Call to Artist in response to the coronavirus pandemic, this open call asks artists to reflect on identity in the context of isolation. Alaska artists already know a great deal about isolation and the importance of maintaining community connections and are invited to offer their unique representations to this project, which already has contributors from around the world. The exhibit is live and ongoing, launched on March 25th, 2020. Submissions will be considered through at least May 31, 2020, please check the website for updates! but don't wait, entries are reviewed on a rolling basis. This project is open-ended. It may fade with the pandemic, or it may live on in memory of this moment in history. Select artworks will be featured on a weekly basis.

Visit https://www.coronaportrait.com/ and carefully read the details for how to submit a self-portrait. 2D and 3D works are eligible as long as they can be represented in a high-quality photograph. Minimum requirements for submission include an image of your self-portrait, full name, date of creation/completion, and city/state/nation.

Contact:
self@coronaportrait.com

Visit:
https://www.coronaportrait.com/

Community Art Development Grant
Helen Walker Performing Arts Grant Workshop Grant

Deadline Extended to June 15th!!!

Community Arts Development Grants are designed to stimulate grassroots arts activity and encourage statewide public interest and participation in the arts. These grants help small Alaskan nonprofit organizations develop arts programs in underserved areas of the state, underserved art disciplines, and underserved art audiences. Underserved communities or populations are defined as those whose access to arts programs, services or resources, or whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, economic conditions, cultural demographic, sociopolitical circumstances, disability, age, or other demonstrable factors. Examples of arts programming funded by this grant category are art exhibits, concerts, dance performances and festivals, workshops, readings, and theater productions. Grants may also be awarded to assist organizations advance in the area of arts administration including board, accounting systems, and budget development.

Monthly Board of Directors Meeting

National Museum Of Natural History Webinar Series
An Epoch Deep Time Adventure with artist Ray Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson.

Kirk is the director of Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and Ray is a science-inspired Alaskan artist whose illustrations have appeared on more than 2 million t-shirts! While roaming North America they searched for cool fossils, visited many museums, met the people who love and collect fossils, and told the ancient stories of the modern landscapes they encountered.
On solstice Saturday, join this unique scientist-artist duo as they discuss their journeys documenting and exploring the natural world.
This program will be presented as a Zoom video webinar. A link will be emailed to all registrants.