Sitka Is…

A Year-Round Arts Utopia

“Well, folks – it’s definitely winter.” Sitka WhaleFest is over, the clocks have been set back, and we’re in the thick of Native American Heritage Month celebrations.

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Sitka Wearable Art 2026

Forest to the Sea

It’s a story you’ve heard before. Jeff Budd gets inspired by an arts endeavor in another Southeast town. Years ago, while in Ketchikan, Budd attended one of their Wearable Art productions and enjoyed it so much that he brought the idea home.

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Holiday Brass

An Annual Sitka Tradition

It started with a suggestion. Two Sitka Fine Arts Camp board members proposed to director Roger Schmidt that he produce a brass concert to celebrate the holidays. From that simple idea an annual Sitka tradition was born.

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Tidal Echoes

Southeast Alaska’s Arts and Literary Journal

Published annually since 2004 by the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS), Tidal Echoes is Southeast Alaska’s premier literary and arts journal.

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Sotera Perez

An Artist Profile

Barista, bass player, director, writer, costume designer. Sotera Perez is the complete package when it comes to the arts.

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Art In Your Backyard

Ocean Wave Quilters

For nearly 40 years, a passionate group of Sitkans have gathered together to tell stories with fabric – occasionally in their backyards, sometimes in their sewing rooms, and regularly at the United Methodist Church.

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