring exhibition until
the exhibit’s conclusion and return to Valdez in late December 2015.
- David Mollet, Growden
Memorial Park. Created by the Fairbanks owner of art gallery Well
Street Art Company, this painting speaks of the theme of commemoration and
renewal through its depiction of the Growden Memorial Park, in Anchorage.
The park is named for James Growden, a Valdez resident who perished during
the Good Friday Earthquake.
- David Rosenthal, Tsunami & After
the Earthquake. This set of two oil paintings was painted by Cordova
artist David Rosenthal, best known for his atmospheric landscapes. The
diptych is notable within the exhibit for being the only pieces based upon
historical photographs, depicting the considerable damage done to Valdez
as a result of the quake.
- Jim Miller, Chenega
Mourning. This carved mask was created by Jim Miller, an Alutiiq
artist from the Native village of Port Graham. It is an homage to those
who died as a result of the quake in Chenega, a Native village that was
destroyed during the earthquake and rebuilt on Evans Island as Chenega Bay
in the 1980s.
- Ron Senungetuk, Extremes.
Ron Senungetuk is a well-established Inupiat artist whose career spans
fifty years. Extremes is an
abstract painted and carved wooden panel that is a striking example of the
way the artist works, drawing upon multiple traditions to make intensely
personal statements. It depicts a bright northern sun rising over a
disturbed sea, promising light in the wake of darkness.
- Sara Tabbert, Fire
and Ice (some say the world will end). A relief-carved diptych from
Fairbanks artist Sara Tabbert, Fire
and Ice portrays the dual threats of fire and ice damage and flooding,
two sources of community disaster that have threatened both Fairbanks and
Valdez. The theme of potential destruction by natural causes ties in
strongly with the Communities,
Disaster and Change theme as well as historic catastrophe that is part
of Valdez’s ongoing legacy.
About the Valdez Museum:
The
Valdez Museum & Historical Archive is an active place. We bring the stories
of our community's history alive through our programs and activities. Please
come visit us at our two locations: The Valdez Museum in
the heart of downtown at 217 Egan Drive and the Remembering Old
Valdez Exhibit on the waterfront at 436 S. Hazelet.
VALDEZ
MUSEUM HOURS
·
Winter Hours ( January 1 – Memorial Day and Labor
Day - December 31 Tuesday - Sunday: 1 -
5 pm Monday: Closed
·
Summer Hours ( Labor Day – Memorial Day)
Daily: 9am-5pm
REMEMBERING
OLD VALDEZ
Winter:
Open by Appointment (Memorial Day – Labor Day)
Summer:
9am - 5pmFor more information please visit our website at www.valdezmuseum.org or on Facebook
Contact:
Andrew
Goldstein - Tel: 835 8905 Email:
curator@valdezmuseum.org
Extremes - Ron Senungetuk |
Growden Memorial Park - David Mollet |
Chenega Mourning - Jim Miller |
Tsunami - David Rosenthal |
After The Quake - David Rosenthal |
Yeah, their annual Art Acquisition Initiative is truly admirable. I am glad they got award for this initiative. You know dear the gallery space for rent NYC also organizes annual art events. The art in that event is always impressive.
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