First Friday for November shows that as the season grows colder, Homer’s art scene continues to warm with the fire of creativity. New exhibits this month includes an exhibit at Bunnell Street Arts Center of sculptures created using computer technology as well as woodworking made in the old school method by master artists in shows at the Art Shop Gallery, Grace Ridge Brewing and Ptarmigan Arts.
Although school is back in session, the fireweed has gone to fluff and the Labor Day weekend heralds the traditional end of the summer season, First Friday still thrives in September. Galleries feature shows by new and returning artists. Bunnell Street Arts Center has a solo-show by Indigenous artist Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich that looks at “the transformative power of adaptation to one’s environment,” she writes.
August First Friday shows feature an artist new to the Homer art scene among a solid collection of well-known southern Kenai Peninsula and Alaska artists. Ptarmigan Arts, an artists co-op, features the photography of its newest member, Blaine Wright. At the Art Shop Gallery, veteran photographer and author Taz Tally has five new black-and-white photos taken on his many hiking and skiing trips around Alaska.