Museums Alaska Hires Clough as Director
Museums Alaska has hired Dixie Clough as its Director. Clough now serves as the lead administrator for the statewide organization that works to strengthen museums and cultural centers throughout Alaska. In this role, she manages Museums Alaska’s substantial grant program, oversees the organization’s programming and communications, and supports advocacy efforts. Clough holds a master’s in museum studies from George Washington University and has more than ten years of experience in both arts administration and museum practice. Her resume includes previous appointments with the American Alliance of Museums, the MuseWeb Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution. She is currently the director of communications and development for the Bay Arts Alliance in Panama City, Florida—an organization that supports, develops, and promotes the arts as essential community resources.
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New Oil on the North Slope
August 2026
In mid-May it was 19°F and windy at the Aurora Hotel in Deadhorse. As I stood in the parking lot surveying the surroundings, I chatted with a gentleman from Texas who works for Nabors Alaska Drilling and was in town as part of a crew tasked with getting a previously inactive drill rig up and running. He said that, according to his supervisor, spring is the windy season on the North Slope. The gusts were bracing, numbing the fingers holding my camera, but most of my attention was focused on what I could capture through the lens: work trucks, shipping containers, buildings obscured by snow whipped up by the wind.