This month’s First Friday — delayed by the New Year’s holiday — includes new work by Juneau artist Jacob Higgins at the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council Gallery and a student show by Juneau Douglas High School art students at the Canvas.
JAHC Gallery: Paintings by Jacob Higgins
Juneau Arts & Culture Center
Reception: 4:30–7 p.m.
Artist Jacob Higgins grew up in Juneau, and learned to paint at age 15 from his father, Arthur Higgins. He continued his art education at the University of Alaska, Anchorage and at the University of Alaska, Southeast. He has been exhibiting art since 1999, displaying paintings, mixed medium installations and mutlimedia objects including sculpture, masks and puppetry.
For this show, he has focused on paintings. In an artist statement, Higgins writes: “I explore depictions of the corporeal forms of humans, animals, plants including their relationships to each other and our associations with them. I am interested in how we incorporate ideas and definitions of beauty and the grotesque to frame our understanding of ourselves and the world we live in. Some of the paintings are generated from still life objects I collect and stage, including various foods, flowers, expired animals and manufactured objects. I am inspired by the tradition of still life painting while finding ways to elevate it from a strictly representational and decorative art form.”
Canvas Community Art Studio & Gallery: JDHS student show
223 Seward St.
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
The Canvas will host of show of student art from Heather Ridgway’s senior drawing class. About a dozen students will show work. A school art show is also planned for Friday and Monday. See related brief at right.
Juneau Artists Gallery: Artist search and open studio
175 S. Franklin St.
Reception: 4:30-7 p.m.
The Juneau Artists Gallery is looking for new co-op members. Come by on Friday to meet some of the gallery’s artists and find out about joining as a member artist. The gallery will have information and applications on hand. In addition, a number of gallery artists will be working on their art and available for questions in an open studio upstairs.
The Rookery Cafe: Have a heart for SAIL
111 Seward St.
Reception: 4-8 p.m.
The Rookery Cafe is currently showing an exhibit of decorated hearts by artists from around Juneau. The mixed media show includes works in wood, paper and glass.
The Glory Hole Shelter: Photo art by Teri Tibbett, with live music by Teri Tibbett and Bob Bloom
247 South Franklin St.
Reception: 5-7 p.m.
Teri Tibbett is a photographer and journalist of abstract and natural subjects. Her photographs have been featured in Alaska Positive, a statewide juried exhibition (1990/1997); and Time for Rain, solo exhibition at the Silverbow Back Room Gallery (Juneau, October 2012); as well as other exhibits.
She has also had miscellaneous photos featured in Snowboard Magazine, Alaska Snowboarder’s Journal, Juneau Empire, and Pacific Currents Magazine.
