Community Calendar

Bunnell Street Arts Center announces calls for applications for Bunnell’s Visual Arts Exhibit and Alaska AIR Artist in Residence programs. The application period runs from September 1 – October 31, 2024. Apply at www.callforentry.org
VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITS:

A community tradition established in 1991, Bunnell Street Arts Center’s Visual Arts Exhibit program demonstrates 30 years of innovation, experiment and excellence. Exhibits nurture and promote Alaska artists with opportunities for professional development, networking and creative exchange. Exhibits create dialog and engagement with Bunnell’s expansive community around Alaska’s artistic heritage and diversity. Learn more at: https://www.bunnellarts.org/visual-art-exhibitions/
“ALASKA AIR” ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:

Bunnell Street Arts Center’s “Alaska AIR” Artist-in-Residency program seeks international, US and Alaska artists looking to create new work and deeply engage Bunnell’s community.

Bunnell seeks artists to strengthen the social, physical and economic fabric of Homer through the arts by addressing pertinent themes. These may include accessibility, inclusion, sustainability, skills sharing and exchange, enhancing community well being, joy, or artistic strategies to build connection within communities. Learn more at: https://www.bunnellarts.org/artist-in-residence/

Apply to either of these two opportunities at www.callforentry.org from September 1 – October 31.

Additional applicant questions can be directed to Artistic Director, Asia Freeman: asia@bunnellarts.org

Bunnell Street Arts Center announces Call for Art for this year’s 10 x 10 Member’s Exhibit themed “In Memory Of…” Join or renew your membership at Bunnell. Register artwork by Monday, October 21st, art due on Monday, October 28th and exhibit opens Friday, November 1st.

“In Memory Of…” offers space for reflection,, grief, and process for the role loss plays in life. Works created for “In Memory of” may pay tribute to loved ones, places, and experiences that have deeply shaped us. Variations and interpretations are welcome for this theme include retablos, paintings, altars and constructions created “in memorium” or as “mementos mori.”

All work must be 10 inches in any direction, and must be ready to hang on the wall or place on a pedestal. Members may submit up to 3 works for sale at $100, $200, $300 or $400. Wooden 10” x 10” panels are available at Bunnell, while supplies last. Register artwork online by October 21st here: (https://www.bunnellarts.org/community-engagement/10-x-10/)

Art due to the gallery by Monday, October 28th, 11-5pm. Work may be mailed to Bunnell Street Arts Center; 106 West Bunnell Ave, STE A Homer, AK 99603.

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 a $50 Individual donation.

Email your artwork by October 10th to be considered for the exhibit postcard.

This Member’s Exhibit is sponsored by Homer Art and Frame. Thank You!

HCOA is looking for wheel throwers and handbuilders to help us give back to our community by creating bowls for the 2024 Empty Bowls fundraiser supporting the Homer Food Pantry.

Come to one, two, or all three of workdays to help us give back while helping you improve your skills, these three events are great opportunities for growing potters to gain experience through practice.

*These events are only open to former or current participants of HCOA’s ceramics class series, not stand alone workshop attendees.

**All bowls made during the bowl bash events will be donated to the Homer Food Pantry Empty Bowls Fundraiser

Monday, October 21st from 6-9pm: Pottery Throw Down!
Join us in the HCOA Studio for an evening of creating! Using the wheel or handbuilding, we invite you to help us create as many bowls as we can.

Friday, October 25th from 6-9pm: Trim-a-thon!
During the second evening, help us trim, decorate, or just clean up all the empty bowls before the enter a bisque firing.

Sunday, November 3rd from 12-3pm: Glaze Party!
For our last get together, help us glaze up our empty bowls and make them pretty!

RSVP online at https://homerart.org/event/empty-bowl-bash/2024-10-21/

Call or stop by the office with any questions during open hours 1-5pm Mon-Sat

It’s time again for HCOA’s annual 'Fun with 5X7 show'. This small works show is about challenging artists to experiment & try something new, with size being the only constraint. There are no prompts or subjects, open to all ages, abilities and mediums, 3D mediums are also encouraged. Each artist may submit up to 6 works, learn more and submit work at https://homerart.org/event/2024-fun-with-5x7-call-for-art/

Bunnell Street Arts Center announces calls for applications for Bunnell’s Visual Arts Exhibit and Alaska AIR Artist in Residence programs. The application period runs from September 1 – October 31, 2024. Apply at www.callforentry.org
VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITS:

A community tradition established in 1991, Bunnell Street Arts Center’s Visual Arts Exhibit program demonstrates 30 years of innovation, experiment and excellence. Exhibits nurture and promote Alaska artists with opportunities for professional development, networking and creative exchange. Exhibits create dialog and engagement with Bunnell’s expansive community around Alaska’s artistic heritage and diversity. Learn more at: https://www.bunnellarts.org/visual-art-exhibitions/
“ALASKA AIR” ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:

Bunnell Street Arts Center’s “Alaska AIR” Artist-in-Residency program seeks international, US and Alaska artists looking to create new work and deeply engage Bunnell’s community.

