Have a meal at the Reluctant Fisherman and take a look at the beautiful art by Erin Cooper. Erin Cooper's Art at the Reluctant Fisherman supports the Covered Spaces Project.  You can actually buy a piece right off the wall and take it home with you!  If you would like to purchase a piece of art, just ask your server and they will be able to help you.  When you buy art on the heART Wall you supporting an Artist and a community initiative to make Cordova a more enjoyable place to live and to visit!

The Reluctant Fisherman Restaurant hosts the heART Wall in Cordova, Alaska.  The generous support of the Arts and Artists by a local business in Cordova also supports an ongoing community project to raise fund to build covered spaces in and around the town of Cordova. 

Cordova Covered Spaces Project is working to create spaces for all types of outdoor gatherings. Outdoor events are an opportunity for appreciation of the natural world, and the effort to create covered spaces will enhance learning, celebrating or socializing in Cordova Alaska. 

A problem that most Cordovan's agree on is how wet Cordova can be.  The rain fall can get to be too wet at times.  Creating spaces to enjoy being outdoors with a cover to block some moisture is needed.  Both children and adults have donated to the project, The Bay to Bay in May Bike/Run/Walk Event donates annual entry fees to the effort. The City of Cordova Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with the project.  Local businesses and Coops, including Cordova Telephone Co-op and Cordova Electric Co-op have donated and support the ongoing fundraising efforts.  

Be sure to mark you calendar for: 
9/7/23
6pm
Reluctant Fisherman Restaurant
Paula Payne Art Opening
See new artwork by the extremely talented Paula Payne - Artist, teacher, mentor, community supporter, programs director of the Cordova Historical Museum

Head over the the Reluctant Fisherman Restaurant for a meal and purchase a piece of amazing art right off the wall, take it home and hang it all on the same day!  Last day to see Emily's art exhibit is 8/26/23.  Hurry over and have a great meal and grab a piece by the talented artist.

Join us tonight at the Reluctant Fisherman Restaurant at 6:30 for the heART wall opening reception for Emily Rubio's Art Show!  Support a local artist and the Covered Spaces Project, take some art home and enjoy meeting and visiting.  Plan to have dinner at the Reluctant and make an evening of it!

The heART Wall at the Reluctant Fisherman Restaurant is now featuring local artist Emily Rubio.  Plan to have a meal at the Reluctant and enjoy the new art on display.  Purchase a piece and take it home, ask your server.  The proceeds from art sales are split 50/50 artist and the Cordova Covered Spaces Project.

Join us on May 2nd at 5:30 pm, the Reluctant Fisherman Restaurant hosts the reopening of the
HeART wall and the first featured artist is David Rosenthal!  Support local artists and the community project Cordova Covered Spaces with art!

If you are an artist and you have Bear art, here is the call of the wild!
Call for bear related art!  Please forward to anyone you think may be interested.  Drop-off deadline to the Cordova Museum is Saturday, September 3rd at 5:00 pm.  

Alaskan artist Max Romey will be holding two separate art workshops in Cordova, Alaska on Saturday, April, 23. Together with Cordova Gear, The Net Loft will be facilitating an indoor workshop from 9am-11am, and an immersive outdoor workshop from 1pm-4pm. Max is a skilled watercolor artist who often works on location, as well as back in his studio from sketches done on-site in the wilderness. It can be hard to bring a painting to life in the field and sometimes we just end up with a sketch, a photo or a memory. But these can be plenty to bring that feeling to life on the page.For the morning workshop we will work through a sketch from start to finish and show just how easy it can be to bring a watercolor to life from mountain top to tabletop.

The afternoon workshop will involve an outdoor excursion to create art on location.The hardest part of sketching in the field is getting out the door, so if we all show up with sketchbooks in hand we are halfway there! After that, there are just a few quick tricks and you will be well on your way to seeing the world through watercolor. One of the most important tools for this exercise is a keen curiosity and a sense of adventure. That and perhaps a good jacket. Together we will turn those into a great day of sketching! Come join us for one or both workshops, and learn how to capture your adventures in line and color. Spots in these workshops are limited and can be purchased now through The Net Loft website. thenetloftak.com/collections/net-loft-classes-workshops

There will also be a showing of Max's new film "Trailbound" following the art workshops Saturday evening at The Northstar Theater. Come relax after a fun day of art and enjoy Max's vision come to life on the big screen. Tickets for this event can be purchased from Cordova Gear's website: alaskaadventureshop.com/products/an-evening-of-film-adventure-art-with-max-romey