SHI will sponsor a Juried Art Show and Competition during Celebration 2008. (Application) The application deadline was extended to April 11. For more information contact Mariana Goodwin at 907-364-5290 or mariana.moreno-goodwin@sealaska.com

Art entries will be judged in two categories: traditional and contemporary. Four awards will be given in each category as follows:

• Best of Show, $1,500

• First Place, $1,000

• Second Place, $750

• Third Place, $500

Entries will be judged by a juror who is recognized as a master Native artists and/or a master in a particular area of Native art. (

SHI founded the biennial Juried Art Show and Competition in 2002 to promote the development of Southeast Alaska Native arts.  The goals of the Juried Art Show are:

-To encourage and enhance the creation and production of Southeast Alaska Native objects of artistic value which have fallen into disuse and are becoming rare.

-To stimulate and enhance the quality of artistic work among our Native artisans.

-To encourage the development of new forms of art of purely Southeast Alaska Native form and design. 

To ensure an objective judging process, the names of the artists were not included with the photos of objects viewed during selection.