Kenai Art Center

November 5 - Workshop: Chinese Brushwork for Beginners
2022-11-05 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Sharlene Cline is teaching another great Chinese painting workshop at the KAC November 5th, 1-4pm, just in time to make your own Poinsettia holiday card. If you’re interested in taking this fun course, please contact Sharlene. Workshop fee is $60, all materials provided.
MUST RSVP
907-299-7664
sharlenecline@outlook.com
www.sharlenecline.com

Harvest Auction
2022-09-24 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
***Must have a ticket to attend***
Tickets on sale at the Kenai Art Center.
Silent Auction: 6pm
Outcry Auction: 7pm
816 Cook Avenue

First Thursday
2022-09-01 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611

Harvest Auction Exhibition
2022-09-01 12:00 - 2022-09-25 17:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611

Kenai Plein Air Group Paint Out
2022-08-29 11:00 - 17:00 UTC | AK
Kenai Plein Air Group
Next Paint Out: Monday, August 29th, 11am
Lawton Drive Ext. Trail, Kenai
We’re heading out at 11 a.m. Monday morning to paint/draw on the Lawton Drive Extension Trail in Kenai. Parking is on Lawton Dr. down the street from the golf course. You’ll see pull-off areas on either side of the road before it ends at a yellow gate. Be careful not to park in front of the fire hydrant. Follow this link for directions https://goo.gl/maps/CrSYdDekhfSY51faA.
This area is full of gorgeous wetlands and expansive views. Bring bug spray. It will be a short walk in from the cars so pack accordingly. Also, no restrooms just the facili-trees.

First Thursday opening reception
2022-08-04 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Join us for the opening reception of Sites Unseen: Artwork by Graham Dane & Linda Infante Lyons
Thursday August 4th, 5-7pm
Free and open to the public, refreshments available.
Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave.

August Exhibition
2022-08-04 12:00 - 2022-08-28 17:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Sites Unseen – Graham Dane and Linda Infante Lyons
Come visit the gallery Wednesday – Saturday, noon – 5pm. 816 Cook Ave.

July 9 - Workshop: Chinese Brushwork for Beginners
2022-07-09 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Chinese Brushwork for Beginners: Bamboo with instructor Sharlene Cline
Learn Chinese brush painting techniques through expressive brush strokes, brush loading, and color mixing. All levels welcome, and all supplies provided!
Date: Saturday July 9, 2022
Time: 1:00-4:00 pm
Venue: Kenai Art Center
Workshop fee: $60
Contact: Sharlene Cline
907-299-7664
sharlenecline@outlook.com
sharlenecline.com

June 18 - Workshop: Sgraffito
2022-06-18 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Learn the magical fiber-art process of “Sgraffito” with instructor Celia Anderson.
Date: Saturday June 18th, 2022
Time: 12:00-5:00 pm
Venue: Kenai Art Center
Workshop fee: $85
Contact: Celia Anderson via email, celiacarlanderson@gmail.com
Email to register, for supply list (minimal), and any questions

June 9 - Live Concert: Wild Shore New Music
2022-06-09 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Wild Shore New Music Features the Music of Joseph C. Phillips Jr.

Kenai Art Center welcomes Wild Shore New Music, a New York-based, Alaska-raised chamber music collective featuring composer Joseph C. Phillips Jr. on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 7 p.m at the Kenai Art Center located at 816 Cook Dr, Kenai, AK 99611.
The concert is a free event with a suggested donation of $20 at the door.

Wild Shore New Music presents new chamber music in south-central Alaska and is one of the only organizations dedicated to contemporary chamber music in the state of Alaska. Wild Shore fosters collaborations between living composers, versatile musicians from all over the U.S., and creative artists and residents from the state of Alaska. ​Founded in 2012 by three Alaska-raised musicians, Wild Shore presents concerts, lecture recitals, and education workshops across Alaska and the US. This year, Wild Shore will feature musicians from Alaska performing the works of Brooklyn-based composer Joseph C. Phillips Jr. and have a group of performers from New York and Alaska.

The program will feature several of Mr. Phillips’ works including Unlimited, from his larger work Changing Same. Mr. Phillip writes that Unlimited is “about my conscious acknowledgment of my heritage in popular and contemporary music and culture, but reflects a post-black aesthetic… Through a lens of individual experience, Changing Same explores some of this richness, diversity, and complexity of blackness in America during my lifetime.”

Other works include The Spell of Vanishing Loveliness, a piece about Mr. Phillips’ personal experience on the day the Twin Towers were attacked, and Never Has Been Yet, a piece for piano and narrator setting the text of Langston Hughes’ poem “Let America Be America Again.”

