Any Given Child Offers Firsts for Juneau Students

This November, all the second graders in the Juneau School District had the chance to visit the Shuká Hit, or the clan house in Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Walter Soboleff Building. There, they listening to storyteller Lily Hudson Hope and learned about Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian customs. This is part of

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WAC Press Release

After much deliberation Perseverance Theatre has withdrawn from the Willoughby Arts Complex project, after a three-year partnership, known as the pARTnership, with the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council. “It is not the right time for us to take on such a large new initiative to fundraise and build the building,

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ArtsUp! Whats Happening in Juneau This Weekend?!

Events in Juneau for the week of November 20-25   Friday, November 20 5pm-6:30pm            ORCA Adaptive Ski/SB Volunteer Info Night Coppa, 586-0104 – FREE 6pm-8pm                  SEAGLA event -Transgender Day of Remembrance Memorial and Vigil JACC, 957-7937, seagla.lauren@gmail.com 6pm-10pm               AK Beatdown 22, Ragin Cagin Centennial Hall, suite907.com – $25-35 6pm-10pm              

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The JACC: Hosting Events in our Facility

It’s been an eventful couple of months at the JACC. Not only did we host Martha Redbone and John Sebastian, both part of our SEASON 42 concert series, but we also hosted numerous community events, as well as a Twig furniture workshop. The Alaska Trade Industry Association set up their

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Arts Roundtable Minutes – November 17, 2015

If you couldn’t make it to Arts Roundtable, that’s ok. Here’s what we talked about! Please note that the December Roundtable has been cancelled – there are just too many things going on this time of the year! Happy holidays, and we will start up again in January.

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ArtsUp! Whats Happening in Juneau This Week?

Events in Juneau for November 13-18, 2015 A letter from Jasmine about what she loves about Juneau! Send in your letters to Meredith at the JAHC and we will read them during ArtsUp on KTOO and KXLL and post online! ArtsUp 11-12-15(PDF Version) Friday, November 13 5:30pm-8:30pm      Gastineau Humane

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2nd Art Excursion for Any Given Child Juneau

  Juneau is fortunate to be one of 18 Kennedy Center Ensuring the Arts for Any Given Child sites nationwide. Any Given Child Juneau uses a collective impact approach of involving local arts organizations, businesses, government and community members to increase student access to arts education. This collaborative effort seeks

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ArtsUp! What's happening in Juneau this week?

Events for the week of Thursday, November 5 – November 11, 2015     ArtsUp 11-05-15 PDF version Thursday, November 5 6pm-8pm                  Beginning Ceramics The Canvas Community Art Studio and Gallery, contact 586-1750 or canvasarts.org 6:30pm-9pm            Drawing From Life (Nov 5, 12, 19, 26) The Canvas Community Art Studio and Gallery,

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ArtsUp! What's Happening This Week In Juneau?

Events happening in Juneau for the week of October 23-28 ArtsUp 10-22-15 (PDF version)   Friday, October 23 2pm-4:30pm            UAS Forum on Water UAS Egan Lecture Hall – FREE 6:30pm-7:30pm      Learn to Skate: Youth/Adults Juneau Skating Club, juneauskatingclub.org – pre-register online 7pm-8:30pm            UAS Panel on Water Egan Library – FREE 7:30pm-9pm           

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ArtsUp! Whats happening this week in Juneau!

Events happening in Juneau for the week of October 8-13 ArtsUp 10-08-15 (PDF version) Thursday, October 8 7:30pm-8:30pm      Empty Chair Project “Within the Silence” UAS Egan Lecture Hall, www.livingvoices.org  – FREE 9pm-1am                                    AbbyOke Karaoke McGivney’s Sports Bar & Grill, 907-789-0501 – 21+ 9pm-1am                                    Open Mic Night with Elle Z Alaskan

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