Homer’s galleries and public art spaces celebrate summer with new and ongoing work and exhibits. Stroll the galleries, meet the artists and enjoy the variety of mediums on display.

Art Shop Gallery

202 W. Pioneer Ave.

“Invented Spaces,” acrylic paintings by Dan Coe

Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m.

Art Shop Gallery presents “Invented Spaces,” acrylic paintings by Homer artist Dan Coe. Whether brushing pigment across canvas or tracing digital color on glass, Coe’s process begins with intuition — loose strokes of light and shadow arranged without premeditation and deliberately sidestepping the frameworks of photographic perspective. Like the landscapes of Japanese scrolls and ukiyo-e prints, Coe intends for his work to bend horizons and flatten space, inviting a more direct encounter with form and feeling, painting to preserve a sense of childlike wonder. Visit the gallery online at artshopgallery.com.

Bunnell Street Arts Center

106 W. Bunnell Ave.

Paintings by Antoinette Walker and ceramics by Carla Potter

Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m. Artist talk, 6 p.m.

Bunnell Street Arts Center presents encaustic paintings by Kodiak artist Antoinette Walker and ceramics by Montana artist Carla Potter. Walker’s creativity and life stories are expressed with coastal marine themes that capture the wild beauty of Alaska. Encaustic, a blend of beeswax, damar crystals and pigment, is the artist’s medium of choice and she often embeds charts, scraps of paper and found objects in the wax medium. Drawing upon first-hand experiences of fishing, its dangers and excitement, eroding riverbanks, weathered canneries, set net sites, surfaces beaten by heavy winds and torrential seas and rustic landscapes, Walker is drawn to these surfaces with textural layers that disclose a story and using encaustic, painting, scraping and scratching, she strives to reveal pieces that speak of the past and present. Walker’s work is recognized and collected throughout Alaska, exhibited in the Anchorage Historical Museum and in the collections of the Pratt Museum in Homer, as well as in Kodiak at the Alutiiq Museum, Baronov Museum, Kodiak Public Library, Providence Hospital, and Credit Union 1.

Potter’s ceramics are inspired by marine life like limpet shells and barnacles, at which she marvels at the limpet’s compact form, colors, patterns and textures and the barnacle’s jagged and clustered forms. Raised in Southeast Alaska, Potter now calls Montana home, making and exhibiting art. She previously taught at the University of Alaska Ketchikan Campus and in many public schools as an artist in residence. With a friend she started a small ceramics school and taught private lessons in her studio. She has exhibited art in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums all over the West Coast. Visit Bunnell Street Arts Center at bunnellarts.org.

Fireweed Gallery

475 E. Pioneer Ave.

Paintings by Don Kolstad

Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m.

Fireweed Gallery hosts new studio and plein air paintings by Don Kolstad. A full-time Alaskan artist since 1982, Kolstad’s current work is in oil and watercolor and he paints outdoors on location as often as he can. The paintings in this exhibit represent recent pieces and show the evolution of his years of painting in getting to the point of learning to simplify. Kolstad manages a weekly newsletter to members of the Plein Air Painters of Alaska, gives workshops around Alaska and holds weekly Zoom classes online for students all over the United States. Visit the gallery online at fireweedgallery.com.

Grace Ridge Brewing

870 Smoky Bay Way

Abstract art by Shari Osti Chamberlin and mixed media puppets and dioramas by Daniel Dobrosielski

Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m.

Grace Ridge Brewing presents abstract art by Shari Osti Chamberlin and puppets and dioramas by Daniel Dobrosielski. Chamberlin, an abstract artist with over four decades of experience is originally from Iowa, was raised in upstate New York and studied Textile Design and Sculpture at Syracuse University, earning her BFA in Art. Her career began in Los Angeles, where she developed a unique approach to Mono Printing, an intuitive process that remains central to her work. Over the years, Chamberlin’s art has been shown in galleries across the United States and shaped by life chapters in cities like Seattle and now Anchor Point. Inspired by the landscapes around her, she continues to explore and evolve her practice, creating work that reflects a deep connection to place, process and emotion.

Born and raised in the suburbs of Maryland in the 1990s and early 2000s, Dobrosielski grew up during the birth of the monster catcher genre, the “mon” era. He has many fond memories of spending time with his siblings, hunkered down with a Gameboy and dreaming of becoming “The Very Best.” Since then, he has been working as an animator and educator and moved to Homer with his husband in 2023. In this exhibit, “Emperor Zappatron’s Menagerie of Monsters,” Dobrosielski shows a whimsical collection of mixed media puppets and dioramas featuring creatures familiar and peculiar, an exhibit of art that is playful and fun, striving to inspire a multitude of worlds and imaginings for others.

