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ANCHORAGE MUSEUM MEMBER NEWSLETTER JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011TODAY

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011ANCHORAGE MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONBOARD OF DIRECTORSGloria O’Neill, ChairSteve Lindbeck, Vice ChairKaren Compton, SecretarySusan Knowles, TreasurerTodd BellBrian E. DaviesBarbara DonatelliLaura EmersonJan IngramWarwick KingBernadine NyboerEvan RoseCurtis SmithADMISSIONFree to museum members$12 adults$9 senior/student/military$7 ages 3 to 12Free ages 2 and youngerMUSEUM MEMBERSHIPS(907) 929-9228or at the museum shopVOLUNTEER(907) 929-9297EVENT RENTAL(907) 929-9261PARKINGPublic parking in undergroundgarage on weekends and evenings,with handicap parking during allregular museum hoursANCHORAGE MUSEUMAT RASMUSON CENTER625 C StreetAnchorage, Alaska 99501(907) 929-9200 tel(907) 929-9290 faxwww.anchoragemuseum.orgANCHORAGE MUSEUM TODAYJanuary/February ©2011Anchorage Museum AssociationEditor: Sarah HenningThe Anchorage Museum at RasmusonCenter is owned by the Municipality ofAnchorage and operated under contractby the Anchorage Museum Association,a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.The museum is accredited by theAmerican Association of Museumsand is supported in part by annualcontributions from the AnchorageMuseum Association, the AnchorageMuseum Foundation, the Municipality ofAnchorage and private, corporate andfoundation funds.IMAGE CREDITSCover Rebecca Lyon,Women of the North (detail), 2004,copper, glass, shell, paintp.3 (clockwise)Carl Battreal, False Hellebore, 2010,photograph; Indra Arriaga, AnchorageUntitled (at Knik Arms), print fromdigital scan; unknown student artist,Crystal, acrylic; Eunice Silberer, ChrisArend Photography; Andy Warhol,Self-Portrait, 1966-67, © 2010 The AndyWarhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York;Lee Post, The Old Men and the Monsters(detail), illustration; Jonella LarsonWhite, Owl (detail), 2008, yellow cedar,baleen, sea mammal tooth, glass beadsBack page Mother and child,iStockphoto.com; David Riccio, KilnMistress, giclée; Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait (Fright Wig), 1986,© 2010 The Andy Warhol Foundationfor the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society(ARS), New Yorkletter from the directorI ENCOURAGE YOUto take a momentto consider theimportance of yourAnchorage Museummembership. Inaddition to the manybenefits you enjoy with your museummembership – most notably, unlimitedgeneral admission for one year – yourmembership also helps the communityin varied and meaningful ways.Museums work every day in thepublic interest, educating and engagingour communities, and preserving ourcultural, artistic, historic, natural andscientific heritage. In its collections,the Anchorage Museum holds morethan 24,000 objects and 500,000photographs, including ethnographicitems representing all major AlaskaNative cultural groups.Americans from all income andeducation ranges visit museums. Morethan 130,000 Alaskans and travelershave visited the museum so far this year.The lifelong learning we provide feedsour collective continued growth andcreates an engaged citizenry.Museums partner with schools toeducate communities. Museums tailoreducational programs in math, science,art, history and social studies amongothers. Our education curriculum meetsNEWS AND NOTESTHANKS TO A $980,000 grant fromNASA, the Anchorage Museum willprovide climate change educationaloutreach to Alaska’s rural schoolsand communities.This new program is designed toincrease knowledge about climatechange, dispel common misconceptions,and stimulate community-wideconversations about science education.Museum educators will travel with adigital globe that illustrates regionalclimate change data and its impacton rural Alaska.The museum is working with grantpartners The Challenger Learning Centerof Alaska, Kenai, and the University ofAlaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks.state and national standards, andwe welcome 20,000 Alaskaschoolchildren annually.Museums reach new audiencesby engaging the online public in creativeways. The Anchorage Museum offerssummaries of its major exhibitions onits website and Facebook page andhas begun the process of developinga digital database of its collections forpublic use.The arts, humanities and museumsare critical to our cities’ quality oflife and livability. According to a2007 Americans for the Arts study,communities that invest in the arts reapthe additional benefits of jobs, economicgrowth and quality of life that positionsthose communities to compete in our21st century creative economy. Thatis certainly true for Anchorage wherenonprofit arts and cultural organizationsare a significant industry – one thatgenerates about $45 million in localeconomic activity annually.I hope you will keep this in mindwhen you receive a notice from usasking you to renew your membership.Your contribution has a lasting impacton the museum and our community.James Pepper Henry DIRECTOR AND CEONASA funds climate change outreachPartner organizations are surveyingprogramming and curriculum needsin Alaska school districts and ruralcommunities. The resulting K-12outreach programs and communityscience festivals will be delivered duringthe next two years.

