Hope's Community Engagement Center

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Hope's Community Engagement Center The Hope Community Engagement Center, part of Hope Community Resources, offers three programs—the Lesko Discovery Center, Hope Studios, and the Willow Ranch.

We celebrate the human spirit through creativity, ingenuity, skill building, and socialization! Visit our working studio and gallery to meet our artists and see our latest creations. The Hope Studios Gallery also serves as a retail store offering a wide variety of our unique artwork, greeting cards, jewelry, clothing and furniture, as well as handmade items from other local artists in our community. We also take all kinds of donations from furniture and art supplies to cooking utensils and plants!

The most wonderful time of the year is almost here, and we invite you to join us for our 5th annual Handmade Holiday Cra...
10/21/2026

The most wonderful time of the year is almost here, and we invite you to join us for our 5th annual Handmade Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, November 14!

Shop beautiful, handmade items from dozens of local artisans and crafters. From holiday décor and handcrafted jewelry to cozy knitwear, candles, artwork, pottery, and unique treasures, there’s something special waiting to be discovered around every corner.

Bring your friends, find one-of-a-kind gifts made with heart, and make your holiday season a little more merry and bright.

CALLING ALL LOCAL CRAFTERS AND ARTISANS! We're also looking for vendors who create a wide variety of handmade goods, including jewelry, artwork, candles, pottery, woodworking, knitted and crocheted items, textiles, ornaments, seasonal decorations, and other unique handcrafted items. Whether you're an experienced artisan or a hobbyist who loves sharing your creations, we'd love to hear from you!

Learn more and apply at www.hopealaska.org/holidaycraftfair.

Discovery Center Road trip ! 🌲🌸
09/29/2026

Discovery Center Road trip ! 🌲🌸

Bowling and nature walks with Discovery Center !!🍂🎳🪴
09/24/2026

Bowling and nature walks with Discovery Center !!🍂🎳🪴

What’s going on at Discovery center ?!? We have fun and fabulous getting glam, going out on adventures and more !🌱🌸🫂💜
09/16/2026

What’s going on at Discovery center ?!? We have fun and fabulous getting glam, going out on adventures and more !🌱🌸🫂💜

Take a look back on summer 2026 with the Mixed Media Class 🫶🏻 looking forward to fall adventures 🍂
09/10/2026

Take a look back on summer 2026 with the Mixed Media Class 🫶🏻 looking forward to fall adventures 🍂

🚨FRESH MERCH DROP🚨Hope Art Studios got a brand new set of swag featuring art and quotes from our very own artists and su...
08/20/2026

🚨FRESH MERCH DROP🚨

Hope Art Studios got a brand new set of swag featuring art and quotes from our very own artists and support recipients 👕🎨 Mixed Media Class channeled their inner divas for a photo shoot just to show them off for you all. Come check out all of our new styles and be sure to rep us all around the community 🫶

today our Curious In Nature class went to Potter Marsh to do some bird watching! Special guest Scott Jones had a scope s...
07/28/2026

today our Curious In Nature class went to Potter Marsh to do some bird watching! Special guest Scott Jones had a scope set up and ready for us to see a family of eagles- both parents and their fledgling eaglets in the nest 🪹 🦅 we also saw a few short billed gulls and a yellow legs!! after we colored pictures of the birds we saw and hung up some homemade bird feeders outside the Discovery Center 🐦‍⬛🪶 what a day exploring in nature!

07/17/2026

Today our Mixed Media Class visited the Hope Carnival and made a video about it! We all agreed that it was an amazing experience and can’t wait to see what next years theme is going to be 🪠👻🏎️🍄🍿

Discovery Center offers many classes our current classes are Cooking, Curious in nature, Fun & Fabulous, Community Engag...
07/16/2026

Discovery Center offers many classes our current classes are Cooking, Curious in nature, Fun & Fabulous, Community Engagement, Dance, Bowling, Mixed Media, Coco & Kindness and Yoga Classes.

This summer has been making new memories and new adventures!
07/16/2026

This summer has been making new memories and new adventures!

Address

650 W International Airport Road
Anchorage, AK
99518

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+19074331700

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