December in the Bear Gallery

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Rarefied Light – Sponsored by Alaska Photographic Center

Opening Day: Friday, December 2, 12–6 p.m.
Exhibition On View: December 2–23, 2022
Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday, 12–6 p.m.

Join Fairbanks Arts in the Bear Gallery for Rarefied Light, the largest annual fine art photography exhibition juried in the state, sponsored by Alaska Photographic Center (Anchorage). 

This year Alaska Photographic Center received 460 entries by 70 artists. Guest juror, Dan Burkholder, selected 55 photographs by 43 artists to include in the 2022 exhibition– nine of whom are Interior artists. 

Rarefied Light is on view in the Bear Gallery from December 2–23, 2022. The gallery will be open 12–6 p.m. on Friday, December 2, for First Friday. For the rest of the month, join us Monday–Saturday, 12–6 p.m.

Rarefied Light is funded in part by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Best of Show:

Alice Baily, Fairbanks, “Rock Salt”

Honorable Mention awards:

Susan Andrews, Fairbanks, “Summer’s Celebration”

Johanna Grasso, Anchorage, “Innocence” 
Andrea Jacobson, Anchorage, “Light in the Forest” 
Joseph Kashi, Soldotna, “At Soldotna Airport – Autumn”
Susan Biggs, Soldotna, “Birthday Friends”