Still Fabulous After Three-quarters Of A Century
That’s the word used to summarize the famous and funky log “skyscrapers” of downtown Whitehorse. In 1999, a heritage building report…
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Jim Robb
A Klondike Korner: Sometimes life imitates art
Sometimes art imitates life. Sometimes life imitates art. There are two really clear illustrations of this idea in Dawson City at the moment.
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Memories of the Yukon’s only psychiatrist: Still a Yukoner in his heart
From 1995 to 2001 Dr. Jaime Smith was the territory’s only psychiatrist. Jim Robb devotes page 38 in The Colourful 5% V:III to this Yukoner.
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Jim Robb is still coming up with new ideas
Imagine our understanding of the Yukon without Jim Robb. Colourless without characters like “Wigwam” Harry, Andy Hooper and Buzz Saw Jimmy?
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A trip to town
Sid’s youngest daughter was in conversation with Yukon artist Jim Robb for a commission of Bordertown Garage and Museum / Sid’s Treasures.
Titles Hot Off the Presses
Every December since 2009, Lise Schonewille, manager of Mac’s Fireweed Books, celebrates Winterval, the start of the holiday season, with local authors in the store.
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Yukon See It Here: Klondike Visitors Association
Employees at Klondike Visitors Association were surprised to find that a Jim Robb original hung on the wall for the centre. Early in summer, a
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A Tribute to a Colourful Artist
“I’ve had a good demand for my work, so I didn’t have to hang anything.” Jim Robb says. “It was never my thing to put stuff on exhibition.”
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An Icon in Yukon History
If it’s true that artists force a culture to come to terms with itself, then few people have helped define the Yukon more than Jim
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