Marigold Santos likes the idea of a multiple self. The Montreal-based artist has a new exhibition at the ODD Gallery in Dawson City, which runs […]
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I can’t paint. If there was a dictionary listing for “can’t paint” there would be a picture of me. Or perhaps it would be “Don’t
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A new art exhibit in Vancouver is reaching for the hot, funny, and healthy part of native sexuality, and Tlingit artists from the Yukon and
The image of an artist at work often sets an artist alone in a room with paint or perhaps a musical instrument, creating or composing
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Did you know that the funky little metal house in Shipyards Park, the black one with the raven that your kids are always playing in,
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When painters look at rocks, they see colours like purple, yellow, pink, and red. Colours that seem like not-rock-colours to the rest of us. And
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There’s a new artist in town. She’s opened her second exhibit in Whitehorse, Connecting Space, to showcase her newest display of large and colourful works
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This past July, if you were hiking the Chilkoot, you may have caught a glimpse of a woman in a white dress, grubby from travel,
Running from August 15 to September 20, The Natural & The Manufactured explores the relationship between nature and culture, society and the natural world. Started
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A live news program with a twist has hit the cable airwaves in Dawson City. Since June 25, Curtis Collins and Alyssa Friesen have gone
Rosemary Scanlon’s 2013 exhibit Animal Icons, featuring unique watercolours that blend nature, art, and religion.
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Young artists from the Sundog carving program have turned from wood to snow. Until Feb. 23, you can see them carving six eight-foot square blocks
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Vince Federoff kneels in the January snow. He presses brass thumbtacks into the downtown poster kiosk. He’s taken care to cover only an out-of-date poster
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A sprawling landscape of trees and snow-covered mountains pours in through the large living room windows. As the sun shines on the scenic view, Heidi
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The Storey of Raven and Rabbit was originally planned for New Zealand. Sandra Grace Storey, born and raised in Whitehorse, spent her childhood summers in
It’s spring. For Cori Giacomazzi, that means busy. I had the chance to visit this Canadian garment artist in March at her home in Skagway.
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From strong swipes of colour to a fairy tale in clay, Arts Underground offered a lot to look at this June. You only have until
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2013 Adäka Cultural Festival: 28 performance groups, 44 visual artists and 50 workshops over 6 days at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.
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BY TARA McCARTHY From the sprawling mountains to the vibrant blue lakes and autumn hues, the Yukon’s natural side has been well documented by a
The phone directory: the book that no one reads and everyone uses — no one buys it, but everyone has a copy. Lately, in the
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The Black Muse guards the entrance to James Kirby’s solo Yukon Arts Centre show, Psyche: A Journey to the Source.
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A specific mood is always evident in Kirsty Wells’ paintings. Wells, 18, usually paints upbeat, happy images with lots of bright, vibrant colours and drastic
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At Colin Alexander’s Northern Icons exhibit in the Rah Rah Gallery, you would be forgiven if at first you thought you were looking at old,
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SYANA’s first annual Yukon First Nations Arts Festival will have a strong visual arts and crafts focus. That’s what the society’s members asked for. Executive
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Tarot cards are tools for divination and reflection; giving the person receiving the reading insight into past, present and future. The exact origin of the
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It must be a wild ride to work at the Yukon School of Visual Art (SOVA) in Dawson City. This year they had a student
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BY NICOLE BAUBERGER It’s a common Yukon experience. You’re at the board meeting, looking around the table. There’s a vacancy in a leadership position. “I
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On Aug. 22, three shows will be opening at Arts Underground: the Arts in the Park Season Exhibition, a historical show of Yukon erotica and
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BY JANELLE HARDY “When I heard your voicemail, I cried!” With that, community theatre enthusiast Nancy Smythe openly and vigorously agreed to be interviewed. A
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Small things can have a big impact on our lives. Like a used tea bag. Before Nicole Bauberger’s dad passed away, they were just the
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Whimsy, angst and wit play in Joseph Tisiga’s drawings for the show Indigenous Incisions — or an Indigenous Ambivalence of the Abandoned Modern Man —
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Marilyn Wolovick brings two coffees to her husband’s studio. The cups are comfortable to hold, lovely to look at and each slightly different. Her husband,
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Three Art Shows at the Yukon Arts Centre. They range from video installation to painting process to an installation of cowboy kitsch.
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BY JANELLE HARDY “Felting is a long and arduous process that compromises your back and the flooding of your house is a real hazard,” describes
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First Prize PSAC Whitehorse Regional Pride Committee Short Story Contest It’s night. A man walks his black lab in the forest — and when the
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Buy your tickets early for Thursday night’s comedy show at the Yukon Arts Centre so that you can get a good seat in the back.
