La Familia Gallery Alaskan Artist Residence

Discover a life lived with Less

Welcome to the La Familia Artist In Residence program, where artists find peace and respite from the modern world.

Originally acquired in 2000, the La Familia Artist Residence was opened to the public in 2008 as a unique opportunity for artist and art administrators to retreat, reflect, and recover from lives over-run by expectation and commercial expectations. The Residence is Jurored by the Directors of La Familia Gallery and a panel of professional artists. Artists are selected based on a combination of their skill and personal need.

It exists as a place for individuals in the arts to live with less: less stress, less noise, less technology, and less expectation. You live in a small village of approximately 600 people, the residence hosts only 2 – 4 guests at any given time, there is no TV, no internet, no franchise, no box stores, and no pressure to be anything beyond what you are.

Within the silence and the peace, you discover that what you need to create, what you need to live, and what you need to be truly happy is far less than you ever imagined.

Understand that the LFG Artist Residence is built on a minimalist concept. We are providing a retreat from the maddening crowd. We provide a place to escape the media, the press, the economy and the expectation of modern society. The home is modest, the space limited, the opportunity endless.

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WARNING: Please read carefully

La Familia is not responsible for any artist, author, or musician who falls in love with Alaska and does not leave. Over the years, many of our guests have found it impossible to return home and have lived in Alaska ever since.

They have bought homes, found love, and generally vanished into the Alaskan wilderness. We cannot be held responsible for the hypnotic effect that beautiful mountains, magnificent rivers, plentiful wildlife, and fantastic people might have on participants of our Artist In Residence Program.

It is an addiction. It is a passion. It is Alaska.

For more information email La Familia Gallery at alaska(at)lafamiliallc.com