Exhibitions

Scheduled Solo and Group Exhibitions:

2013 March-June, LaConner Quilt and Textile Museum, LaConner, WA
2012 Summer, Denali Park, AK
2012 May, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
2012 March, Alaska Fiber Festival, Anchorage, AK
2011 October, Artique, Anchorage, AK

Current Solo and Group Exhibits:

Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK

“In a Time of Change: Envisioning the Future”

September 2010 exhibit at the Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
Curator, Karin Franzen

Poster Art Thin Ice by Fred Freer

“In a Time of Change” is a collaboration of visual and performing artists, writers, and scientists working together to integrate scientific and artistic perspectives on climate change in interior Alaska. For the 2010 event, “Envisioning the Future”, artists joined sceintists for field workshops at the UAF Bonanza Creek (BNZ) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) stations. The scientists shared information about ecological processes, long term trends, and potential environmental impacts. Informed by a broader understanding of ecology, artists were asked to share their vision of a future Alaska, which culminated in an art exhibit featuring 24 Alaskan visual artists and public performances featuring original theater, dance, readings and music. Read More

Interactive dance piece for Deliquescent Design dance troup

2010 Performances at the New York Fringe Festival and at “In a Time of Change: Envisioning the Future” Fairbanks, AK

Dance piece is suspended above dancers

During the summer of 2010 I worked with the dance troup, Deliquescent Designs, to create this thirty foot diameter dance piece assembled from over 200 yards of silk organza. Using Procion MX dyes and a low-water immersion technique, I dyed it to resemble black and green lichens growing on a white rock. Read More

Fairbanks International Airport

State of Alaska Percent for the Arts, 2010

Globe Trotters

“Globetrotters” was selected for the recently completed Fairbanks International Airport through the Percent for the Arts program. Sandhill Cranes are one of the most notable migratory species of birds in Alaska, in keeping with the Airport theme of migration. The piece is installed in the stairwell leading up to the Administrative Offices, which are open to the public during normal business hours.

Fairbanks Noel Wien Public Library

Intimate Gathering

“Intimate Gathering” was commissioned by Bill Stringer for the Noel Wien Library in memory of his wife Sandra. It was installed during the summer of 2010 in the conference room dedicated to Sandra Stringer. Bill requested that the piece feature the sandhill cranes at Creamers Field in Fairbanks, a favorite of Sandra’s.

Bunnel Street Gallery, Homer AK

“A Time to Dance” May 2010

Pieces number 1 and 2 in a series of 9 pieces.

Pieces number 3, 4, 5, and 6 in a series of 9 pieces.

Pieces number 7, 8 and 9 in a series of 9 pieces.

“A Time to Dance” is a series of 9 pieces that depict the unfolding dance of an adult sandhill crane during its stay in Alaska – from late April through early September. The pieces are shown here at an exhibit at the Bunnell Street Gallery in Homer, AK in May of 2010. They were originally created for a 2008 exhibit at IGCA in Anchorage, AK. In 2009, they were exhibited at the LaConner Quilt and Textile Museum in LaConner, WA. Their final showing will be at the Bear Gallery in Fairbanks, AK in June of 2011.

For detailed information about all of the pieces, scroll down to the original post for the 2008 exhibit at IGCA and select “Read More”. You will find full size photos there as well.