Pink Fog 
Krystal Thomas
2019
Digital on metal 

$100.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023.

My art is how I see the world. I take sceneries and make the colors brighter and alter it in ways sometimes unreal to show the fantasy you can find around every corner. I mainly try to evoke feelings of awe and wonder like how a child views new things while also making them look like modern decor pieces that could hang in any room.

Chilkat Inlet Fall Flame
Mandy Ramsey
2020
Amplified photography on  curved metal 

$75.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Mandy is an artist, mother, photographer, and yoga teacher who loves to create and write. She self -published her first book “Grow Where You’re Planted” in 2019. She has been previously published in Cirque, Alaskan Women Speak, Tidal Echoes, Poets Choice, and Elephant Journal. She holds a M.A in Yoga Studies and Mindfulness Education and has been living off the grid in Haines, Alaska since 2000 in the timber frame home she built with her husband. She believes that flowers and the natural world can heal, connect, inspire and sprout friendships. Find out more on mandyramsey.com.

Forest Floor 
Suzanne Fuqua
2022
Polyurethane on MDO plywood 

$300.00

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

I am 69 years old and, it wasn't until halfway through this decade of my life I began to call myself an artist. I enjoyed taking art classes during high school, always exploring different mediums. After high school, art was always present in my life, but more for fun, as gifts for friends and family, and for my own pleasure. In 1976, a tree thinning contract in Sea Otter Sound brought me to Southeast Alaska. I was captured by the scenic wonder and rugged lifestyle, and made Alaska my home beginning in 1979. The magnificent surroundings of the southeast archipelago have inspired me on all levels, and working in the woods and commercial fishing have kept me strongly connected with these surroundings. Nature certainly influences most every art project I have undertaken. Drawing and painting feel like an expanding universe and as I grow, I want to practice with many mediums. I am currently working with watercolors, acrylics, charcoal, and pastels, along with a series of indoor/outdoor art pieces using exterior polyurethane paint. Southeast motifs are prominent in my intuitive paintings, each element or subject leading to the next. Though the “real” world influences what I paint, whimsical, interpretive, and symbolic elements are equally important to my work. I look forward to each new piece and am excited to explore the possibilities for my artistic expression. Creating artistically makes me feel as though my spirit has “come home”.

Eaglecrest Autumn
Rebecca Hsieh
2022
Embroidery 

$135 

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Rebecca Hsieh (pronounced shay or xie), owner of ReccaShay Crafts, is a Hong Kongese/Taiwanese-American fiber artist currently living on Áak’w Kwáan Aaní (Juneau, AK). She is self taught concentrating on contemporary embroidery and crochet. Rebecca received her M.Ed from Lesley University in Integrated Teaching through the Arts and has taught early childhood education for over a decade and is now focused on developing her voice as an artist. Inspired by nature and social justice, Rebecca seeks to create pieces that bring joy and help build community.

King of Steaks 
Anne Doyle
2022
Watercolor 

NFS 

Born and raised in Petersburg, Alaska, I grew up at the edge of the sea. It heavily influences my art and is the greatest cause for inspiration. Constantly changing and moving, the ocean represents how I see my art and style transform. I grew up drawing, fell in love with acrylic but ultimately was drawn to watercolor, which is my preferred medium to work with currently. It has helped me become a more patient artist and I love its versatility. Alaska is an artists dream. My greatest joy is being able to share it through my eyes.

Abbess Island
Kerry L. Kirkpatrick
2022
Oil on canvas 

$420.00 

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

I have lived and worked on the water throughout Southeast Alaska. I am constantly in awe, humbled and entertained by her changing moods determined by the tide, and the weather. Its a constantly changing landscape that is both dynamic and either inviting or challenging. I work to capture the feeling my interactions emote in watercolor, acrylic, and oil.

