Alice’s
Champagne Palace
195 E. Pioneer Ave.
Homer Halibut Festival Buoy Art by various artists
5-7 p.m., First Friday Reception
Buoys decorated by artists for the first Homer Halibut Festival are on display.
Art Shop Gallery
202 W. Pioneer Ave.
Jewelry Trunk Show by Sara Hondel
5-7:30 p.m., First Friday Reception
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday
Soldotna artist Sara Hondel uses items from tackle boxes, tool boxes and sewing boxes to make feminine and outdoorsy neck collars and earrings. Her jewelry style is handcrafted, repurposed and mixed media that is wearable art.
Bunnell Street Arts Center
106 W. Bunnell Ave.
The Past Thro Windows Calls to Me, mixed media paintings by KN Goodrich
5-7 p.m., First Friday Opening Reception; 6 p.m., artist talk
KN Goodrich describes her work as “contemporary, experimental, mixed media painting with a conceptualised symbolic basis.” This show was inspired by images from documentaries and aging windows at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward.
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
708 Smokey Bay Way
Still Walking the Walk by various artists
5-7:30 p.m., First Friday Reception
In “Still Walking the Walk, On Kachemak Bay and Beyond: Bringing our Soles/souls into Our Work,” various artists have created art using the XtraTuf rubber boot. The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies said it hopes viewers will contemplate the connection between themselves and the marine environment.
Homer Elks Lodge
215 Jenny Way
Paint in by Steve Gordon and students
5-9 p.m., First Friday
Landscape painter Steve Gordon paints live on the back deck of the Elks Lodge. An instructor at the University of Alaska Anchorage, he’s joined by two of his students. At 9 p.m. works will be auctioned off.
Fireweed Gallery
475 E. Pioneer Ave.
Homer Through the Looking Glass, paintings by Julie Tomich
5-7 p.m., First Friday Reception
Homer artist Julie Tomich recently painted a large mural at the new Homer Harbor Office. She writes that her show explores how eyes are the windows to the soul. Several works also feature old windows as media.
Homer Council on the Arts
344 W. Pioneer Ave.
Paint and Paddle, work by Barb Deal, Rita Pfenninger, Jody Jenkins and Annie Olson
5-7 p.m., First Friday Reception
“Paint and Paddle” came about when four artists took a July kayaking trip in Kachemak Bay. The show features jewelry and watercolors by Barb Deal, oil paintings by Rita Pfenninger, mixed media by Jody Jenkins and watercolors by Annie Olson.
Ptarmigan Arts Back Room Gallery
471 E. Pioneer Ave.
Into the Woods, works by George Overpeck, Ted Heuer and Dan Fischer
5-7 p.m., First Friday Reception
Three of the co-op’s woodworkers show their work. Featured are bowls turned from local woods by George Overpeck, bowls by Ted Heuer and mixed media work by Dan Fischer.
