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

Arts and Culture Sam 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 Sam 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

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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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Medium Build Joins the Fight Against Ambler Road

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EVANSVILLE — About 12 hours before Nick Carpenter climbed into his packed 2002 Subaru Outback destined for the neon lights of Nashville, he stood out on a rocky beach, completely silent but for the whooshing of the Koyukuk River. Carpenter,...
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August Fishing Report: Give into the Ways of the Bead

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North to south, waterways across southcentral Alaska are teeming with salmon, and with them, anglers. Many of the wild fish are still migrating to their spawning grounds but many are actively spawning, some dying and some already dead. Rainbow...
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Creative Currents: Scott Clendaniel proves ‘Real Art is Better’

Arts and Culture Sam 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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Identity, Dreams, and Dislocations: A Personal Story and Injury and Recovery

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This article was originally published in Blister. Only part of our lives is visible to the world. Many of us keep significant parts of ourselves tucked away out of fear of being vulnerable or misunderstood. What follows is a part of...
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Creative Currents: License plate designer’s passion project grows into business

Arts and Culture Sam 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 Sam 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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Return Trips Prove Fruitful in Different Ways

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Despite my best efforts during the hours I was actually on the water, the first couple months of my fly-fishing season were less productive than I would admit, even after a few drinks at the bar. Maybe you feel...
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