Alaska
June 27, 2023: Alaska Native Artist and Makers Market
On today’s program:
- Alaska Native and Makers Market on Thursday, June 29 (Full list of artists below)
- Spruce Root, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Sealaska and Oweesta Corporation co-sponsor an Alaska Native artist and makers market from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 29 at the Heritage Plaza (in front of the Sealaska building and SHI Arts Campus). More than 30 participants will have tables where they’ll be selling items, including jewelry, paintings, photography, carvings, weaving, and more. The pop-up market is in coordination with Oweesta’s 8th annual Capital Access Convening on June 27-29 in Juneau.
- Juneau Soccer Club’s recent Seattle success
- Juneau Soccer Club recently had five teams participate in the Starfire Spring Classic in Tukwila, WA. The Juneau Soccer Club (JSC)’s 2010 Boys team won 1st place in the U14 Silver division in the Starfire Spring Classic soccer tournament in Seattle last week.
- Juneau Arts and Humanities Council’s upcoming 50th Anniversary
- JAHC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration and Kathy Kolkhurst Ruddy Awards for the Arts take place at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Thursday, July 27.
Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.
List of Artists Scheduled to Appear at the Alaska Native Artist and Makers Market:
- Samuel Sheakley – Jewelry
- Corinne James – Stickers, prints, and apparel with original formline designs on it
- Neffie ketah-roxas – Sterling silver jewelry – gemstone- turquoise
- K̲aachgóon Rochelle Smallwood – Painting, jewelry, photography
- Jeremiah James – Sea otter. blankets, hats, scarves, seal hats, vests
- Sarah Peele – Mainly earrings incorporating formline and natural materials found around Alaska, including walrus ivory, deer hide, salmon leather, wildflowers
- Davina Cole – Ravenstail-inspired woven jewelry and accessories
- Yarrow Vaara – Tlingit Weaving, Basketry, & Regalia; spruce root, cedar bark, leather, fur, drums; Harvesting traditional resources for medicines, supplies, and cultural foods; Tlingit Language Materials. May vary considerably by season and inspiration.
- Rhonda Butler – Devils Club & Cottonwood Salves, Moccasins, cedar art, beading
- Vivian Mork – Salves, oils, jewelry, stickers, prints, and original drawings, paintings
- Janine Gibbons – Jewelry Paintings Prints
- Myrna Gardner – Jewelry and accessories using wild Alaskan Furs; Sea Otter, Mink, Ermine, and wolf
- Bobbie Meszaros – E-commerce Indigenous marketplace designed for artists to sell directly to customers (Native ETSY)
- Lee Burkhart – Tlingit artist engraving handmade jewelry and wood carving
- Cayla McCutcheon – Earrings, hair accessories, rings, and necklaces with a mixed media technique combining fiber, hand-textured and shaped metal, and silversmithing
- Logan Terry – Mixed media collage; stickers, prints, and affordable original pieces using recycled materials from the 1950s to present
- Sydney Johnson – Beaded jewelry and other beaded items
- Christina Waska– Seal fur earrings, sea otter earrings, polar bear for earrings.
- Jennie Wheeler – Spruce root basket- weaving and other items, including earrings, teacups, hats, etc.
- Elizabeth Mayeda – Process jams, jellies, honey along w fry bread
- Mike Jackson – Carved jewelry with beads
- Renee Tl’aagunk Culp – Jewelry with southeast Alaska style and common materials
- Greg Frisby – Artwork, jewelry with traditional formline painted or carved on
- Jeffery Sheakley Jr. – Hand-engraved silver and copper bracelets, earrings, rings, and pendants
- John Garcia III – Bentwood boxes, jewelry, drums, regalia, and other carvings
- Pauline Duncan – Ointment, Raven’s Tail, Cook Books, etc.
- Tooḵ (Raymond Gregory Walker) – Engraved jewelry and carvings
- Jennifer Younger – Engraved Jewelry
- Lily Hope – Hand-woven earrings
Guests:
- Marc Wheeler, Spruce Root
- Jennifer Younger, Artist
- Logan Terry, Artist
- Stacy Diouf, Juneau Soccer Club President
- Kai and Riley, Juneua Soccer Club Participants
- Phil Huebschen, Executive Director, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
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Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.
Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Erin Tripp.
The Alaska Republican Party said on Sunday that it will be asking the Division of Elections for a recount of the votes on Ballot Measure 2, which gave Alaskans the option of repealing ranked-choice voting.
Although dark money from Outside Alaska overwhelmed proponents of the repeal, it ended up failing to be repealed by just 664 votes, a tiny margin.
Of the 340,110 votes cast on the measure, the margin of “No” votes to “Yes” votes was 160,619 to 159,955, or 50.1% to 49.9%. The state must cover the costs of a recount when the margin is this close.
“We will submit this request, along with the names of the requisite Alaskan voters required to initiate this process, once the election is certified, which is scheduled for November 30, 2024,” said the statement issued by the Alaska Republican Party.
The party has hired the Dhillon Law Group, led by Harmeet K. Dhillon, to be on the ground during the recount and review, along with Alaska-based party counsel and observers.
“Ms. Dhillon and her firm are a nationally recognized, seasoned election integrity legal team, and bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to this recount process. Ms. Dhillon is an expert in election law. She and her colleagues Michael Columbo and Mark Meuser were recently on the legal teams in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and other crucial locations nationally to ensure a fair, transparent, and thorough process,” said Party Chairwoman Carmela Warfield. “Our Party Counsel, Ms. Stacey Stone and her team, are experienced Alaskan election law practitioners, and in September 2024, they successfully intervened on the Alaska Republican Party’s behalf in the case of Alaska Democratic Party v. State of Alaska Division of Elections, ultimately prevailing in the Alaska Supreme Court.”
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Norma Aldefer didn’t expect to turn 100. Now, one day after her 101st birthday, she’s even more surprised.
Inside her pristine apartment, Aldefer’s table is full of cards wishing her a happy birthday. She points out a favorite, which reads “You’re how old?”
Celebratory messages from loved ones, along with congratulations from state officials Senator Lisa Murkowski and Governor Mike Dunleavy. Aldefer said last year’s centennial birthday even brought in regards from President Joe Biden.
Aldefer moved to Alaska to marry her husband, who was originally from her hometown. The photograph she has at her side is of her as a younger woman posing with her mother in 1948.
“We took pictures of ourselves and and I’m all dressed up in high heels and a hat and a purse. And my little bag that I was carrying.” Aldefer said she was scared leaving the small farm she grew up on, but by working as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell, she expanded her horizons.
Multiple times Aldefer stated she’s remained curious all her years. She said it’s the reason she’s been able to maintain herself rather than losing her faculties, and believes it’s the way to feel fulfilled.
“Sometimes people get into things they don’t enjoy, but they think, ‘Oh, I have to make a living.’ Don’t do that. If you’re not comfortable, go do something else,” Aldefer said.
“May not make a good living for a while, but you might enjoy life.”
Aldefer says she still enjoys life, and continues to enjoy a nightly martini alongside cheese and crackers before she begins to cook dinner.
Over the course of the interview, she marveled at her gratitude for her world – calling herself blessed.
“I know I’m not going to be here much probably much longer, but I’ve had such a good life, you know. I’m not afraid of it.”
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A moderate earthquake occurred in south-central Alaska Sunday afternoon, striking at 2:42 p.m.
Its epicenter was located about 24 miles due east of Anchorage with a depth of 18 miles.
No damage or injuries were reported.
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