Ketchikan area Artists and Creatives have been inspiring the communities of this area since the beginning. Whether it is beautifully engineered and created halibut hooks, or the magnificent totem poles of the area, to the stories, poetry and drawings for the inception of the Alaska Magazine, to the creation and evolution of Wearable Art in Alaska artists continue to make the world we live in meaningful and joyful.
This page is still a work in progress and will soon contain an Artist Directory of the area artists, and a catalogue of Public Art in the Ketchikan area, plus artists' resources.
Below are the Calls to Artists listed in deadline order. Local and Regional Calls to Artists are posted as we find them. If you know of a Call that is not listed on this page, please e-mail details to info@ketchikanarts.org we would love to include it here as a resource to artists!
Starting April 7th, a gathering at North Tongass Community Club to play fun traditional Scandinavian Music. (Polkas, Schottisches, Waltzes and more.) Goal will be to have fun and work toward a Mayfest performance the last weekend in May. Contact for details and charts.
Starting April 7th, a gathering at North Tongass Community Club to play fun traditional Scandinavian Music. (Polkas, Schottisches, Waltzes and more.) Goal will be to have fun and work toward a Mayfest performance the last weekend in May. Contact for details and charts.
Eight finalists will be selected to paint in the 2026 Noisy Waters Mural Festival. Applications are due April 16, 2026 at 5 PM PT. Finalists will be notified on April 30, 2026 and announced to the public on May 10, 2026. Finalists must be available for live painting at the festival August, 14-16, 2026. Winners of the festival will receive commissions to paint large prize walls in Bellingham the following year.
Noisy Waters provides a $1000 stipend for Finalists chosen to participate that can be applied towards travel and lodging.
Celebration 2026 Native Market Application
Thank you for your interest in our upcoming Native Artist Market! The market is held in conjunction with SHI’s biennial Celebration event. Celebration will take place June 3-6 Juneau, Alaska. The market will begin June 4. SHI reserves the right to determine the final placement and location of vendors.
Market dates: June 4-6, 2026.
Notification Date: April 24, 2026
FEES: A $25 NON-REFUNDABLE application fee is due today (this application payment does not guarantee a vendor spot at Celebration). If selected, an additional $275 fee is due for the table. Non-payment of fees may result in exclusion from the market. If you need assistance, please contact Natasha Phillips at natasha.phillips@sealaskaheritage.com or (907)586-9167.
ELIGIBILITY
The artist must meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements:
- Alaska Natives
- Native Americans who are members of an Indian tribe or
- Alaska Native or Native American who are certified as an Indian Artisan by an Indian Tribe.
Artists must provide documents to prove that they are Alaska Native or Native American. Indian artisans must provide documentation from a tribal government certifying that the artist is endorsed as an Indian Artisan.
Market applicants must provide 3 photos of the kinds of work they intend to sell. All art sold at the Native Artist Market must be created 70% or more by hand. Participating Artists may not have had a violent crime conviction, within the last five years.
Want your photo to be on the cover of our 2026 issue? Submit your photo for a chance to see it on the cover of our Local Living publication! Please only submit photos of Southern Southeast Alaska (Ketchikan, Metlakatla, POW, etc). Image must be able to be scaled up to 8.5”x11” (at least 300 dpi/ppi, PDF print is ideal). Please provide your name and contact information so that we may credit you properly. Photo contest winners will be announced sometime in The Local Paper!
Please use “Photo Contest” in the email submission subject line.
Apply to perform, vend, volunteer, or more at the annual Sh'bang Festival, held at the Lookout Arts Quarry on the outskirts of Bellingham, WA.
*** Note: The Performer/Workshop Application deadline is April 20, 2026 at 11:59pm PDT. Late applications will only be considered last for booking. Don't wait! ***
Starting April 7th, a gathering at North Tongass Community Club to play fun traditional Scandinavian Music. (Polkas, Schottisches, Waltzes and more.) Goal will be to have fun and work toward a Mayfest performance the last weekend in May. Contact for details and charts.
Starting April 7th, a gathering at North Tongass Community Club to play fun traditional Scandinavian Music. (Polkas, Schottisches, Waltzes and more.) Goal will be to have fun and work toward a Mayfest performance the last weekend in May. Contact for details and charts.
Starting April 7th, a gathering at North Tongass Community Club to play fun traditional Scandinavian Music. (Polkas, Schottisches, Waltzes and more.) Goal will be to have fun and work toward a Mayfest performance the last weekend in May. Contact for details and charts.
Starting April 7th, a gathering at North Tongass Community Club to play fun traditional Scandinavian Music. (Polkas, Schottisches, Waltzes and more.) Goal will be to have fun and work toward a Mayfest performance the last weekend in May. Contact for details and charts.
The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council has been producing the Blueberry Arts Festival since 1975! Since that time we have supported artists as they developed their work, highlighted many, many bands, heard thousands of poems, cleaned up so many gallons of slug slime, made a gazillion blueberry pies, seen sooooo many pets and dolls, hung extraordinary art, added space for more artists, added food booths, invited other nonprofits to showcase their organizations, added booths to the Methodist Church parking lot, added booths to Main Street, seen some pretty amazing handmade, humanpowered Blueberry boats!, added booths to the City parking lot....moved to Mission, dock and Main streets.
We are able to place a little over 160 booths, and estimate at least 8000 attend the 3-day Festival.
Please join us! You won't be disappointed.
ARTISTS - applications to participate in the Blueberry Arts Festival are always opened during the Celebration of the Sea Art Walk, the first Friday of May.
