In today’s program:
-
Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band
The show is tonight! !-
Indigenous musicians, groups as well as big bands all have been a part of the current jazz scene as well as in the history of jazz. There were small groups and big bands that played on reservations throughout the US during the first half of the Twentieth Century, as well as a variety of Indigenous musicians rose to fame through jazz as their instrument.
Since the beginning of time, songs have served as the medium for prayers and stories to the Indigenous peoples from the Americas. JKIBB’s mission JKIBB are to recognize and carry on that tradition, to write and perform contemporary songs that are inspired by traditional melodies and to form an inclusive community of people from diverse backgrounds to help build the new generations of Indigenous jazz musicians.
-
Indigenous musicians, groups as well as big bands all have been a part of the current jazz scene as well as in the history of jazz. There were small groups and big bands that played on reservations throughout the US during the first half of the Twentieth Century, as well as a variety of Indigenous musicians rose to fame through jazz as their instrument.
-
Alaska State Museum – VISCERAL: VERITY, LEGACY, IDENTITY – Alaska Native Gut Knowledge and Perseverance
-
Open May 5, from 4:30 to 7 pm, lecture with artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs Sven Haakanson, and conservator Ellen Carrlee at 6:30 pm
Visceral Legacy is an additional interpretation of Sonya’s solo show subjects through objects that she and fellow gut-lovers as well as Alaska State Museum conservator Ellen Carrlee picked from the museum’s collection. As curator in residence, Sonya brings the richness of her early years in Nome as well as her work as an artist and time in Anchorage as well as her perspectives as someone of Inupiaq, Athabascan, and European heritage.
The three galleries will remain open for the entire summer 2023 season, and will be augmented by lectures and workshops to close in the middle of October 2023.
-
Open May 5, from 4:30 to 7 pm, lecture with artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs Sven Haakanson, and conservator Ellen Carrlee at 6:30 pm
-
Juneau Artist’s Gallery Kelsey Hoke Martin – Featured Artist for May
- Originating originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Kelsey Hoke Martin, artist and the owner of K.Hoke Contemporary, made the decision to move into Juneau along with her entire family back in 2020 as the world began to close down due to COVID. When she arrived in Alaska her creative inspiration all over the place “I nearly feel like Alaska was always meant to be my home. Moving to Juneau is like blowing the doors wide open for my creative side; every turn here is awe-inspiring,” K.Hoke said.
The volunteer Andy Kline hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon is broadcast at 3:00 p.m. in the morning on KTOO as well as KAUK and KAUK. It is rebroadcast starting at 7:07 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.
Guests:
- Julia Keefe, Indigenous Big Band
- Qacung the Creative Director at Aak’w Rock
- Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Artist
- Sven Haakanson, Curator of Native American collections at the Burke Museum
- Ellen Carrlee. Alaska State Museum
- Kelsey Hoke Martin, Artist at Juneau Artists Gallery
- Jayne Andreen, President, Juneau Artists Gallery
Subscribe to our podcast
Juneau Afternoon is a production by the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.
Bostin Christopher created today’s show with the help of Erin Tripp.
