Last-minute shoppers are sure to find something for a friend or family member at Yukon Artists @ Work. There are also lots of small treasures for topping up stocking, or add some sparkle to what has been a very strange and difficult year.
James Kirby dedicated his life to his craft and when news of his terminal illness came to light, the Yukon Artist Relief Fund Society was there to help.
Bikes, art, and recycling are regarded by some as the holy trinity of resilient communities. What more could one hope for? Snow sculptures? Heaven. Giant owls hanging from trees? Rapture. To bear witness, head to the gallery-in-a-store at Cadence Cycle to see Grind, an assemblage of bike-inspired and bike-recycled art. Ken Anderson, local artist, master …
Arts shows, installations and openings around Whitehorse. Including Emma Barr, Joyce Majiski, Jeanine & Paul Baker and more
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 metal and glass. In Autumn Wind, twisty spot-welded twigs cling to a burl to suggest a wind-blown tree. Torch-worked leaves scatter across the plinth as if blown off by that …
What’s Going on Up There? Yukon artists exhibition in Abbotsford. Harreson Tanner, Daphne Mennell, Jeanine Baker, Bob Atkinson, Lynne Sofiak.
The back room at Yukon Artists @ Work gave each artist a space two- feet wide by five-feet across. The room is almost stuffed.
The Colour Show, 5 artists working in 5 different mediums. Lynne Sofiak, Jeanine Baker, Daphne Mennell, Lise Merchant, and Mary Beattie
Being an artist resembles performing a high-wire act in a circus. It requires balance, skill, hope, risk and commitment, as well as lots and lots of practice. It also helps if there’s a net beneath you in case the unthinkable happens and you fall. Compared to Canadians who are employees, artists – like the majority …
There’s a new jazz trio out at Crag Lake. But instead of sound waves, they’re jammin’ in glass and steel. Rusty Redbrun (Paul Baker), Burny Hüle (Ken Anderson) and Ptina Green (Jeanine Baker) aim to have 20 works for their collaborative show opening next week at Gallery 22 in downtown Whitehorse. “We just decided to …
The Yukon’s beauty stuns. And yet even in this context the Tombstone Territorial Park stands out. It’s a kind of iconic distillation of the Yukon’s beauty. This summer, you’ll be able to see that landscape through the eyes of 10 artists, through the Art Magic in Tombstone program coordinated by Friends of Dempster Country and …
