The Sealaska Heritage Institute Instructional Arts Campus is a working home for Northwest Coast art in the center of downtown Juneau, built by Dawson Construction directly across the street from the Walter Soboleff Building. Together the two form Sealaska Heritage Institute's cultural campus at Heritage Square.
The project included an Arts Instructional Building; a below-ground concrete parking structure connected to the existing underground parking beneath the neighboring One Sealaska Plaza; an open pedestrian plaza; an open canopy structure adjacent to the One Sealaska Plaza building; and landscaping and arts installation as directed by the owner. The work required complete site development on a zero-lot line in the center of downtown Juneau, directly across the street from the operating downtown Transit Center.
The campus holds indoor and outdoor studios for monumental Northwest Coast art such as totem poles and canoes, classrooms for basketry, weaving, and printmaking, an art library, and room for performances, Native art markets, and artists in residence. Its grounds feature a totem pole and five monumental bronze masks, the Faces of Alaska, representing the region's major cultural groups, and the campus carries the same traditional and contemporary themes as the Walter Soboleff Building.
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Dawson's experience building the Soboleff Building made them the natural choice for the Arts Campus. Their team understands what it means to build for our culture, and that shows in every detail of the finished project.
From emergency repairs to ground-up builds, Dawson teams deliver across Southeast Alaska and Northwest Washington.
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