Homer Council on the Arts

355 W. Pioneer Ave.

“Color-Texture-Shapes-Lines,” paintings by Michelle Michaud

Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m.

Homer Council on the Arts presents “Color-Texture-Shapes-Lines,” paintings by Michelle Michaud. Michaud’s art journey started for a brief period during her early years and then took a long hiatus until after she retired and moved back to Alaska eight years ago. At that time, she started painting with acrylics, then moved on to watercolors and most recently, oil and cold wax, focusing primarily on abstracts. Inspired by spontaneity and the natural environment, she is an intuitive abstract painter, although some of my paintings are loose representations of landscapes or flowers. Abstract painting gives her the freedom to paint without the expectation that the painting should look a certain way or look like a certain object or scene. Michaud enjoys playing with colors, textures, shapes, and lines. The possibilities are endless. Paint what you feel, enjoy what you paint. Her use of color ranges across the spectrum, although she is partial to blues finding them soothing. Her shapes tend to be more organic and oftentimes very subtle, with an almost total absence of a recognizable shape and at other times, incorporating geometric shapes. She is fascinated by the textures in nature that add depth to a painting. Michaud also utilizes lines in her paintings, actual or implied. Visit HCOA at homerart.org.

Pratt Museum

3779 Bartlett St.

“Connected: A New Installation” by Sharlene Cline

First Friday, 4-6 p.m. Live performance, 5:30 p.m.

Pratt Museum presents “Connected by Sharlene Cline: A New Installation.” In this immersive exploration of our shared humanity, the artist asks, “Do we carry more than genes? Do we carry memory, resilience, and hope too?” Meet the artist, explore the exhibition and enjoy gathering with other community members to celebrate this special exhibit. All three galleries of the museum will be open, as well as the museum store. Visit the museum online at prattmuseum.org.

Ptarmigan Arts

471 E. Pioneer Ave.

New work by members

Gallery hours, Monday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open until 7 p.m. on First Friday

Ptarmigan Arts invites community members to see new work by co-op members stocking up for the summer season. Visit the gallery online at ptarmiganarts.com.

South Peninsula Hospital

4300 Bartlett St.

“Between Two Mountains,” paintings by Kellie Kekich

The SPH Gallery hosts Kellie Kekich, a Homer-based artist originally from Sheridan, Wyoming. Kekich has spent her life creating art and time in the outdoors. After living in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and now Alaska, she has garnered a deep appreciation for the mountains, the local ecology and the communities who choose to live in such close proximity to wilderness and nature. Beyond oil painting, Kekich expresses her artistic ability through many facets of art making, including design, illustration, digital art, landscape design and fine gardening. Through painting, she expresses her deep appreciation for artistic tradition, nodding namely to the master artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Growing up in Wyoming, Kekich was exposed to the rich history of the recent Wild West, primarily through vivid paintings of cowboy country, seemingly psychedelic and colorful landscapes of her favorite places in the mountains, and portraiture of the Indigenous peoples who cultivated and maintained the beauty of the Rocky Mountains. Find the gallery wall in the main entrance and hallway by the lab.

The Dean Gallery

40374 Waterman Rd.

New work and open studio

Open 5-7 p.m. on First Friday

The Dean Gallery is family-owned and features contemporary art by M’fanwy, Ranja and Jeff Dean. In the gallery are also intricately carved wood panels, bronze sculptures, metal and wood wall art, seed bead jewelry and specialty prints on metal, wood, and paper. On First Friday, the gallery will host an open studio where visitors see progress on one of Jeff’s current commissions, version 2 of “Morning on the River,” a 31-by-62-inch heat-colored steel engraving of a fly fisher plying the waters of an Alaskan river. Visit them online at deangallery.com.

“Rope Walker,” a painting by Antoinette Walker, is on display in a collaborative exhibit through June 2025 at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Bunnell Street Arts Center

Fused glasswork by Dave and Caryl Christy is on display at Ptarmigan Arts in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Ptarmigan Arts

“Connected” is an installation by Sharlene Cline on display at the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by the Pratt Museum

“Morning on the River,” a work done in heat-colored steel by Jeff Dean, is featured during First Friday, June 6, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Jeff Dean

“Lady of the Forest I” is a painting by Shari Osti Chamberlin on display through the month of June at Grace Ridge Brewing in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Grace Ridge Brewing