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Ling't artist's new magazine features Indigenous people telling their own stories
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (491+ words) Alaska Native Arts & Culture| Arts & Culture| Juneau June 12, 2026 by Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO Ling't artist Chloey Cavanaugh released the first issue of the Black and White Raven Company Magazine earlier this month. She said she was frustrated seeing Alaska media outlets…...
What earrings mean at Celebration, to buyers and sellers
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (906+ words) Alaska Native Arts & Culture| Arts| Arts & Culture| Celebration| Juneau June 11, 2026 by Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO Dozens of stalls lined the Atnane" Hi"t Arts Plaza in Juneau, the tables piled with colorful beads, fur, bone and shell jewelry, usually in sets…...
An evolution in traditional canoe carving had its maiden voyage this week
1+ week, 2+ day ago (595+ words) Alaska Native Arts & Culture| Celebration| Juneau June 3, 2026 by Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO On Tuesday afternoon, canoes " or yaakw " arrived and paddlers asked permission to come ashore. Ten yaakw landed on the beach at Auke Recreation Area, the site of a former…...
Tongass Voices: Brian Wallace on preserving time through photography
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (217+ words) April 28, 2026 by Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO He comes from a family of artists: his father, the late Amos Wallace, was a renowned carver." Wallace takes pictures of the present for future generations. He's also working to memorialize the past " his own…...
Ravenstail robe made by Juneau youth has its coming out party
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (720+ words) Alaska Native Arts & Culture| Juneau March 26, 2026 by Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO At the Gold Medal Basketball tournament on Tuesday, as the squeaks of players" shoes on the gym floor faded, the Eagle Raven Dance Group filed out onto the court. Through…...
Tongass Voices: Robin De Alva on making an online exchange for arts supplies
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (597+ words) Arts & Culture| Juneau| Tongass Voices March 25, 2026 by Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing perspectives from the homelands of the "ak'w Kw'an and beyond. Earlier this year, Robin De Alva made a Facebook group that…...
Voting is open for bear-resistant trash can art destined for downtown Juneau
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (287+ words) Arts & Culture| Juneau| Wildlife March 24, 2026 by Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO Three finalists have been chosen in a mural contest to decorate new bear-resistant trash infrastructure in downtown Juneau this summer. The winning design will be printed on an enclosure of bear-resistant…...
New Juneau Arts and Humanities Council director navigates financial challenges
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (549+ words) Arts & Culture| Juneau March 19, 2026 by Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council has had new leadership for a few months now, and that has come with some changes. Maggie Mc Millan joined the arts agency as executive director…...
Budding Juneau muralists learn the ins and outs of public art through new workshop
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (857+ words) Arts & Culture| Juneau January 29, 2026 by Jamie Diep, KTOO Murals will soon adorn the Marine View building parking garage near Juneau's cruise ship docks. It's part of a project years in the making that teaches local artists about the legal and…...
First Friday show features new myths written and illustrated by Juneau artists
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (310+ words) January 2, 2026 by Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO Two Juneau artists spent this snowy Friday framing and mounting 18 block prints that correlate with myths " ones they wrote themselves." The prints are a part of a show titled "My Mother's Bones," opening Friday at…...