On View: October 3-November 1, 2025
First Friday Opening Reception: October 3, 2025
Award Ceremony: October 3 at 6 p.m., 2025
Fairbanks Arts is proud to present the 39th Annual 64th Parallel Juried Exhibition, on view in the Bear Gallery from October 3 to November 1, 2025. This annual exhibition showcases the creativity of Interior Alaska’s artists across a wide range of media, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, fiber, jewelry, and more.
This year’s exhibition has been juried by Jennifer Angaiak Wood (Indianola, WA), who carefully reviewed submissions and selected works that showcase the breadth of talent in our community. The result is a dynamic exhibition that offers visitors a unique look at the diversity of art being created in Interior Alaska today.
Join us for the First Friday Opening Reception on October 3, 2025, with an Award Ceremony at 6 p.m. to celebrate the artists and experience this remarkable showcase of local talent.
The exhibition is free and open to the public, thanks to the support of our members and donors. The Bear Gallery is located on the third floor of the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts in Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way, Fairbanks, Alaska. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 12–6 p.m.
Don’t miss this annual celebration of Interior Alaska’s art community!
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Fairbanks Arts would like to extend a HUGE thank you to our Guest Juror, Jennifer Angaiak, for joining us in Fairbanks!
Jennifer Angaiak Wood is Yup’ik, Irish, and Italian. Her parents are Andy and Marie Angaiak of Fairbanks, AK, and her grandparents are Mike and Susie Angaiak of Tununak, AK, and Kip and Pat Morey of Menlo Park, CA. Jennifer was born and raised in Fairbanks, AK. The Yup’ik side of her family is from Tununak, AK, and she spent summers there with her family when she was growing up. The experiences she had there greatly inform her artistic expression, and her main focus is on carving masks from that region. The designs she uses are inspired by ancestral artworks, but incorporate modern materials and concepts to emphasize that the Yupiit, as well as all Indigenous people, are a contemporary culture, not just an historic one. Her first carving teacher was Ron Manook, her high school Alaska Native Arts teacher. He passed away in 1999, so she has been mostly self-taught since then, though she has been able to work with some artists in the Seattle area since moving there in 2015, and they have shown her how to use adzes and traditional bent knives. Jennifer now lives in Indianola, WA, with her husband and two kids, and works out of her home studio. Learn more about Jennifer’s work at yupikjen.com
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