Tag Archives: Kodiak arts scene

Galley Tables Kicks Off Fifth Season

Laura Smelser performs at Galley Tables. (Photo courtesy of Galley Tables) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Community storytelling event Galley Tables kicks off its fifth season tonight. Appropriately for both Friday the 13th and for Halloween, ‘Spooked’ is this week’s theme, and the convention center is the venue. Organizers experimented with where to hold the event for a while. Galley Tables started in …

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Sum’Arts Registration Opens

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Members of Kodiak’s crafty population have rallied for this year’s Sum’Arts for Kids, a series of classes through the Kodiak Arts Council that teaches children the many different types of art: from fiber to theater. Arts Council Education Coordinator, Brianna Gibbs, says a few of the classes tap into Kodiak’s natural charms, like a nature journaling course where …

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Kodiak Artist Creates Paintings You Can Both See and Touch

A tactile painting by Cunat Spencer. Photo Courtesy of Cunat Spencer Kayla Desroches/KMXT An artist just received a Kodiak Arts Council scholarship to create a series of white-on-white paintings that use layers and texture to create landscapes viewers can both see and feel. Cunat Spencer says she’d previously steered away from white paintings because she does so many Kodiak landscapes, …

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