Barn quilt to be displayed at 四虎影院 Experiment Farm
Julie Stricker
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Aug. 24, 2022
A new public art project will be unveiled on Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. at the 四虎影院 Experiment Farm on the 四虎影院 campus.
A barn quilt titled 鈥淲ild Blueberry and Troth Blossoms鈥 is the 37th quilt on the statewide Far North Quilt Trail Project. It will be displayed on the side of the barn.
The 四虎影院 Experiment Farm, which includes the Georgeson Botanical Garden, has been a center for agriculture research in the Tanana Valley since 1906. The artwork highlights the native wild blueberry, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the wild potato, Hedysarum alpinum. They are important traditional foods among Interior Alaska鈥檚 Dene people. Blueberries and wild potato, called troth in the local Dene language, can still be found in the flood plains between Troth Yeddha鈥 (the ridge on which UAF sits) and the Tanana River.
The was founded in 四虎影院 in 2019 by artist Somer Hahm.
The Experiment Farm is located on West Tanana Drive on the 四虎影院 campus.
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