Boy with Wolf Puppy in East Texas by Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, 2023, Gelatin Silver Print
JUNEAU–Since 1970, Alaska Positive has encouraged photography as an art form in Alaska. Now in its 55th year, this juried photography exhibition highlights the role of Alaskan photographers in today's visual culture. The Alaska State Museum is proud to announce Patrice Aphrodite Helmar as guest juror for Alaska Positive 2025.
Helmar is a photographer and artist engaged in the poetics of lived experience and everyday life. Their multidisciplinary work is concerned with issues of labor, class, queerness, and the politics of representation.
Helmar was born in Juneau and grew up working in their father’s small-town camera shop and darkroom. Their work has been shown at PARTICIPANT INC, the Jewish Museum, Ortega Y Gasset Projects, Gaa Gallery, the National Museum of Iceland, and other spaces.They received an MAT from the University of Alaska Southeast in 2013 and an MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University in 2015. They studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2022 and received a 2025 MacDowell Fellowship. Helmer is a Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University and Columbia University's Visual Arts MFA program. They live and work in Juneau and New York City.
The call for submissions for Alaska Positive opens Monday, September 8 and closes Friday, October 17, 2025, at 9:59 p.m Alaska Time on CaFÉ. For more information, contact Jackie Manning, Curator of Exhibitions, at 907-465-4819 or jackie.manning@alaska.gov.
Alaska Positive opens at the Alaska State Museum on December 5, 2025 and runs through March 7, 2026 before traveling to museums throughout Alaska.
Learn more about artist opportunities at the Alaska State Museum.
View online exhibitions. including previous Alaska Positive exhibitions.
Small image: Tin Foil Crowns with Dolly Girl by Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, 2020, Gelatin Silver Print.
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