Join the Anchorage Museum for a virtual conversation with artists Katie Ione Craney and Anna Mikušková as they discuss their work in the 2022 Alaska Biennial exhibition. There will be an audience Q&A following the artist talks. Watch a recording of our talk!

Katie Ione Craney is a multidisciplinary artist living in Deishú (Haines), AK, a small town nestled between the mouth of a braided river and the edge of a deep glacially carved fjord. Through her art, she reflects on connection, memory, and accessibility in the rapidly changing North. Craney has received support from Alaska Humanities Forum, Alaska State Council on the Arts, Rasumson Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, and a Connie Boochever Fellowship. Look for Craney’s participatory and multi-sensory installations in an exhibition this February 2023 at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, AK.

Anna Mikušková grew up in the Czech Republic and is currently based in McCarthy, AK. She received an MA in English language and literature from Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and an MFA in Photography and Related Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology. For six years, she apprenticed as a silver gelatin printer with master printer Paul Caponigro. Before turning to visual art, Mikušková worked in the field of human rights focusing on services for immigrants and refugees. 

Her work frequently turns to themes of home, belonging, and the intimate relationships we form with the environments we inhabit. Her photographs and artist books have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are held in public and private collections in the United States. Her essays have been published in The Maine Arts Journal and in the British journal On Landscape.