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It’s an object within the art world that’s often overlooked. To a degree it’s meant to be that way, to avoid steering attention away from
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As we creep toward the end of another year, it’s only natural to reflect on how far we’ve come. And for the Sundog Retreat Carving
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BY AISLINN CORNETT Not only is choreographer and artistic director Rebecca Reynolds influencing this year’s Nutcracker production, she is also involved in the upcoming Varietease
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The latest exhibitions at the Yukon Arts Centre are possibly best described as “revealing”. About one half of the Public Art Gallery is dedicated to
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BY TARA McCARTHY The frosted trees along Whitehorse’s Main Street are lined with Christmas lights. It’s a sure sign that holiday shopping season is here
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When it comes to theatre, David Skelton says he believes Whitehorse audiences are “brave and sophisticated”. As Nakai Theatre’s artistic director, Skelton admits that last
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It’s seldom that the Yukon Gallery clears its walls to feature one artist. Solo shows haven’t been the focus of the commercial gallery and frame
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There’s a new gallery in town … but only for a little while. Five artists will display their artwork in Philippe’s Bicycle Repair during the
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Skookum Jim Friendship Centre is doing something different this year with its 2009 Folklore Show on Saturday, Jan. 31: it will be A Night of
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When you live in a place where it is winter for half the year you would expect fashion to be restricted to parkas and boots.
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Boats, fish and human figures cavort through the Yukon Art Society Gallery in Paul and Jeanine Baker’s Fired and Formed exhibition of collaborative works in
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Rosemary Scanlon and her evolution from a shy child in Montreal to a passionate oil painter. A Northern Scene Artist headed to Ottawa 2013.
If you’ve been in Umbellula Café, at the Spook Creek Station, recently, you’ve probably noticed some strikingly unique light fixtures illuminating the landscape. These are
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Centred in one of the Yukon Arts Centre galleries, as if on a page, stand 10 plinths and a “desk.” Imagine the other 10 plinths
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Alex Olesen has been around dogs his whole life. Growing up in Fairbanks, his family owned a team of sled dogs. “I remember sitting in
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood in the House of Commons on June 11, 2008 and apologized. His address was in regards to Indian Residential Schools
“People ask me, ‘how long have you been an artist?’, and it’s been since I was really young. It’s always been a big thing of
What is behind this curious display? What thoughts or intentions are these objects meant to communicate? What part of the larger whole do they play?
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There’s a band in town that generates heat. The kind of heat that comes from dancing so hard, steam rises up off the dance floor
Big Soul is Big Music Read More »
It is all original art and none of it existed before last December. So, the creative process took place during the darkest days of a
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It’s 8:30 p.m. I’m driving Scott Marsden, curator of The Reach Gallery, in Abbotsford, and erstwhile curator at the Yukon Arts Centre, back to his
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Georgi Pearson says she’s “a Mom with a serious sewing problem,” a stay-at-home mom and part-time seamstress with “spring and a little bit of Mother’s
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With such an abundance of established and emerging artists lurking throughout the territory, exhibitions are no longer simply confined to galleries. For more than a
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From somewhere nearby, bird songs are heard along with the continual soft shushing of wind through trees and the sounds of water trickling in streams
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Emerging artist Jesse Devost examines things from a different angle. “I find quite often when you go to a town, it looks so cohesive, but
Dolores Anderson (nee Scheffen) is among the Yukon artists involved with Sewing Our Traditions: Dolls of Canada’s North the exhibition that is heading to Northern
Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes and Alanna Warner, a Whitehorse artist, recently found hers in a toy snake. After discovering the toy, which
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After intense immersion in comedy last winter in Toronto, George Maratos has returned with a program that is making its second appearance Thursday night. The
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BY SARAH LINDSTEIN “Art should be a part of daily life, something of beauty to add meaning to our lives.” It is a creed of
Art That Touches Us … and Can Be Touched Read More »
With, “I’m just a small-town boy,” Brandon Isaak brought the crowd up onto the dance floor with big, heavy guitar riffs and an infectious grin.
