Alaska Literary Award, 2024 Denali National Park, Dene lands Erica Watson is an essayist living on the boundary of Denali National Park, on traditional Dene lands, with her partner and dog. Her work centers the intersection of human and nonhuman worlds, community, and climate change, and aims to complicate the narratives around US conservation and land management. She has worked in environmental … Read More
Todd Sformo
October 18, 2024
Alaska Literary Award, 2024 Utqiaġvik Todd Sformo is a wildlife biologist in Utqiaġvik, formerly called Barrow, working on fish and bowhead whales in support of subsistence on the North Slope. He views science and the humanities as mutually dependent after studying both—PhD and MS in biology, MFA in creative writing, MA in art history, and BA in philosophy. In addition to publishing scientific … Read More
Susan Campbell
October 18, 2024
Alaska Literary Award, 2024 Fairbanks Susan Campbell arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1989 and found home. Her life as a poet, teacher, book artist, and outdoor adventurer is tethered to the far north. She treasures the thirty years she dedicated to teaching elementary school. Decades of wilderness adventures in Alaska have keenly shaped her life and her writing. Susan creates artist books that … Read More
Sarah Birdsall
October 18, 2024
Alaska Literary Award, 2024 Talkeetna Sarah Birdsall has lived in Alaska most of her life, with many of her formative years spent in remote parts of the state. A former award-winning journalist and a Rasmuson Foundation award recipient, she has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Alaska Anchorage and lives in her hometown of Talkeetna, Alaska, where she’s always writing … Read More
Latitude: 2014 Arts Convergence
April 17, 2014
The top 10 reasons you should attend the Latitude: 2014 Alaska Arts Convergence in Anchorage, May 1-3. Register now! 1. The opening keynote by Richard Evans, The Real Work - New Practices for a New Era in the Arts, will inspire you with new and innovative ideas for your work. After Richard's keynote we will be unveiling a new program-a partnership of the Rasmuson Foundation, EmcArts, … Read More
James Adcox
Visual Arts 2011 Anchorage In the eleven years James Adcox has resided in Alaska, he has participated in numerous group gallery showings in Fairbanks, Nome, and most recently the Kenai Peninsula. As an oil painter, watercolorist, print-maker, and muralist, James has produced artwork for three solo shows, Backroads, Parkas & Plywood, and Arctic Entry. In 2009, James was privileged to have … Read More
Wendy Gingell
Visual Arts 2011 Anchorage Wendy Gingell is a full time ceramic artist. Her work can be seen throughout the United States, Germany and in Canada. She has exhibited at American Craft Council shows in Baltimore and San Francisco, The Bellevue Fine Arts Museum Arts Fair as well as various other craft fairs throughout the United States and Canada. In 2010 Wendy was chosen as one of 12 of the United … Read More
Michael Conti
Visual Arts 2011 Anchorage Michael Conti is a photographer and video artist based in Anchorage, Alaska. He was born in San Francisco, raised in Pennsylvania and came to Alaska at age 23 in search of adventure. He earned a BFA from the University of Alaska Anchorage, and an MFA from the Art Institute of Boston. He has received numerous awards for his photography and video including Best of … Read More
Yngvil Vatn Guttu
Performing Arts 2009 Homer and Anchorage Yngvil is a composer, musician, theatre director and performer, writer, educator and community activist. She was born in Oslo, Norway but left to study theatre and music in London, UK. Yngvil came to Alaska on a theatre tour in 2002 and decided to stay. She ran several youth theatre companies before she decided to focus on her own projects - including … Read More
Schatzie Schaefers
Performing Arts 2009 Anchorage The Connie Boochever Fellowship gave Schatzie Schaefers the opportunity to seek professional mentorship in developing a new full length play for the stage. She worked with Bay Area dramaturg Jayne Wenger throughout the entire process of writing VASHON. Through regular emails, Skype chats, and a reading retreat held in San Francisco, Jayne gave Schatzie guidance in … Read More