A poster tribute leading up to the 50th Alaska Folk Festival and composing spontaneous stories of 55 words or less are among the activities during this month’s First Friday.
Juneau Arts and Humanities Council: UAS Student Ceramic Exhibition, 350 Whittier St., Juneau Arts and Culture Center, 4-7 p.m.
Annual UAS Student Ceramics Exhibition.
Exhibit up through the month.
The Davis Gallery: Alaska Folk Festival Poster Retrospective, 101 Egan Drive, Centennial Hall, 4:30-7 p.m.
Part of the Alaska Folk Festival’s 50-year celebration. A poster retrospective honors artists from each decade, beginning in the 1980s through present day. Metal prints of posters will be available for sale. Board members will be present to chat about the upcoming 50th celebration (April 7 – 13). Live music by the Stinging Nettles and friends.
Exhibit up through the 50th annual Alaska Folk Fest.
Alaska State Museum: Slinkies and the Window Frame by Tamara Wilson, 395 Whittier St., APK Building, 4-7 p.m.
Final First Friday to see exhibition featuring studio work and site-specific installation created out of a variety of ingredients including remnant tile, truck bed liner, imitation bubble gum, oak, felt, and expanding foam. A walk-through of the exhibit with Tamara and Addison Field, Chief Curator, will begin at 4 p.m. Wilson will talk about her work and members can learn more about what goes into her creations and the exhibit. Tamara will also lead a youth Forever Plants workshop on Saturday, April 5, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Exhibit up through April 12.
Friends of the State Library, Archives, and Museum: Jim Noel, musician, 395 Whittier St., APK Building Lobby, 5-6:30 p.m.
Jim has been active on the Juneau music scene for the last 25 years, playing jazz piano, organ and electric bass.
First Friday opening only.
Juneau Douglas City Museum: Rhythm: The 21st Annual 12×12 and Frances Davis Landscapes and Portraits, 114 West 4th St., 4-7 p.m.
Continuing exhibitions, both of which will be deinstalled on April 20. Event will also feature live music by local students and a music teacher.
Exhibits up through April 20.
Marie Drake Planetarium: Explore the Universe, 1415 Glacier Ave., 5:30-7 p.m.
Explore the universe with new digital projector and watch short full-dome movies on 30-foot dome. Astronomy questions welcome. Suitable for all ages.
First Friday opening only.
Sealaska Heritage Institute: First Friday Native Artist Market, 105 Heritage Way, Walter Soboleff Building, 4-7 p.m.
The following Artists are featured: Helen Johns, who will be displaying beaded accessories such as beaded earrings, necklaces, pins, and flowers; Carolyn Trebian, owner of “Lights Ravens Art S.P,” featuring jewelry which includes earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and other accessories such as hair clips, ornaments, pins, and handmade Lingít greeting cards; Leilani Knight, owner of “Leilani’s Creative Creations,” displaying accessories made with Alaska’s natural resources; Goldbelt Heritage Foundation, sharing their free cedar chips from healing dugout canoe by Wayne Price for the ceremony for when they steam the dugout. Also free admission to the Nathan Jackson Gallery and Exhibi, and artists will be at work at the Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus across the way from the Walter Soboleff Building.
First Friday opening only.
Hearthside Books: Local Poet Robert “Bob” Fagen, 2 Marine Way, Ste. 119 B, 4:30-6 p.m.
Robert “Bob” Fagen’s poetry collection “Dancing Away” featured as part of National Poetry Month. His collection features reflections from ballet barre to physics, from young dancers to old mountains, from music to the Lingít language, and from Alaska wildlife to weather, but dance is always at the core.
First Friday opening only.
Annie Kaill’s: Jenna O’Fontanella, Jewelry Artist & Louise Kuntz-Tadda, Ceramicist, 124 Seward St., 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Two artists that have been creating in Juneau for many years. Featuring the jewelry of Jenna O’Fontanella and the ceramic works of Louise Kuntz-Tadda, as part of 50-year celebration at downtown store.
First Friday opening only.
Holy Trinity Sanctuary: Page Bridges, Space Art; Chanting by Angie Mendbayar; Crystal Bowl Music by Luke Weld and Heather Mountcastle, 325 Gold St., 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Page Bridges’ space art and be guided in a group chant to the tones of singing bowls. Enter the church using the double doors on 4th Street.
First Friday opening only.
Spice Cafe & Gallery: Tim Troll Exhibit, MRV Architects Exhibit, 116 N. Franklin St., 4-9 p.m.
Featuring local artists from MRV Architects and Tim Troll from Anchorage. Also live music by local musician Dan Hopson from 6-9 p.m.
First Friday opening only.
Devil’s Club Brewing Company: Grace Kelley – Sundew Print – Printmaker, 110 N. Franklin St., 5-9 p.m.
Grace Kelley is a printmaker and naturalist raised in the rust belt of Ohio who’s been living in Juneau since 2016. The Sundew Print Show is a collection of new block prints about the charming corners of spring and summer in Southeast. All work is printed by hand with archival ink on mulberry paper at the Heads in the Clouds studio downtown.
Exhibit up through the month.
Kindred Post: Summer Christiansen, 145 S. Franklin St., 4-6:30 p.m.
Writer and educator Summer A.H. Christiansen leads a bite-sized storytelling adventure gathering. Open a mysterious envelope filled with prompts — photos, stickers, magazine clippings — and craft a story in 55 words or less. Mail services are not available during special events.
First Friday opening only.
Juneau Artists Gallery: Kelsey Hoke Martin, 175 S. Franklin St., Ste. 111, Senate Building, 4:30-7 p.m.
Kelsey Hoke Martin, artist behind K. Hoke Contemporary, is the featured artist of the month at the Juneau Artists Gallery. Kelsey is an illustrator and painter both acrylic and watercolor. Her recent watercolor works in the First Friday show feature classic Juneau scenes — framed and unframed. Ground floor of the Senate Building.
Exhibit up through the month.
The Bear’s Lair: Christine Kleinhenz of Tide Watcher, 175 S. Franklin St., Ste. 109, Senate Building, 4:30-7 p.m.
Christine has created tree cookie designs with floral paintings on top to evoke the area’s rainforest surroundings. Drinks and food as part of reopening celebration.
Exhibit up through the month.
