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Creative Currents: Exploring ‘the bittersweet in-betweens’ in ‘Saltwater Swans’

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Two Anchorage-based journalists have an exhibition opening at Akela Space this month exploring the first three decades of life: “girlhood, adolescence, and our 20s.”
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Creative Currents: Staying ‘surreal and free’ with Jessi Saiki

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For multidisciplinary artist Jessi Saiki, reflecting on their art is a walk down memory lane.
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Creative Currents: ‘Chasing a passion’ with AK Tie Dye

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
After attending a street fair in Anchorage in her early 20s, Jen Luton “immediately became obsessed” with tie-dye. “I have always been attracted to creative endeavors, not necessarily good at all of them,” Luton said. “When I tried tie-dye for...
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Creative Currents: Making new genres with Wasabi

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
Iñupiaq, Koyukon and Paiute musician Wasabi is about to release her first album, “Alaskamiuŋuruŋa.”
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Creative Currents: Intuitive sculpting with Kendra Harvey

Anchorage Sam Davenport -
Ceramic sculptor Kendra Harvey is on the tail end of a busy year.
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Creative Currents: In the pit with Kerry Tasker

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
About a year ago, photographer Kerry Tasker began clearing out some of his old hard drives and began rediscovering decades of pictures.
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Creative Currents: Hunting for the perfect shot with Adán Hernandez

Anchorage Sam Davenport -
Anchorage photographer and lifelong resident Adán Hernandez’s favorite aspect of photography is what he describes as “the hunt.”
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Creative Currents: Finding inspiration with Francisco Ramírez Morales

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Francisco Ramírez Morales’ murals can be found across the Anchorage bowl.
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Creative Currents: Making new genres with Air Jazz

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
Arias Hoyle, also known by his hip hop name “Air Jazz,” remembers sharing his music with others as early as the fifth grade.
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Creative Currents: Debunking misconceptions with The Alaska Myth

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Kaitlin Armstrong got her start working in media and freelance writing articles about Alaska culture, and says she kept running into the same Alaska trope over and over again.
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