PRATT MUSEUM

OUR STORIES, OUR PLACE

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CALL FOR STORIES: WRITTEN, CRAFTED, CAPTURED

This month, the Pratt Museum is hosting an exciting new participatory exhibit, OUR STORIES, OUR PLACE: Stories of place from the community.

We share our past experiences | A door to our path forward | We write our journey together | We paint our collective path.

To celebrate the Pratt Museum’s rich past and explore possibilities for the future, we’re inviting our community to share their stories of this place. These submissions may be specific to memories of the Pratt Museum, or to the Kachemak Bay region in general. Both visual art and written word will be accepted.

  • Art submission should be digitally submitted using form below; limited to 500MB per file.
  • Written submission should be 300 characters or less and digitally submitted below.

Submissions will be on placed on display in the OUR STORIES, OUR PLACE exhibit from January 5 to February 5 and will be featured in a First Friday Exhibition on February 2 from 4-7. Exhibit will be updated weekly to reflect additional submissions.

COPYRIGHT RELEASE: All submissions grant the Pratt Museum permission to use, publish, modify, distribute and display submitted work and personal information, including name, age, and school for exhibits, displays, advertising, educational and promotional materials for the OUR STORIES, OUR PLACE EXHIBIT at the discretion of the Pratt Museum.

OUR STORIES, OUR PLACE | Call for Student Art

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In January, the Pratt Museum will be hosting an exciting new participatory exhibit – OUR STORIES, OUR PLACE: Stories of place from the community | We share our past experiences | A door to our path forward | We write our journey together | We paint our collective path.

To celebrate the Pratt Museum’s rich past and explore possibilities for the future, we’re inviting our community to share their stories of this place. We are inviting teachers and staff at local schools to select student art that reflects stories of this place. We are also inviting youth to submit their own work independently. These submissions may be specific to memories of the Pratt Museum, or to the Kachemak Bay region in general. Both art and written word will be accepted.

  • Art submission should be between 4×6” and 20×18” and should include a backing material.
  • Written submission should be 300 characters or less, handwritten or typed (word-processed submission may be displayed using a different font than the original document).
  • Please deliver submissions to Whitney Harness or Keetra Dixon at the Pratt Museum by December 15th at 6pm. Contact Whitney at wharness@prattmuseum.org or Keetra at kdixon@prattmuseum.org for more information or with questions. Submissions will be available for pickup February 10, 2024.

Submissions will be on display in the OUR STORIES, OUR PLACE exhibit from January 5 to February 5 and will be featured in a First Friday Exhibition on February 2 from 4-7.

COPYRIGHT RELEASE: All submissions grant the Pratt Museum permission to use, publish, modify, distribute and display submitted work and personal information, including name, age, and school for exhibits, displays, advertising, educational and promotional materials for the OUR STORIES, OUR PLACE EXHIBIT at the discretion of the Pratt Museum.

“Universal Connections: Experiences Bringing Us Together”

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The Pratt Museum and Park is hosting an exhibit in collaboration with the World Arts Festival in Homer, AK. The exhibit is opening September 2 at our First Friday in the downstairs gallery where admission will be free. The exhibit is entitled Universal Connections: Bringing Us Together and is a mix of photographs from around the world curated by Sarah Borgen. ​It is a collaborative exhibit showcasing artwork from local artists.

More on the theme of Universal Connections

Throughout our lives, we get caught in a whirlwind of concerns, thoughts, and anxieties only to briefly pierce the interpersonal veil and see ourselves in the eyes of others. These insights can define our lives by how we sense interconnectivity with all people and each person’s unique experiences of life. 

“Universal Connections: Experiences Bringing Us Together” is a collaborative photo exhibit of moments where we see ourselves in each other, a shared encounter of being human.