Dean Tower teaches violin to just about anybody. “My oldest student was 87, but I try not to take much younger than six years old,”
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“Zombies. The theme is obviously zombies!” A man wearing a black Mexican wrestler’s mask, with a gaudy, bejewelled cross emblazoned on his forehead, spat poetry
Hallelujah, Zombies and the Man with the Octopi Hands Read More »
As I write this, 78-year-old Helmut Becker toils tirelessly, beating his hand-grown flax and hemp fibres for Yukon artists. He’s doing it in Ontario, so
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Despite the resplendent abundance of Yukon artists, Nicole Bauberger’s name is well-known. She is known. She’s not a venerated Elder or a famous come-from-away who
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On the gorgeous, summery evening of May 1, Ragazze, a solo show of acrylic paintings by Deanna Slonski, opened in the solo-show room at the
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What’s Going on Up There? Yukon artists exhibition in Abbotsford. Harreson Tanner, Daphne Mennell, Jeanine Baker, Bob Atkinson, Lynne Sofiak.
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The prize, a battered gold pan streaked with red, was held aloft, like a trophy. George Maratos stepped up to the microphone like a gunslinger
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It can take approximately six days to hand-make a traditional pair of beaded moosehide moccasins. That’s why they cost about $250.But when you splurge on
The Solstice Festival is the Perfect Storm of parties. It is three festivals – one right after the other – that will keep Shipyards Park
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Nostalgic jazz lyrics waft past the doorway of the Steele Street Lounge. “Oh, if you miss New Orleans, like I miss New Orleans …” Every
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The Ted Harrison Artist Retreat hopes more artists and arts organizations can benefit from the gorgeous space it has to offer. To that end, it
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It is probably one of the most-asked questions surrounding the visit of the “World Famous” Lipizzaner Stallions on Wednesday, July 22: “How do they get
Lipizzaner Stallions take the leap to Whitehorse Read More »
Whitehorse’s own Mario Villeneuve has just been elected president of Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC), Canada’s national association of professional visual and
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“She sat in silence and was overwhelmed by serenity.” “She embraced change.” “She faced the challenge.” Each of Whitehorse artist Amber Church’s newest paintings in
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Teetering in heels, gloves, a cocktail dress and a 1950s prom dress, Jessica and I took our seats. The lights dimmed. Musicians Kim Barlow, Kyle
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For those who have never ventured above the 60th parallel, the Yukon can encompass a sense of mystery and awe. A territory where the sun
The Recognizable and the Rare Read More »
BY SARAH LINDSTEIN What do Whitehorse and Quelimane, Mozambique, have in common? They both have a dedicated troupe of performance artists striving to make a
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Throughout Dawson, music enthusiasts swarmed the stages. This year’s Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF) took over the Palace Grand Theatre and a circus-styled tent for
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Val Hodgson has painted a portrait of Bob Atkinson, Willow Bob, in oils. Atkinson is affectionately known as “Willow Bob” for the bent-willow chairs and
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BY SARAH LINDSTEIN Fresh from winning a hefty $5,000 government grant, Proverbial is ready to give back. The Yukon band is preparing to launch a
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BY SARAH LINDSTEIN Fast friends and fellow artists Marie-Hélène Comeau and Virginie Hamel have found the secret to success: a great partnership. Together they share
I get by with a little help from my friends. Read More »
This spring, my boyfriend Ian and I explored our neighbours, to the east, to see what their biggest city, Anchorage, had to offer two shoestring
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When you step into the Solo Show Room at the Copper Moon Gallery, you’re greeted with a sense of rhythm. A row of women raise
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Cathleen Collins has taken some of the strategies used in illustration and has pushed them through acrylic paint to create a show that’s well worth
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BY SARAH LINDSTEIN The crisp scent of bonfires and cool air drift into our noses, reminding us it’s time to reap what we have sowed.
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BY SARAH LINDSTEIN Imagine galloping without a bridle to contain your horse, racing without fear. Your partnership is so strong that you trust your horse
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The back room at Yukon Artists @ Work gave each artist a space two- feet wide by five-feet across. The room is almost stuffed.
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Some very-familiar art is now on display at the Old Fire Hall in downtown Whitehorse. Art that every Yukoner can say at one point was
Play Makers: Phone-book art Read More »
BY SARAH LINDSTEIN With the overwhelming backdrop of Grey Mountain and the Yukon wilderness, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (Or What You Will) may have to compete
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What if a gallery contains only a few works, with room to breathe between them? Whitehorse artist Joyce Majiski’s new shows at Arts Underground offer
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Through the two photo-based art shows on now at the Yukon Arts Centre Public Gallery, curator Earl Miller asks us to look at the troubled
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A new pub in town, The Capital, opened its doors in late June, ushering Whitehorse back to an era of dandies and bawdy houses. I
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BY SARAH LINDSTEIN Ivan Sayers, Vancouverite and prodigious collector of antique and vintage clothing, is set to show Whitehorse how to stay warm. His fashion
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A simple thank-you gift spawned a new direction for visual artist Blair Thorson. Nearly five years ago, he and his wife Linda took a trip
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