2024 Winter
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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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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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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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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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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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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