About
SHI sells Alaska Native art through its retail store and website, as well as its First Friday and Gallery Walk markets. SHI also sponsors a Native artist market in conjunction with its biennial dance-and-culture festival, Celebration. To maintain the integrity of Northwest Coast art and to protect consumers, SHI works to ensure compliance with the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to prevent the sale of art that is falsely represented as made by Alaska Natives. SHI also works to ensure that Native artists have access to natural resources that are used in arts and craft production. Proceeds from art sales are used to fund the institute’s programming, including Northwest Coast art classes intended to perpetuate the ancient art practices of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian.
Sealaska Heritage Store
Alaska Native arts are sold through SHI’s Sealaska Heritage Store and its store website. SHI assures that all art sold through the store that is marketed as Native-made is in fact Native-made, and not fake knock-offs that unfortunately are common in the retail market. Customers who buy through the store help support Alaska Native artists, and the proceeds help fund training in Native arts. When you make a purchase through the store, you are helping to perpetuate our ancient art forms.
Hours
Summer: 10 am–7 pm, daily
Winter: Tuesday–Friday, 10 am–6 pm
Saturday, 10 am–5 pm
The Sealaska Heritage Store is located at 105 Heritage Way in Juneau on the street level of Sealaska Heritage Institute.
Selling at the Store
Are you an established Alaska Native artist with pieces to sell? SHI’s Sealaska Heritage Store buys art! We want to establish long-term relationships with Alaska Native artists who would like to sell through our store in Juneau and online. If you are interested, contact us at thestore@sealaska.com or 907-586-9114.
Questions? Contact:
thestore@sealaskaheritage.com
First Friday
SHI, the Sealaska Heritage Store, and Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus participate in Juneau’s First Friday, a monthly celebration of the arts. We host demonstrating artists plus other artists and fashion designers, who sell their work during the event. First Fridays culminate in December with Gallery Walk.
Hours
4–7 pm
First Friday of every month
Location
Walter Soboleff Building, Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus, and SHI’s Indigenous Science Building in Heritage Square in downtown Juneau