ANCHORAGE MUSEUM TODAY p. 3table of contents4 (RE)EMERGENCEContemporary art throughAlaska Native eyes9ALASKA POSITIVEBiennial photo exhibittreads new water6WHAT’S NEXTUpcoming programs andevents, including a BlackHistory Month celebration9BUDDING ARTISTSAnchorage School Districtexhibition returns8ANDY WARHOLWhat do hisself-portraits reveal?10DONOR PROFILEEunice Silberer honorsher late husbandOUR MISSION TO SHARE AND CONNECT ALASKA WITH THE WORLD THROUGH ART, HISTORY AND SCIENCE

ANCHORAGE MUSEUM TODAY p. 4(RE)EMERGENCE:CONTEMPORARY NATIVEART AND DESIGNOn view through Jan. 3, 2012BY POPULAR DEMAND, (Re)Emergence:Contemporary Native Art and Design from theAnchorage Museum Collection has been extended toJan. 3, 2012. The exhibition celebrates contemporaryAlaska Native artists who honor their cultural pastwhile simultaneously creating innovative art.The exhibition features nearly 50 art workscreated during the past five decades byAlaska Native artists such as JamesRobert Schoppert, Alvin Amason andPreston Singletary.Many of the exhibited works exploretraditional themes using contemporarymediums. Singletary chose glass to create a Tlingithat, an object typically made from spruce root. Amasonsaid his oil painting Agripina Day, From Two Rainbowsdepicts a beautiful morning after a fishing trip, when hesaw a rainbow and two sea lions jumping.“It’s a wonderful exhibit,” said Rebecca Lyon, anAthabascan/Alutiiq artist from Anchorage whose workis in the exhibition. “These Native artists are geniuses.They’re my heroes and I’m so proud to be among them.”Lyon’s Women of the North series of life-sizewomen’s regalia is fashioned from copper. “Clothingcan be seen as a vessel or chalice that holds the humanspirit,” Lyon said. “Clothing of metal represents strengthand longevity. The use of nontraditional materials movesthe visual dialogue into the present.”Situated adjacent to the Smithsonian Arctic StudiesCenter, this contemporary art exhibition providesprofound perspective on change and continuity inAlaska Native art. “This exhibition helps visitorsunderstand American Indians and Native Alaskans arestill here, still creating,” said (Re)Emergence curatorDarian LaTocha, an Alaska-born Ojibwe. “We’re notancient history. Ours is a living, breathing culture.”IMAGE CREDITS Page 4: Jonella Larson White, Owl, 2008, yellow cedar, baleen,sea mammal tooth, glass beads; Erica Lord, Blood Quantum (1/4 + 1/16=5/16),photograph, 2007. Page 5: Alvin Eli Amason, Agripina Day, From Two Rainbows,1976, oil on canvas; Rebecca Lyon, Women of the North (detail), 2004, copper,glass, shell, paint; Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Idiot Strings IV, 2005, walrus stomach,rawhide, hair, wax and wire; Erica Lord, Enrollment Number 11-337-07463-04-01,photograph, 2007

