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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.

OREGON (WREX) — Chloe Metz, an Oregon native, is on a mission to bring Oregon’s rich history to life. She wants to inspire other artists to pursue a full time career in art, is painting murals in the city and plans to have an art demonstration in September at the Oregon Coliseum. 

“We’re starting to celebrate just how amazing this town is,” Metz said. “I feel like Oregon is just starting to blow up with new businesses [and] new attractions. So this is really just celebrating all of the growth that Oregon has right now.”

After leaving Oregon for college, Metz did not anticipate returning to the city she calls home, much less living off of her art full time. 

“Whenever you’re having those lulls in your career, don’t take that as ‘you’re done.’ Just keep pushing through that,” Metz said.

“Keep grinding because this is a career that doesn’t come easily. You’re working all hours of the day [and] people are reaching out to you when you’re on vacations.” 

Now she encourages other artists to chase their dreams, after painting her first mural in the city, being scheduled to paint two more, and having a partnership with the ‘Coliseum of Art, Antiques, and Americana’ (CAAA), being the featured artist of the month, coming in September. 

“When I discovered Chloe’s art [while] coming into Oregon, I [knew] I needed to track this young woman down,” the Executive Director for CAAA, Mike Glenn, said.

“I liked her talent, but it’s so nice to see that that creativity was blossomed in a town like Oregon. [She] is in the school system and inspiring these young people and motivate them. It’s fun to see that to see that she’s doing this full time. I want to help showcase that because then we can inspire other people.”

“I think the first [mural] I did was proving a point to myself that I could do it.” Metz said. 

“It’s scary to do a mural, but I took that risk.” 

If you are interested to learn more about Metz, and her artwork, you may visit her Instagram or her website. If you’re looking to learn more about upcoming events at the CAAA, you may visit their website.