In the wet wilderness of Lisianski Inlet, something whimsical has awakened...
Eric and Pam Bealer were renowned Alaskan artists and committed community members inspired by the natural world around them. In 2018, the Bealers entrusted their unique off-grid homestead (Sea Pony Farm) near Pelican, to the Sitka Conservation Society’s Living Wilderness Fund, asking SCS to protect the lands they fiercely loved.
After seven years of silence, Eric Bealer’s remote printing presses are rolling once more. Reborn as Sea Pony Press, they now carry forward a legacy of joy, resistance, and creative defiance in the heart of the Tongass National Forest.
Through workshops, residencies, and collaborations, Sea Pony Press is building a colorful community committed to the Tongass and our unique ways of life— forged through acts of creative expression. If you are interested in staying up to date on Sea Pony Press, sign up below:
The first print we pulled from Eric’s press was a manifesto: a promise to use Sea Pony Press to illustrate and amplify our love for the Tongass:
Today, Sea Pony Press is carrying that promise forward. Artists come into direct relationship with the lands, waters, people, and ways of life that make Southeast Alaska extraordinary. What they create travels back into the world through prints, paintings, exhibitions, workshops, and stories that help more people see what is here—and understand why it deserves their care.
We invest in artists because protecting the Tongass requires more than facts. It requires imagination, expression, shared values, and people who help us see familiar places with new eyes.
Our goal is to raise $20,000 to bring the next chapter of Sea Pony Press to life.
Your gift will help cover the real costs of welcoming artists to our remote Sea Pony Farm, including transportation, art materials, lodging, community workshops, and opportunities to share what they create with the world.
Right now, every dollar you give will be matched up to $10,000. That means your gift can go twice as far...
Give today to keep the press rolling for the Tongass
A special thank you for early supporters
The first 20 people to give $100 or more may choose a limited-edition 5-by-7-inch relief print by Elizabeth Jean Younce: Northwestern Salamander or Brown Creeper.
Each print was pulled by hand on Eric Bealer’s restored Vandercook No. 3 at Sea Pony Farm. Once these prints are gone, they will never be printed again.
Sea Pony Press In the News
For Rachel Levy’s final installment of Pressing Silence Series with the Alaska Current, she reports on our efforts to revitalize the late Eric Bealer’s printing presses after seven years of sleeping.
Read "Pressing Silence: Sea Pony Press"
Illustrating our love for the Tongass - the inaugural collaborative project of Sea Pony Press
These collaborative art posters celebrate a love for the Tongass National Forest and Public Lands. Representing different artists, they feature original mixed media works on letter-pressed posters from the late Eric Bealer’s revived historic Vandercook No. 3 printing press at Sea Pony Farm, posters illustrate appreciation for the lands and waters that unite us.
You can still make a poster! This is an ongoing project, and we still have posters to illustrate. We plan to rotate this growing show throughout Southeast Alaska.
Reach out to [email protected] to grab a blank poster or with ideas to collaborate or host a showing.
New at Harbor Mountain Brewery: Sea Pony Press Sales Rack
We are excited to share a new way to support local artists and the future of Sea Pony Press: a sales rack is now up at Harbor Mountain Brewery along with the poster show!
Artists who have completed a poster for the project are invited to sell prints or other artwork through the rack. Twenty percent of each sale will be donated to Sea Pony Press, helping support future printing projects, creative opportunities, and community art programming.
This is an opportunity to bring artwork inspired by the project into more homes while helping build the next chapter of Sea Pony Press.
Snag an original piece of art and support local creatives through our growing sales rack and partial proceeds support Sea Pony Press, art residencies, creative opportunities, and community programming.
If you are interested in selling your work through the sales rack check out this link to participate:
Special thanks to Harbor Mountain Brewing for their support of the Poster Show and Art Sales Rack.
Sea Pony Press is a project of the Living Wilderness Fund. With support from the Sustainable Southeast Partnership and the Richard L & Diane M Block Foundation.