Here’s what’s happening for First Friday

It’s a busy one.

Courtesy Photo
Rick Kauzlarich is the featured artist for the month of June at the Juneau Artists Gallery.

Courtesy Photo Rick Kauzlarich is the featured artist for the month of June at the Juneau Artists Gallery.

Juneau Arts & Humanities Council: SHI Juried Youth Art Exhibit, 350 Whittier St., 4:30-7 p.m. This year the exhibit features 20 works by 15 youth artists. This exhibit will be on display in the Juneau Arts & Culture Center Gallery from June 3-24. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekend hours vary.

Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Juried Youth Art Exhibit is a biennial event showcasing Northwest Coast Native art by middle and high school youth held in conjunction with Celebration, a major four-day dance-and-culture festival in Juneau hosted by the Institute. SHI sponsors the art show to encourage youth to learn Northwest Coast art forms, to expand their skills, and to reach for the highest standards set by their ancestors, thus promoting the continued evolution of those traditions in Southeast Alaska.

Northwest Coast art is distinctive for its use of formline design, which is a disciplined interconnected framework of curving formlines of varying width. Formlines are combined with other shapes to compose images of animals, spiritual beings, elements of the landscape, or other designs. Although the basic conventions of formline design may seem simple, it takes a master to create the kind of balance and flow that this art form can express.

“We are so inspired by the work of our young Northwest Coast artists across the region. The work of these artists and the teachers who are guiding them will ensure that Northwest Coast art survives into the future.” – SHI President, Dr. Rosita Kaaháni Worl

Sealaska Heritage is committed to maintaining the integrity of Northwest Coast art and operates and supports programs to teach formline design, carving, weaving, and other practices. The institute also sponsors an adult Juried Art Show & Competition, on view at the Walter Soboleff Building in Heritage Square.

Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum: Premiere screening of student mini-documentaries inspired by Mug Up, 395 Whittier St., 6-7 p.m.

The Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum present the premiere screening of the mini-documentaries created by students at a week-long teen film workshop led by Marie Acemah of See Stories. Students selected a fishing or cannery topic of their choice, inspired by this summer’s exhibit Mug Up: The Language of Cannery Work at the Alaska State Museum.

This program was 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.

Juneau Artists Gallery: Rick Kauzlarich, 175 S.Franklin St., 4:30-8 p.m. Rick Kauzlarich is the featured artist for the month of June at the Juneau Artists Gallery. A lifelong Alaskan, Kauzlarich’s artwork is inspired by the beauty and wonders of Alaska’s people and animals as well as land and cityscapes. His current showing includes all of these subjects and some great new Juneau cityscapes. These works are then printed locally.

Sealaska Heritage: Northwest Coast Juried Art Show opening and a book signing with Lily Hope for the new Baby Raven Reads book, “Celebration,” 105 S. Seward St. 4:30-7 p.m. Sealaska Heritage will host the opening of the 11th Biennial Northwest Coast Juried Art Show in the Nathan Jackson Gallery of the Walter Soboleff Building from 4:30-7 pm. Beginning at 5:30 pm, the Sealaska Heritage Store will host a book signing with Tlingit artist and author Wooshkindein Da.áat Lily Hope for a new children’s book published through SHI’s Baby Raven Reads series titled “Celebration.” The book was illustrated by Jaaxsnée Kelsey Mata Foote. Both events are being held in conjunction with Celebration, which runs June 8-11 in Juneau.

Barnaby Brewing Company: Chloey Cavanaugh, 165 Shattuck Way. 4-8 p.m. Chloey is an LGBTQ+ Indigenous artist of the Was’ineidi Tax’Hit, Eagle Wolf clan in Kake, credits her commitment to community and culture from her grandfather Archie Cavanaugh. Chloey will have graphic art displayed for first friday.

Capital City Quilt Guild: Professionally judged Quilt Show, Centennial Hall, 101 Egan Drive, noon – 9 p.m.

Capital City Quilt Guild is putting on a free, Professionally Judged Quilt Show. There are 15 show categories, live quilting demos, exhibits, vendors and gift sales as well as a silent auction. Come see all of the beautiful quilts and let us share our artwork with you.

