Why We Won’t Just Leave: What Alaska is Telling the World About Climate Change
Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)
685 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291 | (310) 822-9560 | SPARCinLA.org
A Virtual Gallery Exhibition on Community Responses to Climate Change
Why We Won’t Just Leave features portraits, paintings, photography, stories, and video profiles of 20 artists, activists, researchers and community organizers responding to climate change in Alaska.
On View Visit: www.SPARCinLA.org/why-we-wont
Artworks (Left to Right): Keri Oberly, Photograph of Quannah Chasinghorse Potts and Jody Juneby Potts, 2020 (Partial View); Bill Hanson, Broken Blue Ruins at Low Tide, Digital Image from series “Southeast Alaska: Changing Climate, Changing Landscapes, Changing Life” (Partial View) and; Apay’uq Moore, Gram and Girl, Acrylic on Canvas, 2020 (Partial View).
Exhibition Catalogue Available for Purchase:
PAST
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Connection Point, The Canvas – Juneau, Alaska
2015
Cacophony of Coexistence, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council – Juneau, Alaska
2014
It Takes a Village, California Wolf Center – Julian, California
2013
Tangents, Fountain Art Fair, Armory Show Centennial – New York, NY
2012
All Is Twisted, Fountain Art Fair, Miami Art Basel – Miami, Florida
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Wilderness:Alaska, Brandstater Gallery at La Sierra University, Riverside, California
Art in the Arctic, Venue, Fairbanks, Alaska
Water, Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, California
2018
Pepperdine Alumni Art Showcase, Payson Library at Pepperdine University – Malibu, California
Mama Earth, The Convent – San Francisco, California
Altar to the Kingdoms, Mystic Journey Crystal & Fine Art Gallery – Venice, California
2017
Women of the New Contemporary, Artists Republic Gallery – Anaheim, California
Bad As* Women, Muramid Mural Museum – Oceanside, California
Drawing Down the Moon, Gallery 800 – Historic Lankershim Arts Center, North Hollywood, California
2016
Politics of the Plate, Avenue 50 Studio – Highland Park, California
Bad As* Women, a Celebration of Women Artists on International Women’s Day, Muramid Mural Museum – Oceanside, California
2014
Spring Art Auction, Bid27, Think Tank Gallery – Los Angeles, California
2013
Branded Arts, Benefit Art Show, Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica, California
Dreams, Create:Fixate Graffiti/Fine Art Collaboration, Lot 613 – Los Angeles, California
Peace, Love & Understanding, The Peace Project via The Whole 9, Traveling Exhibition
Constellations, Create:Fixate, Lot 613 – Los Angeles, California
I’ll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours, Suede Studios – Los Angeles, California
2012
The American Inquisition, Rothick Art Haus – Anaheim, California
Salon Masse with En Masse, Gallerie Pangee – Montreal, Quebec
Mind the Art, Fountain Art Fair, 69th Regiment Armory – New York, New York
Curated Projects
2021
Why We Won’t Just Leave: What Alaska is Telling the World About Climate Change
SPARC – Los Angeles, CA
2018
Faces of Legacy The Council Series Presents: Culture as a Cause, Native Artist Panel
Alaska Native Heritage Center – Anchorage, Alaska
2010
Art and Water for All, Ma-Kah Water for All Benefit Art Show – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Museum Exhibitions
2011
KALEIDOSCOPIC, Senior Thesis Show, Weisman Museum – Malibu, California
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