In today’s program:
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Alaska Native and Makers Market on June 29, Thursday
(Full listing of the artists listed below)- Spruce Root, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Sealaska and Oweesta Corporation are co-sponsors of the Alaska Native artist and makers market that will run from 11 a.m. until six p.m. on Thursday, June 29, at the Heritage Plaza (in front of the Sealaska building as well as the SHI Arts Campus). More than 30 people will have tables at which they’ll sell items which include paintings, jewelry and photography weaving, carvings and much more. The pop-up market will be coordinated the 8th Oweesta annually held Capital Access Convening, which will take place from June 27-29, Juneau.
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Juneau Soccer Club’s recent Seattle success
- Juneau Soccer Club recently had five teams compete at five teams in the Starfire Spring Classic in Tukwila, WA. It was the Juneau Soccer Club (JSC)’s 2010 Boys team took 1st spot at the U14 Silver division of the Starfire Spring Classic soccer tournament in Seattle this past week.
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The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council’s 50th Anniversary celebration is coming up
- The 50th anniversary celebration of JAHC and the Kathy Kolkhurst’s Ruddy Awards to the Arts are scheduled to take place on Juneau Arts & Culture Center. Juneau Arts & Culture Center on the 27th of July, Thursday.
Bostin Christopher moderates the chat. Juneau Afternoon broadcasts every day at 3:00 p.m. at KTOO as well as KAUK and KAUK. It is rebroadcast starting at 7:15 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.
Listing of Artists scheduled to appear in the Alaska Native Artist and Makers Market:
- Samuel Sheakley – Jewelry
- Corinne James Prints, stickers and clothes with unique formline designs
- Neffie the ketah-roxas sterling silver jewellery – gem turquoise
- Kaachgoon Rochelle Smallwood – Jewelry, painting, photography
- Jeremiah James – Sea otter. blankets, hats, scarves, seal hats, vests
- Sarah Peele– Mostly earrings that incorporate formline and natural materials that are found in Alaska and the Pacific, such as deer hide, walrus ivory and salmon leather, as well as wildflowers.
- Davina Cole – Jewelry and accessories inspired by Ravenstail
- Yarl Vaara — Tlingit Weaving basketry and Regalia; spruce roots, wood, cedar bark drums, fur and harvesting traditional resources to make medicines supplies, as well as food items that are cultural; Tlingit Language Materials. The colors may vary according to the season and the inspiration.
- Rhonda Butler – Devils Club & Cottonwood Salves, Moccasins, cedar art, beading
- Vivian MORK – Salves oil, jewelry, prints, stickers and original sketches, paintings
- Janine Gibbons – Jewelry Paintings and Prints
- Myrna Gardner Jewelry and accessories that are made of natural Alaskan Furs; Sea Otter, Mink, Ermine, and Wolf
- Bobbie Meszaros E-commerce Indigenous marketplace for sellers to directly sell to their customers (Native ETSY)
- Lee Burkhart Lee Burkhart Tlingit artist engraving jewelry handmade and wood carving
- Cayla McCutcheon Earrings and hair accessories, necklaces and rings that use mixed media techniques that combine fiber hand-textured, shaped and hand-textured metal and silversmithing
- Logan Terry – Mixed media collage, stickers prints, stickers, and original pieces made from recyclable materials dating from 1950s until the present
- Sydney Johnson – Beaded jewelry and other objects
- Christina Waska– Seal fur earrings sea otter earrings Polar bear earrings.
- Jennie Wheeler Jennie Wheeler Spruce roots basket weaving and other objects, including earrings teacups, hats etc.
- Elizabeth Mayeda – Process jellies, jams, and jams honey, and w-fry bread
- Mike Jackson – Carved jewelry made of beads
- Renee Tl’aagunk Culp Jewellery with the southeast Alaska style and everyday materials
- Greg Frisby – Jewelry, artwork with traditional formlines drawn or carved onto
- Jeffery Sheakley Jr. Hand-engraved copper and silver jewelry, earrings, bracelets and pendants
- John Garcia III Bentwood boxes, jewelry drums, regalia and many other carvings
- Pauline Duncan – Ointment, Raven’s Tail, Cook Books, etc.
- Took (Raymond Gregory Walker) – Engraved jewelry and carvings
- Jennifer Younger – Engraved Jewelry
- Lily Hope – Hand-woven earrings
Guests:
- Marc Wheeler, Spruce Root
- Jennifer Younger, Artist
- Logan Terry, Artist
- Stacy Diouf, Juneau Soccer Club President
- Kai Riley and Riley, Juneua Soccer Club Players
- Phil Huebschen, Executive Director, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
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Bostin Christopher created today’s show with assistance from Erin Tripp.
