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Bunnell Presents Decolonizing Alaska

Image Courtesy of Bunnell Street Arts Center

Decolonizing Alaska, a new show at Homer’s Bunnell Street Arts Center, opens Friday, Aug. 5 at 5 p.m. In the works for the past several years, the mixed media show features over 30 Alaska Native and non-Native Alaskan artists exploring impacts of colonization on people and the planet. KBBI News Director Daysha Eaton talks with Asia Freeman, the Artistic/Executive Director at Bunnell Street Arts Center and the curator for Decolonizing Alaska.

Credit Image Courtesy of Bunnell Street Arts Center
Images of works from the Decolonizing Alaska show opening at Bunnell Street Arts Center on Aug. 5.

Decolonizing Alaska will show at Bunnell Street Arts Center through August.

It then travels to Valdez Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Corcoran School of Art and Design in Washington D.C, the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, and the Alaska Humanities Forum in Anchorage.

The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Artsin Santa Fe has reserved the show for January to May of 2018.

Daysha Eaton holds a B.A. from Evergreen State College, and a M.A. from the University of Southern California. Daysha got her start in radio at Seattle public radio stations, KPLU and KUOW. Before coming to KBBI, she was the News Director at KYUK in Bethel. She has also worked as the Southcentral Reporter for KSKA in Anchorage.