UPCOMING EVENTS
 K̲aachgóon Rochelle Smallwood (courtesy of the artist)
Talk with K̲aachgóon Rochelle Smallwood (Tlingit)
Friday, October 28, 12-12:45 pm
On Zoom & in-person at Sheldon Jackson Museum
K̲aachgóon Rochelle Smallwood (Tlingit) will give a talk at the Sheldon Jackson Museum entitled “Haa Shagóon Yoo X'atángi Yéi Gaxtoosaneix: We Will Save Our Ancestors' Language.”
This kicks off the Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum Winter Share Your Culture/Share Your Research Series,
Smallwood, a visual artist, photographer, fashion designer, and Tlingit language enthusiast and scholar, describes her talk as follows:
This talk will focus on the importance of saving and reclaiming our Indigenous visual and oral languages; our languages as insightful to our ancient values; and how we can keep our histories and stories alive through art. How our languages, materials, and processes have changed over time, but how we can adapt them to shifting times, keeping our artwork and language moving into the future while still honoring our ancestral ways of the past.
To reserve a seat at the Sheldon Jackson Museum for the talk, please call (907) 747-8981.
To attend online, visit zoom.com and input meeting ID: 833 5465 9930 and passcode: Smallwood.
 Braid My Hair and Buy Me Beaded Earrings by Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit, 30" x 22" acrylic on paper
Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit exhibit Midnight at the Fireworks Stand opens Nov. 4
First Friday Exhibit Opening
November 4, 4:30–7 pm, Alaska State Museum
In her solo exhibition Midnight at the Fireworks Stand, artist Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit considers the ways in which western contact continues to shape Indigenous communities, from potlaches to the poverty-to-prison pipeline.
Culture is not stagnant. Through contact and the technological revolution Tlingit culture is constantly adapting, observing, and searching for its place in the world. – Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit
Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit is a multidisciplinary artist from Yakutat. She is believed to be the first Tlingit woman to carve and raise a totem pole. Bremner studied under master artist David R. Boxley and David A. Boxley in Kingston, Washington. Her mediums include painting, woodcarving, regalia and digital collage. In addition to her contemporary art practice, Bremner is committed to the revitalization of the Tlingit language and creating works for traditional and ceremonial use.
Midnight at the Fireworks Stand is on exhibit through January 7.
Alison Bremner Naxshageit is one of six artists selected for the Alaska State Museum 2020-2023 Solo Artist Exhibition Series along with artists Ben Huff, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Gail Priday, Jannah Sexton-Atkins, and Mitch Watley.
Americans and the Holocaust Research Sprint
Thursday, November 17, APK
Drop in 10:15-11:45 am or 1:30-4 pm
How did newspapers in Alaska report on the Holocaust while it was taking place? Join the Alaska State Library, the Juneau Public Libraries and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a hands on “research sprint” to find out. The event includes an explanation by the project’s community manager on what History Unfolded is and why it matters, instruction on how to research local newspapers, and time to find and submit new articles to the Holocaust Museum’s History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust database. Learn about local history and Holocaust history by doing real historical research.
Presented by Juneau Public Libraries and the Alaska State Library.
|
Alaskan Newspapers and the Holocaust: History Unfolded
Thursday, November 17, 12 pm, APK
What could people in Juneau have known about the Holocaust as it was happening? Learn what citizen historian researchers have been discovering about the nature of local newspaper coverage of the Holocaust in Alaska from 1933 to 1945.
This talk by Eric Schmalz will include a historical overview, noteworthy articles from Juneau and other Alaskan towns, and time for questions.
Eric Schmalz is the Citizen History Community Manager at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He oversees the review of newspaper submissions to the History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust website, assists participants with their research, and helps educators effectively incorporate History Unfolded into various learning environments.
Presented by Juneau Public Libraries and the Alaska State Library.
|
Native Youth Olympic Games Demonstration
Friday, November 18, 12-12:45 pm
On Zoom & in-person at Sheldon Jackson Museum
Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum will host several students from Mount Edgecumbe High School to demonstrate Native Youth Olympic Games activities. This will be a fun event for all. Come appreciate the athleticism and skill of these students and hear about where they are from and how they came to practice these games.
To attend online, visit zoom.com and input meeting ID: 886 3833 1790 and passcode: Games.
This is the second event in the Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum Winter Share Your Culture/Share Your Research Series
Climate Soundscapes – A Con Brio Concert
Saturday, November 19,
1:30 pm, APK
Climate Soundscapes is a unique collaboration with the Juneau Composers Consortium and Alaska climate scientists at UAS and UAF, creating musical renderings of climate change effects and impacts. The program will begin with a pre-concert talk by composers and scientists discussing their research and how each piece evolved. Performance by local musicians will follow.
Admission is free. Donations are welcome. For more information, contact Con Brio at 907-957-3488.
This project is supported in part by the City & Borough of Juneau, Juneau Arts & Humanities, and the Friends of the State Library, Archives, and Museum.
Photo by glaciologist Joanna Young; Ocean's Change by Artemio Sandoval
|
Fridays, noon-1 pm, online
Story hours for kids are great, but why should they get all the fun?
Visit the Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults page to register and see what we're currently reading.
|
|
