Exhibitions and Events

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:

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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