Poetry Out Loud State Champion Announced

2017 ALASKA STATE POETRY OUT LOUD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED JUNEAU, ALASKA – The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council (JAHC) are pleased to announce that Isabella Weiss, a freshman from Colony High School in Anchorage is Alaska's State Champion. Isabella will go onto represent Alaska

Continue reading

The New JACC announces contractor selection

Juneau, February 28, 2017 The Partnership Board, on behalf of the New Juneau Arts and Culture Center (New JACC) project, is pleased to announce the selection of a contractor to begin a Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) approach to the development of the building.  Cornerstone Construction, an Alaskan firm based in

Continue reading

Rasmuson Foundation offers Individual Artist Grant application workshop

Dear Artists, It’s that time of the year again! Rasmuson Foundation is accepting applications for the 2017 Individual Artist Award program. Jeff Baird and Sharity Sommer will be hosting a workshop from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24th at the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, 350 Whittier St.

Continue reading

JAHC web site in transition

WHEEE! we are updating our web site so things might be a bit wild for a day or two! Box office is live – or call us! Nancy

Continue reading

Beth Weldon, Assembly Candidate, on the Arts

Beth Weldon – Assembly Candidate I attend as many arts and cultural events throughout the year as I can while raising two very active, athletic boys. I probably attend Perseverance plays more than anything else especially the comedies. I have attended a few high school plays. I love art, and

Continue reading

Arnold Liebelt, Candidate for Assembly, on the role of the arts

September 20, 2016 Responses to Questions Describe your involvement/participation in the arts and cultural activities in Juneau. How many times per year do you attend an arts and cultural event? What types of events do you attend? Are you a current member of any Juneau arts organizations? Which one(s)? My

Continue reading

JAHC Web site down

The jahc.org web site is down for the day. To know: Matisyahu is sold out, and we will have a waitlist at the door, starting at 6:30. Pretty sure we can squeeze you in.

Continue reading

15 Local Teaching Artists to Participate in Seminar Series

This Friday through Sunday, 15 local artists will participate in a Kennedy Center Arts-integrated seminar series on residency planning and lesson design. The seminars will be: Mapping the Journey: Planning Effective Residencies for Students and Anatomy of a Lesson: Designing Instruction. This is the final benefit as part of our Any Given Child

Continue reading

Steve Whitney, School Board Candidate, on the Arts

2016 School Board Candidate questions Describe your involvement/participation in the arts and cultural activities in Juneau. How many times per year do you attend or participate in an arts and cultural event? What types of events do you attend or participate in? Are you currently a member of any Juneau

Continue reading