{"id":28078,"date":"2017-01-04T09:02:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T17:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/january-2017-first-friday-roundup\/"},"modified":"2017-01-04T09:02:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T17:02:10","slug":"january-2017-first-friday-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/life\/january-2017-first-friday-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2017 First Friday roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFinding My Voice\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alaska Robotics Gallery<\/p>\n

220 Front Street<\/p>\n

Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.<\/p>\n

A statement from artist Christine Carpenter: \u201cIn April of 2007, my life changed in an instant when a man I met in an Italian bar drugged and raped me. The following days are a blur to me, and in the years that have passed, I have struggled with finding my voice again. Recently, during a particularly dark time, I opened my journal from my time in Italy and was astounded by the the words I had etched on the paper: the days following my attack were some of my strongest. My voice \u2014 though often dark, pained, angry, and shattered \u2014 was clear, wise, and, most importantly, hopeful. As if the words were written for the lost woman I would become, I had found clarity and inspiration in the most unlikely of places.<\/p>\n

The show features is a series of eight 8×10 digital prints. It is a marriage of the words from a girl nearly 10 years ago and the woman I have evolved into today, taking some of those passages from my journal and combining them with my contemporary visual interpretations. It is a celebration of the journey I have taken to find my voice again, the necessary courage to share my story, and the freedom that will come with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Portraits by M.K. MacNaughton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northern Tea House<\/p>\n

9310 Glacier Hwy<\/p>\n

Reception: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

A statement from MacNaughton: \u201cI\u2019ve loved drawing portraits with charcoal and pencil from photographs for years now, and I\u2019ve just started practicing painting with oils from a model. Having a model pushes me in positive ways; it forces me to work through whatever struggles arise, since the time is limited and someone else is present in the studio to witness if I were to get off task. It\u2019s a great learning process.<\/p>\n

The paintings [in the show] were created in two hours each. They\u2019re studies in structure and color, and while they don\u2019t always turn out as I\u2019d like, I\u2019ve enjoyed painting every one. So I\u2019ve given myself the goal of painting a portrait a week in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n

MK MacNaughton is a teaching and exhibiting artist working out of her downtown studio, Sketch.<\/p>\n

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Exhibit openings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juneau-Douglas City Museum<\/p>\n

Fourth and Main streets<\/p>\n

4:30 – 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Juneau-Douglas City Museum will open three new exhibits on First Friday. They are:<\/p>\n

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North Douglas Highway Mailboxes: Photographs by Pol Corvez.<\/strong> In July 2011, during his first visit to Juneau, Corvez was struck by the richness and variety of mailboxes on North Douglas Highway. He decided to photograph them, trying to achieve an identical point of view for each photo. To him, the mailboxes reflect the values of each household as well as the community. Corvez considers the photographs to be \u201cin absentia portraits of the resident families,\u201d revealing a story about the residents, their history, their daily newspaper, hobbies, values, esthetics, and sense of humor. The exhibit will be on display in the Murray Gallery and will run through Jan. 28.<\/p>\n

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A Braided Way: Poetry, Parenting and Place, by Aleria Jensen and Jonas Lamb.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During January and February, local poets Aleria Jensen and Jonas Lamb will exhibit a collection of original broadside poems on parenting and place, paired with montages of artwork by their children, in the Video Room Gallery. A broadside is \u201ca single page with text, intended for hanging on a wall, which may be paired with art work, either by the poet or in collaboration with a visual artist.\u201d The broadsides in the exhibit will explore the experience of raising a family in Southeast Alaska. While many of the poems in the exhibit were written earlier, a few came out of the collaborative art-making process at the kitchen table. Lamb states \u201cMy hope in creating this exhibit was to share my work with my kids, to let them know how important their curiosity, growth and wildness is to me.\u201d The broadsides will be on display in the Video Room Gallery until Feb. 26.<\/p>\n

It\u2019ji Shaan\u00e1x: The Glowing Valley.<\/strong> It\u2019ji Shaan\u00e1x (the glowing valley) is the Tlingit name for Perseverance Valley located at the base of Mount Juneau or yadaa.at kal\u00e9 (beautifully adorned face). This exhibit looks at one of our most majestic landmarks, Mount Juneau, through art and recreation. Thirteen paintings and photographs featuring Mount Juneau will be on view, along with four pieces of hiking gear, in the Map Case Gallery, all from the City Museum\u2019s permanent collection. The exhibit will be on view through the end of 2017.<\/p>\n

More information about these exhibits can be found on the City Museum\u2019s website at: http:\/\/www.juneau.org\/library\/museum\/.<\/p>\n

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Juried Art Exhibit<\/strong><\/p>\n

JAHC Gallery<\/p>\n

Juneau Arts & Culture Center<\/p>\n

Reception: 4:30\u20137 p.m.<\/p>\n

January hosts the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council\u2019s juried art exhibit, judged by Ketchikan artist Evon Zerbetz.<\/p>\n

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Alaska Positive <\/strong><\/p>\n

Alaska State Library<\/p>\n

395 Whittier Street<\/p>\n

Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Alaska State Museum will be open until 7 p.m. with free admission starting at 4:30 p.m. This will be the last First Friday to see the 2016 Alaska Positive juried photography exhibit before Ben Huff\u2019s photography lecture on January 20. The exhibit will then travel to the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka. The Alaska Positive Retrospective and a selection of fine art from the Alaska State Museum\u2019s permanent collection will also be on display.<\/p>\n

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Attic sale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Annie Kaill\u2019s<\/p>\n

244 Front St.<\/p>\n

Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.<\/p>\n

No featured artist; goods from throughout 2016 will be on sale.<\/p>\n

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Artist search<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juneau Artists Gallery<\/p>\n

175 S. Franklin St.<\/p>\n

Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Juneau Artists Gallery is looking for new co-op members. Come by to meet some of the co-op\u2019s artists and find out about joining the Juneau Artists Gallery as a member artist. There will be information and applications on hand. Customers are all invited to come and enjoy treats while checking out new creations.<\/p>\n

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Sculptures of Shared Souls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Salon Cedar, Senate Building<\/p>\n

Reception: 4:30 – 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

A unique showing of wood and stone sculptures by Patti Hutchens Jouppi, \u201cdepicting the soulless of the medium.\u201d More information at pattihutchensjouppi.com<\/p>\n

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Featured artist: Jim Fowler<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coppa<\/p>\n

917 Glacier Ave., #102<\/p>\n

Coppa will continue to show works from Juneau artist Jim Fowler. First Friday will see the release of a new ice cream flavor – peanut butter brownie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cFinding My Voice\u201d Alaska Robotics Gallery 220 Front Street Reception: 4:30-7 p.m. A statement from artist Christine Carpenter: \u201cIn April of 2007, my life changed in an instant when a man I met in an Italian bar drugged and raped me. The following days are a blur to me, and in the years that have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":28079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[74],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-28078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","tag-arts-and-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28078"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=28078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}