"Communities, Disaster & Change" is a traveling exhibition coordinated by the Valdez Museum and Historical Archive, in Valdez, Alaska. It provides a twist on the fiftieth anniversary of the Good Friday Earthquake commemoration through its connection with other communities and other disasters. The exhibit will travel around the state as well as to Oregon, and Hawaii. The full travel schedule and complete online gallery of the exhibit can be seen here.

This blog serves as a place to host a global conversation about the indomitable nature of the human spirit and communities' reactions to change, how they survive disaster and how they rebuild for the future. We hope this can be a tool for people like you, all across the world, to reach out and share your stories on survival and the will to carry on.

If you have seen the exhibit whether online or in person we want to know your reaction to the work of these twenty-eight Alaskan artists. Please join us in an ongoing conversation, and chime in with your thoughts, views and your personal stories of your community, disaster, and change.

28 January 2015

CDC Moves Again!

 By: Laura Johnston    Wednesday, January 28, 2015     No comments

Growden Memorial Park
David Mollett
Communities, Disaster and Change has once again changed locations. The exhibition will now be featured at Well Street Art Company in Fairbanks, Alaska! David Mollett, participating artist and owner of Well Street, will start installing the show. Not only has David invested his time and energy as an artist and a host of CDC he also experienced the quake when he was just fourteen years old.

On March 27, 1964 David Mollett and his sister were at a local grocery store in Fairbanks when the ground started shaking. They ran outside. He exclaims, "the ground was coming in three foot high standing waves...phone poles were swaying back and forth in wide arcs." It is surprising, after reading his story, that he did not choose to paint this imagery for the CDC exhibition. Instead, he chose a peaceful scene in Growden Memorial Park located in Fairbanks. He chose this park in memory of his sixth grade teacher who was tragically killed in the earthquake.

Please check back to hear more about Daivd Mollett as he installs the Communities, Disaster and Change exhibition at Well Street Art Company. The exhibition will be on display for a month before  traveling to Winward Community College in Wailoa, HI.
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