Inspiring Yukon Students
Artist in the School provides high quality, engaging and culturally diverse programming to students across the territory. In 2021-22 more than 30 artists travelled 21,000 km to deliver over 4,500 arts encounters to students across the Yukon.
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Featured Artist
Tom Lips
Tom would like to share his writing experience and skills, and most of all the fun of creating poems, with young people – to inspire and be inspired by them. Tom has a Master’s degree in English Literature, has worked as an editor and writing tutor, and has been writing… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
Basic Bead Stringing with Sheila Alexandrovitch with Shiela Alexandrovich
This class offers a look at types of beads, basic design, and allows students to make either a stretch bead bracelet, or a strung necklace.
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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.
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