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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50th Annual Alaska Folk Festival
Fun fact, the Alaska Folks Festival in Juneau and the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council's Blueberry Arts Festival both turn 50 in 2025!!!
"Untamed" a solo exhibit by Jamie Lee Mitchell at the Main Street Gallery
Ketchikan Artist Jamie Lee Mitchell creates expressive and delightful, hyper detailed works as a scratch board artist. In her first solo exhibit, Jamie displays her love for animals from all over the world in this exhibit of new works. Please join us for the Opening Reception!
See and purchase works from the Online Main Street Gallery using the link below.
image: "Otter" by Jamie Lee Mitchell
Ketchikan Community Concert Band Spring Performance
Ketchikan Community Concert Band rehearses every Monday beginning in September, and puts on two performances annually. Please keep an eye out for more details!
Open Mic!
A fabulous night will be had by all!
Ketchikan Chamber Orchesta PERFROMANCE!
The Ketchikan Chamber Orchestra performs its Spring concert!! Two pieces by Respighi, and a piece by Holst!!!Please come out on a Wednesday and support Ketchikan's Chamber Orchestra - and listen to awesome music played by your friends and neighbors!
Admission is by donation.
The Ketchikan Chamber Orchestra is a fiscally sponsored organization of First City Players.
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.
The Ukelele Group
Bring your ukulele and have some fun playing with the group.
Meets on Thursdays at 3:00pm at the Bayside Hotel!
Friday Night Insights - "The Ties that Bind: A Short History of Ketchikan's Service Clubs" presented by Pat Tully
For over 100 years, Ketchikan has been home to service clubs—Rotary, Eagles, Lions, and other organizations—which have enhanced our community in countless ways. First City Rotarian Pat Tully will talk about the history of these clubs in Ketchikan and how they help strengthen community cohesiveness.
Monthly Grind!!!!
More info to come!!!!
The Monthly Grind is a Fiscally Sponsored program of the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council.
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
