When Andy Kline and Sarah Conarro began planning Glitters, an event scheduled for Friday at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center, one of the few preconceived ideas they had for how it should unfold was that there should be few preconceived ideas for how it should unfold.

When Hollis Kitchin was growing up in Skwentna and Palmer, she and her brothers didn’t play with a lot of toys. Instead, their dad would give them an old toaster or a broken appliance from the thrift store, and they’d take it apart.

Bonilyn Parker, from the suburbs of Anchorage, spent a lot of time simply playing in the dirt. She also liked to fish.

Jordan Kendall sought escape from teen angst by hopping on his skateboard.

Ryan Cortes surfed the waves along the northwest coast of Puerto Rico, where he was born.

For many artists who participate in the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council’s Wearable Arts show, preparing a piece for the runway involves getting used to a new — and often very odd — three dimensional medium.

For artist Kathy Kartchner, this year it was mussel shells (for “Lady Blue,” which won second prize); in 2010 it was plastic milk jugs (“Milk Maid”).

For Teresa Busch, this year it was panty-hose and nylons (“Painfully Beautiful”); in 2010 it was moss and bark (“Pieces of Peace”) and in 2007 it was dental wire (“Brace Yourself”).

Shakespeare has something of a dodgy reputation -- not as a playwright, of course, but as a master of dense and difficult language, daunting novice actors and audience members alike.

But the Bard has proved to be no threat to Juneau kids at both high schools, who have embraced the challenge of learning parts of his plays over the past few weeks through two productions based on Shakespeare’s texts, one at each high school.