Community Calendar

Storytime at the PRATT: Planet Earth

Tuesdays in April | 10:30am | no cost | age 3-10

Storytime is a weekly event! Join us to read a story with a Pratt Museum Staff member, tour the galleries, and participate in an activity or craft.

Questions? CONTACT the Museum’s Education Staff – education@prattmuseum.org

Homer, Alaska – Tamara Ann Burgh is Artist in Residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center April 1-29, 2026. Burgh’s exhibit of watercolor illustrations and woodblock prints opens on First Friday, April 3 from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm. During her residency she will lead a watercolor workshop April 15 from 6 to 8 pm. Register at BunnellArts.org.

Artist Statement

“I discovered the book “Alaskan Igloo Tales” (c. 1974, illustrations by G. Agupuk) years ago while working in Nome, AK’s Indian Education Art and Culture Program. At that time, the stories in this book felt strange and distant from modern Native culture and experience.

My self-studies in myth, history, Native cultures, and spirituality renewed my interest in the fascinating and inspiring stories in “Alaskan Igloo Tales.” I’ve chosen to visually reinterpret the book’s Inupiaq-identifying stories based on my new understanding, gained through studying Joseph Campbell’s mythic language and symbols.

This project started with two residencies at IAIA in Santa Fe and continued with a residency at Makotaay Art Village in Taiwan. I’ve illustrated all thirty stories in watercolor. These watercolor sketches serve as composition and color studies for moku hanga, a Japanese woodblock-style printmaking process.”

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!***

Homer, Alaska – Tamara Ann Burgh is Artist in Residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center April 1-29, 2026. Burgh’s exhibit of watercolor illustrations and woodblock prints opens on First Friday, April 3 from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm. During her residency she will lead a watercolor workshop April 15 from 6 to 8 pm. Register at BunnellArts.org.

Artist Statement

“I discovered the book “Alaskan Igloo Tales” (c. 1974, illustrations by G. Agupuk) years ago while working in Nome, AK’s Indian Education Art and Culture Program. At that time, the stories in this book felt strange and distant from modern Native culture and experience.

My self-studies in myth, history, Native cultures, and spirituality renewed my interest in the fascinating and inspiring stories in “Alaskan Igloo Tales.” I’ve chosen to visually reinterpret the book’s Inupiaq-identifying stories based on my new understanding, gained through studying Joseph Campbell’s mythic language and symbols.

This project started with two residencies at IAIA in Santa Fe and continued with a residency at Makotaay Art Village in Taiwan. I’ve illustrated all thirty stories in watercolor. These watercolor sketches serve as composition and color studies for moku hanga, a Japanese woodblock-style printmaking process.”

A FREE offering from the KBFPC Teen Health team! Once a week Life Lab after school for 5th & 6th grade empowers students with information about their changing bodies. Utilizing the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District-approved curriculum “The Great Body Shop” students will participate in activities, art projects, and discussions about puberty, emotions, and more! Drop ins welcome, learn more and sign up at: https://kbfpc-teenhealth.org/life-lab/

Homer, Alaska – Tamara Ann Burgh is Artist in Residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center April 1-29, 2026. Burgh’s exhibit of watercolor illustrations and woodblock prints opens on First Friday, April 3 from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm. During her residency she will lead a watercolor workshop April 15 from 6 to 8 pm. Register at BunnellArts.org.

Artist Statement

“I discovered the book “Alaskan Igloo Tales” (c. 1974, illustrations by G. Agupuk) years ago while working in Nome, AK’s Indian Education Art and Culture Program. At that time, the stories in this book felt strange and distant from modern Native culture and experience.

My self-studies in myth, history, Native cultures, and spirituality renewed my interest in the fascinating and inspiring stories in “Alaskan Igloo Tales.” I’ve chosen to visually reinterpret the book’s Inupiaq-identifying stories based on my new understanding, gained through studying Joseph Campbell’s mythic language and symbols.

