Art and film featured at museum's First Friday

November 27, 2017

Theresa Bakker

The University of Alaska Museum of the North will show a documentary film and open an art exhibit on First Friday, Dec. 1.

The community is invited to the 40th anniversary special screening of the film "Uksuum Cauyai: The Drums of Winter," directed by Sarah Elder and Leonard Kamerling.

Also, visitors can see a new exhibit featuring works by Fairbanks artist Jamie Smith in the Café Gallery. Selected comics from his long-running Nuggets feature, along with new, original works, will be on display through March 2018. This presentation is part of a rotating schedule of exhibits in the coming year featuring UAF adjunct artists.

The museum will open at 6:30 p.m., with the film starting at 7 p.m. For more information about the museum’s programs and events, visit the website at www.uaf.edu/museum or call 474-7505.