Larry McNeil, Xhe Dhé & Da-ka-xeen Mehner

Featuring the art of Larry McNeil and Da-ka-xeen Mehner, the exhibition explores ideas that inform our times - from their ancestral and personal histories to global climate change.  McNeil and Mehner both use photography at the core of their art, alongside sculpture, lithography and video and will specifically incorporate the use of Kodachrome film in homage to the pending demise and place within the history of photography.

McNeil and Mehner come from Dakl’aweidi Kéet Gooshi Hít, the Killerwhale Fin House in Klukwan, Alaska, which is one of the oldest traditional longhouses on the Northwest Coast. McNeil is Mehner's maternal uncle, which carries a special significance in the Tlingit culture. McNeil has won numerous awards and Fellowships, including the Eiteljorg Fellowship and recently, an Arts and Humanities Fellowship from Boise State University where he is a Professor of Photography. Mehner is a photographer, installation and multi-media artist, currently teaching at University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Artist Lectures by
Da-ka-xeen Mehner and Larry McNeil
Oct 27 @ 6pm
Reception to follow