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SUMMARY:"The Long Veil" opening reception - Sasha Bitzer
DESCRIPTION:The Long Veil\n\n\n\nThe Long Veil is a series of artworks by Sasha Bitzer that build visual and metaphorical\n\nconnections inspired by her time with glaciers. Drawing from her experiences living in\n\nnorthern climates\, the works reflect on how long seasons of darkness and cold shape\n\nboth landscapes and human behavior. Through printmaking\, mixed media\, and\n\nmaterial relationships\, Bitzer explores cycles of preservation and loss\, and the fragile\n\nbalance between safety and freedom. In these works\, glaciers act as a language for\n\nunderstanding human tendencies\, values\, and lessons from nature. They serve as\n\nreservoirs of wisdom\, acceptance\, and balance\, carrying the stillness of solitude and\n\nthe warmth of transformation that follows.\n\nThe veil threads together the deep\, dark winter and the quiet protections we build\n\naround ourselves. These layers keep us safe\, yet they also blur and soften what we see\,\n\nchanging how we move through the world. The veil holds both mystery and the ache of\n\nnearness\, where what we desire is so close it can be felt but not chosen for the cost it\n\ncarries. In this space between concealment and vulnerability\, The Long Veil reflects on\n\nwhat we protect\, what we reveal\, and how darkness itself can become a site of\n\ntransformation.\n\n\n\nSasha Bitzer is an artist and educator based in Fairbanks\, Alaska. She works across\n\nmany mediums and is attentive to the voice of materials and the ways they shape\n\nmeaning. Bitzer often turns to place and the natural environment as metaphor\, drawing\n\ninspiration from her surroundings\, research\, and lived experience to bring new\n\nperspectives to how we interact with the world. Her work is frequently exhibited locally\n\nas well as nationally and internationally. She is Assistant Professor of Printmaking and\n\nPainting at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.\n\n\n\nArtist Statement\n\n\n\nMy work emerges from an inquiry into how our relationships with place\, space\, and\n\nland shape identity and behavior. Living in Fairbanks\, Alaska\, I am deeply influenced by\n\nthe long winters\, the cycles of darkness and cold\, and the glacial landscapes that\n\nsurround this place. Glaciers serve as a language through which I explore human\n\ntendencies\, values\, and ways of living in environments that demand both endurance\n\nand adaptation. Through this project subtleties have made themselves known\, like the\n\nquiet patience and nurturing of oneself through long seasons of rest and solitude.\n\nThe body of work you see here was partially developed as part of an URSA Mentorship\n\nProject called Cognitive Cryogenics. Over the course of a year\, a UAF Bachelor of Fine\n\nArts candidate\, Ayona Reily Dixon\, and I spent time with glaciers as we worked on the\n\ncollaborative project. As we invested time gathering\, drawing\, and learning from them\,\n\nwe developed a visual language from those landscapes\, analyzing connections\n\nbetween their characteristics and the behaviors of the people who share their climate.\n\nThis subject has remained deeply important to me\, and the works presented here\n\nexpand on that theme through my personal narratives and a deeper exploration of my\n\nvalues and growth as an individual. I use printmaking\, painting\, and material\n\nrelationships to explore cycles of preservation and loss\, alongside the delicate balance\n\nbetween freedom and safety. Like glaciers\, which hold sediment\, air\, and ancient life in\n\nobscurity until release\, I see the human experience as layered with joy\, memory\, grief\,\n\nand resilience. Works such as Meander and Ablation explore pressure\, retreat\, and\n\nrenewal\, while pieces like Archaea and Small Cold Song reflect persistence and joy\n\ncarried quietly through solitude. In Keeper and Good Mourning\, I explore the dualities\n\nof concealment and revelation\, strength and vulnerability\, and the holding of grief as\n\nwe change.\n\n\n\nI think of glaciers as beings that both conceal and transform\, reservoirs that carry\n\nwisdom\, endurance\, and acceptance. They mirror the cycles we move through as\n\nhumans: accumulation\, stillness\, diminishment\, and renewal. In them\, I find a language\n\nto reflect on complex dualities in life such as safety and freedom\, loss and growth\, the\n\npower and strength of softness\, and the difficult but necessary seasons of solitude and\n\nobscurity that make outpouring possible.