Welcome to Season 51!
Upcoming events, programs, and opportunities for the 2024-25 year are listed below. The event dates listed may change - please check back here for updates.
SEASON 51 AT A GLANCE:
Annual Membership Meeting: October 9, 2024
Gallery Walk: December 6, 2024
Clink! Wine Tasting: March 28, 2025
Kathy Kolkhorst Ruddy Awards for the Art: July 26, 2025
Áak'w Rock Indigenous Music Festival: August 2025
Juneau Food Festival & Farmers Market: September 6, 2025
Season 51 Artwork by Monica Daugherty | “Exotic Fish”, Oil on Canvas, 2024
SEASON 51 EVENTS & Fundraisers
Gospel Choir & Celebrations, February 2025
A week-long Gospel Choir Workshop and Concert, in partnership with Black Awareness Association, Juneau AK.
Clink! Wine Tasting Fundraiser, March 2025
An annual fundraiser with an in-person wine tasting featuring select wines from Specialty Imports.
Kathy Kolkhort Ruddy Awards for the Arts, July 2025
An biennial event that highlights and honors individuals and businesses for their contributions in the arts, culture, and humanities in Juneau.
Áak'w Rock Indigenous Music Festival, August 2025
A multi-day Indigenous music festival, held biennially on the ancestral homelands of the Lingít (People of the Tides) of the Áakʼw Ḵwáan (People of the Little Lake).
Concerts & Recitals
Golden Hour Concert Series, October-November 2024
A new fall concert series featuring performances by Pipeline Vocal Project, Waipuna, and Caitlin Warbelow.
Juneau Piano Series, November 2024 - June 2025
Piano recitals featuring both visiting and local artists, coordinated by Artistic Director Jon Hays, and performed on the grand piano at the JACC.
Motown, February 2025
A fantastic annual celebration for the entire community, featuring amazing musical talent and produced in conjunction with the Juneau Black Awareness Association.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
First Friday, monthly (year-round)
First Friday plays a vital role in keeping Juneau's art scene hopping! Join local businesses, organizations, artists, and the public for a free community event the first Friday of every month.
Gallery Walk, December
A Juneau Holiday tradition that celebrates the community at the time of year where Downtown Juneau belongs to the locals.
Stuffed! Holiday Market, December
This market features items made/designed in Alaska... perfect for stocking stuffers or unique gifts for your loved ones. All products sold during this market are $25 or less!
Fresh Air Markets, June-August
Monthly outdoor markets featuring a variety of local vendors with products ranging from arts & crafts, baked goods, books, & more!
Juneau Food Festival & Farmers Market, September
A local celebration of sustainability - featuring homegrown food, produce, arts, and workshops.
CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Technically Art Seminar Series
A seminar series focused on the work that goes on behind the scenes: learn how to host an exhibit at your business, how to become a professional performer, how to run an event, and more.
Art workshops led by a local artist. Learn how to make holiday wreaths, how to quilt, printmaking techniques, and more. Workshops are held in person or virtually. Tickets include supplies.
Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation competition for high school students. By encouraging youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance, students can master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage.
Participating partners host their own local competitions to determine which students advance to a video-adjudicated regional competition, with 10 students from across Alaska will advance to a state competition to be held in March. Each year, the state champion advances to the national finals in Washington, D.C. and competes for a $20,000 college scholarship.
A new program offered monthly the week before First Friday, in partnership with the Juneau Douglas City Museum & the Free Little Art Gallery.
Come find an unstoppable sense of humor while exploring what makes you uniquely loveable as a performer.
SUPPORT THE ARTS IN JUNEAU
Become a member of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council today! Basic membership in the Arts Council is $40 for an individual, $25 for a student or senior, and $75 for a family. Join HERE.
All members enjoy:
- 10% discounts on purchases in the Lobby Shop and Davis Gallery,
- priority selection for volunteer opportunities,
- use of our Notary Public service,
- advance ticket access for special events like Wearable Art Extravaganza and Art Glasses,
- regular updates about happenings in the art community,
- and the good feeling that comes with helping build our community.
ARTS COUNCIL PROGRAMS
Through collaborative work with partners like the Juneau School District, we strive to provide arts education opportunities to enrich arts, humanities, and cultural learning for children. Arts education programs include:
- Any Given Child
- Artists in the Schools
- Poetry Out Loud
- Artful Teaching
- After School Enrichment
- Partners in Education
- Teaching Artists & Academy
Fine Art Scholarships & Grants
Annual funding opportunities for students, individual artists, and organizations. Current grants and scholarships available include:
- Individual Artist Grants
- Fine Arts Scholarships
- Advanced Arts Achievement Awards
- Catalyst Grants
- CBJ Major Grants
The JAHC Gallery Program supports both established and emerging Alaskan artists showing new works, while representing the broadest spectrum of visual art media. There are currently two gallery spaces available to artists: the Arts Council Gallery at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center (JACC), the Davis Gallery in Centennial Hall. The mission of the Galleries is to exhibit artwork that promotes cultural awareness, stimulates creativity, or offers educational opportunities for all visitors. Applications for the Gallery Program typically open in March and close in May. We accept new, emerging, and professional artists into this program, with preference given to artists who live and work in Alaska. Artists outside of Alaska are eligible to apply.
Portable Southeast is a new exhibit opportunity for artists and art venues in Southeast Alaska! This traveling art exhibit program provides increased exposure for Southeast Alaskan artists, and a region-wide celebration of coastal living for Southeast Alaska communities.
Through the Lobby Shop, artists and vendors throughout Alaska are able to market their creations to a wide clientele, and shoppers are able to find unique, beautiful, fanciful and completely Alaskan items. Artists have the opportunity to sell their work in three locations: at the JACC in the Davis Gallery at Centennial Hall, and in our online shop.
COMMUNITY SERVICES & SUPPORT
The Community Calendar is a free digital publicity resource for artists, businesses, and groups in Juneau. Get your events posted to the calendar at least a week in advance and take advantage of our marketing outlets.
Postering & Promotional Services
The Arts Council offers a community Postering Service for businesses and organizations offering events and activities happening in town. Standard fee is $40 for 40 posters.
Sell tickets to your event through our Box Office. Call (907) 586-2787 for more information.
Facility and Equipment Rentals
The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council manages the rentals in both the Juneau Arts and Culture Center and Centennial Hall. Both buildings are located right next to each other forming a Civic and Culture Campus for Juneau in the heart of the Áak'w Village District. We offer flexible, scalable space for rent for everything from meetings & conferences, weddings, memorials, fundraisers and concerts. Hosting an event somewhere else? The following equipment is available for off-site rentals: portable sounds system, 8x8 and 10x10 pop-up tents, plastic cocktail tables, chairs and more.
A free digital resource for artists and organizations - hosting calls for art in Juneau and statewide.
ART SQUARED
Art by the people, Art for the people. Art Squared provides programmatic and fiscal sponsorship as needed for events such as the Juneau Piano Series, Poetry Omnibus, Juneau Cabaret, Artists of All Nations, and Music on the Fly. Learn more.
Juneau Piano Series
The Juneau Piano Series features both visiting and local artists, coordinated by Artistic Director Jon Hays, and performed on the grand piano at the JACC.
Artists of All Nations
Artists of All Nations is a free open studio opportunity in the Main Hall at the JACC from 1 – 5 pm, usually on the last Sunday of the month. Come enjoy working together on your art!
Poetry Omnibus
Poetry OmniBus is a local juried poetry contest, in which selected poems will have the honor of being displayed on city buses for one year. Submissions are accepted January through February annually. Learn more and apply HERE.