Emma’s Quick Guide to a safe and sound studio
The main things I consider, as a painter, are ventilation, natural light and cleanup. Ventilation is challenging in the Yukon because in the winter you lose so much heat by opening windows.
Emma Barr
Emma Barr has a main theme to all of her work – colour. All facets of the colour world are explored. Recent works include illumination with light. Trained as a mixed media major, Emma works with 2 and 3d works of art in many mediums including canvas,
Local Female Entrepreneurs Share Their Best Business Advice
Wondering how to get your business from side hustle to full time? Struggling with balancing kids, hobbies and relationships, while building your brand? Looking for inspiration and motivation to get you through the inevitable blocks and challenges that comes with being an entrepreneur? Women face unique challenges when launching into the world of business. For …
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Chalk It Up
I had a great chat recently with Heidi Loos. She is organizing the first Yukon Chalk Art Festival for Unlikely Events Yukon. The Festival will run June 11 and 12, 2016, 10 am. to 5 pm. at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre parking lot. Two workshops will take place at the parking lot of Dana …
Happy Anniversary, Arts Underground
Arts Underground celebrated 10 years with the launch of a show called ten. ten features art by the Yukon Arts Society Members.
Finding beauty in all the right places: Artist teaches how to appreciate art
Emma Barr is helping people find more beauty in their lives. As a professional artist of mixed media, that has always been her goal. But there is so much more art out there and much of it go unappreciated because many people just do not know enough about it. Or, perhaps, they know they …
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Tiring the Kids Out: Frog Mountain Music Festival features plenty to keep kids busy on July 27
Frog Mountain Music Festival’s third annual event will feature a diverse program of activities to tire out the youngsters.
For the Love of Dunes
Battling wind that whipped sand across faces and canvases, 15 artists hunkered down in the Carcross sand dunes to document the area’s beauty.
Artrepreneur: Cowboys and Immigrants
Three Art Shows at the Yukon Arts Centre. They range from video installation to painting process to an installation of cowboy kitsch.
Spend An Evening In Wonderland
The Convention Centre is transformed by Emma Barr & Lauren Tuck for Wonderland Gala “It’s time Whitehorse had a New Year’s party.
Burn this winter away
This could be the most-anticipated Burning Away the Winter Blues event in its history. says Arlin McFarlane. “It has been a long winter.”
Winter blues will burn
there is something infinitely satisfying about being a part of a torch-carrying mob on its determined way to burn a false god
Artrepreneur: Tall, Thin and Prolific
The back room at Yukon Artists @ Work gave each artist a space two- feet wide by five-feet across. The room is almost stuffed.
YWIM New Album Features 14 Talented Yukon Women
Storytelling has always been an integral part of Yukon history and tradition, in all its forms and mediums. That’s why this year, the non-profit Yukon Women in Music (YWIM) chose to make it the theme of their fourth and latest compilation album, “Song Rise”, which was just released in November. Under the common thread, Yukon …
Emma Barr Welcomes a Bright Spring
“People say I’m the colour artist,” says Barr of her bright reputation. This show represents a maturing of her colour experimentation.
At Home in the Gallery
Jay Hambleton seems at home in the exhibition room of the Copper Moon Gallery, waiting for the crowds to arrive for his very first show. He ought to feel at home; he grew up in a gallery. Hambleton is the son of Jack Hambleton, who founded Kelowna’s prestigious Hambleton Galleries. He grew up literally above …
Art Passes the Torch
One of Whitehorse’s oldest commercial art galleries has changed hands. Art Webster started the North End Gallery at First Avenue and Steele Street 12 years ago. “It was April of 1999 – the last century – when we opened our doors. It was about half the space you see now, and it took about six …
Going Outside
A rainbow of paint drips cover the floor like confetti. Music blasts from a small radio in the corner while light pours in from a tall, narrow window behind it. Dressed in a weathered apron, hair tied back, Emma Barr mixes a brilliant shade of fuchsia. “Sometimes, if I haven’t been working in it for …
