All-City Elementary Art Exhibit Winners Announced

    Juneau School District and Juneau Arts and Humanities Council Announce 2017 Elementary Art Exhibit Winners The Juneau School District and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council announce the winners of the 2017 All-City Elementary Art Exhibit. The award-winning pieces will be on exhibit in the public libraries this

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Poetry Out Loud State Champion Announced

2017 ALASKA STATE POETRY OUT LOUD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED JUNEAU, ALASKA – The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council (JAHC) are pleased to announce that Isabella Weiss, a freshman from Colony High School in Anchorage is Alaska's State Champion. Isabella will go onto represent Alaska

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2017 Poetry Omnibus winners announced

Ceann Murphy, the Poetry Omnibus coordinator sends this: Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2016 Poetry OmniBus. We had an amazing response. The judges had a very difficult job to select 32 poems out of the 85 poems submitted. I encourage everyone to participate in the 2017 contest, which

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The New JACC announces contractor selection

Juneau, February 28, 2017 The Partnership Board, on behalf of the New Juneau Arts and Culture Center (New JACC) project, is pleased to announce the selection of a contractor to begin a Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) approach to the development of the building.  Cornerstone Construction, an Alaskan firm based in

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2017 Poetry Out Loud Finalists Announced

2017 ALASKA STATE POETRY OUT LOUD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED JUNEAU, ALASKA – The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) and the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council (JAHC) are pleased to announce the ten state finalists for the 2017 Alaska Poetry Out Loud Competition.  These ten students have progressed in competition

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“Scaling Up” Artists’ workshop with Will Kozloff

Join Will Kozloff (see his work on Instagram @lodust) in creating the set pieces for the Governor’s Awards for the Arts. Learn about “Scaling Up” and becoming a successful public artist. At lunch time, take a break for lunch with Jeff Baird of the Rasmuson Foundation to talk about how

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Call for Wearable Art 2017 Artists! DUE DEC 15

  CALL FOR ARTISTS: Wearable Arts Extravaganza 2017: Renaissance The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council invites artists to create a piece of wearable art for the 2017 Wearable Arts Extravaganza, Renaissance. Deadline for applications/registration is December 15, 2015 at 5pm. To enter Wearable Art 2017, artists need to apply online

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Mayor's Awards for the Arts, 2016

Juneau Arts & Humanities Council announces the selection of the recipients for the Ninth Annual Mayor’s Awards for the Arts, to be presented at the JAHC Season 43 Kick-off party on Friday, August 19, at 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the JACC. Recipients are: Artist: Vera Starbard Bedard. Vera wrote

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2016 Mayor's Awards for the Arts Nominations being accepted

Juneau – Juneau Arts & Humanities Council calls for nominations for the Mayor’s Awards for the Arts Juneau Arts & Humanities Council invites nominations for the 2016 Mayor’s Awards for the Arts. Awards will be presented in these categories: Volunteer For the Arts: Recognizes individuals whose support for the arts

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