May 18 through Sept. 9
The North has long worn the romanticized mantle of a sparsely populated frontier. To outsiders, it can seem unchanging and marginally inhabitable –– vast, cold, white, empty. Seen from the inside, however, the North is magnetic and multidimensional. Even as the frontier ideal fades into history, the North clings to its identity as a pristine place where people are independent in mind and spirit.
TRUE NORTH
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September 5-8With an estimated quarter of the world’s undiscovered energy resources and one of the most...
EXHIBIT
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OVERVIEW
EXHIBIT OVERVIEW
On view May 18 through Sept. 9, the Anchorage Museum's new exhibition, True North: Contemporary Art of the Circumpolar North, portrays a North that is complex and in transition. The exhibition features nearly 80 photographs, films and multi-media installations by 39 artists from Iceland, Scandinavia, Canada and the United States, including many Alaskans.
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TRUE NORTH ARTISTS' TALK6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 10 Free
Four international artists represented in True North introduce their work and discuss the exhibition:
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SOLAR
KITCHEN
KITCHEN
SOLAR KITCHEN
In this pop-up restaurant, food is cooked purely by solar energy. Finnish food visionary Antto Melasniemi leads the endeavor, which...