The Tundra Drums - CAUYAT - "The Beat of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta"

The Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center hosted the Kuskokwim Campus ceramic students pottery show reception on April 22. The ceramic class theme was teapots and tureens but the students went above and...

The second Bethel Empty Bowls fundraiser to support the Bethel Food Bank will be 2-5 p.m. April 27 at Bethel Lions Club. This year Bethel residents were invited to come make ceramic bowls in the new...

The Alaska State Council on the Arts on behalf of the Lower Kuskokwim School District is requesting qualifications for exterior artwork to be commissioned for the K-12 Amaqigciq Elementary/Caputnguaq High School in Chefornak. Submissions will be judg...

Dancers from around the world will perform and mingle at the Cama-i Dance festival in Bethel on March 22-24. The world-class 3-day event, sponsored by Bethel Council on the Arts, features dance of all sorts — traditional to mode...

KUAC is accepting entries for its 2013 poster. Each year, KUAC puts out a call for art submissions for its annual poster, which is offered as a thank-you gift during the public television fundraiser. Artists must live in Alaska and may enter up to...

The Alaska State Council on the Arts, on behalf of the State of Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums is requesting qualifications from artists for interior and/or exterior artwork to be...

Bristol Bay Native Corporation As a short film documenting a day in the lives of Alaska Natives in the Bristol Bay region is touring film festivals this fall. Bristol Bay shareholders are traveling with the 15-minute movie serving as ambassadors to s...

The Kuskokwim Art Guild ninth annual Steel Salmon and Raven auction is planned for Sept. 22 at the Yupit Piciryarait Cultural Center. Chef Tiffany Tony will serve up a luscious crab dinner and many...

Susie Moses of Tooksook Bay depicts a uqiquq (seal party) in an illustration she drew earlier this year. A uqiquq celebrates the men’s first seal catch of the season. Seal oil and meat are...

The 49 Alaska Writing Center is hosting its second annual Write-a-thon fundraising and community writing event on Friday, April 13 at Snow City Café in Anchorage. Starting at 5 p.m. participants will work for 4 hours and 9 minutes on their personal...

Dancers from around the world will perform and mingle at the Cama-i Dance festival in Bethel on March 23-25. The world-class 3-day event, sponsored by Bethel Council on the Arts, features dance of...

As a kick off for Cama-i Festival weekend, the Bethel Council on the Arts has invited internationally renowned Louisianan singer-songwriter Chris Smither to Bethel for a concert on at 7:30 p.m. March...

Filmmaker Dmitry Trakovsky has begun a new feature length project that takes an intimate look at the spiritual and cultural lives of the Yupik people of Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The work, currently titled “Arctic Cross,” focuses on the unique...

Rasmuson Foundation offers one $25,000 Distinguished Artist Award annually in recognition of creative excellence and superior accomplishments in the arts. The award is intended as a validation of the artist’s creative output and contributions to...

Playing Guitar By Aaron Alexie Playing guitar Pushing down on the frets Picking the strings Feeling excited Sweating after three or four songs Concentrating on getting the right notes Waiting for the solo Hoping the drummer doesn’t mess up Getting...

The Kuskokwim Art Guild’s ninth annual Steel Salmon and Raven auction Sept. 24 saw record-setting attendance and funds raised. The special treat of the evening was the talents of auctioneer Clem...

The Never Set Film Festival will be held at the Yupiit Piciryariat Cultural Center Sept. 16 and 17. Beth Skabar is the director of programming for the first statewide Alaska film festival. The festival showcases short films made by Alaskans. The...