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Professional Opportunities

Please contact ASCA Community Arts Program Director Charlie Sears at charles(dot)sears(at)alaska.gov. Stay well, and we are grateful for all that you do! (latest update: 04/23/2025 – Resources are ordered from newest to oldest)

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Professional Development and Networking

  • Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference – The Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference has been the place where writers from Alaska and beyond come together to create community and learn how to be better writers. They are looking forward to welcoming you to the 2025 conference on May 17-20 at the beautiful Kachemak Bay Campus in downtown Homer, Alaska. There will there be four-days of craft classes, agent and editor meetings, panel discussions, readings by the participants and the faculty, and more chances for folks to interact with each other and form the community of writers that sustains them when we return to our desks. They hope that participants of the conference leave with stronger writing tools and a strengthened resolve to keep putting their words to the page. Now, more than ever, every writer’s stories, poems, essays, novels, and more need to be nourished.
  • The Alaska Native Arts Directory – The Alaska Native Arts Directory is an upcoming free online platform for all Alaska Native artists—no matter your medium or career stage. Whether you’re a visual artist, create customary arts or crafts, write, make music, act, are a storyteller, or a language speaker, this space is for you. The Directory will be designed to showcase your work, foster connections, and offer business development resources. An initiative of the Alaska Native Arts Foundation, the directory is currently being built, and we’re actively seeking artists to join.
  • The Alaska Funders Directory – The Alaska Funders Directory is the only site that focuses solely on funding opportunities in Alaska. The directory allows you to generate a list of funders that fit the interests of your nonprofit or project. Use the directory to save hours of research to find funders that align with your mission, geographic area, and funding needs.

Calls for Art and Requests for Proposals

  • Blaine’s Art Open Call for Art & Group Shows – Are you an artist looking for a place to share your work, meet other creatives, and be a part of Anchorage’s vibrant art community? Our Open Call for Art and monthly Group Shows are designed for artists of all ages and skill levels to showcase their art and connect with others.Whether you’re an experienced artist or picking up a paintbrush for the first time, we invite you to submit a piece to our themed Group Shows. Four times a year, we host Open Calls for specific mediums, so you can explore different styles and express yourself in fresh ways!
  • Now accepting proposals for the 2025-26 gallery season! – Individuals, groups, and organizations are invited to apply; preference will be given to applicants currently living in Alaska. Artists who have been awarded a solo exhibition in the JAHC Gallery Program should wait two years after the date of their exhibition to apply again.Selected artists will display their work for the duration of one month at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center (JACC) Gallery with an opening reception during First Friday, or the duration of approximately three months at the Davis Gallery in Centennial Hall, with an opening reception on the First Friday of the artist’s choice.

Employment Opportunities

  • AAEC Seeks Executive Director! – With deep gratitude to the dedication, expertise, and creative energy of their interim Executive Director, Angie Chervenak, the Alaska Arts Education Consortium is now accepting applications for its next Executive Director.Our organization is seeking an innovative, mission-driven leader to guide strategic initiatives, expand partnerships, and champion the mission and vision of the AAEC. Ideal candidates will bring a passion for the arts, proven leadership experience, and a strong commitment to promoting the arts in educational spaces in Alaska. Applications are open until May 15th or until the position is filled.
  • Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council Program Director – The Program Director is full-time position at the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council (KAAHC), reporting to the Executive Director, with occasional evening and weekend hours. The position strives to educate, support and inspire local artists and arts organizations, including the Arts and Humanities Council, to constantly
    reach new heights. The Program Director coordinates and implements the programs and events of the KAAHC.
    All programs, events and initiatives are fundamentally designed to positively affect the community of Ketchikan
    and to broaden the diversity of community interaction throughout all sectors. Specific responsibilities include
    planning, marketing, and implementation of programs and events, as well as grant writing and reporting for specific
    programs. Applicants must have strong interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving and writing skills, and the
    ability to juggle competing demands and meet deadlines required. On the job training for aspects of this position
    is anticipated. KAAHC is a fast paced, exciting, challenging and FUN work environment. A positive attitude and
    commitment to power of the arts and humanities for the greater good is imperative!

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