The IDEA Festival is a re-envisioning of a wintertime favorite - the Winter Arts Faire.

The IDEA Festival will feature all Ketchikan's artists showcasing their newest works, PLUS some artists will be giving classes and presentations you can take part in. Artists booths will be open 10am to 5pm Friday and Saturday, and 10am to 3:30 on Sunday.

There will be a cultural food court featuring the many foods of Ketchikan, recipes, gathering protocols, and more.

We will also have a speaker and story telling series in the auditorium during the day on Friday and Saturday. The speakers and story tellers will be sharing personal stories, or ideas they have come up with, or remarking on culture and art. We will reveal the speaker list soon!!!

And to round out the evenings, we have performances by Ketchikan ensembles including Hughes and Vecchione Dance Project, Ketchikan Community Concert Band, the Ketchikan Orchestra Project, and the Ketchikan Community Chorus, and more!!!!

We are so excited about this expanded event and hope you are too!!!!

Join the Ketchikan Chamber Orchestra and the Ketchikan Community Chorus in a joint performance, "Singers and Strings: Bringing Back the Music" during the IDEA Festival. The Ketchikan Chamber Orchestra will be performing Sibelius, Beethoven, Scarlatti and Bach,. The Ketchikan Community Chorus will be featuring fun mix of jazzy music and Christmas tunes (most definitely a sing along!!!).

Tickets Adults $20, Seniors $10, Youth under 18 free

Ages 5 and up
$110.00

In this class, they will visualize and generate plans for ideas to create art that projects positivity. They will look at how art can influence culture and the human experience. Students will use a number of different materials such as paint, drawing supplies, cardboard, adhesives, and wire to create positive message-themed art designed to make people smile!

Register with the link below.

BOOMbal Dance Classes at the Main Street Gallery! Monday Nights in November

1) Swing 101 - New Beginner Swing Basics | November 7 only
We offer Swing 101 the first week of every 4-week Swing 2 session, to get everyone started with the basic steps and turns of East Coast Swing. If you are a brand new beginner—this is your class! Or take this foundation session many times to review your basics.
The best dancers never tire of practicing basics.
Swing 2 | November 14, 21, and 28
You need at least one Swing 101 class to take Swing 2

Swing 3 | November 7, 14, 21, 28
Has completely different moves from Swing 2
You need at least one Swing 101 class to take Swing 3
swing 101 + Swing 2 for beginners Swing 4 for intermediates.

$30/one 4-week class, $45/both classes. No partner needed, but reservation is required. Register via FB messenger @BOOMbal Dance Hall, mask are optional. 

Instructor: DORICA JACKSON
November 28 – December 10, 2022
Mon. – Fri. 6-9:00 p.m., Sat. 1 – 4:00 p.m.
$200
(materials up to $125)

Dorica Jackson is recognized for her high level of mastery and the intricacy and precision of her work. She has been weaving and teaching to help regrow this art form since a time when few carried the knowledge of Chilkat weaving. Students will learn the basics of Chilkat weaving and complete a small Chilkat square. This class counts toward a Certificate of Merit in Weaving.

Registration for Fall classes opens at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. You are welcome to register via phone (907.225.5900), email, or stop by the Totem Heritage Center.

Giving Tuesday - November 29th - is a great opportunity to support the many arts organizations in Ketchikan!!! Follow the link below to donate to Andiamo Dance - First City Players - Hughes & Vecchione Dance Projects - Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council - Ketchikan Chamber Orchestra - Ketchikan Community Chorus - Ketchikan Community Concert Band - Ketchikan Theatre Ballet - KRBD - Rainy Day Quilt Guild - and the Sam Pitcher Memorial Scholarship Fund

Ages 5 and up
$110.00

Learn how to make abstract art by understanding the use of color, composition, negative space, and contrast. They will use a variety of mediums in each piece. Students will be challenged to be bold and to push the boundaries of what art is by encouraging them to have no expectations of the outcome. They will be guided them to trust their artistic intuitions and follow their hearts while creating their abstract masterpieces!

Register with the link below.

Open Craft Night is back at the Totem Heritage Center!
Join them on Tuesdays from 6-9:00pm and bring your weaving, regalia, and design projects to work in the company of fellow Northwest Coast artists and students.
For more information about Open Craft Night, the Native Arts Studies Program, and the Totem Heritage Center call 225-5900 or visit KetchikanMuseums.org.
**Woodshop access will NOT be available in October and November due to renovations.**

Instructor: DORICA JACKSON
November 28 – December 10, 2022
Mon. – Fri. 6-9:00 p.m., Sat. 1 – 4:00 p.m.
$200
(materials up to $125)

Dorica Jackson is recognized for her high level of mastery and the intricacy and precision of her work. She has been weaving and teaching to help regrow this art form since a time when few carried the knowledge of Chilkat weaving. Students will learn the basics of Chilkat weaving and complete a small Chilkat square. This class counts toward a Certificate of Merit in Weaving.

