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Art of the State
Public patrons fund Alaskan artists By Rachael Kvapil
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Alaska Business
n early May, Nancy DeCherney gave her last presentation as Executive Director of the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council (JAHC) to the Juneau City and Borough Assembly. With retirement on the horizon, DeCherney is shoring up JAHC program funding for the upcoming fiscal year before handing over the keys to current Operations Manager Reggie Schapp, who will serve as interim director. After sixteen years as JAHC’s executive director and more than ten years in various arts administrative roles, DeCherney understands the cycle of arts funding and the adaptation by arts organizations. Most recently, funding and adaptation came to the forefront as the COVID-19 pandemic affected budgets within the industry and health and safety protocols forced arts agencies, arts organizations, and individual artists to feature and sell their work using streaming and virtual technologies. w w w .a k b iz m a g .c o m
