Ammon Swenson

These two performances at a private residence promise baroque songs and instrumentals about dragons performed on period instruments.

SunDog’s Abi Sparkman, Deven Lind and Philip Giannulis. (Courtesy of SunDog)

Campers strike a pose at a recent Alaska Resounding youth camp. (Alaska Resouding)

The cast of “Something Rotten” at a recent dress rehearsal. (Kelly White)

The Anchorage musician is staying busy performing, teaching and building up the local scene.

Wilfredo Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

When Anchorage musician, audio engineer and producer Chad Reynvaan set about putting together an album of one-minute songs he found that working within these creative boundaries helped push him creatively. The resulting “One Minute Songs” is a collection of 17 tracks that reflect Reynvaan’s usual rock and roll/power pop while letting him explore new territory. On this episode of State of Art, we hear from Reynvaan about exercising creative muscles, writing from a personal perspective and more. We also check out some tunes.

Anchorage artist Drew Michael shapes a wooden mask in his studio. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

After a decades-long career with the Forest Service, Juneau author, Ken Post, released “Greyhound Cowboy: And Other Stories.” The collection follows realistic characters exploring relationships and conflicts against the backdrop of nature’s grandeur–from a fly-fishing guide and a cowboy stuck at a Montana bus station to a wildland firefighter trying to escape her demons.

Through a new Anchorage Museum fellowship, Drew Michael aims to give other artists an opportunity to focus on their craft without worrying about day to day logistics.