April in the Bear Gallery
Fantastic Fens by Kim McNett &
Light + Variable by Katelin Hiller
On View: April 4 – 26, 2025
First Friday Opening Reception:
Friday, April 4, 5–7 p.m.
(Gallery opens at noon on First Fridays)
The Bear Gallery is located on the third floor of the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts building in Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way, Fairbanks, Alaska. Admission to the Bear Gallery is free of charge and open to the public. The Bear Gallery is open Monday – Saturday from 12-6
Join Fairbanks Arts Association in the Bear Gallery this April for two stunning exhibitions featuring work by artists Kim McNett and Katelin Hiller.
Fantastic Fens – Kim McNett
Kim McNett’s Exhibition, Fantastic Fens, explores the intricacies of the natural world and blends scientific illustration into the realm of impression and imagination. She says of her work; “My art invites wonder and affection for the commonplace nature all around us and is accessible to everyone. Fens offer us places of tranquility and solitude in a world that has become increasingly fast and frenzied.”
McNett is a naturalist, artist, and wilderness adventurer living in Homer, Alaska. At the heart of McNett’s work is a curiosity and love for the natural world. In a practice of creativity and scientific observation, McNett keeps a nature journal to document her extensive wilderness explorations and daily life in Kachemak Bay. She teaches nature drawing, journaling, and visual arts to people of all ages throughout the state of Alaska.
Follow @kimsnaturedrawings on Instagram to see more of Kim MkNett’s work
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Light + Variable – Katelin Hiller
Katelin Hiller explores landscapes and seasons in her mixed media drawings. Hiller is informed by qualities of photography and focuses on light’s drama at a high latitude. Using beetle-killed spruce panels with layers of gesso, pencil, charcoal, watercolor, and chalk, she is inspired by how the natural world offers an alluring balance between order and chaos that informs how she draws. Light + Variable is a body of work that began to emerge in late 2024 as, with each new drawing, Hiller became further invested in the dynamism of light experienced annually in Alaska.
Follow Katelin Hiller’s art on her Instagram @katelin_rose_hiller
This exhibition is free and open to the public, thanks to contributions from our members and donors. Learn more about how you can get involved in supporting Fairbanks Arts programs here!
Fantastic Fens by Kim McNett is supported, in part, by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from Rasmuson Foundation.
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