Lauralye Miko, Davis Gallery manager, talks about the new venue for artists during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Lauralye Miko, Davis Gallery manager, talks about the new venue for artists during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Photos: First Friday art show

Pictures from First Friday around downtown Juneau on Sept. 7, 2018.

Pictures from First Friday around downtown Juneau on Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)


Contact staff photographer Michael Penn at 523-2262 or mpenn@juneauempire.com.


A docking telegraph is one of the many items recovered and on view at the Alaska State Museum’s “Titanic of the North: The 1918 Wreck of the S.S. Princess Sophia” exhibit during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A docking telegraph is one of the many items recovered and on view at the Alaska State Museum’s “Titanic of the North: The 1918 Wreck of the S.S. Princess Sophia” exhibit during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Skin sewer Marcus Gho holds a mirror for customer Meilani Schijvens as he sells his work at the Walter Soboleff Center during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Gho’s son, Jamin, 13, is left. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Skin sewer Marcus Gho holds a mirror for customer Meilani Schijvens as he sells his work at the Walter Soboleff Center during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Gho’s son, Jamin, 13, is left. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Painter Magil Pratt tells Steve Winker about her work at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Painter Magil Pratt tells Steve Winker about her work at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Photographer Kaley McGoey photographs Kelsey Smioley, center, and Kayla Koelling at the Fera + Frenchie’s Photobooth in Kindred Post during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Photographer Kaley McGoey photographs Kelsey Smioley, center, and Kayla Koelling at the Fera + Frenchie’s Photobooth in Kindred Post during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Los Angeles artist Lindsay Carron talks about her work at The Canvas during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Los Angeles artist Lindsay Carron talks about her work at The Canvas during First Friday on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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