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JANUARY/FEBRUAGreg MartinPhoto courtesy Perry EatonFAMILY EVENTMEET THE WORLD11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26 Free*Experience the uniqueness of Anchorage’s culturalmelting pot when Bridge Builders hosts its annualcultural festival, which includes live music, dancingand hands-on activities. Explore 30 cultures fromaround the world with a collectible passport andcreate globally minded art.SMITHSONIAN SPOTLIGHTPERRY EATON7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6 FreeArtist Perry Eaton talks about a new Sugpiaq exhibitionin France that marks ground-breaking progress forindigenous peoples’ access to European museumcollections. The Smithsonian Spotlight series offers freegallery talks with Alaska scholars and artists the firstThursday of each month.EVENTSTHOMAS PLANETARIUMDaily shows through MayPrices varyFind a completeschedule and buy tickets atwww.anchoragemuseum.org.FRED MEYER FREE AFTERTHREE THURSDAYS3 to 9 p.m. Thursdaysthrough April Free*Free general admissionevery Thursday evening thanksto the Fred Meyer Fund.SHOP CLOSEDSunday, Jan. 2 throughTuesday, Jan. 4The museum shop isclosed for inventory.PINK FLOYD SHOWS6:30 and 7:30 p.m.Thursdays, Jan. 6-Feb. 24$9 member/$10 non-member(includes general admission)Pink Floyd’s rock ‘n’ rollmasterpieces come to life inthese full-dome music and lightshows. Find a complete showschedule online.FIRST FRIDAY6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 7 Free*Enjoy the AlaskaPositive exhibitopening, live music and aguided star show inthe planetarium.ARTIST’S EYE LECTURE SERIESART IN EPHEMERA7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7 FreeLee Post is acartoonist andillustrator for books,T-shirts, advertisements andposters. Join him in a discussionabout transitory artwork.CURATOR’S TOURNoon Fridays Jan. 21and Feb. 18Included with admissionJoin anthropologist AronCrowell for a tour of theSmithsonian Arctic StudiesCenter. Curator tours areoffered the third Friday ofevery month.WELLS FARGO FAMILY FREE DAYOCEAN FAMILY DAY1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9Free*Come aboard toexperience the thrill of the sea.Practice sailor’s knots withmasters from the AnchorageKnot Tyers’ Club. Dive into thesecrets of Alaska’s shipwreckswith the Alaska MaritimeSociety. Master tsunami scienceat the NOAA Tsunami WarningCenter station. Other activitiesinclude Alaska Native maritimetechnology presentationsand live music by Roguesand Wenches.SMITHSONIAN SPOTLIGHTMOSES UKSUQ’TAQWASSILIE7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3FreeExplore Yup’ik art andcultural heritage with artistMoses Uksuq’taq Wassilie.FIRST FRIDAY6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 4 Free*Enjoy the museum’sgalleries, live musicand a guided star show inthe planetarium.ARTIST’S EYE LECTURE SERIESUNFOLDINGS7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4 FreeArtist and bookbinderSusan Joy Share hasa reputation for inventivebook structures, performancesand handmade tile. Join heras she discusses her artisticdevelopment and inspirations.VALENTINE’S DINNER6 to 9 p.m.Monday, Feb. 14$70 per person/$100 with wine pairingsSavor a delectable, romanticdinner at Muse with a fourcourse,prix fixe menu.Reservations are required at(907) 929-9211.* PLEASE NOTE: During free events, fees still apply for premium exhibits and planetarium shows.

RY 2011Photo courtesy Underground Dance Co.WELLS FARGOFAMILY FREE DAYBLACK HISTORY MONTHFAMILY DAY1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13 Free*Commemorate Black History Month with rich culturalactivities such as kente cloth weaving, beading andmaking a community mural. Performances include hiphop dancing by Underground Dance Company.EVENTTEEN VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31Free with pre-registrationTeens and their caregivers can learn about themuseum’s teen guide program and volunteeropportunities for the upcoming Mammoths andMastodons exhibit. Pre-registration is required atwww.anchoragemuseum.org. For more information,call (907) 929-9277.CLASSESInformation and registration atwww.anchoragemuseum.org or(907) 929-9280.ALL AGESWARHOL FACTORYFAMILY OPEN STUDIO1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 9-30Included with admissionIn this open studio, all ages canexplore Andy Warhol’s artisticmethods, including painting,drawing and printmaking.Children must be accompaniedby an adult. Led by artistKyra Rice.AGES 9 TO 12WINTER FUN IN THEMIDNIGHT SUN4 to 6 p.m. ThursdaysFeb. 3-March 31$160 member/$180 non-memberKids use winter fun asinspiration in this beginningdrawing and painting class.Students learn new techniquesin Alaska art as they discovertheir own voices. Taught byartist Jennifer Glenn. No classMarch 10.ADULTSDIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHYBOOT CAMP6:30 to 8:30 p.m. MondaysJan. 31-March 7$120 member/$140 non-memberDid Santa deliver a digitalcamera this year? Learn thedigital photography processfrom capturing the originalimage to making a print ona home inkjet printer. Digitalcamera required. Taught byphotographer Carl Battreall.WATERCOLOR PAINTING6:30 to 8:30 p.m. TuesdaysFeb. 1-March 29$160 member/$180 non-memberLearn basic watercolortechniques such as wet on wet,graded washes, basic colortheory and more. Taught byartist Stephen Ortland.No class March 8.IMAGE TRANSFERWORKSHOP6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WednesdaysFeb. 2-March 30$160 member/$180 non-memberLearn transfer techniques toadd a dimension of texture,imagery and mystery to yourart. Use photographs, foundimages and text to createtransparent and opaquelayers in your work. Taught byartist Craig Updegrove.No class March 9.PORTRAIT PAINTINGIN OILS6:30 to 8:30 p.m. ThursdaysFeb. 3-March 31$160 member/$180 non-memberMix convincing skin tone paintsand use value and color tocreate a portrait. Study facialfeatures and learn to createa vibrant and realistic image.Taught by artist Linda Infante-Lyons. No class March 10.Find more information on these and other programsat www.anchoragemuseum.org.PARTNERPROGRAMSCOOK INLETHISTORICAL SOCIETYSilent Sentries:The Global Significance ofthe Japanese World War IIGuns on Kiska7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20 FreeDirk Spennemann examinesthe defense strategy ofJapanese forces on Kiska. Hedemonstrates the guns on Kiskaare of global significance in thestrategic and political history ofthe Northern Pacific. Go onlineto learn about more WorldWar II-related lectures.Humans Move North:The Role of Mammoths7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17 FreeEvolved in the tropics, humanshave pushed into cold placesfor more than half a millionyears. John Hoffecker recountssuccessive invasions of northernEurasia by the Neanderthals,their predecessors and modernhumans, addressing thechanging role of mammoths intheir lives.