This project started with two residencies at IAIA in Santa Fe and continued with a residency at Makotaay Art Village in Taiwan. I’ve illustrated all thirty stories in watercolor. These watercolor sketches serve as composition and color studies for moku hanga, a Japanese woodblock-style printmaking process.”

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 environment.

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). ***Please check the current schedule for updated days & times, since they fluctuate throughout the school year***

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!***

Homer, Alaska – Join Princess Daazhraii Johnson, current artist in residence at Storyknife Writer’s Retreat, for a screening of her films This Is a Story About Salmon, Gath & K’iyh, and Two Old Women at Bunnell Street Arts Center on Thursday, April 9th at 6pm, free.

This event, co-sponsored by Storyknife Writers Retreat and Bunnell Street Arts Center, will feature a screening of three short films by writer and producer Princess Daazhraii Johnson. After the screening, Johnson will discuss her work and take questions from the audience.

The film This Is a Story About Salmon explores the central role of salmon in Alaska Native subsistence communities and shows how these communities come together to support one another, heal, and bear powerful witness to their resilience and resistance. Gath & K’iyh: Listen to Heal highlights a gathering of community members and renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma to honor salmon and birch trees as part of a process of collective healing. Shaaghan Neekwaii: Two Old Women is the first screen adaptation of Velma Wallis’s 1993 novel, filmed in Fairbanks, Alaska, and told entirely in the Gwich’in language. The screening is free.

Artist bio

Princess Daazhraii Johnson (she/her) is Neets’aii Gwich’in and a Peabody Award winning producer/writer and Emmy-nominated writer/producer of PBS Kids Molly of Denali and HBO’s True Detective. She is humbled to serve on the board of Native Movement and NDN Collective – collectively, she works to protect the lands, waters, animal and plant relatives that continue to take care of all of us. Her most recent short narrative film, “Shaaghan Neekwaii” (Two Old Women) is based on Velma Wallis’ award-winning book and is entirely in Dinjii Zhuh K’yaa – the Gwich’in language.

Storyknife Writers Retreat’s mission is to give women writers the time and space to explore their craft without distraction. Storyknife provides women with a community to support their efforts, lifting their voices.

Bunnell Street Arts Center’s mission is to spark artistic inquiry, innovation and equity to strengthen the physical, social and economic fabric of Alaska.

Homer, Alaska – Tamara Ann Burgh is Artist in Residence at Bunnell Street Arts Center April 1-29, 2026. Burgh’s exhibit of watercolor illustrations and woodblock prints opens on First Friday, April 3 from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm. During her residency she will lead a watercolor workshop April 15 from 6 to 8 pm. Register at BunnellArts.org.

Artist Statement

“I discovered the book “Alaskan Igloo Tales” (c. 1974, illustrations by G. Agupuk) years ago while working in Nome, AK’s Indian Education Art and Culture Program. At that time, the stories in this book felt strange and distant from modern Native culture and experience.

My self-studies in myth, history, Native cultures, and spirituality renewed my interest in the fascinating and inspiring stories in “Alaskan Igloo Tales.” I’ve chosen to visually reinterpret the book’s Inupiaq-identifying stories based on my new understanding, gained through studying Joseph Campbell’s mythic language and symbols.

This project started with two residencies at IAIA in Santa Fe and continued with a residency at Makotaay Art Village in Taiwan. I’ve illustrated all thirty stories in watercolor. These watercolor sketches serve as composition and color studies for moku hanga, a Japanese woodblock-style printmaking process.”

Join Pratt Education Staff and Youth Librarian Cinda to learn all about sea otters.

This Early Release Day Program will be held at the Homer Public Library.

This is a FREE event but registration is required. https://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library/otters-library

This event is intended for elementary aged kids.

The program is part of a series of collaborations between the Homer Public Library and the Pratt Museum. Events for school aged youth will take place on KPBSD early release days throughout the school year.

Friday, April 10 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm