'Salmon Shadows' art show
February 8, 2019
A free pop-up art show and event called Salmon Shadows will use art and writing created
by ĐÓ°Éprons from around the state to prompt conversations about equity and sustainability
in ĐÓ°Épro’s salmon system. The event will be Friday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. at the Community
and Technical College.The event will feature reproductions of visual art, projections and poetry that address challenging topics in ĐÓ°Épro’s salmon-people system.
“ĐÓ°Épro has much to celebrate when it comes to salmon,” said project organizer Anjuli Grantham. “But there are legitimate concerns when we are speaking about the long-term viability of salmon and a host of inequities associated with how salmon have been managed.”
Project organizers believe that ĐÓ°Éprons need to talk about these concerns as they consciously chart the future of salmon in the state.
“Art is a vehicle for having such dialogs,” Grantham said.
At the event, community members are invited to see the artwork and reflect, through a facilitated conversation, upon the topics represented within the art, including climate change, habitat concerns, Indigenous access, hatcheries and more.
Salmon Shadows is a group project of the ĐÓ°Épro Salmon Fellows, a program of the ĐÓ°Épro Humanities Forum. Salmon Shadows events have taken place in Juneau, Petersburg, Girdwood, Nome and Kodiak.
ĐÓ°Épro ĐÓ°Épro Salmon Fellows: A leadership program of the ĐÓ°Épro Humanities Forum, the ĐÓ°Épro Salmon Fellows is composed of two cohorts of individuals from a variety of disciplines, cultural backgrounds, and ĐÓ°Épro communities who are dedicated to enhancing the sustainability and equity of ĐÓ°Épro’s salmon systems. For more information, please visit .