An abbreviated First Friday Art Walk is set for downtown Haines and Fort Seward Sept. 3. Some locations have chosen to remain closed due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak.
At Main Street and Fourth Avenue, the Takshanuk Watershed Council will be selling produce grown through its Marvin Garden summertime program. The garden and compost facility are situated between the brewery and hotel.
Executive director Derek Poinsette said from 4:30 to 7 p.m. the group also will be exhibiting artwork created by the garden program’s 11 student interns and showcasing an outdoor memorial bench.
The yellow cedar bench built by Tim Hawken and carved by Native artist Zack James was commissioned by the family of the late Alan Traut.
An exhibit of abstract watercolors will be on display at the Alaska Arts Confluence office in the Gateway Building. “Shades of Haines” are watercolor presentations of Haines as seen through the eyes of Christine Duncan, a recent transplant from Arizona. She calls her work an exploration of color and shape. Her work was recently featured at the distillery.
The Haines Sheldon Museum will not be open during First Friday but an exhibit of resident Tammy Hackett’s photos titled “Flowers of the Last Frontier” continues in the museum’s Hakkinen Gallery. To schedule an appointment to see the exhibit, call 766-2366.
Tom Morphet will be on hand at The Bookstore on Sept. 3 to answer questions about a display of antique books and manuscripts there. The books were collected by Norm Morphet, Tom’s father, a career research librarian. The manuscripts include music printed on sheepskin dating to around 1450 A.D.
An exhibit of Steven Villano’s abstract paintings will be featured at Haines Brewing Company. Villano paints in oils. This series of abstract paintings represents “moving into a period of renewal and hope” after last December’s fatal landslide that displaced his family.
An exhibit of oils, including landscapes, by Tawny Darling is currently on display at the brewery.