ANCHORAGE MUSEUM TODAY p. 10Courtesy of Jennifer MainerFALL CARNIVAL THANK YOUMORE THAN 3,000visitors enjoyed pumpkinpainting, bone yard fishing,Dr. Spooktacular’s AnatomyLab and more at theAnchorage Museum’sinaugural Fall CarnivalOct. 23. The event was ahuge success thanks toour visitors and thefollowing sponsors.MAJOR SPONSORSAlaska CommunicationsAlaska AirlinesAlaska McDonald’sAnchorage MediaGroupCIRIDooley’sMcKinley CapitalManagementMunicipal Light & PowerUdelhoven OilfieldSystem ServicesSPONSORSAlaska AcesAlaska Chip CompanyAlaska RailroadCorporationAlaska SeaLife CenterAlaska WildberryAllen & PetersenAnchorage EducationAssociationAnchorage MuseumSecurityAnchorage Museum ShopA.T. Publishing &Printing Inc.Bear Tooth/Moose’s ToothCIRI Alaska TourismCorporationDimond CostcoDi TomasoGreat Harvest BreadCompanyH2OasisKaladi Brothers CoffeeMuse RestaurantNorthern Lights FredMeyerSubwaySummit Spice & Tea Co.The Alaska ClubWal-MartDonor profile: Eunice SilbererEunice Silberer, a longtime supporter and friend of the Anchorage Museum, credits herlate husband, Richard Silberer, with inspiring her dedication to the museum and otherAnchorage organizations. “He was involved in absolutely everything,” Silberer said.The Jim McCain sculpture Earth, Sea, Sky – Cycles of Alaska Seasons near the museum’sSeventh Avenue exit is a tribute to Richard. He died in 1996. The Richard and EuniceSilberer Allée – the diagonal path that connects Sixth Avenue to the museum’s mainentrance – is also named for the couple.Silberer said she appreciates the museum’s work to enrich art, history and scienceeducation for Anchorage residents, as well as the new opportunities the museumexpansion makes possible. “It’s really wonderful to see all the changes happening here,”she said.Born in North Dakota, Eunice moved to Anchorage in 1957. Eunice and Richard ownedand operated the Universal Motors dealership, which specialized in Toyota, Mercedes andBMW vehicles. The couple sold the company in 1989. Silberer divides her time betweenAnchorage, Girdwood and Arizona.Eunice Silberer/Chris ArendMEMBER SURVEY: Thank you to members who participated in our recent survey. Congratulations Sarah Hurst, winner ofthe drawing for a $50 museum shop gift card.

HOURSMUSEUMWinterThrough mid-May10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Tuesday through SaturdayNoon to 6 p.m. SundayOpen until 9 p.m. ThursdayClosed MondaySHOPOpen during museum hoursMUSE11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Tuesday through Saturday4 p.m. to 9 p.m.Thursday through SaturdayNoon to 4 p.m. SundayClosed MondayATRIUM SNACK BAR9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Tuesday through Friday10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SaturdayNoon to 5 p.m. SundayClosed MondayADMISSIONFree to museum members$12 adult$9 senior/student/military$7 ages 3 to 12Free ages 2 and youngerFAMILY DAYCelebrate BlackHistory MonthALASKA IMAGESPhotographs withan Alaska edgeWIGGED OUTWarhol’s self portraitsfocus outwardFOLLOW US ONp. 7p. 9p. 8JANUARY/FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER 2011 www.anchoragemuseum.orgANCHORAGE MUSEUM AT RASMUSON CENTER625 C Street, Anchorage, AK 99501GIVING HAS NEVER BEEN SO EASY!LEARN MORE AT PICKCLICKGIVE.ORGPrinted on post-consumer recycled paperNONPROFIT ORG.U.S. POSTAGEPAIDPERMIT NO. 84ANCHORAGE, AK