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Anchorage Arts

Anchorage has a thriving arts and crafts community, a first-class museum, premier Native cultural center, numerous galleries and a number of special events and juried shows to showcase the work of top notch artists.

Out and About

Art enthusiasts will certainly love First Fridays Art Walk – gallery hopping at many of downtown’s finest art showrooms. Held year round, a map of participating galleries is printed in the Thursday edition of the Anchorage Press.

Wild Creations

Anchorage celebrates one of Alaska's most abundant resources – wild Alaska salmon – through Wild Salmon on Parade. Artists design wacky, whimsical and definitely wild salmon statues that "swim" throughout downtown in summer. Pick up a maps at the downtown visitor information center.

On Display

Guest and staff artisans at the Alaska Native Heritage Center create much of their work on site, inviting guests to ask questions and learn about art forms and traditions.

Intelligent Diversion

The Anchorage Museum hosts a Movies For Your Mind series that showcases the best in contemporary and classic world cinema with award-winning and provocative films by some of the most daring and original filmmakers of our time.

Anchorage's Finest Playhouses

The Alaska Center for the Performing Arts is home to the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, Anchorage Opera, and Anchorage Concert Association – providing world-class entertainment in a four-theater venue.www.alaskapac.org

Cyrano’s Off Center Playhouse is where you will find quality dramatic works featuring talented Alaska artists. A new play each month! Located downtown in a 1915 historic building, Cyrano's is regularly voted the best live theatre in Anchorage.www.cyranos.org.

For a complete calendar of events, explore www.Anchorage.net/events