UAS Art Department Updates
At the UAS Sitka Open House on Tuesday Nov. 14, 2023, the Art Dept.’s Liz Zacher spoke about upcoming and Spring opportunites. Now until Dec. 1st, noted Zacher, is the application period for The Thomas Brown Ceramic Education Award, sponsored by the Sitka Conservation Society and the Living Wilderness Fund – read more & apply…
Read MoreThe Lego Window is Up!!
Sitka’s own holiday delight, courtesy of Tyler Eddy & family AND Harry Race Pharmacy & Photo.
Read MoreBeginner/Intermediate Formline Design
In this class, students will learn how to construct the types of formline designs that cover the surfaces of boxes, chests, large partition screens, house fronts, and myriad smaller objects across Southeast Alaska. This will be taught by Robert Mills. Preference will be given to members of the Kake community, Sealaska Shareholders and descendants, and…
Read MoreIntro to Oil Painting
Intro to Oil Painting workshop with Guná Megan Jensen, announced by UAS Sitka Campus and Sitka Tribe of Alaska. Guná is of Dakhká Tlingit & Tagish Khwáan Ancestry from the Dahk’laweidi Clan, under the wolf/eagle moiety. She is a Tlingit artist, dancer, language learner and lifelong student of Northwest Coast design. Guná has a Bachelor…
Read MoreCelebration 2024 Set for June
SHI will sponsor an in-person Celebration from June 5-8, 2024, which will mark the 42nd anniversary of the event, first held in 1982. The dance-and-culture festival in Juneau will feature dance group performances and associated events, including a Juried Art Show and Competition, a Juried Youth Exhibit, an Indigenous Fashion Show, a Native Artist Market,…
Read More“Jazzmas!” by Sitka Jazz Week
World Class Jazz with a touch of Christmas – Sunday, Dec. 17th from 12noon to 2pm at the Miner Music Center of Stevenson Hall – Buy tickets here: https://www.simpletix.com/e/jazzmas-tickets-150594.
Read MoreJoin the Circus??
Could your kiddo use an outlet for their energy, some help with building motor skills, or just some extra fun and games? Maybe they should join the circus! Contact us sitkacirque@gmail.com to schedule a free trial class. Our children’s classes use game-based learning to build spatial awareness, strength and flexibility, active listening skills, and more.…
Read MoreCall for Writing & Art Submissions
Tidal Echoes 2024 – Southeast Alaska’s Literary & Art Journal – Submissions are due by December 1, 2023. We want your poetry, prose, and artwork! Submit to “Tidal Echoes” for an opportunity to be published. Tidal Echoes Submission Guidelines DEADLINE: Dec. 1st (every year) Eligibility Tidal Echoes will consider submissions from any current full-time resident of Southeast…
Read MoreWearable Arts Seeks Designers!
The Greater Sitka Arts Council is on the hunt for designers for the 2024 Wearable Arts show. “The Sky is the Limit” is the theme for the SHOWS to be presented on February 10, 2024 at 2pm and 7pm. Let your imagination soar (!!) with designs for Wearable Art. If you are not sure yet…
Read MoreVoices on Lincoln Street
“Voices on Lincoln Street: An Experiment in Reverse Tourism” There’s been a cruise boom in Sitka, Alaska, with more people coming to the island community than ever before. To feel a bit more connection to the people filling town, Sitka Tells Tales set up on the street to talk with tourists about where they’d take…
Read MoreSitka Monthly Grind
Here is the schedule for the New Season of the Sitka Monthly Grind: Sat. Oct. 21 – “Variety Show Grind” produced by Melinda McAdams & Jeff Budd – At Sheet’ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi Fri. Nov. 3 – “Whalefest Grind” produced by Jeff Budd & SS Science Center – At Centennial Bldg. Sat. Dec. 9 –…
Read MoreIndian Arts & Crafts Act (IACA)
Testimony heard in last of a nationwide series of consultations with Indigenous people, per SHI article published 8/18/23. Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) and the Institute of American Indian Art (IAIA) are urging the federal government to hold off on implementing proposed amendments to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA), a truth-in-advertising law that prohibits…
Read More“Many Things Under a Rock”
From publisher Norton: A behavioral ecologist’s riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discoveries, adventures, and new scientific understanding of their behaviors. Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none is as captivating as the octopus. In Many Things Under a Rock, marine biologist David Scheel investigates four major mysteries about these…
Read MoreCelebration 2008 Video
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube video of Celebration 2008. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world’s largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. The 2008 event featured 52 dance groups from Alaska, the Lower 48 and Canada. At Celebration 2008, SHI…
Read MoreRaven as Trickster & Cultural Hero
Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor a lecture series on “Raven as Trickster and Cultural Hero” by traditional Tlingit and Tsimshian storytellers. Free event to be offered in-person and virtually. The series will end with an academic review of Raven stories by a scholar of Northwest Coast culture and history. All lectures will be held in-person…
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