The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council's Annual Blueberry Arts Festival is always the first weekend of August. 2022 will be the 47th Blueberry Arts Festival in downtown Ketchikan, AK.

The Festival kicks off Friday with the Pet and Doll Parade, continues with the opening of the Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit, and the Best Blueberry Dish Contest at the Main Street Gallery. The Festival continues on Saturday with artist booths, slug races, music on the Mainstage, pie eating, and more! Sunday finishes up the Festival with the Annual Handmade Human Powered Blueberry Boat Race in Thomas Basin, and the Blueberry Poetry Slam at the New York Cafe.

Check back for more details as we get it all organized for another fabulous Blueberry Arts Festival!!!!

The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council's Annual Blueberry Arts Festival is always the first weekend of August. 2022 will be the 47th Blueberry Arts Festival in downtown Ketchikan, AK.

The Festival kicks off Friday with the Pet and Doll Parade, continues with the opening of the Blueberry Arts Festival Art Exhibit, and the Best Blueberry Dish Contest at the Main Street Gallery. The Festival continues on Saturday with artist booths, slug races, music on the Mainstage, pie eating, and more! Sunday finishes up the Festival with the Annual Handmade Human Powered Blueberry Boat Race in Thomas Basin, and the Blueberry Poetry Slam at the New York Cafe.

Check back for more details as we get it all organized for another fabulous Blueberry Arts Festival!!!!

Lighthouse Excursion is offering a special deal in honor of the upcoming Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council Blueberry Festival! Join the tour on Sunday, August 7th at 1:15 PM and get 20% off the tour when you enter 2022BLUEBERRY at the checkout.
100% of profits will go to support the Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council.

Gateway Games is hosting a series of painting sessions, focused on painting one miniature character each session. We will assign characteristics and skills to the character based on characteristics of the item.
Painting skills will be some color work with base coating, inking, and dry brushing.
Academic Skills will include: Creative and Imaginative Thinking, Imagining and developing artistic ideas and work as well as Interpret and share artistic work.
SEL skills will include Responsible Decision Making, Social Awareness, and Relationship Skills. Age level of the class is 5-12, adults are requested to stay with children during the class.
At the end of the four sessions, there will be a tournament where we put our miniatures through a series of contests and activities.
Each session will cost 10$, If a student is unable to make all 4 prep sessions, they will be able to participate in some aspects of the tournament

Have you used enough duct tape to keep your vessel sea-worthy? It's time to see if your ideas float! Prizes awarded for Fastest Adult, Fastest Youth (16 and under), most artistic, and most likely to sink! Check-in is between 1:30 - 1:50 pm. The race starts at 2:00 pm!

Open Mic
Featuring the talents of Cullen McCormick and Chazz Gist
$5 Cover, Must be 21 years of age or accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Gigglefeet Dance Festival
Applications will be available soon!!!

The String Beings

Join Kevin Clevenger for the "Raven Steals the Sun" unveiling
There will be singing and drumming after.
Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary 4:30pm.

Please join "Art Heals- The Jingle Dress Project" at the Tongass Historical Museum on Tuesday, August 9 at 6:00 p.m. for a presentation, video, dance, and Q&A. Free and open to all.

The Jingle Dress Project originated from photographer Eugene Tapahe's dream to unite the beauty of the land and the healing power of the jingle dance during the uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic. The origin of the jingle dance to the Ojibwe people happened during the influenza pandemic of 1918-19. It came as a dream to a father whose daughter was sick with the virus. His dream revealed the new dress and dance that had the power to heal. When the dresses were made, they were given to four women to perform the dance. When the little girl heard the sound of the jingles, she became stronger. By the end of the night she was dancing too.
The goal of the Jingle Dress Project is to take this healing power to the land, to travel and capture a series of images that will document spiritual places where our ancestors once walked. Eugene Tapahe and dancers Erin Tapahe, Dion Tapahe, Sunni Begay, and JoAnni Begay will be in Ketchikan in early August to unite and give hope to the world through art, dance, and culture to help us heal together.

Come join KIC at City Park for a special Tsimshian Summer Gathering! There will be language learning, drumming, storytelling, and songs. Free to all. People of all ages are welcome, children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Call Ahl’lid͟a͟a͟w͟ at (907) 228-9318 or email Ahl’lid͟a͟a͟w͟@kictribe.org to sign-up

Stories at Latitude 56 Summer SLAM with host Jack Finnegan bring you three Summer SLAM events at the Creek Street Cabaret! $3 at the door. Join us for impromptu storytelling with friends, neighbors, and visitors! Themes are suggestions, not requirements!
June 14th: Water
July 12th: Earth
August 9th: Sky
Join us for the Elements of Summer!!!

Austin will perform Wednesday Nights through the summer
Free to patrons of the Timbers Resturant

Live music, guitar and vocals

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.

Cyrano's Art Gallery in Anchorage presents Cherchez La Femme by Elizabeth Belanger. The opening is August 5th from 5-7, this exhibit will run until August 28th on Thursdays and Fridays from 12-4p and during all performances.

Come join KIC at City Park for a special Tsimshian Summer Gathering! There will be language learning, drumming, storytelling, and songs. Free to all. People of all ages are welcome, children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Call Ahl’lid͟a͟a͟w͟ at (907) 228-9318 or email Ahl’lid͟a͟a͟w͟@kictribe.org to sign-up

The Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM) and SEASAM Youth has been part of the Chickasaw Annual Meeting and Festival since 2005. SEASAM and SEASAM Youth provide a unique marketplace where adult and youth artists from federally recognized Southeastern tribes can flourish. The competition portion of the market includes category awards, division awards and a Best of Show award for adults and judges' awards, division awards and a Best of Show award for youth.

Allowing for the continuation of connecting patrons with one-of-a-kind and exciting First American art and artists, our 2020 and 2021 SEASAM competitions and markets were moved to a virtual format for the safety of artists and patrons.

The 2022 Southeastern Art Show and Market and SEASAM Youth will once again be in-person and part of the Chickasaw Annual Meeting and Festival. The market will take place in Tishomingo, Oklahoma on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.

Woody's Finest Hour

Cyrano's Art Gallery in Anchorage presents Cherchez La Femme by Elizabeth Belanger. The opening is August 5th from 5-7, this exhibit will run until August 28th on Thursdays and Fridays from 12-4p and during all performances.

Live Music
Free to Restaurant and Bar Patrons
7:00 - 9:00 pm

Senior Artscool at First city players will be performing "Frozen Jr."

Senior Artscool at First city players will be performing "Frozen Jr."

Sophomore Artscool at First city players will be performing "Magic of the Northern Lights."

Rotating live local music! You won't be disappointed,
Free and open to restaurant and Bar patrons