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Creative Currents: Sami Ali captures nature’s colors with plein air painting

Arts and Culture Samantha Davenport -
Sami Ali specializes in plein air painting, a medium that presents its own set of challenges.
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Creative Currents: Courtney Tatellgaq Rose Griechen’s whimsical creatures and creations

Arts and Culture Samantha Davenport -
When Courtney Tatellagaq Rose Griechen left her job at the start of the pandemic, she took it as an opportunity to take the jump and work on art full-time.
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Creative Currents: Preserving Nature with Tiny Chasm

Arts and Culture Samantha Davenport -
MacKenzie Hurd has always worked under a moniker.  Hurd, known as Tiny Chasm, is a multimedia artist who preserves the appearance of life, using resin to maintain butterflies, flowers, ferns, mushrooms, and much of what you might find on the...
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Creative Currents: Scott Clendaniel proves ‘Real Art is Better’

Arts and Culture Samantha Davenport -
From an oil painting of Santa Claus and Jesus sharing a chairlift at Alyeska Resort, to a brown bear sipping on a brewski off the beaten path, Scott Clendaniel of Real Art is Better has fun with it. Clendaniel Is...
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Creative Currents: License plate designer’s passion project grows into business

Arts and Culture Samantha Davenport -
Driving in Alaska traffic, you’ve surely seen the aurora borealis Alaska license plate, featuring a bright green mountainscape with spruce trees. The plate has proven to be a launching point for the artist behind the design and her talented...
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Creative Currents: Fruition Finds Fun in Charcuterie

Arts and Culture Samantha Davenport -
Jasmine Auza makes a charcuterie board for every function. It’s kind of her thing. “I love to host things,” Auza said. “I love celebrations, so I would always prepare a board.” When Auza’s best friend got married in March, the bride-to-be...
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Creative Currents: Sleepyhouse Designs Gives Polymer Clay Earrings Life

Arts and Culture Samantha Davenport -
For years, Jasmine Sherbahn dreamed of living off the income earned from her art. She’d always been an artist, but it wasn’t until she started experimenting with polymer clay earrings. “The community support is the reason why I can do...
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Creative Currents: Vintage Towel gives retro patterns new life through ‘slow fashion’

Arts and Culture Samantha Davenport -
Gabby Nease’s obsession with vintage towels first started when she came across a yellow Fieldcrest towel at the Wasilla Value Village. “I kind of went about it backwards and fell in love with the towels before learning how to sew,”...
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Creative Currents: Sweet Caro Brings Charm, Color and Culture to Dessert

Arts and Culture Samantha Davenport -
Creative Currents is a new, reoccurring feature highlighting Alaskan artists. To submit an artist for consideration, please email news@thealaskacurrent.com. Sweet Caro’s bright and creative confections are as much a reflection of herself as they are her heritage. Also known as the...
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