2024 Alaska Poetry Out Loud Competition

High school students from around the state of Alaska traveled to Juneau, AK to participate in the 2024 Poetry Out Loud Alaska State Competition. The 2024 Alaska competition was held the evening of March 11, 2024 at KTOO 360 Studio. The recording of this year’s competition can be found at https://www.ktoo.org/poetry-out-loud/.

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JAHC’s 50th Anniversary Highlights

The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council (JAHC) celebrated 50 years on Thursday, July 27th, 2023. We are thrilled to share with you the highlights and joyous moments from the JAHC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration! This special event took place on the unceded territory of the Áak’w Kwáan on Lingít Aaní, at

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Juneau Piano Series in June!

This June, we’re excited about summer, which hopefully includes some sunshine, and a couple of amazing Piano Series concerts! Coming up on June 9th and June 30th, we have two wonderful talents joining us. First up on the 9th, Dr. Paul Krejci will bring us a taste of medieval times

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Portable Southeast is in Petersburg!

  The Portable Southeast traveling art exhibit made it’s way this February from Ketchikan, AK to Petersburg, AK and is now showing at the Clausen Memorial Museum, located at 203 Fram Street. This exhibit opened at the Clausen Memorial Museum on Friday, February 3rd and the last day to see

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Any Given Child with the Juneau Symphony

On Friday, January 27th, Juneau’s fourth and fifth grade students hopped on buses and made their way to the Juneau Douglas High School auditorium for a concert. This wasn’t just any concert, but a special interactive performance by the Juneau Symphony through the Any Given Child education program. Students worked

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JAHC Announces New Executive Director and Technical Director

The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council Board of Directors has named Phil Huebschen as the new Executive Director and Zachary Pease as the new Technical Director of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council (JAHC).  Both Heubschen and Pease were born and raised in Juneau, AK and have worked for various

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Painting Night!

WHAT A BLAST! January’s Stress-Free Art Night was fun, friendly, and fabulous! On Wednesday, January 18th from 5:30-7:30pm, the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council (JAHC) hosted the third Stress-Free Art Night. The Juneau Arts & Culture Center was hopping, and the JAHC staff loved seeing our some of our regulars,

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Calling All Artists: Individual Artist Awards Events & Workshops

Join the Rasmuson Foundation in learning more about the 2023 Individual Artist Awards! From an overview of the process to workshop sessions with other artists, these virtual events help artists apply for the 2023 Individual Artist Awards! Whether you’re a returning applicant or brand new to the process, there is

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Grant Awarded from the National Endowment for the Arts

The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council has been chosen to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts from their Grants for Arts Projects program. On January 10, 2023, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that Juneau Arts & Humanities Council (JAHC) has received a grant in

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Alaska Music Summit

Calling all music makers! The statewide Alaska Music Summit is being hosted in Juneau for the first time, and you’re invited! The Alaska Music Summit is a gathering to talk about how musicians work, play, and build community, and we want to hear from everyone involved in making music, from

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