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Weekly Calendar of Upcoming Events and Performances

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August 23–29 2020

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Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit

Monday, August 3, 202012:00 pmSunday, August 30, 20206:00 pm
Main Street Gallery

The "Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit" runs through August. This annual open-call exhibit features new works from the whole community working in any medium. We accept art submissions from July 20th through July 24th! We never know who will participate or what will come through the door that week! It is always diverse, colorful and interesting! Come enjoy this amazing exhibit!

447 Pop-Up Galleries

Friday, August 7, 20205:00 pmFriday, September 18, 20206:00 pm

An opportunity for 4 emerging artists to exhibit their original artwork at 4 local businesses, for 7 weeks August 7 - September 18, 2020!
An opportunity for Ketchikan to patronize local businesses and experience the artwork of local artists! Please call the individual businesses for their hours of operation and their specific safety protocols.

Jamie-Lee Mitchell exhibiting scratchboard art at the
Ketchikan Dry Goods
(907) 225-3456

Eian Parks exhibiting digital paintings at the
Alaskan Crepe Co.
(907) 220-9192

Polly Possehl exhibiting acrylic paintings at the
Tongass Federal Credit Union Main Branch
(907) 225-9063

Maria White exhibiting collage at the
Gold Pan Pizza
(907) 220-9380

Innovate Artist Grant

Tuesday, August 25, 2020
10:00 am5:00 pm

Innovate Grants – Call for Artists & Photographers
Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Summer 2020 Cycle. Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on their website and will join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists.

How to Apply:
$25 application fee, submit 3-5 images! Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit.

Rainy Day Quilt Guild Monthly Meeting

4th Tuesday of the month
Holy Name Catholic Church

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.

100 x 100 Call to Artist Deadline

Wednesday, August 26, 20209:00 amFriday, August 28, 20205:00 pm
Main Street Gallery

Calling all Artists!!! Come one come all! The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council will celebrate 50 years of service to the Ketchikan community as a 501c3  in September!  We are bringing back the 100X100 fundraising exhibit from 2009 to kick off a year of celebrations! The exhibit will feature 100 pieces of artwork by local artists for $100 each. Proceeds will support the Arts Council's endowment fund to help sustain the organization for another 50 years and beyond! Artists are invited to create up to two pieces of art for this exhibit!
Deadline for submissions is August 28th at 5:00 pm. 

West High School / Romig Middle School Library Renovation Call For Public Art

Friday, August 28, 2020
9:00 am11:30 pm
Anchorage, Alaska

Project: West High School / Romig Middle School Library Renovation
Deadline for Entries: August 28, 2020 11:59 PM MST
Amount of Commission: $97,500 total; $65,000 Location 1, $32,500 location 2
Eligibility: National Call

The art selection jury intends to commission two complementary installations totaling $97,500 to be permanently installed at two different locations within the indoor atrium area located just outside of the renovated school library. West High School and Romig Middle School are the only combined school in Anchorage, and the renovated library is the largest school library in the state of Alaska. The two schools are joined at the shared library and common area where the artwork is to be installed.

FCP Fish Pirates Daughter

Friday, August 28, 2020
7:30 pm9:30 pm
George Inlet Lodge

Dinner and a Show! Fish Pirate's Daughter and George Inlet,
All You Can Eat Crab Feast
4 Nights Only; August 21, 22, 28,29
6:30 PM
General Admission $69

FCP Fish Pirates Daughter

Friday, August 28, 2020
7:30 pm9:30 pm
George Inlet Lodge

Dinner and a Show! Fish Pirate's Daughter and George Inlet,
All You Can Eat Crab Feast
4 Nights Only; August 21, 22, 28,29
6:30 PM
General Admission $69


Image Credits
TOP ROW (L-R)
Stephen Jackson, Seward Shame Pole, Saxman, Alaska, 2017 - Ketchikan Community Concert Band, image credit Felix Wong - Evy Posey, "Cosmic Wyvern", Mixed UP the 35th Annual Wearable Art Show, 2021 – Ricardo Búrquez, "My World", 2016 - Evon Zerbetz & Rich Stage, "A Trip to the Library", 2012 - Terry Pyles, "Yeltatzie Salmon", 2015

BOTTOM ROW (L-R)
Kathy Flora, Marcie Pungowiyi, New Path Dancers, "Thunder”, ShapeShift the 26th Annual Wearable Art Show, 2012, image credit Ernie Meloche - Rhonda Green, Tongass Historical Museum entry gate, 2021 - Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, Spring Gala "The Four Seasons" May 2021 -  Nathan Jackson, "New Thundering Wings", 2016 – First City Players, "39 Steps", Jack Finnegan, 2021, image credit Jeff Fitzwater - Jackie Keizer "Sailing Off Into A Tequila Sunrise", Mixed UP the 35th Annual Wearable Art, image credit Jeanette Sweetman 2021 - Shawna Hofmann, Andiamo Dance Company, image credit Jeanette Sweetman, 2021- Ricardo Búrquez, “Pipe Junction” 2021 - Isreal Shotridge, Chief Johnson's Totem Pole, Ketchikan, AK. 1955

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