Starting in October, selected artists will be touring the state as part of Rarefied Light 2025 as it winds its way across the state in five separate exhibitions over the next twelve months. We hope to see you all at one of the following exhibitions and opening events: Thank you to all who entered our Read more about Rarefied Light 2025 Awards & Travel Schedule[…]
Rarefied Light 2025‘s Call for Entry will open via Café (callforentry.org) until June 11th at 10pm MST. Our 2025 Rarefied Light Juror is Stephanie Johnson, a globally-recognized leader & mentor of ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) & creative photography. LECTURE DETAILS: July 17th, 7pm Juror Lecture “The Language of Abstraction: Pushing beyond Representation” In her presentation, The Language of Abstraction: Pushing Read more about 2025 Rarefied Light Call for Entry, Juror Workshop & Lecture Details[…]
The Rarefied Light 2024 is currently touring throughout Alaska – please see our schedule below for additional information on upcoming openings. The Anchorage exhibit includes work by juror Aline Smithson (@alinesmithson ) showing concurrently.The Alaska Photographic Center (APC) is a statewide organization formed in 1983, with a mission to promote fine art photography in Alaska. Read more about UPDATED: Rarefied Light 2024 Awards & Travel Schedule[…]
JUROR INFORMATION The juror for 2024, Aline Smithson is an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, educator, and editor based in Los Angeles, California. Her practice examines the archetypal foundations of the creative impulse and she uses humor and pathos to explore the performative potential of photography.Smithson has exhibited widely including over 50 solo shows at institutions such Read more about 2024 Juror Lecture & Workshop[…]
Join us online for a virtual walk-through of the 2023 Rarefied Light exhibition in Fairbanks, hosted by APC Board Member J. Jason Lazarus and Fairbanks Arts Association. Get a chance to see Alaska’s finest photographers talk about their work as we tour the exhibition in Fairbanks!
If you recently found out that your work was selected for the 2023 Rarefied Light exhibition, you might have some questions about artwork presentation. Where should you get it printed? How/When do you print on your own? Why should you mat your prints? What sort of frames should you use? All these questions (and many, Read more about Artwork Preparation Demo / Q&A for Rarefied 2023[…]
The Rarefied Light 2023 exhibition kicks off with an opening reception at the IGCA – International Gallery of Contemporary Art in Anchorage on October 6th, 5-8pm. The Anchorage exhibit includes work by juror Jennifer Spelman showing concurrently. The Alaska Photographic Center (APC) is a statewide organization formed in 1983, with a mission to promote fine Read more about 2023 Rarefied Light award winners announced[…]
ANCHORAGE: Please join us for the opening reception for Rarefied Light 2022 this Friday, November 4th, from 4:30-6pm at Alaska Pacific University‘s ConocoPhillips and Carr Gottstein Galleries. We’re looking forward to sharing the 55 pieces selected by juror Dan Burkholder before they start traveling the state. We hope to see you there!
This year’s competition drew 460 photographs from 70 Alaskan artists. Dan Burkholder has selected 55 entries that will travel the state until 2023. Congratulations to all who were invited to exhibit their work for this traveling exhibition! Stay tuned to our social media and website as we begin to share details on this traveling exhibition, Read more about Rarefied Light 2022 Award Recipients[…]
Don’t miss next week’s Photo Tuesday Artist Talk by Bob Hallinen, our 2021 Rarefied Light Best of Show recipient. Hallinen will be featuring a variety of work in a presentation called “Tiele: Mud, Feathers and Bricks”, featuring work shot around Anchorage. This virtual artist presentation will be on Tuesday, 4/19, at 7pm. Hallinen started his Read more about April’s Virtual Artist Talk – Bob Hallinen[…]