Program Information

 

The Youth Art Enrichment program provides participants with an invaluable opportunity to broaden their understanding of a creative discipline of their choice for an intense and sustained period. In addition to focused coursework, Youth Art Enrichment presents activities which encourage students to explore and discuss career and educational choices, socialize with like-minded peers from around the territory, and to begin developing their portfolio.   

 

Some of the workshops offered in past years include:

• Drawing with Meshell Melvin
• Animation with Dan Sokolowski
• Fibre Arts with Joanna Close
• Mural Painting with Nicole Bauberger
• Mixed Media Collage with Janet Moore
• Experimental Sculpture with Scott Price 
• Soapstone Carving with Ken Anderson
• Hand-built and Carved Tools with Eugene Alfred
• Carving with Vernon Asp
• Photography with Janice Cliff 
• 2D Video Game Design with James Wigmore

 

Program Schedule

Tuesday: Students travel to Dawson City by bus

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday:
Breakfast: 8-8:45am
Classes 9am-12pm
Lunch 12-12:45pm
Classes 1-4pm
After classes snack 4 - 4:30pm
Lecture 4:30 - 5:15pm                                                                                                         Evening Activities 7-9pm

Saturday:
Breakfast: 9-9:45am
Classes 10am-1pm
Lunch 1-1:45pm
Classes 2-5pm
6:30-8pm: Wrap-up dinner for instructors, students, volunteers
8-10 pm: Walking tour of various classrooms to view artwork made during the program

Sunday:
Breakfast: 9-9:45 am
Directly after breakfast the bus leaves for Whitehorse & other Yukon communities to take students home.

 

Instructors and support staff

Each artist submits a proposal and a resume that are available to principals or art teachers on request. It is a requirement for the Youth Initiative Fund that each of the instructors complete a security check. A committee and a volunteer crew, will be responsible for the logistics of accommodations and feeding the students when they are in Dawson.

 

Youth Art Enrichment is funded by KIAC, Yukon Tourism and Culture, Yukon Department of Education, Youth Investment Fund and the City of Dawson.