Bunnell Street Arts Center invites you to paint a commemorative art plate for the 32nd Annual Plate Project fundraiser. Paint during gallery hours, Mon-Sat 11-5 pm. Supplies are provided. Bunnell staff offer instruction and tips. Stay tuned for workshops and evening paint-ins.
Every year dozens of Alaskan artists create unique art plates for Bunnell’s Plate Project. Bisqued, handmade ceramic plates made by local potters become canvases for brilliant food-safe underglazes. Plate painters are artists, community members, and Bunnell supporters — anyone committed to crafting an excellent plate that will raise essential operating support for the mission and programs of Bunnell Street Arts Center. Plates are exhibited at the Plate Project Opening in May (TBD) and competitively selected by new and renewing Bunnell members in thanks for $125 to $1000+ donations.
Painters may paint in-person during gallery business hours. This project welcomes adult and older teen artists, but requires a devotion to detail and a commitment of time to create a quality art plate. Painted plates are due back Tuesday, April 1, 2026. Contact Brianna Lee, b.lee@bunnellarts with any questions.
The Plate Project is made possible thanks to Homer’s vibrant ceramic community. Local potters transform hundreds of pounds of clay into bisqued plates, Thank You! An artist-led community effort since 1995, the Plate Project is Bunnell Street Arts Center’s keystone fundraiser for the mission and programs that benefit artists and communities across Alaska. This year’s Plate Project will be fired by Bunnell Board member and local potter Jeff Szarzi.
Consider “Gifting a Plate” at $125 level (or higher), to someone who values the arts and community together via Bunnell’s Mission and annual programs. Your Giftee would also receive an invitation to exclusive donor events, monthly Visual Art Exhibition cards and donor recognition in our Annual Review.
A special thanks to our local business community who supports the mission and programs of Bunnell Street Arts Center: 59 North LLC, AJ’s Oldtown Steakhouse, Alasandro’s Market, Alaska Shellfish Farms, Citizen Salmon, Cosmic Cannabis, Fat Olives Restaurant, Global FCU, Grace Ridge Brewing Inc, The Grog Shop, Homer Art and Frame, Homer Brewery, Homer Electric Association, Inlet Law, Kachemak Bay Conservation Society, The Kannery, KBBI, La Baleine Café, Loopy Lupine Distribution LLC, Northwind Home Collection, Peninsula Art Guild, Salt Pine, SeaGlo, Two Sister’s Bakery, Ulmer’s Drug and Hardware, Uncle Herb’s, Vida’s Thai Food Restaurant.
