Photos: Gallery Walk<\/a> 2018]<\/ins><\/p>\nAt the Triangle Club Bar, folks were able to vote for their favorite of 23 different bar napkins decorated by bar patrons, a wall inside Amalga Distillery featured printouts of photos taken by customers, and the multimedia, interactive exhibits in Centennial Hall asked Juneauites to share their thoughts on leadership.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s really valuable when people are an integral part of the art that’s created, and it’s not precious,” said Sarah Campen, the artist behind “The Rolodex Project\/\/On Leadership.”<\/p>\n
Work on “The Rolodex Project\/\/On Leadership” started three years ago, when Campen, who resides near Icy Strait Point, envisioned a Rolodex that connected the young leaders of Southeast Alaska. While the project started with a regional focus, Campen said given the political climate, people tend to view it through a national lens.<\/p>\n
“It’s difficult to navigate that because it’s such a direct tie-in,” Campen said.<\/p>\n
Campen has made interactive pieces in the past, but she said the one that opened during Gallery Walk at the Davis Gallery is the most involved.<\/p>\n
The exhibit, which will be up through Feb. 23, tasked people with adding names of leaders in their lives to a Rolodex, writing what society thinks of leaders on blue note cards and sharing their thoughts about leaders on pink note cards.<\/p>\n
Blue note cards included words such as “powerful,” “tall,” “all business” and “no time.” Pink note cards included “kind,” “planner,” “risk taker” and “validating of others.”<\/p>\n
Nathel Sims added “collaboration focused” as a quality she perceives as a characteristic of leaders.<\/p>\n
“Collaborative solutions are a really good thing,” Sims said. “It’s important to see input from everyone at every level.”<\/p>\n
Sims said she has a real-life example of that trait in her boss, who prefers to keep a low profile. She added she appreciated the exhibit.<\/p>\n
“I think thinking about leadership is important,” Sims said. “We can all be a leader in some way. Even if we can’t, we can be really great followers.”<\/p>\n
Some people also acted out leadership traits in a small veiled area to be used for a video piece featuring colorful, humanoid outlines carrying out the evocative motions.<\/p>\n
The figures partially resembled the colorful line art against a black backdrop of an Iron And Wine Album cover.<\/p>\n
“My goals were to highlight the movements and abstract it in away I found beautiful and provide more anonymity for the people on camera,” Campen said. “We’re basically creating a collaborative dance piece.”<\/p>\n
Sureally busy<\/strong><\/p>\nDowntown Juneau was filled with hundreds, if not thousands of people for Gallery Walk — Juneau Arts & Humanities Council printed out 1,200 maps for the event.<\/p>\n
On the portion of Front Street closed to traffic, walking was turned into a dadaist experience for the steady stream on people making their way to one of the dozens of galleries, sales or music performances.<\/p>\n
DJ Chicagoff played thumping takes on holiday tunes while dance lights flashed in his small booth, people scrawled messages on the pavement with chalk and a pair of Sith lords battled with light sabers.<\/p>\n
Miranda McHenry and Bryce Pilny were dressed as Kylo Ren and Darth Nihilus from Star Wars. The two are members of the 501st Legion, a Star Wars costuming organization, and were out to have fun and pose for photos.<\/p>\n
Tristan Roberts, 6, beamed while high-fiving the black-clad combatants. Roberts wasn’t intimidated.<\/p>\n
“No, not really because I’ve seen them before,” Roberts said.<\/p>\n
When asked if he thought he’d see them during Gallery Walk, Roberts gave his head a hard, side-to-side shake.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Contact arts and culture reporter Ben Hohenstatt at (907)523-2243 or bhohenstatt@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n
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