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• Protection: Adaptation & Resistance

  • Start
    Fri, May 03, 2024
  • End
    Sat, October 12, 2024
  • Location
    APK

  Image: Kaxhatjaa X’óow/Herring Protectors. Created by K’asheechtlaa/Louise Brady, Káakaxaawulga/Jennifer Younger, and Carol Hughey. Herring pattern designed by Kitkun/Charlie Skultka Jr. Photo by Caitlin Blaisdell.

  Protection: Adaptation & Resistance

  Alaska State Museum - Juneau

  May 3 - October 12, 2024 

  
  

  Protection: Adaptation & Resistance presents the work of more than 45 Alaska Native artists who explore the climate crisis, social justice, strengthening communities through ancestral knowledge, and imagining a thriving future. 

  Working within intergenerational learning groups and collaborating in vibrant community networks, Alaska's Indigenous artists invigorate traditional stories in customary arts and propose resilient future through design, tattoo, regalia, and graphic arts.  Artist projects elevate collaboration, allyship, and community as tools of resistance, adaptation, and cultural affirmation. Protection explores three themes: Land and Culture Protectors, Activists for Justice and Sovereignty, and Resilient  Futures.

  Artsits Featured in Protection:

  Kaxhatjaa X’óow / Herring Protectors robes: K’asheechtlaa Louise Brady, Káakaxaawulga Jennifer Younger with Carol Hughey and many volunteers. Lingit hats: Ku agoo Linda Starbard, Tanux Gordon James Junior, Rachel Langford Guultlagaay Donna Rae James, Gúut dláayas Devin Hannon. Chilkat Protector Masks: Lily Wooshkindein Da.áat Hope, Sydney Akagi, Davina Drones, Michelle Demmert, Mary Kate Dennis, Shgendootan George, Gabriella George, Shaadootlaa Iyall Hanlon, Ursula Hudson, Donedin Jackson, Melina Meyer, Rae Ann Mills, Debra O’Gara, Laine Rinehart, Jodi Watts. Ghelch’ehi, Dena’ina birchbark baskets: Joel Isaak and Helen McLean. Chickaloonies graphic novel: Dimi Macheras with Casey Silver. Healing Stitches Atikluk installation: Bobby Qalutaksraq Brower, Melissa Ahnoorik Ingersoll, Cassandra Tikasuk Johnson, Qataliña Jackie Schaeffer, Beverly Tuck. Traditional Tattoo Photographs: Sarah Ayaqi Whalen-Lunn, Alice Qannik Glenn, Aviññaq/Danyal Harvey, Bailey Shaeffer, Cynthia Ivan, Kimberlyn Erin Smith, Kunayaq Qaumaluq Hank, Princes Daazharaii Johnson, Talivaaq Qinugana/Jerilynn Wellert. Qulliq seal oil lamps: Kunaq Marjorie Tahbone, Agasuuq Hanna Sholl, Aqugaq Elli Tansy, Britt’Nee Kivliqtaruq Brower, Jackie Qatalina Schaeffer. Tupik Mi, Digital video: Holly Mititquq Nordlum with Michael Conti. How to be a Good Guest: Melissa Shaginoff. Memorial Qaspeq: Amber Webb. We’re Still Here: Naal xak’w/Tommy Joseph. Digital Illustrations: Sarah Ayaqi Whalen-Lunn, Crystal Rose Demientieff Worl, Rico Lanaat’ Worl.

  Protection: Adaptation & Resistance  is a project of the Bunnell Street Arts Center and made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, CIRI Foundation, Alaska Community Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, Alaska Humanities Foundation, Atwood Foundation.
  

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• Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults

  • Start
    Fri, July 12, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    Fri, November 01, 2024
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  
  

  Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults

  Fridays, 12:00-1:00pm

  The next book for the Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults is coming! Starting Friday, July 12 the discussion will be on Open Carry by Marc Cameron.

  Author Marc Cameron will be joining us on July 12^th to kick off the reading of his book, Open Carry.  A former Chief Deputy US Marshal himself, Cameron draws on his first hand understanding of law enforcement in the Last Frontier with this first book in the Arliss Cutter U.S. Marshal series.

  From Cameron’s website: Deputy U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter is a born tracker. Raised in the Florida swamplands, he honed his skills in the military, fought in the Middle East, and worked three field positions for Marshal Service. When it comes to tracking someone down, Cutter’s the best. But his newest assignment is taking him out of his comfort zone to southeast Alaska. Dark, uninhabited forests often shrouded in fog. And it’s the kind of case that makes his blood run cold.

  The murder of a Tlingit girl just the beginning. Now, three people have disappeared on Prince of Wales Island. Two are crew members of the reality TV show, Fishwives. Cutter’s job is to find the bodies, examine the crew’s footage for clues, and track down the men who killed them. But it won’t be easy, because the whole town is hiding secrets, every trail is a dead end—and the hunter becomes the hunted . . .

  Registration is free but required. Register online  or by phone at 907-465-2920 to obtain access info.

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• Free Friday Concerts

  • Start
    Fri, July 26, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    Fri, November 01, 2024
  • Location
    Alaska State Office Building

  

  Free Concert Fridays!

  Enjoy free concerts on the historic Kimball Theatre Organ on Fridays at 12:00pm at the State Office Building, 8th floor lobby. Bring your lunch and enjoy music played by the organists, Allan MacKinnon, Laurie Clough, and TJ Duffy.

  Please note there will be no concert on Friday, October 18 in observance of Alaska Day.

  Though housed in the State Office Building, the organ is the property of the Alaska State Museum.

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