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 - Juneau, Alaska
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
Opening Reception: Friday April 4, 5-7pm!
Main Street Gallery • 330 Main Street • Ketchikan, AK
In her first solo exhibit “Untamed”, Jamie-Lee Mitchell will guide you across the world of endangered and unique wildlife, from Alaska to New Zealand, through the medium of scratch art! Don’t miss the opportunity to see her meticulous attention to detail upclose in this masterful collection!
See and purchase works from the Online Main Street Gallery using the link below.
image: "Lions" by Jamie Lee Mitchell
Alaska Hummingbird Festival Juried Art Show
Explore this Juried Art Show of local artists showcasing the migratory birds of Southeast Alaska that return to our area in the Spring.
Ketchikan Community Concert Band Spring Performance
Join the Ketchikan Community Concert Band in their performance "Canzona"! Purcahse tickets from the link below!
Ray Troll at the Library
Open Mic!
A fabulous night will be had by all!
Botanicals Art Competition
We are pleased to announce our third Botanicals online Art Competition for the month of April 2025. The theme may include any work that interprets botanical and floral art (flowers, herbs, fruits, leaves, plants and related botanical subjects). All visual art mediums are allowed.
In addition to the selected artists, the jury will select award winners in the following art categories: painting, photography, sculpture. All selected artists will receive a digital award certificate. An article about each artist will be displayed alongside the best of show and three winners. The best of show will be displayed on the poster of the exhibition. Judging the artwork will be based on the following criteria: creativity, originality and quality of art, overall design, demonstration of artistic ability, and usage of medium. The jury will not consider artworks with pornographic or satanic content. Entry fees are $20 for two pieces of artwork. You may submit more than two images; there is no limit to the number of images an artist may submit. The application deadline is April 16, 2025.
Ketchikan Chamber Orchesta PERFORMANCE!
The Ketchikan Chamber Orchestra performs its Spring concert!! Featuring works by Bach, Holst, and Respighi. 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.
Call to Carvers
Saxman Totem Park Restoration project is seeking experienced and new carvers to help re-create the frog border in Saxman Totem Park and the Welcome to Saxman signs along Tongass.
This is a good opportunity to hone your carving skills and meet other carvers in our community. Carvers will be paid for their work.
If you would like to participate in this project please reach out by mid April around the 18th so you can be assigned your carving location and hours.
This is a Cape Fox Cultural Foundation Project.
If you are interested or need more information please call or email Jamie White (907)600-8632, jawhite@capefox-CF.com
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.
Square Dancing!!!
$3 at the door - all dance are taught - live music by the Free Radicals
Open Workshop - Cape Fox Cultural Foundation
Craft & Connect: Quilling Basics
Craft & Connect presents "Basic Quilling". Saturday April 19th 2-4 PM
We will be learning to roll, size and shape coils to make a card and/or a piece of jewelry.
This is a fun, inexpensive papercraft that has been around since the 1500s.
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
