Learn more about the artists featured in our special exhibit, Art in the Making.

Teresa Shannon was born and raised in Fairbanks. She divides her time between teaching ceramics at UAF, making pots in her home studio, and driving the Zamboni at the ice rink.

Watch the interview here.

Glen Simpson was born in Atlin, British Columbia of both Tahltan-Kaska Indian and pioneer Canadian heritage. He has become increasingly concerned with reinterpreting traditional Alaska Native forms and imagery in materials that are nontraditional and often unexpected.

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Alfred Skondovitch was born in England to Russian Jewish immigrants. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he studied with the German Expressionist Hans Hoffman in New York. In the late 1950s, he visited friends in Alaska, where he met his wife, Patti.

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Adam Ottavi was born in Iowa and currently lives in Fairbanks, where he teaches photography at UAF and runs an organic garden. While Adam uses contemporary cameras, he is primarily interested in historic methods of photography.

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Sara Tabbert was born and raised in Fairbanks. She lives in the Goldstream Valley with five sled dogs and is an avid skier and blueberry picker. Sara has worked with students across Alaska in the Artist in the Schools program.

Watch the interview here.