Performers Includes:
Sunrose Winslow, voice (Homer, AK)
Katie Cox, flute (Brooklyn, NY)
Sandra Cox, clarinet (Anchorage, AK)
Rose Crelli, violin (San Francisco, CA)
Andie Tanning, viola (Brooklyn, NY)
Mannfried Funk, cello (Homer, AK)
Kade Bissell, percussion (Anchorage, AK)
Scott Hansen, piano (Fairbanks, AK)
Jame Moore, guitar (Princeton, NJ)
Joseph C. Phillips Jr., composer/conductor (Brooklyn, NY)

June 4 - Workshop: Recycle Art
2022-06-04 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Do you have creative ideas but lack space and supplies? Do you have objects you can imagine into art? Come join in an afternoon of exploration.
ReGroup encourages community members to display artistic creations made from items normally thrown away. The Recycle Art Exhibit will be on display at the Kenai River Festival June 10-12 2022.

Age groups: youth 10-18 & Adult. Workshop is FREE, and a variety of materials, supplies, and tools will be provided.
For more information call: 907-252-2773

TWO workshop dates:

April 23 2022
2-5pm
Soldotna Library

June 4 2022
1-4pm
Kenai Art Center

Kenai Plein Air Group - May 21st
2022-05-21 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | AK
Kenai Plein Air Group
Kenai Municipal Park,
1pm to 4pm, Saturday, May 21st
Time to dust off those pochades and french easels and get back outside!
Kenai Municipal Park has a variety of subject matter including open fields, forested paths and bluff views. Bring your art supplies, water, snacks, bug spray, a hat and anything else you may require. There are restrooms and pavilions in case of rain. We’ll meet in the parking lot near the playground. The park is located on North Forest Street in Kenai.
Please RSVP on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/kenaipleinair or send an email to asarren@hotmail.com Also, please share this event with anyone you think might be interested. Hope to see you there!

Mother's Day Pottery Sale
2022-05-07 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
The Kenai Potters’ Guild is having their annual Mother’s Day Sale on Saturday May 7th, 10-4pm. It’s always great to see what the potters have been working on, stop by the gallery for some great handmade gifts.

First Thursday Opening Reception: Open Watercolor
2022-05-05 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
OPENING RECEPTION
Join us for First Thursday May 5th at 5-7pm. Free and open to the public, refreshments available, and music by Nelson Kempf.
Watercolor is a medium that’s easy to get into but difficult to master. We put out a watercolor-only Call for Art and our talented community artists did not disappoint. With more than 40 paintings entered, a wide range of watercolor techniques and effects are on display: multi-layered transparent glazes, watercolor with bodied paint, dry brush, Chinese brush painting, and more. Come be amazed at what can be created with simple materials and a sheet of paper.

Kenai Peninsula Quilting Guild 2022 Challenge Blocks
2022-05-05 12:00 - 2022-07-02 17:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Each year the Peninsula Quilting Guild does a Challenge Block, where each quilter creates a 12″x12″ block based on a theme. This year’s theme is “Balance.” There are 17 blocks demonstrating a variety of techniques, made by quilters from Homer, Seward, Kenai, and Soldotna. This show is on display in the Kenai Art Center rear gallery.

Open Watercolor
2022-05-05 12:00 - 2022-05-29 17:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
May in the main gallery:
Watercolor is a medium that’s easy to get into but difficult to master. We put out a watercolor-only Call for Art and our talented community artists did not disappoint. With more than 40 paintings entered, a wide range of watercolor techniques and effects are on display: multi-layered transparent glazes, watercolor with bodied paint, dry brush, Chinese brush painting, and more. Come be amazed at what can be created with simple materials and a sheet of paper.
Join us for First Thursday May 5th at 5-7pm. Free and open to the public, refreshments available, and music by Nelson Kempf.

Workshop: Charcoal Portrait Drawing
2022-04-30 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Learn charcoal portraiture in this interactive class designed for beginners and intermediate artists. You and instructor James Adcox will be exploring a variety of drawing techniques and completing a finished portrait from life. Class is appropriate for teens and adults.
***Class size is limited to 8 participants. RSVP to James Adcox in advance.***
Cost: $65 (this fee also covers model)
When: April 30, 2022
Where: Kenai Art Center
Time: 12-3pm
Contact: 907-283-1999 jamesgadcox@hotmail.com
Other: all drawing materials will be provided. Materials include a variety of charcoal, newsprint, and medium toned paper, and white chalk.

Pale Jail Ale Release Party
2022-02-03 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
The Kenai Art Center and Kenai River Brewing have teamed up to promote one of the best kept secrets in Old Town Kenai, the Historic Kenai Jail.

