Hobbies
Yukon Traditional Hobbies
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Issue: 2016-12-07, PHOTO: Sue Starr
Wool Gathering
The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre, located at 38 Lewes Boulevard, is a unique location in Whitehorse. Involvement of community members across generations is the focus of the centre. There is programming to nurture children and youth as well... Read more
Dec. 07, 2016
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June 5 Issue Photos
An Arty Party: Whitehorse's first Etsy Craft Party will be hosted on the waterfront
Yukoners who are feeling crafty and don’t mind working in front of an audience may want to head down to the wharf on the Whitehorse waterfront after work this Friday. That’s where the territory’s first Etsy Craft Party will take place ... Read more
Jun. 05, 2014
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Issue: 2017-04-05, PHOTO: Selene Vakharia
Bend the Rules of Exercise
While Whitehorse’s newest yoga studio True North Massage and Yoga just opened, it’s already setting itself apart from the other offerings in town. The yoga studio, located at 407 Black Street, opened mid-January. Since opening, its owners Sheila... Read more
Apr. 05, 2017
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What's Up Yukon May 12, 2016 Issue
Community Knitting
Canadians have a rich history of community knitting. A family friend in Winnipeg loves second hand stores. At Christmas he sent me a vintage World War Two Corticelli pattern book. The book is in fantastic condition. A great example of wartime Read more
May 12, 2016
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Issue: 2016-03-03, PHOTO: Nellie Dale
Next Stop, Serab
I love to travel; seeing new places, meeting new people. Experience, after all is priceless. I also love to knit. Imagine my delight when I purchased Silk Road Socks by Hunter Hammersen, with 93 pages of history and knitting. The book is... Read more
Mar. 03, 2016
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It Takes a Village
As nine-year-old Alexis Crystal Jim focuses on picking up a brilliant blue bead with her sewing needle and fastening it to a piece of hide, the women several decades older than her chat and laugh and sew. Read more
Feb. 21, 2013
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Issue: 2016-10-06, PHOTO: courtesy of the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture
Calling All Arty Teens
From November 2 to 5, youth from all over the Yukon will be converging on Dawson City to hone their art skills in the 16th annual Youth Art Enrichment Program. Hosted by the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), the four-day program is... Read more
Oct. 06, 2016
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Barry Waitt
Quilters Without Borders
Quilters Without Borders has been going strong for 14 years, based in Bear’s Paw Quilts on Second Avenue. Read more
Aug. 31, 2020
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Issue: 2014-02-20, PHOTO: Tamara Neely
Hooked on Hand-Dyeing
Baby alpaca and baby camel grow some very nice wool that can be sheared off and spun into beautifully soft balls of yarn. Skeins of yarn, actually – that's the term that Whitehorse artist Sophie Jessome uses. She and her boyfriend Yann Le Roy have... Read more
Feb. 20, 2014
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Issue: 2019-12-11, PHOTO: Nicole Bauberger
Pulling as a team in Toronto
The Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Sewing Group would like to encourage you to see their work in Indigenous Purpose, an exhibition featuring their nine dog blankets and two podium banners. Read more
Dec. 11, 2019
Yukon Arts and Crafts
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Maya Rosenburg
Drawing Mandalas
I love drawing mandalas, they are so fun, calming, and the more I create them the more I want to make. Read more
Sep. 15, 2020
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Photo Cred: Submitted by Leslie Leong
Artist in the School Adapts
Keitha Clark coordinates the Artists in the School program. She’s been impressed by the creativity the artists in the program have brought to re-imagining their workshops for online delivery. Read more
May 20, 2020
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Photo Cred: Maya Rosenberg
Recycled mixed media art cards
A big part of art is looking for inspiration, so let’s find it inside and outside! If you’ve had classes with me, you know I love textures and colors from nature; the next time you’re on a walk, start looking at the different colors around you. Read more
May 20, 2020
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Issue: 2020-02-26, Photo: Provided by Nicole Bauberger
The bead goes on
Last year there was a beading conference in Toronto. It was organized in conjunction with Beads They’re Sewn So Tight, an exhibition of contemporary beadwork curated by Lisa Myers at the National Textile Museum. I heard a lot of people say they... Read more
Feb. 26, 2020
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Issue: 2020-01-29, PHOTO: Fritz Mueller
AWG 2020 Cultural Marketplace calls for artists
The Whitehorse 2020 Arctic Winter Games, in partnership with the Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association (YFNCT) and presented by Finning, is inviting Yukon visual artists and craftspeople to apply for the AWG 2020 Cultural Marketplace ho Read more
Jan. 29, 2020
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Issue: 2019-12-04, PHOTO: courtesy of the Fireweed Community Market
Twelve days of holiday cheer
As the holiday season rapidly approaches, Yukoners find themselves in the full swing of seasonal craft markets. One of the most highly-anticipated events in the calendar, and the largest in the 2019 season, is the 12 Days of Christmas Market Read more
Dec. 04, 2019
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Issue: 2019-10-02, PHOTO: courtesy Murray Martin
The history of the canoe
Back in the early 1970s I wrote a monthly outdoors column for an Ontario outdoors magazine. One evening, after a day spent hunting moose, we pulled the canoe up on the sandy shore of an island and started a small campfire a short distance from our... Read more
Oct. 02, 2019
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PHOTO: Murray Martin
The amazing bat
Back in the 1930s and 40s, many weird stories hung from the tails of bats—they would get tangled in your hair, they were mixed up in witchcraft, a bite from a bat would condemn you to a life married to a witch. Read more
Aug. 28, 2019
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Issue: 2019-08-07, PHOTO: courtesy of Augusto Children’s Festival
Three days of family fun
Are you keen on learning about drama, circus, dance or crafting? The Augusto Children’s Festival features a diverse group of workshops, with a roster that includes local artists and teachers as well as groups from across North America. Read more
Aug. 07, 2019
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Issue: 2018-11-21, PHOTO: Dan Davidson
It’s beginning to look a lot like ... (you know)
The pre-Christmas season will soon be underway here in the Klondike, actually beginning a few days before this piece can see print. It’s a season of bazaars and open houses that lead up to the actual holidays... Read more
Nov. 21, 2018
