Photos: Anchorage Museum Arctic Words Art Installation

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Volunteers, including Viktoria Mirigliano, place wooden blocks on triptychs in front of the Anchorage Museum on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. The art installation is part of the GLACIER Conference. The wood blocks have Arctic words carved in them in English, Alaska Native languages, Russian, Icelandic, Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian. Conference participants and members of the public are encouraged to take a block and as they do photographs by Brian Adams, Michael Conti and Jayson Smart will be fully reveled. On the reverse side of the triptychs are questions on chalkboards which people are encouraged to reply to.

Volunteers place wooden blocks on triptychs in front of the Anchorage Museum on Friday for an art installation that is part of the GLACIER Conference.

The wood blocks have Arctic words carved in them in English, Alaska Native languages, Russian, Icelandic, Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian.

Conference participants and members of the public are encouraged to take a block. As they do photographs by Brian Adams, Michael Conti and Jayson Smart will be fully revealed.

On the reverse side of the triptychs are questions on chalkboards to which people are encouraged to reply.

Related: Arctic August at the Anchorage Museum