IPY 2007-2008

This exhibition combines the Arctic artwork of Ken Leslie with the environmental expertise of the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium for an unusual look at the top of the planet*both beautiful and informed!


A winter/summer "diptych" of Ken Leslies "Top of the World" paintings of Kotzebue, Alaska

During the past ten years, Ken Leslie has produced paintings and artists books on the theme of the movement of light and time in the Arctic. He has made many trips, both summer and winter, to a variety of Arctic sites--including Akureyri, Iceland; Kotzebue, Alaska; Longyearbyen, Svalbard; and most recently, Iqaluit, Nunavut. "Initially my interest was in the light at the Arctic extremes*where daylight and darkness give a first hand experience of Earths tilt and its place within the Solar System. But as I have built up a growing portfolio of Arctic work, I understand that Im also creating a visual record of the Arctic. We now know that the Arctic serves as a canary for global climate change. Unlike the American population, no one I met in the Arctic argues about whether or not Global Warming is happening. They see it every year as the fjords freeze later and thaw out earlier. Even under the spell of the dark world of ice, rock and stars, its not possible to forget what we southerners are doing to our planet."

On Display at the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, VT, USA from July 7th, 2007 until January 27th, 2008.

More details can be found on the Museum website.



Further Information can be obtained from {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Bobby Farlice-Rubio"}
Museum Educator
Fairbanks Museum
1302 Main Street
Saint Johnsbury, VT (Vermont), 05819
USA
(802) 748-2372, extension 111