Registration for Fall classes opens at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. You are welcome to register via phone (907.225.5900), email, or stop by the Totem Heritage Center.

Ages 13 and up
$110.00

In this class, they will visualize and generate plans for ideas to create art that projects positivity. They will look at how art can influence culture and the human experience. Students will use a number of different materials such as paint, drawing supplies, cardboard, adhesives, and wire to create positive message-themed art designed to make people smile!

Register with the link below.

Each week at approximately 8:20 am KRBD hosts the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council for their weekly report on arts and humanities in Ketchikan and the surrounding area. Get a synopsis of the local music scene, performances, Gallery exhibits, pop-ups, and Calls to artists. The Arts Report often features special guests from the Ketchikan Theatre Ballet, Artists, and Curators. Tune in weekly to KRBD 105.3 FM Ketchikan, Metlakatla and Saxman, 107.1 FM North Ketchikan, Ward Cove, and Ketchikan, 101.7: Craig, 90.7: North Point Higgins, 90.1: Mountain Point, Hydaburg, Klawock, and Thorne Bay.
If you would like your event to be aired in the Arts Report please let us know by the Thursday prior.

Workshop Grants support unique, arts-related activities of limited duration that offer Alaskans the opportunity to participate in an arts activity not regularly available in their community. All areas of the visual, performing, traditional, craft, media, and literary arts, as well as arts administration, are eligible disciplines for this grant category.

The Helen Walker Grant Category has modified its eligible projects to make them compatible with the restrictions placed on the performing arts due to the pandemic. Please read the guidelines and grant information on the online grant system thoroughly, before applying.
Quarterly Grant Deadlines: June 1, September 1, December 1, March 1

The Helen Walker Performing Arts Fund Grant is named for Helen A. Walker, a major arts advocate in the state until her death in 1996. Ms. Walker was a recipient of the Governor's Award for the Arts in 1984, a founder of the Fairbanks Arts Association and the Sitka Summer Music Festival, as well as Arts Alaska. She served as a board member for numerous cultural groups, including the Alaska Repertory Theater, the Fairbanks Library Foundation, the University of Alaska's KUAC Advisory Board, and Fairbanks Commissions for Urban Beautification, Parks and Recreation, and the Library.

Arts Alaska provided professional management services for the state's performing arts tours and other programs from 1975 to 1988. Since that time, the Arts Alaska Endowment Fund awarded over $100,000 to qualifying sponsors/presenters for performing arts projects in small Alaskan communities.

In 2006, the Arts Alaska Board of Directors voted to dissolve the organization and invest the funds through the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation. Each year, interest from this fund will provide grants to support the performing arts in Alaska.

For complete information and application, visit the online grant system.

Deadlines: June 1, for residency projects beginning no earlier than July 1; December 1 for residency projects starting no earlier than January 1.

Cultural Collaborations Project Grants are matching awards of up to $6,000 in support of high-quality arts and cultural programs for youth that emphasize skill acquisition and direct participation in settings outside of the school day/year, in Alaska. Cultural Collaborations Project Grants are a program of the Alaska State Council on the Arts, with support from Rasmuson Foundation. Eligible projects/programs provide regularly scheduled sessions over an extended period of time. Nonprofit organizations, schools or school districts are eligible to apply. Partnerships in support of Cultural Collaborations Project Grants are encouraged.

Join the Tongass Historical Museum in welcoming Tom Crestodina for a program all about his new book! Known for his whimsical cutaway style, Working Boats provides a glimpse into the inner workings of boats, as well as offering highlights of each boat’s unique engineering components that enable it to do the job it was built for.
Tom's book is perfect for all those both old and young curious about the mechanics of boats and the lives of people who work on them

Quarterly Grant Deadlines: June 1, September 1, December 1, March 1

Career Opportunity Grants are designed to provide financial assistance to professional artists for travel to in-state, national, or international events, programs or seminars and for other activities that will contribute to the strength of the artist's professional standing or skill. These cash awards help professional artists take advantage of impending, concrete opportunities that will significantly advance their work or careers. The awards are for unique, short-term opportunities that do not constitute routine completion of work in progress. Applicants may request grants in variable amounts from $100 to $1,000 rounded to the nearest $100. Career Opportunity Grants will not exceed $1,000. First time applicant must contact ASCA first.

Applications are due Thursday, December 1st for the Sam Pitcher Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Come see the works of Ketchikan's amazing Youth Artists in the Opening of Youth in ART!!! The exhibit is up until Friday, December 9th. Following the link below to find the exhibit online.

This open-level Ballet class is geared toward adults with no previous dance experience.

Move your body, burn calories and learn the basics of Classical Ballet technique! There is no dance or ballet experience necessary for this class. This class is designed for adults who are new to dance and have always wanted to experience the beauty of ballet! Punch cards are also available for this class.