Weekly Calendar of Upcoming Events and Performances
To have your event added to The Arts and Culture Calendar contact
info@KetchikanArts.org
907-225-2211
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Local Artist Pop Up
Ketchikan Saint Patrick's Day Parade
Open Mic Night
Get your singing on at Open Mic Night every week.
No cover charge.
Spring Break Youth Cedar Bark Weaving
Instructor: HOLLY CHURCHILL $175
March 13 - 17, 2023 (materials included) Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Learn traditional Northwest Coast Haida-style cedar bark weaving with master weaver Holly Churchill. Students will practice the fundamentals
of weaving and refine their skills as they create their own unique woven masterpieces. Students experience hands-on techniques and gain knowledge of the traditional art and culture of our area’s First peoples. Open to students grades 6th-12th.
Registration for Spring classes opens in December 2022. You are welcome to register via phone (907.225.5900), email, or stop by the Totem Heritage Center.
Spring Break Youth Regalia: Tunics
Instructor: JANICE JACKSON $200
March 13 – 17, 2023 (materials included) Mon. – Fri. 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Regalia creates a strong continuum through history and tradition and resonates with the past in its design. Janice Jackson will teach how to create a wool tunic, develop and plan the appliqued design, and adorn the tunic with buttons and beadwork. Open to students grades 6th-12th.
Registration for Spring classes opens in December 2022. You are welcome to register via phone (907.225.5900), email, or stop by the Totem Heritage Center.
Youth Wearable Art Class
The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council are so excited to be partnering with Ketchikan After School Program (KAP) and ARTery Instructor Abel Piercy to bring you the Youth Wearable Art Class!!!!
When:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 - 5:30 pm
February 7th - March 16th
That is 12, 2 hour classes, with art teacher Abel Piercy!!!
Where:
KAP room, upstairs at the PLAZA Mall
Why:
To give youth artists an opportunity and a space to create amazing art to be worn on the body!!!!
Students can choose to participate in the 2nd ANnual Youth Wearable Art Show with their finished pieces March 25th!!!
Open Craft Night at the Totem Heritage Center
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.**
Story Slam "Stuck in My Head"
Stories at Latitude 56 with host Jack Finnegan bring you seven Story 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!
Submission Deadline for the Youth Wearable Art Show
Be part of a Ketchikan original!!! No experience needed! Young people are invited to create art to be worn on the body! All pieces must be original creations (nothing store bought!) . Call if you have questions!
After Hours Alaska
The wonderful Stephanie Patton hosts the show After Hours Alaska every Wednesday from 9pm-11pm on KRBD. You can find out more information here as she interview musicians on a weekly basis.
Arts Report on KRBD
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.
Youth Wearable Art Class
The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council are so excited to be partnering with Ketchikan After School Program (KAP) and ARTery Instructor Abel Piercy to bring you the Youth Wearable Art Class!!!!
When:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 - 5:30 pm
February 7th - March 16th
That is 12, 2 hour classes, with art teacher Abel Piercy!!!
Where:
KAP room, upstairs at the PLAZA Mall
Why:
To give youth artists an opportunity and a space to create amazing art to be worn on the body!!!!
Students can choose to participate in the 2nd ANnual Youth Wearable Art Show with their finished pieces March 25th!!!
Dude Mountain Band
Dude Mountain Band is playing at The Sourdough in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
Don't forget to wear green!
Live Music at the New York Cafe
Come listen to Dave, Hannah, and Chazz play at the New York Cafe.
No Cover
New York Cafe
Ketchikan Theatre Ballet Adult Ballet
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.
First City Players Starpath Theatre Classes with Jack Finnegan
First City Players Starpath Theatre Classes with Jack Finnegan
For ages 3rd & 4th grade, these classes help build confidence, collaboration, critical and thinking. To sign up email info@firstcityplayers.org, see under "classes" for more information.
First City Players Office - 11:30-12:30pm
First City Players Starpath Theatre Classes with Dani Pratt
First City Players Starpath Theatre Classes with Dani Pratt
For ages 5th & 6th grade, these classes help build confidence, collaboration, critical and thinking. To sign up email info@firstcityplayers.org, see under "classes" for more information.
First City Players Office - 1-2pm
NO CLASS 3/25
The Monthly Grind!
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