Stories of Self

Reflecting on moments of personal growth, discovery, and learning to care

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Oil Sheen

Beneath the Sand: Thirty-Five Years Later

By Robin McKnight (Winter 2024-25, FORUM Magazine)

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Time Capsules

...in a world of disappearing digital evidence

Essay by Mary Katzke (Winter 2023-24, FORUM Magazine)

Master Sergeant Turk Younkins

Emotional Battlefield

Memories of war are woven into the fabric of some military families, leaving one Alaskan to realize he was cut from the same cloth as his grandfather.

Essay by Joe Yelverton (Winter 2022-23, FORUM Magazine)

Riley's Cabin, by John Hagen

What You See is What I Saw

John Hagen, Expressionist And Documentarian

Profile by Rosanne Pagano (Winter 2023-24, FORUM Magazine)

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It's Complicated

Indra Arriaga Delgado’s painting is an act of thinking through the untold.

Essay by Indra Arriaga Delgado (Spring 2022, FORUM Magazine)

Diane at Silver Salmon Creek

From Practicing Backyard Altruism to Leading Alaska’s Philanthropic Family

An interview by Sheila Toomey with Diane Kaplan (Winter 2022-23, FORUM Magazine)

 

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Magnetic North: Arliss Sturgulewski

Magnetic North is a documentary film series that explores the personality and character of Alaskans whose actions and ideas have shaped the history, spirit, and values of our state. The films are written and directed by Marla Williams. Learn more about Magnetic North here

 

Magnetic North: Governor William "Bill" Sheffield, Jr.

Magnetic North is a documentary film series that explores the personality and character of Alaskans whose actions and ideas have shaped the history, spirit, and values of our state. The films are written and directed by Marla Williams. Learn more about Magnetic North here

 

Magnetic North: Clem Tillion

Magnetic North is a documentary film series that explores the personality and character of Alaskans whose actions and ideas have shaped the history, spirit, and values of our state. The films are written and directed by Marla Williams. Learn more about Magnetic North here

 

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How are you creative?

A conversation guide and springboard developed in partnership with the Alaska State Council on the Arts.

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Stories That Shape Us

Guiding Question: What stories from my past do I keep with me, and how do my cultures and heritage play into that?

 
Alaska Humanities Forum

The Alaska Humanities Forum is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that designs and facilitates experiences to bridge distance and difference – programming that shares and preserves the stories of people and places across our vast state, and explores what it means to be Alaskan.

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