A small group of artists are on a floating, ferry-based residency across coastal Alaska through Sitka’s Island Institute. With the institute’s Peter Bradley, the artists are exploring the intersection of climate change and culture.
Playwright Chantal Bilodeau, creative futurist Michelle Kuen Suet Fung, rapper Allison Warden and poet Devan Alexander present some of their work and share what they’ve learned. Hosted by Scott Burton.
Recorded April 14, 2016.
The Hannah Yoter Band on Alaska Originals — a 360 North production that features original music by Alaskans.
Hannah Yoter is well versed in the language of acoustic music. From an early age her world was filled with songs and stories that spanned generations and genres of folk music. Hannah began playing bluegrass guitar when she was a young girl growing up in rural Hope, Alaska. The music she played took her places around the state before eventually leading her to North Carolina in early 2009. While in NC, Hannah studied the old time Appalachian music tradition and picked up old-time banjo. She also found a love of song writing while living in the Blue Ridge Mountains out side of Asheville. She traveled with multiple bands around the area before deciding to move home to Alaska in 2013. Since moving back to Alaska, Hannah has assembled a band and refined her sound that sits right in the middle of Americana roots and classic country. Hannah and her band have traveled all over the state of Alaska for numerous performances and opened for acts such as Lonestar and The California Honeydrops. Earlier this year Hannah finished her self titled EP and the band is currently working towards a full length album.
Through readings, conversation and video footage, we explore Ernestine Hayes’ writing, her influences, and more.
Hayes belongs to the Kaagwaantaan, or wolf clan, on the Eagle side of the Tlingit nation. She is a teacher, a great grandmother, and a writer.
She has written several essays and books, among them “Blond Indian”–the winner of numerous honors including the HAIL Award, or (Honoring Alaska Indigenous Literature) and an American Book Award.
Episode of Writers’ Showcase, featuring professional actors presenting writing by Alaskans. Family, relationships, love and a free woodstove that’s not so free are a few of the themes our writers explore.
Nine high school students from across Alaska compete for the state Poetry Out Loud championship and for place in the national finals in Washington, D.C.
On this episode of Arts@360’s Alaska Originals we feature a band who blends psych-folk and hip-hop with classical themes. They’re an experimental chamber group that defies any notion of musical normativity. This is HARM.
