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Students rush to register for Sitka Fine Arts Camp

by KCAW News | Jan 18, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka Fine Arts Camp kicked off 2024 breaking records again. Each year, camp staff stay up late on New Year’s Eve to manage camp registration. Executive Director Roger Schmidt says they broke the previous record for registrations made within the first hour. Read More

Strum and get it: fine arts campers score free guitars

by Katherine Rose | Jul 7, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka Fine Arts Camp’s high school camp wraps up at the end of this week, and campers won’t just be taking memories home with them. Each one will be bringing home a brand new guitar. It’s possible through a new partnership with Free Guitars for Kids. Ben Dudley is the executive director of the nonprofit. Read More

BANFF Mountain Film Festival returns to Sitka this weekend

by KCAW News | Feb 20, 2023 | The Morning Interview

Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of the believable with captivating stories from the Banff Mountain Film Festival, coming to Sitka Performing Arts Center on Friday, February 24th, at 7pm. Paige Craig and Kenley Jackson joined KCAW's Erin Fulton in the studio to discuss the event. Read More

Sitka Fine Arts Camp at 50: For many kids ‘the only place’ that is truly theirs

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Feb 10, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

Director Roger Schmidt says preserving the Sitka Fine Arts Camp for five decades has taken the willpower of many caring adults and students. "It's like keeping a fire burning in Southeast's rainforests," he says, "you turn your back on it for a second and it's not even ashes." Read More

On eve of 50th anniversary year, Sitka Fine Arts Camp gears up for registration

by KCAW News | Dec 28, 2022 | The Morning Interview

Registration for all four Sitka Fine Arts Camp 2023 programs opens at midnight on January 1. Program Director Kenley Jackson and Executive Director Roger Schmidt joined KCAW's Peter Apathy in the studio to discuss registration and programming plans for the summer. Listen here: Read More