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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"Back to Our Roots" the 39th Annual Wearable Art Show Art Exhibit
See selected works from the fabulous 39th Annual Wearable Art Show up close and marvel at the creativity and expertise of Ketchikan's Wearable artists!
Ketchikan Community Concert Band Rehearsals
KCCB rehearses for the April 13, 3pm performance!!
Story SLAM!
Ketchikan Chamber Orchesta Rehearsal
The Ketchikan Chamber Orchestra rehearses for the Spring 2025 performance!!!!
After Hours Alaska
The wonderful Stephanie Patton hosts the show After Hours Alaska every Wednesday from 9pm-11pm on KRBD. You can find out more information here as she interview musicians on a weekly basis.
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.
KAAHC on First City Forum: KTKN radio
Every second Thursday of the month at 11:00am, First City Forum hosts the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council for a discussion about whats happening in the world of Art & Humanities in Ketchikan and the surrounding area. Get a synopsis of the local music scene, performances, Gallery exhibits, pop-ups, and Calls to artists. Tune in monthly to KTKN AM 930. If you would like your event to be discussed in the show, please let us know by the Thursday prior.
If you missed the show on the air, the First City Forum is recorded and accessible through KTKN Website.
The Ukelele Group
Bring your ukulele and have some fun playing with the group.
Meets on Thursdays at 3:00pm at the Bayside Hotel!
Youth Wearable Art Show Applications Due
The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council (KAAHC) began the Wearable Art Show in 1986. It has since become one of Ketchikan’s favorite events, copied in communities across Alaska and in Washington. We are very excited to be establishing the first Youth Wearable Art Show specially designed to showcase our talented Youth Artists! Art work should be created from scratch. We encourage you to be expressive with this art form!
• Each Individual Artist may submit up to two entries. Entries can include multiple models.
• Each entry must have its own application.
• Artists must provide their own model for all performances.
• Models may participate in two pieces.
• Performances may not exceed 2:00 minutes in length.
• School groups must provide models for group pieces.
• Individual student artists must either model their piece or provide a model.
• A photographer will document the event for KAAHC. It is the responsibility of the artist to inform models that photos may be used in publicizing the Youth Wearable Art Show. Models will be required to sign a release and waiver form.
• Wearable art must be handcrafted from “scratch”.
No ready-made costumes.
• KAAHC reserves the right to exclude work that is incomplete or inappropriate for the show.
• MANDATORY DRESS REHEARSAL Attendance is mandatory for all individual student artists, & models. Models must be dressed in the Wearable art piece or have it to show the committee.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Application Submission Deadline:
Friday, Febraury 14th, by 5:00pm - Main Street Gallery
MANDATORY Dress Rehearsal - Kayhi Auditorium
Saturday, March 1, 2025 6:00pm
PERFORMANCE:
Sunday, MARCH 2, 2025 - Kayhi Auditorium
Check-in by 2:00pm, Performance begins at 3:00pm
Friday Night Insights - "Elizabeth Peratrovich" presented by Ginger McCormick
Ginger McCormick, member of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood of Camp 14 Ketchikan, hosts a lecture on subjects relevant to American Civil Rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich, who was instrumental in creating equal rights for Alaska Native people.
Alaska Square Dance
Nothing says "You Are My Valentine" like a good old fashion Do-Si-Do!!!!
A Mid Summer Night's Dream - Kayhi Drama Kings
33rd Annual "Quilting in the Rain" presented by the Rainy Day Quilt Guild
The quilters of the Rainy Day Quilt Guild are prolific quilters and present an impressive array of quilts every year for the "Quilting in the Rain" Quilt Show. In addition to quilts of all sizes, RDQG presents "Quilts of Valor" to Ketchikan Veterans at 2:00pm on Sunday, February 16th.
Follow the link below for more information about the Rainy Day Quilt Guild and to get involved.
Monthly Grind!!!!
The Monthly Grind is a Fiscally Sponsored program of the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council.
A Mid Summer Night's Dream - Kayhi Drama Kings
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
