First Friday Art Shows – Averages 100+ per show. This event is operated by a local watercolor club that meets weekly at the Grange.
Vladimir Zhikartsev highly talented local artist and North Pole Mayor Doug Isaacson
The following is the article about it that ran in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:
Santa’s Teeny Weeny Elf-Sized Art Show
Dec. 7
The most famous resident of North Pole, Santa Claus, is incredibly busy this time of year. He not only has to figure out who’s been naughty and who’s been nice, but he has to go through all the tedious regulatory rigmarole of obtaining travel permits, filing flight plans, meeting DEC, EPA, EEOC, FCC, DOT and other three-letter regulations and getting all the necessary licenses.
Then there are those health permits and emission permits for Donner and Blitzen and the rest of the gang, and standing in line to get the proper FAA clearance for the sleigh. And now passports. The other day I was in the post office and I think I spotted him in the passport renewal line.
But, despite his hectic schedule, Santa has had time to be the official sponsor of an upcoming art event bearing his name.
Santa’s Art Show, which is officially recognized by Mayor Doug Isaacson, will be the North Pole Art Society’s December First Friday show. Organizers declare it will be a jolly event displaying an impressive grouping of local art—in miniature. It will be a great place to get a unique gift for someone special.
All artists are invited to participate in the all-media event. The show will take place Dec. 7 and will feature “itty bitty, teeny weeny, elf-sized paintings.” However, since Santa has decreed he only wants elf-sized paintings, submissions shouldn’t be any bigger than an eighth sheet, or, about 8”x10”.
