Plate Project 2010 now viewable online! Click here
to see this year's Project!
Plate created and painted
by Lisa Wood  | The 17th annual Plate Project, coordinated by artist dynamo, Ahna Iredale since its inception, opened on April 30th with over 100 plates created by 6 local potters and 60+ artists. Seventeen new artists particiated this year, bringing their energy and style to an outstanding collection of one-of-a-kind plates. Each plate is a premium for a $100 membership or more to Bunnell. Anyone can join and your membership donation is tax-deductible to this non-profit arts center. The show will travel to Anchorage for a special membership party at Gina Hollomon and Ward Hulbert's gallery in June, (tba).
Send in your membership and choose
a 2010 Plate Project plate!
Many thanks to this year's painters and potters, as well as the painters and potters for Plate Projects past. 17 Projects, 100 plates a year, that's over 1700 plates in circulation. What a currency for the arts!
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Violin Recital with Lydia Arndt and Heidi Senungetuk
Sunday May 16th, 3pm at Bunnell
 You are invited to a violin recital featuring Lydia Arndt with Heidi Senungetuk. Join Lydia for this special afternoon concert to raise funds to continue her musical studies. Donations graciously accepted.
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Jeanne's Antique and Handmade Doll Show, May 23
Doll collector Jeanne Hull curates a one-day show and sale of antique and handmade dolls and accessories such as miniature patchwork quilts and clothing. The show/sale will take place from 12:30 to 4:30 on Sunday, May 23 at Bunnell Street Arts Center. $7 admission includes refreshments. For more information call Jeanne 235-7558.
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An Evening with Lady Greensleeves, May 26, 7:30 PM
"The Day Dream," by Dante Rosetti, 1880.  | Lindianne sings her ballads,
romances, and adventures with a smoky voice that reminds listeners of Tom Waite, Bob Dylan or Loreena
McKennitt. Through music, songs
and readings, An Evening with Lady Greensleeves introduces Lady Greensleeves,
an Irish troubadour who participates in the multi-generational Irish movement
in the 1500's to save Ireland's culture from destruction by English invaders-a
stirring chapter in the annals of freedom which Lindianne details in her book,
Greensleeves, An Historical Novel of the
First Irish Diaspora. Suggested admission: $15; pay as you can. Books and CDs are available from the composer.
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Object Runway Revisited,
May 29 at Alice's Champagne Palace, 5pm & 8pm,
with Akutaq Jazz band CD release party at 10pm
Featuring over 50 objects of wearable art, from fashion to Alaskan to just wild, the International Gallery of Contemporary Art's Object Runway visits Homer on Memorial Day Weekend. The evening will also include a showcase of fashions from local retail stores Northwind, The Upstairs Boutique and Homer Jeans. A take-off on TV's Project Runway, the show is coordinated by the Fringe's Kari Multz, and includes several local designers. Prizes will be awarded by People's Choice voting.
Yngvil Vatn Guttu  | Following the show, enjoy Akutaq Jazz band's cd release party at 10PM. The Y'Upik word, Akutaq, refers to the native treat outsiders call Eskimo Ice Cream. But the word, akutaq (ah-goo-dak), more literally means "mix them together by hand." Akutaq, the fittingly titled jazz CD, was lovingly "mixed together" by Yngvil Vatn Guttu. Composer and trumpeter Yngvil VG lives in Anchorage, Alaska, but grew up in Oslo and has spent more than half of her life outside her native Norway. The compositions and creative process of Akutaq span impressions, experiences and insights gained living in Norway, England and Scotland, and touring and traveling across Canada, Africa and the United States.
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KARIN FRANZEN Crane Tapestries
on exhibit, May 7- June 2
 Karin Franzen uses the skills
honed over a lifetime of drawing, mathematics, structural design, sewing,
and an understanding of biology-to create her work. Exploring the prairies and wetlands of South Dakota, where she was raised, initiated a love of the
biological world, leading her to a degree
in Biology with an Art minor. Franzen is fulfilling a dream she had harbored since
childhood-a life as a full-time studio artist living and working in Fairbanks.
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Leah Danberg, Kelp Sculptures
on exhibit May 7 - June 2
 Using Pacific
kelp to create sculptural baskets in geometric flat-weave
and round baskets with shawls of kelp bladders, Danberg has been a
fiber
artist and basket maker since 1984. She studied with a number of
renowned
national teachers. She constructs her vessels primarily
from the abundant natural plant material she collects in Southern
California,
where she lives.
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Bunnell Street Arts Center is a non-profit organization supported in part by grants from the City of Homer Grants Program through the Homer Foundation, the Ramuson Foundation, the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The arts center is open Monday through Friday 11 to 6 PM and Saturdays noon to 4 pm through the winter.
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On Exhibit
| The Plate Project
on exhibit through May 31.
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Karen Franzin,
crane tapestries
Leah Danberg
kelp baskets
Jeanne's Doll Show May 23
An Evening With the Lady Greensleeves
with Lindianne Sarno, May 26
Object Runway Revisited
International Gallery's spunky Alaskan fashion show at Alice's followed by Akutaq CD release party
May 29
June...
Carla Potter
Alexandra Feit
Jane Ferman concert June 10
Ann-Margret Wimmerstedt
Encaustics workshop June 15th and 17th
Melissa Walker
A Place for Delta
Reading and Book release
June 17, 5:30 PM
July...
Annette Bellamy
Hallie Hudson in concert
August...
Antoinette Walker
Ahna Iredale
Jazz players Marshall Hawkins and Markus Berger return in August for concerts with Joe DeCino, Lucius Oliver, jazz clinics and jam sessions with local talent July 31 - August 7.
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Quick Links
Membership60 Plate Artists on Exhibit till May 31Marie AlexsonRene AlvarezDeland AndersonHannah AndrewsAnnette BellamyDonna BeranMaura BreninPaula DickeyRachelle DowdyPaul DunganRhonda EckerD. FaulknerAsia FreemanGregory FriesSandy GillespieDonna GoldsmithKN GoodrichAdele GroningAnn HackettRuby HaighMarie HerdegenMarilyn HueperBriana HumeAhna IredaleE. E. IrvingKrystal JonesMargo KlassDebbie LabountyM. LaFriniereShelly LaukitisLeanne LawsonKatherine LittleDonna MartinDiane McBrideLee McCarttElizabeth McKenneyRika MouwLynn Marie NadenCindy NelsonJennifer NortonBrittany OslandAnna RauppDana RobertsMarian RoberstsonWes SchachtWanda SeamsterTurid SenungetukAngela SmithDylan SmithKathy SmithSam SmithConnie TarboxRebecca ThoningJa'hnie TriplettA. Van DintherA. WimmerstedtJudy WinnGaye WolfeLisa WoodJim WoodringKes Woodward
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