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OUR MISSION is to foster the exchange of cultures and ideas toward understanding and tolerance of diversity, and building a stronger local and world community through creative arts. |
The Alaska World Arts Festival cares about climate change.
Please join us in our effort to invest in projects that will help mitigate the impact of our participants’ air travel to and from Alaska.
The Alaska World Arts Festival is an assembly of worldwide artists and audiences of all ages, engaging in an exchange of culture and ideas through multiple art forms by means of workshops, performances, exhibits, presentations, and studio tours. The Festival offers avenues for artists and art lovers to converge in 50 Homer, Alaska venues and embrace the arts as an inclusive world community, now and for generations to come.
Please join us in our effort to invest in projects that will help mitigate the impact of our participants’ air travel to and from Alaska.
The Alaska World Arts Festival is an assembly of worldwide artists and audiences of all ages, engaging in an exchange of culture and ideas through multiple art forms by means of workshops, performances, exhibits, presentations, and studio tours. The Festival offers avenues for artists and art lovers to converge in 50 Homer, Alaska venues and embrace the arts as an inclusive world community, now and for generations to come.
Note from our director
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Art is our greatest means of expression and helps us to understand each other’s history, traditions, and values. It honors the differences between cultures, and at the same time allows us to put aside our differences to learn from each other, work together creatively, and share our dreams. Art is a potentially metamorphosing treasure and an asset to all of humanity that can bring us together as a world community. We all speak the language of art.
I am excited to be part of the growing appreciation for the ARTS adventure in Homer and across Alaska as it accelerates in our daily lives with our visitor population and across the globe. 
Sally Oberstein, *Director |
*About the Director
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Long time Alaska resident Sally Oberstein has worked as a performer in dance, music and theater. She studied and taught art, worked as a professional musician and recording artist, has organized special events across America including the Alaska’s Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival and Salmonfest.
In 1997, she founded Generous Adventures, a fundraising organization through which she has organized and led 30+ cultural, |
educational & environmental tours on six continents, and raised funds for over 100 worldwide non-profit organizations.
Today Sally travels the world, writes and directs community theater, produces a monthly community cultural entertainment event, and occasionally performs as a musician. She has a quirky, however effective management style, and is intensely passionate about the arts, world culture and uniting the two. |
Our Staff
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Advertising & Festival Guide
Jill Tillion Sally Oberstein Terrilynn Dale Susan Pacillo Artist Housing Chris Laing Alaska Marketing Consultant John Woodbury Homer Chamber of Commerce Terrilynn Dale International Marketing Consultant Jill Frechtman Terrilynn Dale Press Agent Sally Oberstein Finances Linda Gorman Logistics Bryan Carman Linda Manning FisherPoets Steve Schoonmaker Jon Broderick Admin. Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator Pam Van Hoozer Music Performances Coordinator George Cassidy Live at Lunch Cindy Brinkerhoff HHS Commons Fine Art Fair Susan Pacillo Poster Distribution Holly Ambrose (Homer) Suzette Mashburn (Anchorage) |
Program Coordinator
Christina Whiting Dance Workshops Jocelyn Shiro Production Consultant Ken Castner Native Arts Coordinator Sara Jackinsky Fab Four Ultimate Tribute Producer Jim Stearns/Salmonfest Burning Basket Mavis Muller Moving Image Arts Michael Walsh Artist Transportation Pat McNary Feature Presentations Jim Stearns/Salmonfest Ken Castner/Homer Nutcracker Prods. KBBI Public Radio Theater Performances Coordinator Pier One Theater Sponsorship and Development Sally Oberstein Terrilynn Dale Pam Van Hoozer Melissa Blair Linda Gorman Susan Pacillo Art in Plain View Cindy Brinkerhoff Festival Guide Editor Lindianne Sarno Gordie Vernon |
Inspiration
Mary Langham Website Design Debi Bodett Writers/Readings Nancy Lord Art Studios Tour Cynthia Morelli Documentary Film Festival Jamie and Lyn Sutton, Homer Theater Social Media Manager Kristin Mann Workshops Organizer Kiirsten Styvar Gallery Openings Karin Marks World Arts Welcoming Soiree Homer Chamber of Commerce Marketing Manager Christin Mann Fringe Theater Acts Pier One Theater International Spectacle Producer Sally Oberstein Family Cultural Show Coordinator Cathy Stingley Festival Photographer Chris Mann Tim Steinberg Crackerjack Volunteers Dharti Patel Kathleen Dose Koehl |
