{"id":58579,"date":"2020-02-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/registration-is-open-for-traditional-games-and-more\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:00:00","slug":"registration-is-open-for-traditional-games-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/registration-is-open-for-traditional-games-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration is open for Traditional Games and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

Registration is open for the Traditional Games<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Volunteers, vendors and athletes can register for the 2020 Traditional Games.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The games are co-sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute and will be held March 7-8 at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The games are open to everyone 11 and older. This year’s event will include a free market for artists and vendors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Athletes can register online at https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/tydh3b4<\/a>; volunteers can register online at https:\/\/forms.gle\/BSWAe1fsHF5jTY9z6<\/a> and vendors can register online at https:\/\/sealaskaheritage.wufoo.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

University of Alaska Southeast creative writing student accepted into prestigious program<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Callie Ziegler, a recent graduate from the University of Alaska Southeast was accepted into the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Florida State University, according to UAS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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In addition Ziegler was awarded a teaching assistantship and fully funded tuition waiver. Only 12 fiction writers are accepted into this program each year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

She will start the new MFA program in the fall of 2020.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Ziegler is the senior editor for the literary journal Tidal Echoes, mentored by faculty adviser Emily Wall.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Sealaska Heritage Institute picks jurrors picked for art show<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

A well-known Tlingit and Haida artist and a renowned art historian were chosen to judge Sealaska Heritage Institute’s next Juried Art Show and Competition.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

SHI, through recommendations by its Native Artist Committee, also named a Tlingit visual artist as juror for its Juried Youth Art Exhibit.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Weaver Deborah Head, or Aanutein, and art historian Steve Henrikson will judge the Juried Art Show and Competition. Tlingit artist Jackson Polys will adjudicate the Juried Youth Art Exhibit.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The Juried Art Show will open June 5 at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, and winners will be announced on June 10, the first day of Celebration 2020. Celebration, a biennial dance-and-culture festival sponsored by SHI every even year, is scheduled to run through June 13.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The Juried Youth Art Exhibit is open to students in grades 6-12. Art accepted for the show will be on display at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center from June 5-27.<\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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