An example of what the exhibit will showcase…

To have Tea is To Share Tea – Jeffrey Eide, Sri Lanka 2009

Saman spotted me in the market in Haputale, Sri Lanka. Labeling me as a friend and insisting I join him for a cup of tea. “To have tea is to share tea” It was more than a catchy slogan, Saman lived this value. His eyes blinked slowly like a comfortable cat and his voice calm with wisdom. I felt  a profound sense of connection to someone who I would never see again. He sometimes speaks to me in dreams. This is the effect we have on each other, his presence has reminded me.

A Mother’s Gratitude – Jeffrey Eid Sri Lanka 2009

“What is your mother’s name?” My local friend had informed me she asked. We met at the store while I was trying out local snacks. Her name eludes me today. With a series of brief exchanges, I asked her about her children, and could see a sense of disconnection, of loss. When I asked her if I could take her picture, she agreed, on condition that I sent it to my mother and expressed my love.

Reflecting Upon 50 Years of the Pratt Museum

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The Pratt Museum has been a part of the Kachemak Bay region for 50 years! Do you have a fond memory or story of the Pratt Museum that you’d like to share? We’re collecting reflections in any form: stories, poems, haiku, et cetera!

Compiled contributions will be gathering into a publication to debut in 2019.

Please complete the following form with your story. If you’d like to add more, or send a flashback photo, send to info@prattmuseum.org.

Thank you for being a part of the Museum!

 

 

Ties us Together

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Due: Now through June 1, 2018

What are the activities that tie our community together? How would you represent our community to an audience in 2068? Submit a photo of one activity that ties us together! Images will be part of a large format collage in Ties Us Together, a community-based installation by Sharlene Cline, May 4 – July 1, 2018.

No description necessary.

Deadline:

Images submitted through June 1, 2018 will be part of a large, progressively growing collage.

 Please submit hardcopy images to the museum’s front desk.

Submissions are considered a donation for art installation, and will not be returned. Inclusion is at the discretion of the artist.

Kachemak 2068: Future Visions

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Artwork Due: April 9 – 16, 2018, (M-F, 9am-5 pm.)

 

As the Pratt Museum looks back on 50 years of collecting community history, we also look to the future to ask what we will collect over the next 50. How do you envision our community and our museum in 2068? Contribute to creating our shared future through this special anniversary exhibit curated by Sharlene Cline.

Goal: to explore visions of Kachemak Bay fifty years in the future.

Artwork Due: April 9 – 16, 2018, (M-F, 9am-5 pm.)

Exhibit: May 4 – July 1, 2018

Guidelines

  • Artists may submit work in any medium: visual art, media, or narrative.* Please inquire about extra large works or special concerns.
    * please no live organics—living plants or materials with the potential to harbor insects*
  • Please include with the artwork:
    • Title
    • Media
    • Artist
    • Brief statement (200 words max)
    • Sale price or “Not for Sale” (sale price includes 25% commission)
    • Any special instructions for installation
  • Artist loan agreement must be completed at or before drop off
  • Inclusion in the exhibition and gallery design is at the discretion of the curator

Questions?

Contact Scott Bartlett, Curator of Exhibits: sbartlett@prattmuseum.org or 907.435.3335.

Shared Artifacts

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Due: Now through June 1, 2018

As the Pratt Museum looks back on 50 years of collecting community history, we also look to the future to ask what we will collect over the next 50. How do you envision our community and our museum in 2068?

Do you possess treasured objects that are representative of your life or our shared experience around the Kachemak Bay region? What item would you want to be preserved for the future? Submit a photograph and description of your object or image, at the Pratt’s front desk or online. Deadline: NOW through June 1, 2018

*objects will not be donated or lent, we are collecting reference images only!*

There are two ways to share your artifact:

  1. Attach your image with this online form.
  2. Bring your object (if smaller than a breadbox) to the Pratt Museum’s front desk for photo documentation and fill out a submission/description form.

The compiled “virtual artifacts” will be displayed as part of Kachemak 2068, which runs May 4 – July 1, 2018.