Community Calendar

This is an open time to come walk or run indoors and not have to worry about the conditions outside. We will have background music playing over the speakers. Come get your stroll on!

Open to adults & teens (12+) Mon-Fri from 8:30-9:30am and Mon-Fri from 11:45am-12:45pm. *Our Monday afternoon class will be FREE throughout the year as well! (sponsored by & thanks to SPH!)*

***Please bring a pair of clean indoor shoes for you & your child to change into (in the entryway). Thank you for helping to keep our new floor looking good!***

This is an open playgroup for parents/guardians to bring their young ones* to a great big open space and let them run around and play. Bring your own toys or play with what SPARC has provided (no pedal bikes w/ brakes allowed at this time, only strider bikes & scooters). This class is available Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays from 10-11:30am (unless a special event interferes). Cost is $4.00 per child.

* This means toddlers not in kindergarten, or not of school-age yet (~5 yrs. old & younger) -- older siblings are allowed but need to be careful of the littles!

***Please bring a pair of clean indoor shoes for you & your child to change into (in the entryway). Thank you for helping to keep our new floor looking good!***

Maske Maiden (Sylvia Schieber) is Artist in Residence at Bunnell Arts from November 3- 29, 2026. Her accompanying exhibit opens on Friday, November 6 from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm, alongside artist Rae Diamond. While in residence, she will offer workshops on meditative embroidery and mask-making.

Artist Statement - Maske Maiden (Sylvia Schieber) interweaves mask-making, fiber techniques, and storytelling to create immersive, character-driven worlds that blur ritual, adornment, and identity. “Using fiber techniques and found materials, I create sculptural masks as vessels for memory and possibility. Influenced by my upbringing in an immigrant household shaped by reuse and resourcefulness, I often work with discarded and repurposed materials, drawing attention to their overlooked possibilities. Through world-building, I explore the tension between imagined lives and the forces that shape them.”

Bunnell Street Arts Center's "Alaska AIR" Residency Program is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Bunnell members and donors to the 2025 Alaska AIR fundraising campaign.
Bunnell Street Arts Center's mission is to spark artistic inquiry, innovation and equity to strengthen the physical, social and economic fabric of Alaskan.

Rae Diamond is Artist in Residence at Bunnell Arts November 5-17, 2026. Her accompanying exhibit opens on Friday, November 6 from 5-7 pm with an artist talk at 6 pm, alongside artist Sylvia Schieber. Diamond’s project, “Love Letters to the Lonely" spans writing, drawing, and audio art.

Artist Statement
“As a writer, musician, artist, mover, and teacher, I tune to the interconnected heart of nature to remind myself and others of our own inherent naturalness and connectedness–that we might hear how our own essential note resonates in the great chord of all that is, and support those who have fallen silent that they may rejoin the resonance.
I strive to bring solace, inspiration, insight, and a renewed sense of connection to those suffering from the growing global epidemic of loneliness. My current body of work is a collection of letters and voicemails, a work of art, a reference, and a medicine. The letters range in style and voice from surreal story to lyric memoir to prose poem to recipe to inquiry. The remoteness of the Alaska wilderness is the perfect background for messages to be sent to those who feel distanced from the human fold.

Bunnell Street Arts Center's "Alaska AIR" Residency Program is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and Bunnell members and donors to the 2025 Alaska AIR fundraising campaign.
Bunnell Street Arts Center's mission is to spark artistic inquiry, innovation and equity to strengthen the physical, social and economic fabric of Alaska.

Artists are invited to participate in Bunnell Street Arts Center’s annual 10 x 10 Member Exhibit, themed “Belonging.” All artwork must be 10×10 inches (or 10x10x10) and ready to hang or install. Artwork is due Monday, November 30.

The theme of belonging explores our deep human need to be accepted, valued, and connected to others. This theme is optional.

The exhibit opens December 4th and is open to all Bunnell members. Anyone who makes a donation in support of Bunnell’s mission and programs is considered a member. Join or renew your membership today. Artists are limited to one work each and must register here. Limited wooden 10×10 panels will be available in September and are generously provided by the exhibit’s sponsor, Homer Art & Frame, Thank you!

For postcard consideration, email a quality image of your artwork to info@Bunnellarts.org by November 10.

Requirements:

Artwork can be any medium, but it must be 10 inches in any direction.
Art must be ready to hang, and have artist’s name and title directly on the piece.
Artists must be current Bunnell Street Arts Center members.
Pricing must be in $100 increments. Artwork need not be for sale.
Artwork must be registered online.
Artwork is due Monday, November 30th, 2026 by 5pm. No exceptions.
Artwork may be mailed to:

Bunnell Street Arts Center

106 West Bunnell Ave, STE A.,

Homer, AK 99603

Artists are responsible for picking up or paying for return shipping for work that does not sell.

Membership:

New artist members are welcome to join at a $25 Introductory Membership donation. Renewing members are invited to join at a $5/monthly recurring donation, or at a level meaningful to you!

Welcome to HCOA’s Fun With 5x6x7 show! This open call group show features artists from all across Alaska with works in a variety of mediums and styles. HOCA invites everyone to explore and create an artwork of their own!

First Friday Opening Reception:

November 6th from 5-7pm

On Display from November 6th through December 12th in the HCOA Gallery

Artworks will be uploaded online by November 14th.

Come play soccer, shoot hoops, toss a ball, ride a scooter, play ping pong, or bring a (clean) scooter or strider bike to ride around on, and just be active! This is your time to do what you’d like in an open, safe environment out of the elements.

This class is $4.00 pp and is open to all ages (unaccompanied minors must be at least in 3rd grade w/ parents' permission & signing of SPARC waiver).

Sorry, NO roller skates, skateboards, pedal bikes w/ brakes or motorized toys are allowed at this time.

***Please send your child with a pair of clean indoor shoes to change into (in the entryway). Thank you for helping to keep our new floor looking good!***

We are so excited to have Katie Jo at the SPARC teaching a HIGH INTENSITY Zumba class Mondays from 5:30-6:30pm. This class is available to adults & high schoolers (14+) for $7.00 ($4 for SPARC & $3 for instructor). Hope to see you there!

***Please bring a pair of clean indoor shoes for you & your child to change into (in the entryway). Thank you for helping to keep our new floor looking good!***

Zumba is a workout that mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party, combining all elements of fitness – cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy and a lot of fun.

On Thursday, November 19, at 6 pm, join Naturalist-artist Kim McNett to learn about her recent voyage aboard the R/V Tiglax's fall cruise for Long-Term Ecological Research in the Gulf of Alaska. Kim will share her experience in interfacing science and art in coastal Alaskan communities through her collaborative project "Song of the Plankton."

Then, on Saturday, November 21, McNett and scientist Kim Schuster offer a science and art workshop investigating the plankton in Kachemak Bay. For more information, visit kpc.alaska.edu or call (907) 235-1674.

WOOHOO!!! Ultimate Frisbee is back inside on Mondays from 7:00-9:00pm! This class is open to teens & adults (12 yo & up w/ parents' permission & signing of SPARC waiver).

Come join the fun and toss some discs! We will be practicing and playing with official indoor 5v5 rules.

***Please bring clean indoor shoes to change into (in the entryway). Thank you for helping to keep our new floor looking good!***