Bunnell seeks artists to strengthen the social, physical and economic fabric of Homer through the arts by addressing pertinent themes. These may include accessibility, inclusion, sustainability, skills sharing and exchange, enhancing community well being, joy, or artistic strategies to build connection within communities. Learn more at: https://www.bunnellarts.org/artist-in-residence/

Apply to either of these two opportunities at www.callforentry.org from September 1 – October 31.

Additional applicant questions can be directed to Artistic Director, Asia Freeman: asia@bunnellarts.org

Bunnell Street Arts Center announces Call for Art for this year’s 10 x 10 Member’s Exhibit themed “In Memory Of…” Join or renew your membership at Bunnell. Register artwork by Monday, October 21st, art due on Monday, October 28th and exhibit opens Friday, November 1st.

“In Memory Of…” offers space for reflection,, grief, and process for the role loss plays in life. Works created for “In Memory of” may pay tribute to loved ones, places, and experiences that have deeply shaped us. Variations and interpretations are welcome for this theme include retablos, paintings, altars and constructions created “in memorium” or as “mementos mori.”

All work must be 10 inches in any direction, and must be ready to hang on the wall or place on a pedestal. Members may submit up to 3 works for sale at $100, $200, $300 or $400. Wooden 10” x 10” panels are available at Bunnell, while supplies last. Register artwork online by October 21st here: (https://www.bunnellarts.org/community-engagement/10-x-10/)

Art due to the gallery by Monday, October 28th, 11-5pm. Work may be mailed to Bunnell Street Arts Center; 106 West Bunnell Ave, STE A Homer, AK 99603.

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 a $50 Individual donation.

Email your artwork by October 10th to be considered for the exhibit postcard.

This Member’s Exhibit is sponsored by Homer Art and Frame. Thank You!

HCOA is looking for wheel throwers and handbuilders to help us give back to our community by creating bowls for the 2024 Empty Bowls fundraiser supporting the Homer Food Pantry.

Come to one, two, or all three of workdays to help us give back while helping you improve your skills, these three events are great opportunities for growing potters to gain experience through practice.

*These events are only open to former or current participants of HCOA’s ceramics class series, not stand alone workshop attendees.

**All bowls made during the bowl bash events will be donated to the Homer Food Pantry Empty Bowls Fundraiser

Monday, October 21st from 6-9pm: Pottery Throw Down!
Join us in the HCOA Studio for an evening of creating! Using the wheel or handbuilding, we invite you to help us create as many bowls as we can.

Friday, October 25th from 6-9pm: Trim-a-thon!
During the second evening, help us trim, decorate, or just clean up all the empty bowls before the enter a bisque firing.

Sunday, November 3rd from 12-3pm: Glaze Party!
For our last get together, help us glaze up our empty bowls and make them pretty!

RSVP online at https://homerart.org/event/empty-bowl-bash/2024-10-21/

Call or stop by the office with any questions during open hours 1-5pm Mon-Sat

It’s time again for HCOA’s annual 'Fun with 5X7 show'. This small works show is about challenging artists to experiment & try something new, with size being the only constraint. There are no prompts or subjects, open to all ages, abilities and mediums, 3D mediums are also encouraged. Each artist may submit up to 6 works, learn more and submit work at https://homerart.org/event/2024-fun-with-5x7-call-for-art/

A nonprofit organization that delivers string-based music programs to youth, Homer OPUS also provides opportunities for advanced youth and adult string players to come together to learn, play, and perform.

New and returning advanced youth and adult players are invited to join our fall Codas semester that kicks off this week with String Instructor, Abimael Melendez. The first semester is free.

Need more information? Visit homeropus.org or email programmanager@homeropus.org.

Need a bit more time to decide? Registration is open through September 15.

Ready to register? Here's the link: https://homeropus.org/hysoc-registration

Bunnell Street Arts Center announces calls for applications for Bunnell’s Visual Arts Exhibit and Alaska AIR Artist in Residence programs. The application period runs from September 1 – October 31, 2024. Apply at www.callforentry.org
VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITS:

A community tradition established in 1991, Bunnell Street Arts Center’s Visual Arts Exhibit program demonstrates 30 years of innovation, experiment and excellence. Exhibits nurture and promote Alaska artists with opportunities for professional development, networking and creative exchange. Exhibits create dialog and engagement with Bunnell’s expansive community around Alaska’s artistic heritage and diversity. Learn more at: https://www.bunnellarts.org/visual-art-exhibitions/
“ALASKA AIR” ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:

Bunnell Street Arts Center’s “Alaska AIR” Artist-in-Residency program seeks international, US and Alaska artists looking to create new work and deeply engage Bunnell’s community.

Bunnell seeks artists to strengthen the social, physical and economic fabric of Homer through the arts by addressing pertinent themes. These may include accessibility, inclusion, sustainability, skills sharing and exchange, enhancing community well being, joy, or artistic strategies to build connection within communities. Learn more at: https://www.bunnellarts.org/artist-in-residence/

Apply to either of these two opportunities at www.callforentry.org from September 1 – October 31.

Additional applicant questions can be directed to Artistic Director, Asia Freeman: asia@bunnellarts.org