November 2-30, 2018: Manifest X

A collaboration by artists Jackson Polys & Robert Mills to create “new activations of ceremonial items” as “Indigenous people negotiating the complexities of settler colonialism”. Main Street Gallery Openings are always the first Friday of the month and are free and open to the public.

Main Street Gallery
330 Main Street
Ketchikan, Alaska

Hours:
M, T, W, F - 9 am to 5 pm
Th - 10 am to 5 pm
Sat - 11 am to 3 pm (except for the last Saturday of the month)

The Annual Winter Arts Faire is our winter companion to the Blueberry Arts Festival, where community members come to see and purchase artwork from local artists. Unlike the Blueberry Arts Festival, the 2-day Winter Arts Faire features only handcrafted fine art and crafts. In its 29th year, the Faire is held annually over the Thanksgiving weekend. Having reached maximum capacity for booth holders (and parking) at the Ted Ferry Civic Center and Cape Fox Lodge in downtown Ketchikan, KAAHC decided to move the Faire to the Saxman Community Center in 2017. The SCC offers more room for vendors, more parking, all the vendors are in one location, and a large portion of the population is able to visit the Village of Saxman and the Saxman Community Center. Additionally, with the help of First Bank, the Winter Arts Faire Sponsor, we are able to provide creative activities for young people at the Faire!!!

Join us this year at the Saxman Community Center for the 29th Annual Winter Arts Faire!!!

Saturday, November 24th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, November 25th, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Arts council will be closed to recuperate from the Winter Arts Faire! We'll see you on Tuesday!

Each week participants will discuss a short reading. Call 225-3331 for more information.

Boombal Dance Hall November class schedule:

Monday, November 12, 19 and 26th, and December 3rd:

6:00 pm Doors open
6:15-6:55 pm East Coast Swing 101 for BRAND NEW beginners
7:00-7:30 pm East Coast Swing 3
7:35-8:05 pm Country Two Step

Friday, November 16th
Live Music Swing Dance at the Creek Street Cabaret

A quick lesson and review: 7:15-8:00 pm
8:00-10:00 pm Dance, dance, dance!!!

The Ketchikan Community Concert Band meets each Monday evening from 7 to 8:30 pm. Directed by Roy McPherson, the Band performs 3 times annually. If you are interested in being in the band pleas call Roy at 907-225-3650.

The Spring performance is January 12th at the Kayhi Auditorium at 3pm. Tickets are $15 for adults and youth under 18 are free.

Arte Laguna srl, in partnership with the Cultural Association MoCA, organizes the 13th Edition of the International Arte Laguna Prize, aimed at promoting and enhancing Contemporary Art.
The Prize obtained a medal from the President of the Italian Republic, with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, the Veneto Region, the Municipality of Venice, Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the European Institute of Design.
The contest features the awarding of cash prizes, the organization of a major collective exhibition at the Arsenale of Venice, exhibitions in international Art Galleries, collaborations with Companies, Art Residencies, inclusion into the web portal artelaguna.world and the publication of the Catalogue.
The Prize includes ten sections: painting, sculpture and installation, photographic art, video art and short films, performance, virtual art, digital graphics, land art, urban art and design.

This meeting is the Rainy Day Quilt guild is a monthly meeting. The group meets in the basement room of the church beginning at 6:30pm on the 4th Tuesday of the month.

The Ketchikan Community Chorus meets each Tuesday from 7 to 9pm at the Presbyterian Church. The next performance of the Chorus is December 8th and 9th at the Presbyterian church. Tickets will be available as the concert date approaches.

Seming “Sam” Pitcher (1987-2003) was a gifted young man who was active in the various music programs available in Ketchikan. Sam loved all kinds of music and played the trumpet, flugelhorn and electric guitar. In 2003, with donations in excess of $10,000, his family and friends created a memorial scholarship fund in his name to award as The Sam Pitcher Music Scholarship. The goal of the Scholarship Fund is to provide scholarships to deserving Ketchikan youth to help them attend summer music camps or programs such as the ones Sam was able to attend. In 2013 a dedicated endowment fund was created to help sustain the scholarship fund in perpetuity.

The Sam Pitcher Memorial Scholarship Concert continues to funds every fall for scholarships for young Ketchikan musicians to attend summer music camps. Since the concerts began the Sam Pitcher memorial fund has given out 61 scholarships to young Ketchikan musicians.

New this year...scholarship applications for 2019 will be due December 1, 2018 with a mandatory audition in early December. Watch for applications to be available in early October.

The dedicated endowment fund exists with The Alaska Community Foundation. Donations to the Sam Pitcher Memorial Scholarship Fund endowment can be made at any time online through their link below.

Work on your Northwest Coast art form in the company of fellow artists. Free! All are welcome!

Calling all YOUNG artists!!! See your artwork up on the Main Street Gallery walls in December! Artists up to age 20 are invited to submit your artwork by Friday, November 30th at 5pm. The Ketchikan Youth in Art Exhibit Opening Reception is Friday, December 7th from 5 to 7 pm. The exhibit will be on display until Friday, December 14th.

Join us at the Main Street Gallery as Jackson Polys gives a talk about the exhibition he and Robert Mills created "Manifest X"

General Information
Awards starting at $500 will be provided to a Ketchikan youth(s) in grades 7 - 12 for use at a summer music program. This is a merit based scholarship. Awards will be paid directly to the program in the name of the applicant. Awards will be based on the applicant’s musical ability, goals, and motivation. It is the applicant’s responsibility to research programs and provide requested information to the selection committee.

This scholarship was established to honor the memory of Seming “Sam” Pitcher, a gifted young man who was active in the various music programs available in Ketchikan. Sam loved all kinds of music. He especially enjoyed playing and listening to music with his friends. Sam played the trumpet, flugel horn and electric guitar with the McPherson Jazz Bands, the rock group “The Rubber Band,” and the KHS Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band. He had the opportunity to attend both the Sitka Fine Arts Camp and Interlochen Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. The experiences gained while participating in these camps were very significant for Sam. The goal of the Sam Pitcher Music Scholarship is to help give other young musicians the opportunity to expand their music horizons by attending similar summer music programs.