Bush needs 1,034 delegates to secure the Republican presidential nomination. For the first time, the ceremonial roll call is being spread out over several nights. Bush lived in Alaska briefly in 1974 while working for an airline in Fairbanks. But it is also a chance for local visual artists to study with working artists. Colors, lines, shapes.
All art is a choice.
For these students those choices come from the inside out. The teacher says it can help to look inside for inspiration rather than trying to emulate what's already been done. Pierotti is a working artist from Atlanta. This is the 7th time he's come to the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. He says working together in the Festival setting is a unique way for artists to get to know their work, and each other.