Jules Wylie-Ross smiles in front of a window display on the corner of Third and Seward streets during the downtown Business Association\u2019s Gallery Walk on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo by Clarise Larson\/KTOO)<\/p>\n
Downtown Juneau\u2019s annual Gallery Walk is Friday evening.<\/p>\n
More than 50 businesses and organizations will feature art exhibits, activities, live performances and holiday cheer.<\/p>\n
One of those organizations is local conservation nonprofit Southeast Alaska Land Trust, also called SEALT. This gallery walk will be the second year of their \u201cConservation Art Show\u201d featuring local Juneau artists Teri Gardner Robus<\/a>, Patrick Ripp and others sharing work that was created on conserved lands in Southeast Alaska.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bailey Williams is the outreach and development specialist at SEALT. She spoke about the upcoming event and the meaning behind it during KTOO\u2019s Juneau Afternoon<\/a> on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis project came about kind of very organically, because there are so many amazing artists in this town, it was probably inevitable that our paths would cross with some of them,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had this idea of local talent going out onto our conserved sites and painting what they saw.\u201d<\/p>\n Other artists will be featured at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, like Bo Anderson and Kathleen Harper. Their joint show, \u201cArt Scraps\u201d<\/a>, opens this Friday with a reception at 4:30 p.m. It features art created using a variety of upcycled, recycled and reused materials.\u00a0<\/p>\n The couple also spoke about their upcoming show during Juneau Afternoon on Tuesday. Harper said she\u2019s always had a knack for making art out of odd objects and is excited to showcase it during the exhibition.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always been very drawn to mixed media since forever,\u201d she said. \u201cEven in college, I was always like, \u2018I\u2019m going to take all of these weird screws that I found in a scrap heap and turn them into a cathedral by gluing them together.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n This Gallery Walk will also represent the last for some businesses, including Cordova\u2019s, Sketch Studio and Ben Franklin. Front Street will become pedestrian-only starting at 3 p.m. and a Gallery Walk shuttle will run from 4 to 8 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n Parking during the busy downtown event is available at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center, the Driftwood Lodge lot and the Juneau District Heating lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n