Centennial Center for the Arts, Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way
Ph: 907.456.6485
Fx: 907.456.4112
Office Hours: 12p - 6p
Gallery Hours: 12p - 6p

july
• giftshop artist of the month:
Cabin Fever Quilters Guild - an eclectic group of 200-plus quilters, fi ber artists & sewing enthusiasts who aren’t afraid of UFO’s, consider “fat quarters” a good thing, and know their “stash” isn’t illegal. In addition to hosting Quilt Alaska every 2 years, the guild is active in the community through various projects such as Quilts of Valor, providing quilts to victims of house fires, hosting the Quilt Show at the Tanana Valley State Fair, and scheduling workshops and lectures throughout the year. Items for sale will include garments by Kathy Dubbs, bags by Ann McBeth, and various other wall hangings, garments and accessories. Tickets for the 2008 raffl e quilt will also be available.

• giftshop author of the month:
Nancy Lord - Nancy Lord grew up in New Hampshire and moved to Homer, Alaska in 1973 with her partner, Ken
Castner. Although neither of them had ever been to Homer before or knew anyone there — they chose the town from a map, based on the size of its dot at the end of a road — Homer turned out to be the right place. Most of her published work is drawn
from Alaskan material or themes. “ It’s not that I write about Alaska,” she says. “Rather, this place is full of such extraordinary stories and landscapes, I’m most interested in exploring narratives and metaphors to comment in a fresh way upon what we, humans, are doing in, and to, the larger world.” She is the author of three short fiction collections and three literary nonfi ction books: Fishcamp: Life on an Alaskan Shore (Island Press, 1997), Green Alaska: Dreams from the Far Coast (Counterpoint Press, 1999), and Beluga Days: Tracking a White Whale’s Truths.