The John Trigg Ester Library

Library Lecture Series

While we don't yet have a library building in which to host cultural events, the library can still serve in this traditional fashion by sponsoring a lecture series in Ester's nearby community space, Hartung Hall. The lecture series focuses on writers, artists, adventurers, scholars, entrepreneurs, musicians, craftspeople, and colorful characters from, visiting, or of interest to Ester. Admission is free; donations are encouraged—and very much appreciated.

Upcoming speakers for this forum include Chris Lott, Jamie Smith, and Matthew Reckard. Dates and times for each speaker will be announced. For more information, please contact the librarians.

The forum is held in Hartung Hall, Main Street, Ester, at 7 pm.

 

Igor Pasternak

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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Igor Pasternak is an adjunct art instructor at UAF. He was born in 1967 in Odessa, a Ukranian port city on the coast of the Black Sea. He earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Odessa Polytechnical University in1991. He and his family immigrated to the US in 1992 to Chicago.

Pasternak began his education in fine art when he came to Alaska in 2000, earning his BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 2005. His thesis exhibition, entitled Odessa Borealis, simultaneously celebrated life on the coasts of the Black Sea and the Bering Strait. He earned his MFA in Studio Art at American University in 2009, returning thereafter to Fairbanks. Pasternak's paintings have been shown at the Annex and other galleries and are part of the permanent collection at the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks.

Previous speakers:

"A Long and Lustrous Winter"
Marjorie Kowalski Cole on poetry, October 2009
(talk posted here)

"Images of China"
Monique Musick, photographer, on her trip to the People's Republic of China
(selected images here), November 2009

"All is Well": The Life, Death, and Diary of a Backcountry Pioneer
Ross Coen, historian, and John Haines, poet
talk and slide show, January 2010

A Trip Through the Aleutians
Scott Darsney, photographer and adventurer, reflecting on the history of the Aleutian Islands and on his sailing trip through the chain.
(selected images here), March 2010

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