Artists’ applications accepted through March 24 FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting applications through March 24 for an artist who will spend up to a week between June and September traveling the Dalton Highway, drawing inspiration from remote public lands in the arctic and subarctic regions of northern Alaska. The […]
Mun’arta – Artist Mun’artet amlertut maani Qik’rtami. – There are many artists here on Kodiak Island. Art is a form of communication. Singing, dancing, drawing, sculpting, and many other types of expression help people to interpret the world and share their thoughts and experiences. The term “cultural arts” refers to the entire set of creative […]
Each year within Alaska’s 16 national wildlife refuges, the frigid temperatures, darkness and compounding snow of winter slowly give way to tundra bursting with berries in summer. A quick couple of months bring sunlit abundance in the form of millions of salmon and migratory birds, and thousands of migrating caribou. Countless living beings rely […]
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. […]