Homer, Alaska's unique community, renowned as a cultural center has been inspiring world-class artists for over 50 years and is the inspiration for the Alaska World Arts Festival.

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​Heartbeat of the World is a new youth-focused Alaska World Arts Festival project celebrating cultural diversity and universal parallels. 
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The results of this endeavor will be made available to schools and educators across the USA and worldwide at no cost.

Art is our one true global language. It knows no nation, it favors no race, and it acknowledges no class. It speaks to our need to reveal, heal, and transform. It transcends our ordinary lives and lets us imagine what is possible. — Richard Kamler

Worldwide Events

Dance • Theater • Music • Visual Arts • Literature • Comedy • Film • Storytelling

Visual Arts, Literature, Workshops

Galleries and artist studios are open. Some may be practicing social distancing.

Music and Dance

Experience the extraordinary as worldwide performers dazzle you and  rock your world.

Come for the adventure. Stay for the culture.

Film, Theater, Comedy, Storytelling

Enjoy unprecedented virtual  dramatic, improvisational, and comedic events.

Catch a lineup of our smart, funny, diverse, and a little bit crazy comedians.

See some of the best art and documentary films in the world.

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