Join us for a conversation with artists Javid Kamali, Jenny Irene Miller, and Susan Udevitz as they discuss their work in 2022 Alaska Biennial exhibition. Following the artist talks, there will be a Q&A with the audience. Free, in-person event.

About the artists:

Javid Kamali was born and raised in Iran, and studied medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria. While completing his residency in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, he also attended photography classes at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. During a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine in Albuquerque, NM, he joined a vibrant photography community and attended multiple Santa Fe Workshops. He has lived in Anchorage since 2007 working as an ICU physician. For Kamali, photography helps balance his left and right brain, providing a welcome escape from a stressful job in the medical field.

Jenny Irene Miller is Inupiaq, originally from Nome, Alaska. Working primarily with photography, her practice focuses on identity, community, place, refusal, and access. Miller holds an MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico, a BFA in Photomedia and a BA in American Indian Studies from the University of Washington. She lives and works in Dgheyay Kaq' / Anchorage, Alaska.

Susan Udevitz is originally from Colorado and has lived in Anchorage for over 30 years. She learned to sew as a young girl (both by hand and on a Singer Featherweight machine) from her mother, an experienced seamstress who was also taught by her mother. Udevitz furthered her sewing skills by attending workshops at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Her signature style includes improv piecing, where small fabric pieces are sewn together to create original fabric that is then incorporated into her art, and she continues to do all her machine sewing on a 1951 Singer.