# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ALASKA POSITIVE 2025 - opening -
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Now in its 55th year, ?????? ???????? is a statewide juried photographic exhibition organized and toured by the Alaska State Museum. Its purpose is to encourage the practice of photography as an art form in Alaska. ?????? ???????? opens Friday at the Alaska State Museum and runs through mid-March 2026. The exhibition will then travel to museums around the state.

Patrice Aphrodite Helmar is the juror for ?????? ???????? 2025. Helmar’s photographic career began in Juneau working in their father’s small-town camera shop and darkroom. Their work has been shown at PARTICIPANT INC, the Jewish Museum, Ortega Y Gasset Projects, Gaa Gallery, the National Museum of Iceland and is in museum collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Helmar selected 37 photographs by 33 photographers for the exhibit. Overall, Alaskan photographers submitted 198 entries.

The top award, the Juror’s Choice Award, went to Katie Ione Craney of Fairbanks for a photograph titled ???? ?? ????? ?? ??? ??????? (??? ????? ?????). The Awards of Recognition went to Amber Johnson of Anchorage for ??? ??????? #8018, a C-type print, and Petra Lisiecki of Anchorage for ????/???????? - ??? ???????, also a C-type print. Awards are sponsored by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum.

A slideshow of ??? ???? ?? ?????? ????????, comprised of award-winning photographs over the last 55 years, will be playing in an adjacent gallery.

Helmar gave a lecture at the Alaska State Museum on Tuesday, November 25. The event was recorded for later broadcast by 360TV in partnership with our local radio station KTOO. It will also be available on the museum’s website.

Images:
- Petra Lisiecki, ????/???????? - ??? ???????, 2023
- Amber Johnson, ??? ??????? #8018, 2025
- Katie Ione Craney, ???? ?? ????? ?? ??? ??????? (??? ????? ?????), 2025
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/juneau/alaska-positive-2025-opening/200029307143720
- **Event Categories**: Exhibitions, Art, Photography
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029307143720?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=juneau-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Juneau
- **state**: AK
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 395 Whittier St, Juneau, AK, United States, Alaska 99801
- **lat**: 58.30001
- **long**: -134.41571
- **full address**: 395 Whittier St, Juneau, AK, United States, Alaska 99801

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Alaska State Museum (https://allevents.in/org/alaska-state-museum/26782988)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 04:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 395 Whittier St, Juneau, AK, United States, Alaska 99801
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Alaska State Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Exhibitions, Art, Photography
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about ALASKA POSITIVE 2025 - opening - ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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