Community Calendar

Fun With 5x6x7, a community show of small works at the Homer Council on the Arts Gallery on 10/7 from 5-7pm! This open call group show features over 100 artworks from artists across Alaska showcasing a variety of mediums and styles, just in time for holiday gift giving.

On Display from November 7th to December 8th in the HCOA Gallery

It's that time of year again. HCOA is looking for numerous volunteers to help us with our biggest event of the year! This years' Nutcracker Faire is bigger than ever with over 70 vendors!

The Faire will be held at Homer High on December 6th and 7th, with set up happening on Friday, December 5th. We are looking for volunteers on all three days. If you are available to help, please fill out the Volunteer Form on our website to let us know when you are available and which tasks you'd be willing to help with.

Please help us spread the word about our need for volunteers! We are a small team & The Nutcracker Faire is not possible without the support of our wonderful community.

Thank you,
HCOA

Volunteer Form Link: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/hiUWncyyaNUp1h1dABfUSA

Learn the Mariners' art of scrimshaw with naturalist and artist Conrad Field. The class, which starts January 12, meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7:30 pm for 4 & 1/2 weeks at Kachemak Bay Campus. The fee is $150, which includes supplies. The curriculum will guide students through carving techniques on a variety of materials, ending with a mounted piece of art on bone or antler. This could be the perfect holiday gift for someone on your list. For more information or to register, call (907) 235-1674 or visit kpc.alaska.edu/communitycourses.

Fun With 5x6x7, a community show of small works at the Homer Council on the Arts Gallery on 10/7 from 5-7pm! This open call group show features over 100 artworks from artists across Alaska showcasing a variety of mediums and styles, just in time for holiday gift giving.

On Display from November 7th to December 8th in the HCOA Gallery

It's that time of year again. HCOA is looking for numerous volunteers to help us with our biggest event of the year! This years' Nutcracker Faire is bigger than ever with over 70 vendors!

The Faire will be held at Homer High on December 6th and 7th, with set up happening on Friday, December 5th. We are looking for volunteers on all three days. If you are available to help, please fill out the Volunteer Form on our website to let us know when you are available and which tasks you'd be willing to help with.

Please help us spread the word about our need for volunteers! We are a small team & The Nutcracker Faire is not possible without the support of our wonderful community.

Thank you,
HCOA

Volunteer Form Link: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/hiUWncyyaNUp1h1dABfUSA

Fun With 5x6x7, a community show of small works at the Homer Council on the Arts Gallery on 10/7 from 5-7pm! This open call group show features over 100 artworks from artists across Alaska showcasing a variety of mediums and styles, just in time for holiday gift giving.

On Display from November 7th to December 8th in the HCOA Gallery

It's that time of year again. HCOA is looking for numerous volunteers to help us with our biggest event of the year! This years' Nutcracker Faire is bigger than ever with over 70 vendors!

The Faire will be held at Homer High on December 6th and 7th, with set up happening on Friday, December 5th. We are looking for volunteers on all three days. If you are available to help, please fill out the Volunteer Form on our website to let us know when you are available and which tasks you'd be willing to help with.

Please help us spread the word about our need for volunteers! We are a small team & The Nutcracker Faire is not possible without the support of our wonderful community.

Thank you,
HCOA

Volunteer Form Link: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/hiUWncyyaNUp1h1dABfUSA

Fun With 5x6x7, a community show of small works at the Homer Council on the Arts Gallery on 10/7 from 5-7pm! This open call group show features over 100 artworks from artists across Alaska showcasing a variety of mediums and styles, just in time for holiday gift giving.

On Display from November 7th to December 8th in the HCOA Gallery

It's that time of year again. HCOA is looking for numerous volunteers to help us with our biggest event of the year! This years' Nutcracker Faire is bigger than ever with over 70 vendors!

The Faire will be held at Homer High on December 6th and 7th, with set up happening on Friday, December 5th. We are looking for volunteers on all three days. If you are available to help, please fill out the Volunteer Form on our website to let us know when you are available and which tasks you'd be willing to help with.

Please help us spread the word about our need for volunteers! We are a small team & The Nutcracker Faire is not possible without the support of our wonderful community.

Thank you,
HCOA

Volunteer Form Link: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/hiUWncyyaNUp1h1dABfUSA

San Francisco-based artist Lucas Murgida will be in residence from November 29 – December 13th, 2025 at Bunnell Street Arts Center. Join an artist slidetalk and potluck on Thursday, December 4, 5:30-7:30 to learn about his interactive project “The Locksmithing Institute.” Participate in “Lesson 16: Tangled / Entangled / Untangled,” December 8 – 12th, at Bunnell.

Artist Statement:

“Through social practice, performance, and installations I create opportunities for audiences to experience private moments in public situations. Thematically, my projects address ideas of service, perception, liberation, privacy, power, and labor by utilizing the under-appreciated aspects and roles of human existence – such as furniture, locks, teachers, and service professionals – as raw material to craft my experiences. I have worked professionally in roles such as a cabinet maker, fine-dining busboy, and yoga teacher, and mined these jobs as resources to produce artistic work. This includes the nine years that I spent working as a professional locksmith which gave birth to a conceptual project called “The Locksmithing Institute.” This “school” travels to different public places and aims to teach anyone interested in themes or skills related to locksmithing. The classes are always free and open to people of all ages, abilities, status’, and backgrounds.”

Artist Slidetalk & Potluck: Thursday, Dec. 4th, 5:30-7:30pm at Bunnell Street Arts Center. Bring a dish to share!
The Locksmithing Institute: Lesson 16 Tangled/Entangled/Untangled: Monday, Dec. 8th – Friday, Dec.12th, 12:00 – 3:00pm, community members are invited to meet with resident artist Lucas Murgida. Using washed up, tangled bundles of fishing rope, you’ll collaborate with Lucas to repurpose them into a collaborative art project. Bring your own salvaged rope, or use materials provided. Free.

This residency is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Rural CAP Foundation and donors who support Bunnell Street Arts Center.