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Long Veil<br />\n<br />\nThe Long Veil is a series of artworks by Sasha Bitzer that build visual and metaphorical<br />\nconnections inspired by her time with glaciers. Drawing from her experiences living in<br />\nnorthern climates\, the works reflect on how long seasons of darkness and cold shape<br />\nboth landscapes and human behavior. Through printmaking\, mixed media\, and<br />\nmaterial relationships\, Bitzer explores cycles of preservation and loss\, and the fragile<br />\nbalance between safety and freedom. In these works\, glaciers act as a language for<br />\nunderstanding human tendencies\, values\, and lessons from nature. They serve as<br />\nreservoirs of wisdom\, acceptance\, and balance\, carrying the stillness of solitude and<br />\nthe warmth of transformation that follows.<br />\nThe veil threads together the deep\, dark winter and the quiet protections we build<br />\naround ourselves. These layers keep us safe\, yet they also blur and soften what we see\,<br />\nchanging how we move through the world. The veil holds both mystery and the ache of<br />\nnearness\, where what we desire is so close it can be felt but not chosen for the cost it<br />\ncarries. In this space between concealment and vulnerability\, The Long Veil reflects on<br />\nwhat we protect\, what we reveal\, and how darkness itself can become a site of<br />\ntransformation.<br />\n<br />\nSasha Bitzer is an artist and educator based in Fairbanks\, Alaska. She works across<br />\nmany mediums and is attentive to the voice of materials and the ways they shape<br />\nmeaning. Bitzer often turns to place and the natural environment as metaphor\, drawing<br />\ninspiration from her surroundings\, research\, and lived experience to bring new<br />\nperspectives to how we interact with the world. Her work is frequently exhibited locally<br />\nas well as nationally and internationally. She is Assistant Professor of Printmaking and<br />\nPainting at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.<br />\n<br />\nArtist Statement<br />\n<br />\nMy work emerges from an inquiry into how our relationships with place\, space\, and<br />\nland shape identity and behavior. Living in Fairbanks\, Alaska\, I am deeply influenced by<br />\nthe long winters\, the cycles of darkness and cold\, and the glacial landscapes that<br />\nsurround this place. Glaciers serve as a language through which I explore human<br />\ntendencies\, values\, and ways of living in environments that demand both endurance<br />\nand adaptation. Through this project subtleties have made themselves known\, like the<br />\nquiet patience and nurturing of oneself through long seasons of rest and solitude.<br />\nThe body of work you see here was partially developed as part of an URSA Mentorship<br />\nProject called Cognitive Cryogenics. Over the course of a year\, a UAF Bachelor of Fine<br />\nArts candidate\, Ayona Reily Dixon\, and I spent time with glaciers as we worked on the<br />\ncollaborative project. As we invested time gathering\, drawing\, and learning from them\,<br />\nwe developed a visual language from those landscapes\, analyzing connections<br />\nbetween their characteristics and the behaviors of the people who share their climate.<br />\nThis subject has remained deeply important to me\, and the works presented here<br />\nexpand on that theme through my personal narratives and a deeper exploration of my<br />\nvalues and growth as an individual. I use printmaking\, painting\, and material<br />\nrelationships to explore cycles of preservation and loss\, alongside the delicate balance<br />\nbetween freedom and safety. Like glaciers\, which hold sediment\, air\, and ancient life in<br />\nobscurity until release\, I see the human experience as layered with joy\, memory\, grief\,<br />\nand resilience. Works such as Meander and Ablation explore pressure\, retreat\, and<br />\nrenewal\, while pieces like Archaea and Small Cold Song reflect persistence and joy<br />\ncarried quietly through solitude. In Keeper and Good Mourning\, I explore the dualities<br />\nof concealment and revelation\, strength and vulnerability\, and the holding of grief as<br />\nwe change.<br />\n<br />\nI think of glaciers as beings that both conceal and transform\, reservoirs that carry<br />\nwisdom\, endurance\, and acceptance. They mirror the cycles we move through as<br />\nhumans: accumulation\, stillness\, diminishment\, and renewal. In them\, I find a language<br />\nto reflect on complex dualities in life such as safety and freedom\, loss and growth\, the<br />\npower and strength of softness\, and the difficult but necessary seasons of solitude and<br />\nobscurity that make outpouring possible.
LOCATION:4th floor of the UAF Rasmuson Library 1732 Tanana Loop Fairbanks\, AK 9775
UID:e.106.33195
SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20260430T230357Z
URL:https://www.fairbankschamber.org/events/details/the-long-veil-opening-reception-sasha-bitzer-33195
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