Weekly Calendar of Upcoming Events and Performances
To have your event added to The Arts and Culture Calendar contact
info@KetchikanArts.org
907-225-2211
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2024 Alaska Literary Awards
2024 Alaska Literary Awards
The Alaska Literary Awards were established in 2014 by the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation, through a generous gift from Peggy Shumaker and Joe Usibelli.
The Alaska State Council on the Arts administers the program.
The Alaska Literary Awards recognize and support writers of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting, and mixed genres. Any Alaska writer over the age of 18 who is not a full-time student is eligible to apply. Quality of the work submitted is the primary consideration in determining who receives the awards. There are no restrictions on the writer’s use of the award and no formal report is required.
A select number of $5,000 awards will be awarded annually.
The Application Deadline is August 11, 2024, at 9:59 PM.
"I Know Who I Am" Culture Camp - KIC
KIC Tribal youth are invited to join us for
Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit - Main Street Gallery
The Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit is opening to artists of all ages in all mediums. This celebratory exhibit is full of colorful, creative, and fun pieces!!!
Music on the Dock - Ketchikan Community Chorus Summer Singers
Summer SLAM! - The Worst Timing
Music on the Dock - Stephanie Patton Trio
BOOMbal Dance Hall!
Wednesday August 14
We will be dancing from 6:30 - 7:30 pm
If you would like a refresher in East Coast Swing or you are a newbie - or an experienced dancer that wants to help new people learn more quickly, show up before 6:00 pm, for a 1/2 hour mini-lesson that will cover the basics. 6:00 to 6:30 pm
Doors open at 5:50 pm
Main Street Gallery
338 Main Street, Ketchikan, Alaska
Music for swing, maybe a waltz or tango, but mostly full on SWING.
Bring your water bottle or a mug.
$5 - 10 donation to help pay the rent
Please help get the word out and share with your friends and neighbors If it goes well we'll dance the next two Wednesdays!
Kichxáan Héeni Canoe RFQ Submission Deadline
Artists and groups of artists are encourage to submit qualifications to be considered for a new public art piece in Ketchikan. The finished work will be representative of a canoe using any medium, suspended above the adjacent Schoenbar Trail, and must include lighting elements to not only illuminate work, but provide ambient light. The Kichxáan Héeni Canoe will represent, as it does in so many cultures, moving forward together, teamwork, transformation, and healing.
The budget for the completed and installed work is $100,000.
Arts Report on KRBD
Each week at approximately 8:20 am KRBD hosts the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council for their weekly report on arts and humanities in Ketchikan and the surrounding area. Get a synopsis of the local music scene, performances, Gallery exhibits, pop-ups, and Calls to artists. The Arts Report often features special guests from the Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, Artists, and Curators. Tune in weekly to KRBD 105.3 FM Ketchikan, Metlakatla and Saxman, 107.1 FM North Ketchikan, Ward Cove, and Ketchikan, 101.7: Craig, 90.7: North Point Higgins, 90.1: Mountain Point, Hydaburg, Klawock, and Thorne Bay.
If you would like your event to be aired in the Arts Report please let us know by the Thursday prior.
Music on the Dock - Dave, Hannah, and Chazz
Totem Bar Open Mic
Open Mic!
Call to Artists - Photography Contest
Badd Dog Blues Society at Creek Street Cabaret
WISH Back to School Community Picnic!
Ketchikan Theatre Ballet Open House
Come see us this Saturday for our annual KTB Open House! Register for classes, tour the studio, and have a cookie or two!
Bou Cou Dancewear will be here with a pop-up shop and can help dancers get outfitted with gear!
AND! We will have FREE try-it-out classes for ages 3-12!
We can’t wait to see you!
— at Ketchikan Theatre Ballet.
DIVA! - A Drag Show Honoring the Diva in All of Us
Get tickets in advance with the link below - they're cheaper than at the door!
Doors open at 7pm, Show begins at 8pm!
Image Credits
TOP ROW (L-R)
Stephen Jackson, Seward Shame Pole, Saxman, Alaska, 2017 - Ketchikan Community Concert Band, image credit Felix Wong - Evy Posey, "Cosmic Wyvern", Mixed UP the 35th Annual Wearable Art Show, 2021 – Ricardo Búrquez, "My World", 2016 - Evon Zerbetz & Rich Stage, "A Trip to the Library", 2012 - Terry Pyles, "Yeltatzie Salmon", 2015
BOTTOM ROW (L-R)
Kathy Flora, Marcie Pungowiyi, New Path Dancers, "Thunder”, ShapeShift the 26th Annual Wearable Art Show, 2012, image credit Ernie Meloche - Rhonda Green, Tongass Historical Museum entry gate, 2021 - Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, Spring Gala "The Four Seasons" May 2021 - Nathan Jackson, "New Thundering Wings", 2016 – First City Players, "39 Steps", Jack Finnegan, 2021, image credit Jeff Fitzwater - Jackie Keizer "Sailing Off Into A Tequila Sunrise", Mixed UP the 35th Annual Wearable Art, image credit Jeanette Sweetman 2021 - Shawna Hofmann, Andiamo Dance Company, image credit Jeanette Sweetman, 2021- Ricardo Búrquez, “Pipe Junction” 2021 - Isreal Shotridge, Chief Johnson's Totem Pole, Ketchikan, AK. 1955
