Current Exhibitions

Rarefied Light, an annual juried exhibition organized by the Alaskan Photographic Center, showcases the best of Alaska’s fine art photography.

Doug Yates, Road Trip (detail)

Using off-the-shelf technology to deliver content is a new strategy for the museum. Its accessibility is what makes it exciting to museum curators. This project serves as an entry point for conversation, meditation, exploration, education and awareness of the Arctic.

Created by New York-based artist and educator Pablo Helguera, Librería Donceles encourages social engagement through multilingual conversations, performances and workshops.

Pablo Helguera, Librería Donceles

Thomas Chung reaches beyond words to illustrate, celebrate and mourn the human experience.

Thomas Chung, Indra’s Net

Elizabeth Irving’s paintings present a mythological interpretation of the Alaska landscape.

Elizabeth Eero Irving, All Things Remembered (The Five Rivers)

All-Alaska Biennial features contemporary work by Alaska artists. This juried exhibition is a continuation of the museum’s All-Alaska Juried and Earth, Fire & Fibre exhibitions, which began more than 30 years ago to encourage creation of new works in all media by Alaska artists. Guest juror Candice Hopkins is a citizen of Carcross/Tagish First Nation in Yukon, Canada, and is an independent curator and writer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Kristy Summers, Descend (detail)

An accomplished weaver, bentwood artist, and ivory and soapstone carver, Gertrude Svarny presents a distinct interpretation of Unangan history and culture.

Gertrude Svarny, And She Borrowed Her Husband’s Eagle Feather Cape

The Power of Energy recalls humans’ first encounters with fire and draft animals, considers the myriad uses of energy in the 21st century and ponders what might be next.

New and existing artworks by Northern artists present the Arctic through depictions of two iconic animals that depend upon sea ice: the walrus and the polar bear.

Janice Wright Cheney, Spectre