Newsletter June 2018 (printable PDF)
Author: Heather Hintze
NEH Grants $750,000 to New JACC
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Announces $750,000 Grant to Help Build New Juneau Arts & Culture Center (New JACC) The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) yesterday awarded the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council (JAHC) a $750,000 grant to help pay for building the New Juneau Arts & Culture Center (New JACC). Construction of the…
Groundbreakers celebrate at Juneau gathering
Members of the Partnership Board of Directors and the New JACC Capital Campaign Committee gathered at the West Juneau home of Jim Barron to celebrate recent progress on the New JACC campaign, and to encourage more of their friends and neighbors to become Groundbreakers!
Carr Foundation Announces Major Donation to the New JACC
Anchorage-based Carr Foundation Announces $150,000 Donation to the New Juneau Arts & Culture Center (New JACC) The Carr Foundation, based in Anchorage, Alaska, sent word last Friday to Nancy DeCherney, Executive Director of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council (JAHC), that it has awarded $150,000 to support construction of the New Juneau Arts & Culture…
Senator Murkowski Backs the New JACC
Alaska’s senior U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski spoke enthusiastically about the beneficial economic impacts of the arts, the importance of arts in education, and her ongoing support for national and state arts initiatives when she appeared at a friendraiser for the New Juneau Arts and Culture Center
Groundbreaker Campaign & Fundraiser
Fifty three Juneau citizens attended a gala reception and fund-raising event on August 24 in the beautiful new home of hosts Mark and Sun Choate. A gracious display of food, wine, beer and gin from the Amalga Distillery donated and prepared by Capital Campaign Committee members and the hosts prompted many lively discussions. CCC chair…
Community Meets with the Architects
On May 23, the community of Juneau was invited to meet the Hacker/NorthWind design team and hear about the latest plans for the New Juneau Arts and Culture Center. A stimulating visual presentation of plans for the exterior and interior of the New JACC gave the 50 local citizens who attended a chance to not…
Capital Campaign Committee Fundraiser
Seven members of the Capital Campaign Committee traveled to LA (at their own expense) to host a gala friend and fund raising event on May 18, in the lovely home of Jennifer Fate Velaise. Jennifer, a Doyon board member originally from Rampart, lived in Juneau for two years and loves the capital city — as does…
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