"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.

04 November 2015

Earthquake Account by Diane Ferrier, CDC at Juneau-Douglas City Museum

 By: Laura Johnston    Wednesday, November 04, 2015     1 comment
Juneau-Douglas City Museum Unpacking Artwork for the Upcoming "Communities Disaster and Change Exhibition"   Juneau-Douglas City Museum is hosting CDC!  Twenty-eight, talented Alaskan artists featured in this exhibition will be on display for a First Friday reception on November 6, from 4:30 to 7 pm through November 28, 2015. Simultaneously, Juneau-Douglas will be featuring historical...
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23 October 2015

CDC at the Juneau-Douglas Museum

 By: Laura Johnston    Friday, October 23, 2015     No comments
 CDC Crates arrive at the Juneau-Douglas Museum  CDC is back in Alaska after it's long journey to Gallery Iolani, Winward College in Honolulu and Coos Bay Museum, Oregon!! Communities, Disaster & Change, our traveling exhibition, has one final stop in Juneau, AK. CDC has been traveling for a year! The show will be featured at the Juneau-Douglas Museum October 18th to October...
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25 August 2015

Art Therapy Working in Saudi Arabia

 By: Laura Johnston    Tuesday, August 25, 2015     No comments
  Dr. Awad Al-Yami, an art therapist trained at the University of Pennsylvania, dedicates his life to rehabilitating terrorists through art therapy, counseling, and religion. The therapeutic center is called Mohammad Bin Naif Counseling Center located in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh. The compound, once a holiday resort, is home to a golf course and swimming pool.   Since 2008, the center boasts...
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03 August 2015

Valdez Museum Intern and Natural Disaster in Chile!!!

 By: Laura Johnston    Monday, August 03, 2015     6 comments
 Ms. Larroza, the New Valdez Museum Summer Intern Working with Mammoth Teeth  Found in Ester, Alaska  The Valdez Museum welcomes Juliana Larroza, our new intern for the 2015 summer season!! She has come to us through a grant from the Alaska State Museum. Ms. Larroza is working towards her master’s in Museum Studies at New York University. She has interned at museums in Italy, Coast Rica, Brazil and Argentina....
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23 July 2015

CDC Currently at the Coos Art Museum!!!

 By: Laura Johnston    Thursday, July 23, 2015     1 comment
                   Coos Art Museum Presents           "Communities, Disaster and Change"    July 11, 2015 @ 5:00 PM – September 26, 2015 @ 10:00 PM    Communities, Disaster and Change is a traveling exhibition of contemporary Alaskan art organized...
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26 June 2015

Ron Senungutuk, A Lifetime of Art

 By: Laura Johnston    Friday, June 26, 2015     No comments
Ron Senungetuk from Asia Freeman on Vimeo This video about Ron Senungetuk, created for the Alaska State Council on the Arts by Alaskan artist Michael Walsh, highlights the life and work of the 2014 Governor's Awardee for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts & Humanities. Ron Senungetuk is an Alaskan Inupiat who grew up along the Bering Sea in Wales, the most western point on the American mainland. Retired from academics,...
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16 June 2015

Community Disaster In Chernobyl

 By: Laura Johnston    Tuesday, June 16, 2015     No comments
Graffiti near what was once Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Another haunting story of a community’s struggle as a result of disaster began April 26, 1986 when nuclear reactor No. 4 exploded in Chernobyl, Ukraine. The following day, in Pripyat, a small town built for Chernobyl nuclear reactor workers and their families, people were forced to abandon the life they once knew for fear of radiation poisoning. The nuclear explosion...
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