This fall, something beautiful will rise from the rubble in Fort Seward.

The Alaska Arts Confluence has commissioned work from nearly a dozen local artists to populate a “sculpture garden” in the ruins of a Fort Seward barracks building. The pieces range from mosaics and found art assemblage pieces to interpretive maps and murals.

The sculpture garden concept emerged from a site visit to Fort Seward, when a group of artists were walking near the…