Kenai River Brewing will be in the Art Center Feb. 3rd from 5-7 pm serving up their brand new beer: Pale Jail Ale. There is no cover charge for the event, people 21+ can purchase beer tokens. Pale Jail Ale T-shirt will also be available, and all proceeds go to support the Kenai Art Center. Live music will be performed in the gallery by the Tune Weavers, including jail-themed songs and other country favorites.

The jail was added to the Kenai Police & Fire Station in 1957. In 1973, the building was leased to local artists, who slowly transformed it into the art gallery, pottery studio, and workshop space that still thrives today. Come by the Kenai Art Center, see a show and the preserved historic jail, and have a beer!

Printmaking Workshop (date TBD)
2022-01-01 - 2022-01-10 | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
PRE-REGISTER Today:
Painter and printmaker James Adcox will teach you how to make a relief print. The whole process will be covered from carving the block, to inking and printing, and then signing and numbering your print. All materials will be provided, and no printmaking experience is necessary. Attendees will leave the workshop having carved and printed their own relief print. (Workshop is estimated to be a half-day or approximately 4 hours)
Pre-register here

Exhibition: Mural Show
2021-11-04 - 2021-12-11 | AK

Exhibition: PAG Member's Exhibition
2021-10-07 - 2021-10-29 | AK

Kenai Plein Air Group Paint Out
2021-09-25 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | AK
Join us for an afternoon of plein air, leaf peeping, and s’mores. We’ll meet at the Upper Skilak Lake Campground Day Use Area. I’ll bring firewood and s’mores fixings so we can warm chilly fingers and roast s’mores through out the afternoon. Bring any other food (something to roast on a stick perhaps), snacks and drinks you may want, as well as plein air supplies and anything you need for a day in a wilderness area.
– Alisia Sarren

Kenai Plein Air Group Paint Out
2021-09-17 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | AK
Let’s kick off the weekend with a little plein air! As we head into Autumn the Kenai River Flats are becoming a riot of color. I especially like the views here in the golden light at the end of the day. Bring whatever plein air supplies you like, snacks, drinks, and if you want, a chair or sit-upon. I’ve set the event time for 5 pm to 8 pm but stay and paint/draw as long as you like. Sunset that evening is at 8:15 pm. Just a heads up, there are no restrooms at this location… there are bushes and tall grass though.
– Alisia Sarren

First Thursday
2021-09-02 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611
Opening Reception for the new show. 5-7pm

Reindeer Man
2021-09-02 - 2021-09-30 | Kenai Art Center, 816 Cook Ave, Kenai, AK, 99611

Kenai Plein Air Group Paint Out
2021-08-15 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Anchorage) | AK
Join us to paint and/or draw in Old Town Kenai. All mediums welcome. Parking is available at the Kenai Art Center (the building is closed on Sundays) and we will disperse through out Old Town to spend the afternoon creating art. Many options for subject matter can be found in this little neighborhood, parks, historic buildings, bluff views.
Just a few things to keep in mind:

Please be mindful of private property
Do not block walkways or traffic
Please do not dump solvents/used paint water on the ground
Carry out your trash
The nearest public restroom is a little walk down The Meeks Trail near the beach

Suggested Items to Bring:

Medium of Choice – oils, acrylics, pastel, gouache, markers, charcoal, pencil, finger paints… whatever your heart desires
Substrate to work on – painting panels, paper, etc
Accessories and tools for your medium – brushes, water
cups, sharpeners, compositional aids, etc
Light weight easel, backing board or sketch book
Small bag for trash – carry out what you bring in please
Lunch, snacks, drinks
Sunscreen and bug spray
Hat with brim
Rain jacket
Rags or paper towels
Umbrella or sunshade – optional
Chair, stool, sit-upon – optional
Portable table – optional

At some point during the afternoon try to check in with me, Alisia, to sign in. I’ll be wearing a bright yellow hat. If you miss me at the parking lot I will try to stay visible while painting and will also make my rounds to say “hi” to everyone.For more information and to RSVP go to: https://clubcreator.com/team/kenai-plein-air-group or https://www.facebook.com/groups/kenaipleinair
Feel free to contact Alisia with any questions at asarren@hotmail.com or 907-299-3379

Kenai Plein Air Group Paint Out
2021-08-07 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | AK
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Exhibition: Kate Demske, Heather Floyd, Jason Leslie
2021-08-05 - 2021-08-28 | AK

Exhibition: Kenai Potter's Guild
2021-07-01 - 2021-07-31 | AK
