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Location of Juneau in Alaska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Juneau, Alaska. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Juneau, Alaska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the ...
Downtown Juneau has art galleries which participate in the monthly First Friday Art Walk and annual Gallery Walk held in the first week of December. The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council coordinates certain events and operates the Juneau Arts & Culture Center featuring a community center, gallery and lobby shop.
This area was the center of Juneau's economic activity from its founding in 1880 as a gold mining camp, through its growth into an urbanized area in the early 20th century, including its eventual designation as the territorial capital in 1906.
During that year's event, Juneau unveiled the first 360-degree totem pole in Alaska: the 22-foot-tall Sealaska Cultural Values Totem Pole. [1] The structure, carved out of a 600-year-old cedar tree, "represents all three tribes of Southeast Alaska — Lingít, Haida and Tsimshian."
It is organised by The Alaska Folk Festival Inc., which is a non-profit membership organisation dedicated to the encouragement, support, and perpetuation of music in Alaska. The festival is held in Juneau, Alaska, most commonly in April, and lasts for a week. Its functioning is supported solely by volunteers and donations.
She was a member of the first Alaska State Arts Council [2] [3] and then served as a governor’s appointee on the Council for 11 years. [4] She founded Juneau, Alaska’s Community Theater and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Forum. She also founded Juneau Douglas Little Theater and served as its president. [5]
The Juneau Symphony was founded in 1962 by high school music teacher Cliff Berge and his wife Gladys to give local musicians in Alaska’s capital city a platform to perform classical music. First called the Juneau Symphonette, they played their first concert featuring Wagner’s Tannhauser overture, at the Juneau’s downtown 20th Century Theater.
Juneau Jazz & Classics is a private, 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization. Its mission is to provide a rich musical experience to music lovers in Juneau, the remote towns of Southeast Alaska, and the State of Alaska. Most of the 2020 festival was scrapped, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.