Community Calendar

Storytime at the PRATT: Amazing Bird Migration
Tuesdays in May | 10:30am | no cost | age 3-10
with a *SPECIAL* Shorebird Edition Storytime on WEDNESDAY May 6th
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 – Homer painter Oceans Wills exhibits “What Color Blue” at Bunnell Street Arts Center May 1 – June 2, 2026. The exhibit opens on First Friday, May 1, from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm.

Artist Statement

This body of work takes place locally in the landscapes of the Kachemak Bay area, among the plants and animals we share space with. It contains many of the ideas and themes I continue to explore in my art: Relationships to nature, community, and self, appreciation of the ordinary and the beauty found anywhere, acknowledgment of anxieties, sorrows, and unknowns, expressions of holding and being held. Also included is playfulness and curiosity as I followed what most excited me creatively. I let myself embrace eclectic concepts and imagery with trust that the work would fit together through pattern, color, and possibility of evocation. I often approach painting like collage, pulling observational and imagined images together with the question of how they relate. This exhibit offers a question that comes to mind almost daily–what color blue–on horizon, on cloud bottom, on coffee mug, water jug, on the palette. Blue is open to interpretation, an invitation to notice.

Biography:

Oceana has long been inspired by the ocean and spent many summers on it as a deckhand in the commercial salmon fisheries. Her earlier work centers women in the fishing industry and imagines mermaid life parallel to life on land. She spends summer on land these days and her art is inspired by the animals, rocks, plants, people, and landscapes of her hometown, Homer. Oceana’s primary medium is gouache paint on clay board panels (a smooth archival surface) or on paper. She also works in acrylic, pen, and embroidery and is learning how to sew.

Come play duplicate bridge with local bridge players. This is an ACBL event. All are welcome. Call or email for more information.

Storytime at the PRATT: Amazing Bird Migration
Tuesdays in May | 10:30am | no cost | age 3-10
with a *SPECIAL* Shorebird Edition Storytime on WEDNESDAY May 6th
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 – Homer painter Oceans Wills exhibits “What Color Blue” at Bunnell Street Arts Center May 1 – June 2, 2026. The exhibit opens on First Friday, May 1, from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm.

Artist Statement

This body of work takes place locally in the landscapes of the Kachemak Bay area, among the plants and animals we share space with. It contains many of the ideas and themes I continue to explore in my art: Relationships to nature, community, and self, appreciation of the ordinary and the beauty found anywhere, acknowledgment of anxieties, sorrows, and unknowns, expressions of holding and being held. Also included is playfulness and curiosity as I followed what most excited me creatively. I let myself embrace eclectic concepts and imagery with trust that the work would fit together through pattern, color, and possibility of evocation. I often approach painting like collage, pulling observational and imagined images together with the question of how they relate. This exhibit offers a question that comes to mind almost daily–what color blue–on horizon, on cloud bottom, on coffee mug, water jug, on the palette. Blue is open to interpretation, an invitation to notice.

Biography:

Oceana has long been inspired by the ocean and spent many summers on it as a deckhand in the commercial salmon fisheries. Her earlier work centers women in the fishing industry and imagines mermaid life parallel to life on land. She spends summer on land these days and her art is inspired by the animals, rocks, plants, people, and landscapes of her hometown, Homer. Oceana’s primary medium is gouache paint on clay board panels (a smooth archival surface) or on paper. She also works in acrylic, pen, and embroidery and is learning how to sew.

Homer, Alaska – Bunnell Street Arts Center welcomes Canadian filmmakers David Cherniak & Jenny Cartwright as Artists in Residence from May 2-29th, 2026. They will develop a multi-channel film/video installation, host a solargraphy workshop, and share their work at a closing reception and potluck.

Artist Statement:

“Ai Weiwei’s 1995 Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn shows the artist deliberately smashing a 2,000-year-old urn. In doing so, he rejects part of his country’s cultural heritage and critiques the production of cultural value in China. ‘What would you smash to the ground?’ I asked Jenny as we admired the life-size Triptych. ‘A Macbook Pro,’ she replied. As artists, it is difficult to remain oblivious to the environmental impact of our rapidly outdated hardware and the ever-increasing amounts of energy required to store the images we produce.”

Solargraphy Workshop: Join artists David Cherniak & Jenny Cartwright for a solargraphy workshop using a pinhole camera on Wednesday, May 13th, 5-8pm. $20 discount/ $25 general / $30 pay it forward. Limit 12.

Storytime at the PRATT: Amazing Bird Migration
Tuesdays in May | 10:30am | no cost | age 3-10
with a *SPECIAL* Shorebird Edition Storytime on WEDNESDAY May 6th
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 – Homer painter Oceans Wills exhibits “What Color Blue” at Bunnell Street Arts Center May 1 – June 2, 2026. The exhibit opens on First Friday, May 1, from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 6pm.

Artist Statement

This body of work takes place locally in the landscapes of the Kachemak Bay area, among the plants and animals we share space with. It contains many of the ideas and themes I continue to explore in my art: Relationships to nature, community, and self, appreciation of the ordinary and the beauty found anywhere, acknowledgment of anxieties, sorrows, and unknowns, expressions of holding and being held. Also included is playfulness and curiosity as I followed what most excited me creatively. I let myself embrace eclectic concepts and imagery with trust that the work would fit together through pattern, color, and possibility of evocation. I often approach painting like collage, pulling observational and imagined images together with the question of how they relate. This exhibit offers a question that comes to mind almost daily–what color blue–on horizon, on cloud bottom, on coffee mug, water jug, on the palette. Blue is open to interpretation, an invitation to notice.

Biography:

Oceana has long been inspired by the ocean and spent many summers on it as a deckhand in the commercial salmon fisheries. Her earlier work centers women in the fishing industry and imagines mermaid life parallel to life on land. She spends summer on land these days and her art is inspired by the animals, rocks, plants, people, and landscapes of her hometown, Homer. Oceana’s primary medium is gouache paint on clay board panels (a smooth archival surface) or on paper. She also works in acrylic, pen, and embroidery and is learning how to sew.

Dan Coyle Author Talk and Book Signing at the Homer Public Library Thursday, May 14, 2026, 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Join us at the library with author Dan Coyle to hear insights from his latest title "Flourish: The Art of Building Meaning, Joy, and Fulfillment."

A science-based, practical blueprint for cultivating a life—at work and at home—full of belonging, joy, and vitality, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code

Dan Coyle is the award-winning author of multiple New York Times bestsellers whose work explores how people and groups grow, perform, and thrive. He combines immersive field reporting with behavioral science to create practical frameworks for building skill, culture, and meaningful connection.

Books will be available for purchase at the event through the Homer Bookstore.

Storytime at the PRATT: Amazing Bird Migration
Tuesdays in May | 10:30am | no cost | age 3-10
with a *SPECIAL* Shorebird Edition Storytime on WEDNESDAY May 6th
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