Inspiring Yukon Students
Artist in the School provides high quality, engaging and culturally diverse programming to students across the Yukon. More than 90 artists offer over 200 different programs.
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Featured Artist
Lorène Charmetant
Lorène Charmetant started to play music as a child, attending both piano and choir lessons. Always passionate by sound and voice, she quickly grew a strong interest in a wide variety of music. As a teenager, she got involved in jazz music, discovering a whole world of improvisation at the Conservatoire de Lyon, in France. There, she studied vocal jazz, improvisation, ear-training, musical theory.
She completed her education at the University of Sherbrooke in Québec, where… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
Needle Felting on Clothing with Cai Krikorian with Cai Krikorian
Any needle felting project can be done on student's clothing, fleece or jeans. If students do not have clothing to felt on, then I will provide fleece pieces to work on. Students are expected to come with a pre drawn sketch of what they want to felt.
COVID-19 Update: This workshop can be held outdoors in above zero temperatures.
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Community School Touring Program
The Community School Touring Program sends performance artists to every Yukon community school. The goal of this program is to expose children to types of performance art they may not regularly encounter, with preference given to acts that have an educational component. CSTP impacts hundreds of students each year and provides important and inspiring opportunities for youth in Yukon communities.
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About Artist in the School
The Artist in the School program (AIS) provides Yukon school children with the opportunity to be instructed and inspired by practicing artists and to learn to work with a variety of art forms and media. It is available to all Yukon elementary and secondary schools, including 18 schools in Whitehorse and 14 in the communities. In 2018-19, more than 50 AIS artists travelled to every Yukon community to deliver over 5100 arts encounters for students.
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