Rainforest Yoga: Free Yoga Class taught by Bev Ingram, 174 S. Franklin St, Ste. 202B. You’ll be guided through a practice to renew and restore your body and mind; enjoy this supportive practice that will allow you to release tension and fully inhabit your radiance.

Annie Kaill’s: Amy J. Johnson, photographer; Yumi Kawaguchi, wood block printmaker; and Amy Mackinaw, quilt maker, 124 Seward St., 4:30-7:30 p.m.This exhibit features pieces created by Fairbanks artists Amy J. Johnson, Yumi Kawaguchi and Amy Mackinaw. Each piece was inspired by their experience together at the Gruening Cabin near Amalga Harbor in Juneau, where they spent a week during summer 2021 as part of the Alaska State Parks Artist-in-Residence program.

Hearthside Books, Merchants Wharf: Bookstore Happy Hour, 2 Marine Way, Suite 119, 4:30-7 p.m. Celebrate the spirit of First Friday and enjoy a 20% discount on any item of your choice (excluding tickets).

Coppa: Celia Wheeler, 917 Glacier Ave., No. 102, 4-5 p.m. Coppa will feature local ceramicist Celia Wheeler and her colorful pottery collection, handmade blooms, and funky hand-printed cards.

Charming Jewelry: Patti Hutchens Jouppi Artist, across from the Red Dog Saloon, 4-7 p.m. A collection of oil and watercolor paintings of Southeast Alaska. Exhibit will be up through the month, but Patti will be doing a live painting demo on First Friday.

Rainbow Foods: Special Retrospective and New Work by Page Bridges, Fourth and North Franklin streets, 4:30-7 p.m. Rainbow Foods and Page Bridges are having a large retrospective of her modern oil paintings. She is also showing new work. The work spans 34 years. It includes 48 paintings. The retrospective has paintings lent by friends of the artist as well as paintings in the collection of Rainbow Foods.

— Capital City Weekly

More in News

The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)
Ships in port for the week of May 11

This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2024 schedule.… Continue reading

Rep. Jeremy Bynum, R-Ketchikan, speaks to Rep. Calvin Schrage, I-Anchorage, during a vote on amendments to the state’s capital budget on Monday, May 12, 2025. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Amid budget struggle, Alaska has little money for new construction or renovation

State’s capital budget about to pass Legislature with no projects for individual legislators’ districts.

Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, at center, sits among senators during a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Most Alaskans nominated for state boards and commissions get Legislature’s approval this year

One nominee was rejected on a 0-60 vote, which may be a first for the Alaska Legislature.

A person uses a garden hose in an effort to save a neighboring home from catching fire during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Dozens of members of Congress from both parties plead with Trump to unfreeze FEMA grants

Sen. Murkowski part of group drafting letter urging FEMA to begin spending already OK’d by Congress.

The six members of a joint House-Senate conference committee appointed to resolve differences in their versions of next year’s proposed state budget sign documents at their initial meeting Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
PFD of $1,000 or $1,400? Ban on abortion funds or not? Fate of state’s budget now in hands of six legislators

Conference committee seeks to resolve 400 differences in House, Senate budgets as session nears end.

Boxes of sugary cereal, including those from General Mills, fill a store’s shelves on April 16, 2025, in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
US House Republican plan would force states to pay for a portion of SNAP benefits

State costs would increase with higher error rates — Alaska currently has the highest.

Juneau Board of Education members including Will Muldoon (foreground), whose seat is currently open after he resigned April 21, meet at Thunder Mountain Middle School on Sept. 10, 2024. Five candidates for the open seat are scheduled to be interviewed on Saturday at TMMS. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
Five people seeking open seat on Juneau school board set for public interviews on Saturday at TMMS

Former board member Steve Whitney, recent runner-up candidate Jenny Thomas among applicants.

Jörg Knorr, a solo travel journalist from Flensburg, Germany, smiles after taking a photo on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
German kayaker sets off to circumnavigate Admiralty Island

He made friends along the way in his mission to see Alaska.

A cruise ship docks in downtown Juneau on April 30, 2025. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
As foreign tourists stay away, US could lose $12.5 billion this year, tourism group says

Border detentions, confusion over visas deterring visitors, according to World Travel & Tourism Council.

Most Read