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Works by Five Artists Added to Alutiiq Museum Collection

By Amanda Lancaster | Alutiiq Museum on Nov 27, 2019   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Works by Five Artists Added to Alutiiq Museum Collection

With a $12,925 grant from Museums Alaska, the Alutiiq Museum will purchase five works of art for its permanent collection. The pieces are the creations of five different artists with links to Alutiiq culture or to Kodiak. From Kodiak Alutiiq artist Mary Jane Longrich, the museum will purchase Nootka Rose, a contemporary doll made of […]

Painting Display Features Kodiak Landscapes

By Alex Painter | Alutiiq Museum on Aug 21, 2019   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Painting Display Features Kodiak Landscapes

  Photo: Paintings of Kodiak landscapes by local artists on display at the Alutiiq Museum. Image-Alutiiq Museum The latest addition to the Alutiiq Museum’s gallery is a display of paintings featuring Kodiak landscapes. Nunat—Lands, which opened today, shares views of coastal settings as interpreted by three artists. The paintings include—Sunset at Pyramid Mountain, oil on […]

Congressman Don Young Announces Winner of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition

By Zack Brown | Office of Representative Young on Jun 26, 2019   Featured, Southcentral, State  

Congressman Don Young Announces Winner of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition

  Image: Kelton Jensen’s winning piece, “The Wacky Taste of Imagination.” Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Alaska Congressman Don Young announced that Kelton Jensen, a 10th grade student at Palmer High School, has been named the winner of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition for the entire State of Alaska. His winning piece, The Wacky Taste of […]

Way Back When, Artist Believed Alaska was a Good Deal

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jul 13, 2018   Featured, State  

Way Back When, Artist Believed Alaska was a Good Deal

About 160 years ago, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward was taking some heat for his significant role in the purchase of Alaska. On the day the Russians received the $7.2 million check, a group of white travelers were at Nulato, getting ready for an upriver trip to Fort Yukon to explore this strange land. […]

Tuition Discount for Occupational Endorsements

By UAA on Jul 11, 2018   Events/Notices, Science/Education  

Tuition Discount for Occupational Endorsements

For the 2018-2019 academic year, the University of Alaska will reduce tuition rates by 25 percent in selected Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. As an example, the 2018-2019 lower division course tuition is currently $212 per credit, with the tuition reduction, the cost would be $159 per credit. This will apply to our occupational […]

An Artist’s Mark

By Megan Peters | DPS on Jul 21, 2017   Featured, State  

An Artist’s Mark

In mid-June, a fingerprint began to undergo analysis at the Department of Public Safety’s Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory. Unlike most prints found in the lab, this print is not related to any crime, and it is found in the lobby for all to see. The suspension sculpture, called My Left Thumb, was donated by local […]

Calendar Celebrates Birds, Showcases Art and Literature by Young Alaskans

By Andrea Medeiros | USFWS on Jan 3, 2016   Featured, State  

Calendar Celebrates Birds, Showcases Art and Literature by Young Alaskans

Anchorage, AK—In the dead of winter, the arrival of spring and the return of Alaska’s migratory birds seem like a long time off. But don’t despair; a colorful reminder of our departed feathered friends, the 2016 Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar, will soon be available for free at 13 participating U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offices […]

Society Bloomed with Gentler Personalities and More Feminine Faces

By Duke University on Aug 3, 2014   Breaking News, Featured, Science/Education  

DURHAM, N.C. — Modern humans appear in the fossil record about 200,000 years ago, but it was only about 50,000 years ago that making art and advanced tools became widespread. A new study appearing Aug. 1 in the journal Current Anthropology finds that human skulls changed in ways that indicate a lowering of testosterone levels at around […]

Young Amends Duck Stamp Legislation to Exempt Subsistence Users

By Matthew Shuckerow | Office of Representative Young on Jul 31, 2014   Featured, General News, Rural  

Young Amends Duck Stamp Legislation to Exempt Subsistence Users

Washington, D.C. – Senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Alaskan Congressman Don Young, today moved two pieces of legislation through committee that would directly impact the traditional way of life and subsistence needs of Alaskans. During a House Natural Resources Committee markup today, Congressman Young successfully amended H.R. 5069, the Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, to exempt subsistence […]

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