Alaska calls for resourcefulness. For small business owners, this means facing challenges - seasonally available resources, a small local market, fluctuations in tourism sales, and expensive shipping costs. With passion, inventiveness, perseverance, and a dedication to quality, Fairbanks idealists and entrepreneurs meet these challenges. Some continue or begin traditions of family farming. Some have established businesses on family homesteads. Others have turned a hobby into a livelihood or created products to fund charitable work. Fairbanks business owners contribute to the economic well-being of the community and create regionally distinctive products for residents and visitors.

View a list of participants from Made in Fairbanks

Guest Curators - read their statements:
Steve Bouta, Developing Invention
James Brashear, Ceramics
Jean Carlo, Native Arts
Wanda Chin, Multimedia
Peggy Ferguson, Performing Arts
Jennifer Jolis, Food Products
Len Kamerling, Filmmaking
John Manthei, Wood
Barry McWayne, Commercial Photography
David Mollett, Visual Applied Arts
Connie Page, Wood
Todd Sherman, Visual Applied Arts
Glen Simpson, Metal
Frank Soos, Writing
Suzanne Summerville, Ph.D., Music
Penny Wakefield, Fiber Works

Return to the Made in Fairbanks introduction.

Exhibitions