Toolik Chain of Lakes to be shown in August at Black Spruce Brewing in Fairbanks

Ree's quilt Toolik Chain of Lakes will be featured as part of an exhibit celebrating 50 years of research by the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Toolik Field Station.

The exhibition at Black Spruce Brewing Co. will open with a special event on Friday, August 1 from 3–8pm. The brewery is located in Fairbanks at 3290 Peger Road. Artworks will be on display through the month of August.

Join Toolik staff from UAF’s Institute of Arctic Biology and past artists for the show’s First Friday opening on Aug. 1 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m at the brewery, 3290 Peger Road, in Fairbanks.Artwork will showcase interpretations of the station’s science and surrounding landscape. The show will feature works from Toolik’s past resident artists, including watercolorist Michael Boardman, tile artist Nancy Hausle Johnson, science illustrator Kristin Link, painter David Mollett, quilt artist Ree Nancarrow, painter Iris Sutton and others.

Learn more at the Toolik website, or at the Black Spruce website.

Scenes from Toolik Field Station inspired these works of art by, clockwise from the top, David Mollett, Iris Sutton, Ree Nancarrow, Kristin Link and Nancy Hausle Johnson.

Ree featured in Dutch art magazine See All This

Ree's Elements of Winter quilt has been featured in the current issue of See All This, a Dutch art quarterly magazine. Ree's work is part of the third and final volume in a series, "Pretty Brilliant Women in the Arts."

"The series has been curated alongside Catherine de Zegher, a Belgian art historian and its final issue - set to come out on the 7th of June, bears the theme ‘Goddesses’. Divided into 6 segments, the final volume of Pretty Brilliants explores art continentally. Each segment, adorned with an essay by an author coming from the given area unfolds into a visual portfolio representing art borne out of the continent. In the component dedicated to Antarctica & the Arctic we have chosen to exhibit an image of [Ree's] work, Elements of Winter."

Some excerpts are shown below. You can purchase the print edition of the magazine at the See All This website.

Issue 38 (Summer 2025) — See All This

Tonglen Lake Lodge show opens July 4th

Ree will be a featured artist at Tonglen Lake's July First Friday Art Show, with an opening gathering on July 4, 2025 from 5–7pm.

Only 10 minutes from the main entrance of Denali National Park, Tonglen Lake Lodge is a wilderness retreat that allows you to escape the crowds and enjoy an authentic Alaskan experience that will leave you in awe.

More information at the Tonglen Lake website.

Join us in the Artisan Cafe to welcome Ree & Nancy for our July First Friday Art Show! July 4, 5-7pm. Free Appetizers