The Alaska State Council on the Arts awarded more than $44,900 in grants to Alaska artists and arts organizations in its third funding quarter of the year. Here's a quick look at the recipients. Community Arts Development Grants: Artchange, Inc.

The Alaska State Council on the Arts awarded more than $44,900 in grants to Alaska artists and arts organizations in its third funding quarter of the year. Community Arts Development Grants: Artchange, Inc.

Nominations are now open for the 2012-2014 Alaska State Writer Laureate.

Nominations are open for the 2012 Governor's Awards for the Arts in the categories of Arts Education, Individual Artist, Arts Organization and Native Arts. Nominations are also open for the 2012-2014 Alaska State Writer Laureate.

The Alaska State Council on the Arts will hold their regularly scheduled quarterly teleconference meeting on Friday, Sept. 28, from noon until 1:30 p.m. at the Council offices in Anchorage.

The Alaska State Council on the Arts, on behalf of the Kodiak Island Borough & School District, is requesting qualifications from artists for interior and exterior public artwork to be commissioned for Kodiak High School in Kodiak.

This past Friday and Saturday Juneau welcomed the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) to the Capital City for its annual meeting. I have the privilege and honor of serving as Chairman of ASCA, and in my almost eight years of service on the Council we had never met in Juneau, somewhat of an anomaly given how rich Juneau is with artistic and cultural opportunities throughout the year.

Charlotte Fox, executive director of the Alaska State Council on the Arts, recently announced her retirement at the Council's annual meeting in Juneau. She will leave the agency in January, 2012. Fox joined the Council in 2001 as executive director. Her accomplishments over the last 10 years have included the following: · Providing leadership to transition the council from a grant-making body to considering statewide arts and culture policy issues;

The Alaska State Council on the Arts awarded $408,317 in operating support grants, $96,717 for Artists in Schools grants, and $53,450 in grants for special projects to Alaska artists and arts organizations at its recent annual meeting. Special project grants range from an $800 grant to Brett Dillingham of Juneau to present a storytelling workshop in Belgium to $4,000 for Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center in Haines for a totem carving workshop.

The Alaska State Council on the Arts has selected Shannon Daut from Denver, Colo., as the new executive director, effective Jan. 9, 2012.