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
Simon D’Amours
Simon D'Amours is the protagonist and co-producer of his debut television series, horsdessentiersbattus.ca that follow him as he meet with Yukon francophone. The thirteen episode, one hour documentary series will broadcast on unis.ca, a new francophone channel that is available across Canada since September 2014. Simon has produced video for national television stations, as well as commercial and private clients in Western Canada. Clients have included Yukon Government (Get Reel 2013-2014), Northern Cultural Expression Society,… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
iPod Touch, Iphone and iPad Video and Stop motion Production Workshop with Simon D’Amours with Simon D’Amours
Participants learn to produce HD videos including documentaries, news coverage, commercials, short films, and music and sport videos. Students could also learn about social media and how to expose and promote a production. This includes school radio, newspapers, websites, social networking sites and film festivals. Through the production of videos he guides students through their traditional curriculum and explores societal behaviour as a way to learn not only on an academic level, but also on a creative, socially responsible, and spiritual level.
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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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