DAC presents A First Friday art exhibition featuring Artist Julia Crocetto titled “Blue and Green”.
Opening August 7th  5-6:30 at Sheldon Community Arts Hangar. 

This body of work is a poem to Talkeetna, containing the composite emotions of loss, homesickness, and the damage humans have inflicted on their home.
Join us on a meditative walk through waterways, an ongoing investigation of post frontier landscapes. 
The artist will be joining us virtually for Q&A! 

Masks are required and only 5 ppl allowed in at a time. Sign in at front desk first.

On view through August – by appointment- 5 ppl allowance.
Stay Tuned for extended viewing times.
Email Director@Denaliartscouncil.org

Denali Arts Council Presents a virtual exhibition in collaboration with SVS PTSA President Caitlin Palmer.
For the month of June we will be posting work that students of Susitna Valley Junior Senior High School have created daily on our instagram and Facebook feeds.

SVS students are a richly talented and diverse group of young people. Our rural Alaskan school of just over 200 students in the sixth through twelfth grades are a daily inspiration to our school community.

“Our student artists hope these images bring you joy during this time of social distancing. In turn, we hope that by bringing SVS students talent to the wider world it will help our emerging young artists to continue their creative processes into the future.”- Caitlin Palmer

This show was made possible by volunteers from the SVS PTSA, and grants from Jessica Stevens Community Foundation and Talkeetna Batchelor Society.

If interested in any of the work for sale below please contact Director@denaliartscouncil.org. Note: Artist receives 70% and 30% goes directly to the Talkeetna Artist Guild.

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Pick.Click.Give.Pick.Click.Give. was created by the Alaska State Legislature in 2008 to allow Alaskans filing for their PFD online to donate a portion or all of their dividend to eligible charitable and educational organizations. After a three-year pilot project, Pick.Click.Give. became a permanent part of the PFD program. The program was originally managed by the Rasmuson Foundation. The Alaska Community Foundation took over management of the Pick.Click.Give. program in 2015.  In order to maintain sustainability, 7% of all donations collected will go to program marketing, nonprofit tools and resources, and minimal program administration.

This fee is directed to The Alaska Community Foundation, which allows nonprofit organizations to participate in the statewide marketing campaign while minimizing the administrative costs otherwise associated with fundraising.

We are so grateful to have the grant support from the following contributors especially during these uncertain times. Not only do they help us with the funds to do the GOOD work at hand, they are there by our sides strengthening the community around us as well.

We want to acknowledge your role in our mission to promote the importance of artistic expression and opportunity within our home village of Talkeetna the Upper Susitna Valley.

Together we are improving the quality of life in Alaska by providing opportunities of creative cultural exchange and dynamic dialogue around the arts.

With great pride and ambition we carry on moving our mission forward for a shared purpose. Champions for meaningful success, we thank you for uplifting us along the way.

** Community Assistance Program (Revenue Sharing)

Dear Talkeetna community, families, students and beloved volunteers,

After MUCH consideration, Denali Arts Council and its program Director, Mary Farina have decided together to ere on the side of caution and cancel camp for this summer.

Each year Green Light Circus brings together the community in a way that strengthens the very roots of why began our organization in the first place. As one of the inceptive programs within DAC we hope to take these uncertain times and turn it into a pause of purpose. A time to remember all the indelible moments and regroup for a stronger season next year. May we show our community adoration and support to such a great program through continued passion and togetherness.

We encourage the community to send in video testimonials or a circus act to keep the spirit alive! We will then put together a virtual circus camp extraordinaire! Please upload videos you are willing to share to: GLC DROPBOX or mail your usb stick to Denali Arts Council PO box 404 Talkeetna, AK 99676 with attn: GLC, Debbie Whitecar.

This will be a challenging year for us and we will need help. Many of the expenses to keep the building up to par and to pay our two staff members comes from the success of event tickets and a percentage of program involvement. Because we are unable to offer camp this summer we will be issuing full refunds to our program. We ask you to consider making a donation of your deposit or any portion of your tuition to the health of Denali Arts Council as a whole.

Our hearts are with you all during this hard time. We will miss seeing our Circus Students but look forward to 2021.

Any questions please call the Executive Director Ali Lee at 907-733-7929 or the GLC Program Director Mary Farina at 907-355-4699
Thank you.

Open virtually to the public

Please follow link below for Zoom meeting. To access the meeting you must have a Zoom account. To make an account just visit the zoom website and click on “sign up for free”. Follow the directions to set up a password. From there all you need to do is click on the link I posted above to join the meeting at 6:30 on Monday. If anyone has a hard time joining the meeting please email Director@denaliartscouncil.org.

https://zoom.us/j/946343531?pwd=Y1lENkJ6aGR0T2VuUDVvRVFvelp1QT09

Minutes from March to reference below-