Archived Exhibits

Arctic Transformations

The Jewelry of Denise and Samuel Wallace
Concluded June 12, 2005
Arctic Transformations: The Jewelry of Denise and Samuel Wallace is a 25-year retrospective of the couple's work. It includes the artists' major works: 16 intricately detailed belts, many of which are now in private collections, as well as 150 individual pieces of jewelry.

Every piece of Denise Wallace's jewelry tells a story - or in some cases, a folk tale - about the rich cultures of the people of Alaska. The elaborate artworks Wallace creates with her husband Samuel call on the ancient images and stories of her own Chugach Aleut heritage and that of other indigenous people, as well as more contemporary figures and models from the natural world.

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Eskimo Drawings

Concluded September 14, 2003
The Anchorage Museum has organized the first major exhibition of drawings by the artists who have detailed Eskimo life-ceremonies, clothing, tools and technology-from their own point of view. Original works by Kivetoruk Moses, George Ahgupuk, Robert Mayokok, Milo Minock, and Florence Malewotkuk reveal a range and depth of work that will surprise those Alaskans who may have known these artists mainly through commercial items based on their work-souvenir plates, placemats, and holiday cards.

John Hoover: Art and Life

Concluded September 29, 2002
The remarkable life and art of John Hoover is presented in a major retrospective at the Anchorage Museum this summer. His work incorporates the stories, myths and legends of the Native people of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, richly combining traditional methods and inspirations with an innovative style and imagery that is uniquely his own.

Northern Adventure

The Art of Fred Machetanz (1908-2002)
Concluded September 19, 2004
When Fred Machetanz died in 2002 at the age of 94, it was the end of an era in Alaska art. His paintings and stone lithographs, exhibited around the world, evoke romantic visions of an idealized past and have made him one of Alaska's most beloved artists. This summer, the Anchorage Museum and History of Art chronicles Machetanz's remarkable work in a retrospective exhibition, A Northern Adventure: The Art of Fred Machetanz.

Ray Troll: Sharkabet

Concluded September 15, 2002
The Anchorage of Museum becomes infested with sharks this spring and summer -- Ray Troll's sharks. Extraordinarily creative and downright quirky, Ketchikan-based artist Ray Troll brings his unique blend of art, science and wit to Anchorage in this exhibition. Sharkabet is comprised of 26 original drawings, fiberglass shark mounts, fossil shark specimens from museums around the country, and three-dimensional drawings requiring 3D glasses.

Tibet, Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents

Concluded January 2, 2005
The Newark Museum's traveling exhibit, Tibet: Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents, opens at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center on Oct. 10. The exhibition includes items that once belonged to long-ago rulers - a silver prayer wheel from the 19th century inset with jade, rubies and shell, an iron container dated from the 13th-14th centuries inlaid with silver and gold - as well as items used by the area's nomads, farmers and herders. Visitors to the exhibition will have the opportunity to try on traditional Tibetan clothing and create Tibetan-style artwork. A number of special performances, lectures and films will take place at the Museum in conjunction with the exhibition.

Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live)
Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival
Continues through Oct. 26, 2008
The Way We Genuinely Live is a joint project of the Anchorage Museum and the Calista Elders Council, developed with the guidance of Yup'ik elders and educators and with major support from the National Science Foundation.

This exhibition presents more than 200 remarkable 19th and early 20th century tools, containers, weapons, watercraft and clothing in an exploration of the scientific principles and processes that allowed these people to survive in the sub-arctic tundra of the Bering Sea coast.

Sponsors of this exhibition include the National Science Foundation, Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Northern Air Cargo, Alaska Airlines, BP, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Calista Corporation and the Anchorage Museum Association.

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