Eye See You 
Christine M Kleinhenz
2022
Acrylic on wood 

$100.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Artist Christine Kleinhenz of Tide Watcher lives and loves in Juneau, Alaska. She explores the wild places out her doorstep where she draws inspiration for her paintings. The last several years, Christine has been creating using acrylic and watercolor paints on a variety of surfaces with bold colors and imaginative imagery. She has also been working hard to grow her art business. She hopes while gazing at her creations, you will feel the same sense of wonder as she does with her surroundings.

i am alive 
Katie Ione Craney
2022
Braille, photo transparencies, scrap  plastic, old frame 

$65.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Katie Ione Craney lives nestled between the mouth of the Chilkat River and the edge of Chilkoot Inlet. She reflects on memory, survival, and accessibility in the rapidly changing North, and writes in Braille to communicate with her ancestors and future relatives. Image descriptions are included for accessibility of the visual pieces.

Tidal Remains
Kathryn Rousso
2022
Red and yellow cedar bark, agave fiber 

$800.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Kathryn Rousso is a fiber artist who weaves contemporary baskets that reflect her time in southeast Alaska and northern Latin America. She learned basketry from Delores Churchill; Ravenstail and Chilkat from Cheryl Samuel and Chilkat from Dorica Jackson. After obtaining a Master of Fine Arts in Textile Arts and Costume Design from the University of California, Davis she spent a year in Guatemala researching agave fiber (maguey) textiles as a Fulbright scholar in conjunction with the textile museum in Guatemala City. Subsequent travels from southern Mexico to northern Colombia expanded her knowledge of harvesting, preparing and weaving Palm, Reed and bamboo to create baskets, bags, mats, hats and. Rooms. Besides weaving she writes, gives presentations and teaches classes.

Summer at Shaman Island
Kelsey Hoke Martin
2022
Acrylic on canvas 

NFS

My name is Kelsey and I am an artist living in the last frontier. I am product works of art that reflect the vibrancy of Alaska and it’s scenic terrain where the inspiration to create is unmatched. My pieces embrace bold features and extravagant colors of the beloved landscapes that surround this special place.

Cedar Basket with Lid
Mimi Kotlarov
2021
Cedar weaving 

Acknowledging my mentors: Master Haida Weaver  Delores Churchill, Master Haida Weaver Diane Douglas  Willard, and Master Haida Weaver Holly Churchill. 

$450.00

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

I made my first basket on my sailboat in Karta Bay some 35 years ago. I started taking classes at the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan where I learned to plate and twine and prepare materials that I gathered in the forest. I use red and yellow cedar as well as spruce root for my baskets. I also use canary grass and maidenhair fern for decoration. I enjoy making traditional Native baskets although now I am working toward original works using local materials.

Fresh Catch 
Naona “Peaches” Wallin
2021
Texture blended photograph on aluminum 

$165.00 

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Peaches Wallin is an adventure-seeking nature photographer who lives with her husband Jason in Ketchikan, Alaska. She finds time spent in the field invaluable and considers nature her classroom. For three years, she lived off-grid in the heart of the Tongass National Forest, a location only accessible by boat or floatplane. She describes life in the bush as “revolving around your ability to observe nature: the weather, tides, and seasons.” While learning to read the landscape, Peaches formed a strong bond with Mother Nature-a connection which informs her artistic process today. As a child, she was fascinated by the surrounding scenery, from an awe-inspiring sunset to the wonder of rain splattering on the calm ocean surface. Her childhood admiration for the beauty of the Alaskan wild grew into a nature-inspired artistic intuition. Being in nature grounds her in the present. She sees beautiful imagery everywhere, and her creativity comes alive. Her images have been published in Alaska Magazine and featured in juried exhibitions across the lower 48 states, Alaska, and Hawaii. Her recent awards include an off-grid wilderness experience as a 2022 Resident Artist at the Chulitna Lodge, in Lake Clark National Park, Judges Choice-Scapes in North American Nature Photographers Association’s 2021NANPA Showcase, and Directors Choice in Art Fluent’s annual exhibit Into the Wild. Her past awards include an artist residency at Ernest Gruening State Historical Park near Juneau, Alaska, and Best in Category-Landscape in the 2017 AlaskaWILD. She has also been a finalist for several nationally recognized artist residency programs, including the 2021 Artist in Residence at Haleakala National Park in Maui, Hawaii, and the 2019 Chilkoot Trail Artist in Residence in Whitehorse, Canada. Her goal is to bring people closer to nature through art. Peaches’ artwork reflects her passion for “photographing wildlife and wildlands few people see firsthand.”

