Homer’s galleries and public art spaces celebrate the seasonal transitions as they showcase new work by local artists during First Friday opening receptions. Stroll the art walk, meet the artists and enjoy the variety of mediums on display this month, a celebration of their creativity and inspiration.

Art Shop Gallery

202 W. Pioneer Ave.

Closed through Oct. 15.

Bunnell Street Arts Center

106 W. Bunnell Ave.

Lydia, Moyer, Artist in Residence

Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m. Artist talk, 6 p.m.

Bunnell Street Arts Center welcomes printmaker, social art practitioner and filmmaker Lydia Moyer through Oct. 22 as artist in residence. Moyer’s work is her transpersonal response to a sense of crisis in the world that casts the individual amidst the collective, wrestling with the overwhelming social, political and environmental concerns. Through her work, Moyer strives to bear witness to these concerns by conflating one with another, speaking from the past or future in order to address the present, and playing with the absurd and uncanny amidst melancholy and grief through image, sound and text.

Moyer will exhibit work, share an artist talk and offer two community workshops, Oct. 11 and 18, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. where participants will create flipbooks with Post-it pads and turn them into digital animations using smart phones. Suggested donation is $10. Register at 907-235-2662 or info@bunnellarts.com. On Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Moyer’s film art will be included as part of Film Jam curated by Michael Walsh at Bunnell.

Creative Fires Studio and Dean Gallery

40374 Waterman Road

New Metal Art by Jeff Dean

Open 5-7 p.m. First Friday

The Dean Gallery hosts “Ten for Ten, New Metal Art by Jeff Dean” an exhibit of 10 new organic and geometric abstract heat-colored steel engravings for the 10th month of 2023. Like the gallery door and freestanding display walls, each of Jeff’s small engravings is framed using reclaimed redwood from the staves of what used to be the City of Haines water storage tank.

Fireweed Gallery

475 E. Pioneer Ave.

“Alaska Driftwood Creations” by Titus Blair

First Friday Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m.

Fireweed Gallery features “Alaska Driftwood Creations” by Titus Blair, a lifelong artist who grew up in the Pacific Northwest and was inspired to become an artist by the beauty of Alaska. Blair works in many mediums and enjoys combing them to create something unique. In his exhibit “Alaska Driftwood Creations,” he uses recycled materials to make his one-of-a-kind artworks, including wood, glass, netting, paint and more.

Grace Ridge Brewing

870 Smoky Bay Way off Lake Street

Live and Silent Auction Fundraiser to support a mobile mammogram van

First Friday Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m.

Grace Ridge Brewing presents a First Friday Live and Silent Auction Fundraiser featuring a variety of donated artwork by local and other artists. Silent auction and Jen DePesa doing a live painting, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., live auction at 7 p.m., and other artwork will be available throughout the month of October. Funds raised will be donated to Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic for a mobile mammogram van to offer no-cost exams in Homer next year.

Homer Council on the Arts

355 W. Pioneer Ave.

“Fruits of Our Labor,” photography by Susan Johnson

First Friday Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m.

Homer Council on the Arts showcases “Fruits of Our Labor,” photography by Susan Johnson inspired by gathering and growing her own food over the past several years. Work in this exhibit was shot throughout the summers of 2021 and 2022, taken soon after harvest with the resulting set ups influenced by the available light. Her work is a celebration of color, shape and texture, while providing the viewer an opportunity to stop and appreciate the simplicity of the fresh harvest.

Pratt Museum & Park

3779 Bartlett St.

“Patterns in Place,” paintings by Deland Anderson

First Friday free admission 4-6 p.m., no reception

Pratt Museum & Park showcases “Patterns in Place,” a celebration of paintings created by Deland Anderson during the past 30 years, with some drawn from various exhibits in Alaska and the Lower 48, and others are new. Introduced to Aboriginal art in the Australian Outback in 1980, Anderson has been keying into patterns and how it distributes color in the world and through his work strives to create for the viewer an interplay between sky and land, water and light. Exhibit will remain in the gallery through December.

Ptarmigan Arts Back Room Gallery

471 E. Pioneer Ave.

Autumn-inspired artworks

Open First Friday 5-7 p.m.

Ptarmigan Arts invites the public to browse the autumn-inspired artworks by local and statewide artists.

South Peninsula Hospital

4300 Bartlett St.

“We Are All Connected”, pandemic-inspired quilts

First Friday Opening Reception, 5-7 p.m.

South Peninsula Hospital hosts “We Are All Connected,” quilts by quilters Francie Roberts, Jane Regan, Nan Thompson, Pat Sims, Ruby Nofziger and Sara Reinert. This exhibit — gifted to the hospital and on display for the foreseeable future — was conceived and developed by quilters during the pandemic when connecting with others was very challenging. A ribbon of fuchsia connects nine unique quilt panels, the fuchsia hand-dyed by Thompson of Moose Pass, using snow rather than common fabric dying methods. These quilts are about identifying, accepting and appreciating human differences, while recognizing our connectedness.

The exhibit was orchestrated by Regan, is a donation from the quilters to the hospital and is located on the lower level of the hospital, near the Rehab/Long Term Care entrance, accessible via the lower level entrances.

Alaska driftwood creations by Homer artist Titus Blair are on display at Fireweed Gallery through October. Photo provided

“Autumn Grizz,” a giclee print of batik on rice paper by Janaan Kitchen is one of numerous autumn-inspired artworks on display at Ptarmigan Arts through October. Photo provided

“Cart Full of Carrots” is one of numerous images by photographer Susan Johnson in her exhibit, “Fruits of Our Labor,” on display at Homer Council on the Arts through October. Photo provided

”June’s Moon,” a painting by Deland Anderson in his “Patterns in Place” exhibit showcasing his work from the past 30 years is on display at the Pratt Museum through December. Photo provided.