May 31-June 3, 1-4 pm
APK classroom

Space is still available in this 4-day workshop!

Rising 7-12^th graders are invited to create their own original mini-documentaries inspired by Mug Up: The Language of Work, instructed by Marie Acemah of See Stories (seestoriesalaska.org). 

Pick a cannery/fishing story you want to share, and learn how to make it into a ~3 minute movie, interviewing community members, family, friends, and collecting footage to illustrate the topic.

The student films will be screened in a free event at the APK Lecture Hall on June First Friday. 

Sign up to participate in the workshop.

This program is partially funded by the citizens of the City and Borough of Juneau through sales tax revenues and is sponsored by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum.

Friday, June 3, 6-7 pm
APK Lecture Hall

Come to the world premiere screening of documentary films created by students at the teen film workshop with Marie Acemah of See Stories. At the workshop, rising 7^th-12^th graders will create original mini-documentaries inspired by the exhibit Mug Up: The Language of Cannery Work. 

The workshop is partially funded by the citizens of the City and Borough of Juneau through sales tax revenues and is sponsored by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum.

Saturday, June 4, 10-noon
APK Classroom

Rising 2^nd-6^th graders are invited to join Marie Acemah of See Stories (seestoriesalaska.org) to direct their own stop motion animation.

Participants are encouraged to bring their favorite fishing related toys or objects to incorporate into their films. Marie will compile their footage and share the finished video later in the day.

Space is limited and registration is encouraged - reserve your spot by filling out the registration form. Drop-ins will be accommodated as space allows.

This workshop is partially funded by the citizens of the City and Borough of Juneau through sales tax revenues and is sponsored by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum.

Saturday, July 9 & 16, 1-4 pm
On zoom / in person at Sheldon Jackson Museum

Participants are encouraged to sign up by June 10 or sooner as the number of in-person and zoom spots will be limited. To sign up and get the tools list, call the Sheldon Jackson Museum at (907) 747-8981.

The Sheldon Jackson Museum and Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum invite the public to participate in a tináa (copper shield) making class. In this class taught by Eechdaa Dave Ketah (Tlingit), students ages 12+ will have an opportunity to make one large tináa pendant, two tináa earrings, and one small tináa pendant (similar to the samples pictured). Participants should plan to attend both sessions.

The class is free, but there is a $25 materials fee due when you sign up.  Students will also need to purchase several inexpensive hand tools before the first class if they don't already have them.

Eechdaa Dave Ketah is a Tlingit carver, drum maker, and painter. He is the first Alaska Native artist-in-residence of 2022 at the Sheldon Jackson Museum and will be working at the museum most days, July 8–30. Ketah was born and raised in Ketchikan. His ancestors are the Hinyaa from the south of Lingít aani (Tlingit land - Southeast Alaska). 

Fridays, noon-1 pm, online

Now reading The Serpents Trail by Sue Henry

Story hours for kids are great, but why should they get all the fun?

We’re jumping into a mystery this time, and we’re pushing our standard a bit: it’s by an Alaskan author and has an Alaskan sleuth, but this book is set Outside (gasp!). We think you’ll still enjoy it.

Register for Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults

At the Alaska State Museum
April 1-October 8

Entitled “Mug Up” after the cannery term for a coffee break, the exhibit shares stories of Alaska’s cannery crews and showcases artifacts from the canned salmon industry through the lens of the Alaska Packers Association’s <NN> (Diamond NN) Cannery, located on the Naknek River in Bristol Bay, Alaska.

The Mug Up exhibit is presented in three sections: Storied Salmon, Working Waterfront, and Cannery Community. From the slime-liners (slimers) to the superintendent, these stories collectively represented the workforce that brought the Industrial Revolution to the North.

(Pictured: Cannery workers gather on the Diamond NN Cannery dock for a “mug up” ca.1976. Photograph by Mike Rann.)