A Pink Low Tide at Shaman Island
Kelsey Hoke Martin
2022
Acrylic on canvas 

NFS 

My name is Kelsey and I am an artist living in the last frontier. I am product works of art that reflect the vibrancy of Alaska and it’s scenic terrain where the inspiration to create is unmatched. My pieces embrace bold features and extravagant colors of the beloved landscapes that surround this special place.

Lunch Break 
Ellie Sharman
2022
Art quilt 

$250 

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

I have lived and worked in Glacier Bay and Gustavus since 1983. I have a passion for sewing, quilting, and all things fabric. My small art quilts are inspired by the natural history of Southeast Alaska and from living in rural Alaska. My designs use a rich palette of brightly-colored batik fabrics and are finished with free-motion quilting. During the pandemic I began to experiment with watercolor painting. I enjoy keeping a sketchbook where I document my travels, flowers that are blooming, and Southeast landscapes in ink and watercolor.

Outer Coast Treasures
Ellie Sharman
2020
Watercolor and ink 

NFS 

I have lived and worked in Glacier Bay and Gustavus since 1983. I have a passion for sewing, quilting, and all things fabric. My small art quilts are inspired by the natural history of Southeast Alaska and from living in rural Alaska. My designs use a rich palette of brightly-colored batik fabrics and are finished with free-motion quilting. During the pandemic I began to experiment with watercolor painting. I enjoy keeping a sketchbook where I document my travels, flowers that are blooming, and Southeast landscapes in ink and watercolor.

Plasticized Taiya
Pam Joy
2022
Discarded plastics 

$350.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Pam Joy is best known for her vibrant, flowing sculptures depicting movement and hope. While her earlier work in Maine was composed of driftwood, beach rocks and other naturally-occurring found objects, she is now inspired by human-created wastes, including marine debris and un-recycled plastics. “I enjoy the challenge of transforming discarded materials into works of art; of helping to keep plastic out of the waste cycle, out of our oceans and landfills.” She creates with her hands and a few manual tools; tying, weaving and wrapping the elements together, using only found objects. The sea, snow drifts and glaciers surrounding her Southeast Alaska home inspire much of the curving lines and colors present in her work.

Sandy Beach
Lanie McCarry
2022
Oil painting 

$780.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Lanie McCarry is an illustrator and painter from Northern Michigan. She lived in Bethel, Alaska for several years before moving to Juneau in 2018. Lanie loves painting portraits of people and animals, as well as Alaskan landscapes. Her favorite medium is Oil.

glacier is a verb 
Katie Ione Craney
2022
Braille, photo transparencies, glass 

$150.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Katie Ione Craney lives nestled between the mouth of the Chilkat River and the edge of Chilkoot Inlet. She reflects on memory, survival, and accessibility in the rapidly changing North, and writes in Braille to communicate with her ancestors and future relatives. Image descriptions are included for accessibility of the visual pieces.

Mountain Hues 
Hollis Kitchin
2021
Watercolor and ink on cotton paper 

$350.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023.

Hollis Kitchin is an artist who was born in Fairbanks, grew up in the Mat-Su and has lived in Juneau since 2008. For her watercolor is the perfect medium to interpret the land and sky. The flow of the paint, the way the brushstrokes dissolve into each other and the way the pigment settles into the peaks and valleys of the paper mimics the spontaneity of nature. The mathematical repetition of shapes within plants and angles in mountain sides helps to create a visual sense of structure and control within my work. Connecting with nature creates a thrill of exploration both tangibly and creatively.

Chilkat Mountains
Abigail Saiz
2021
Print of acrylic on canvas 

$100.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

I grew up over in Sitka surrounded by wilderness, ocean, mountains, and a thriving art community. I used my surroundings as inspiration and now I have continued to do that in Juneau for the last 2 years. I now am working hard to start up my own art business.

Forgotten 
Amanda Neyenhouse
2021
Photography 

$280.00 

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

I have been living in Alaska for many years now, and constantly draw inspiration by the scenery and history of this great land.

Juneau Downtown After Rain
Liyuan Zhang
2022
Acrylic painting 

$450.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

I developed my love for art at a very young age, as a child. Still, I only started painting 20 years later as an adult when I moved from California to the beautiful town of Juneau, Alaska with my family in early 2020. Alaska is a magical place that has inspired and awakened my childhood dream of becoming an artist. Gradually I started devoting more and more time to painting, becoming an independent artist. Painting and creating has turned into a passion, where now not a single day goes by where I don’t pick up a brush and paint. I dedicate hours to exploring new art mediums and techniques every day, painting Alaska landscapes either outside or inspiration from some photos I have taken while exploring the outdoors to create paintings. Alaska’s unique and amazing natural landscapes bring me an immense amount of artistic inspiration. My main area of focus is on painting Alaska's beautiful landscapes and wildlife using a variety of mediums including acrylic, pastel, charcoal, pyrography, etc. I feel through my work I have an opportunity to show people the story of Alaska and its unique nature. I believe creating art is the best way for me to express and share my thoughts with the world. Having started painting somewhat recently, I feel my art career is in its primary stages, and I am determined to continue exploring my creative side giving the field of art my best effort. I look forward to continuing to create and develop my artistic skills, so I can share the beauty of Alaska with people all over the world.

Low Tide
Kerry L. Kirkpatrick
2022
Oil on wood 

$230.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

I have lived and worked on the water throughout Southeast Alaska. I am constantly in awe, humbled and entertained by her changing moods determined by the tide, and the weather. Its a constantly changing landscape that is both dynamic and either inviting or challenging. I work to capture the feeling my interactions emote in watercolor, acrylic, and oil.

Coffee Bath 
Mary Saiz
2021
Print of copic marker drawing 

$75.00  

All sales begin June 2, 2023. 

Creating has always been in my life. I couldn’t imagine it any other way. I feel so thankful that in my life right now I am able to make the space to dedicate so much of my time too it.

What is Portable Southeast?

Portable Southeast is a traveling gallery exhibit that will begin during the 2022-2023 JAHC Gallery Season. All works should be inspired by life in coastal communities, small and/or packable, all media are eligible. The exhibit will be curated by a group of people who represent various communities across Southeast Alaska. The goal is to coordinate a body of work by Southeast Alaskan artists that would tour the region from October 2022-June 2023. The mission of this project is to provide exhibit opportunities for artists outside of their hometown, to build communication & networking opportunities among both large and small Southeast Alaska communities, and to create new partnerships between arts agencies and museums in Southeast Alaska.

How does work get selected for this exhibit?

Three regional curators will review entries and rate them. A number of pieces [to be determined] will be selected for the exhibition. The review process will be entirely digital, at no cost. Curators will represent each of the following regions: 

• Northern Southeast: Yakutat, Haines, Skagway, Juneau, Gustavus, Hoonah, Pelican. 
• Middle Southeast: Sitka, Angoon, Petersburg, Kake, Tenakee. 
• Southern Southeast: Ketchikan, Craig, Wrangell, Hydaburg, Klawock, Metlakatla.

Each region will have two communities represented in the exhibition schedule.

What are the requirements to apply?

Artists may submit up to three works for consideration and all media are eligible. Work submitted must have been completed in the last three years. Due to the highly transitory nature of this exhibit, all entries must fit in a USPS Priority Mail Box (up to 14 x 12" in dimensions). Other requirements and instructions (such as shipping, etc.) can be found in the application form below.

Who is eligible to apply?

Artists currently residing in any community in Southeast Alaska.

When is the deadline to apply?

Applications are now closed.

Is there an application fee?

There is no fee to apply.