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
Maryne Dumaine
Maryne Dumaine is the cultural coordinator at École Émilie-Tremblay and Académie Parhélie. Prior to that she worked for 7 years as the project manager at the Arts and Culture Department of the Association Franco-Yukonnaise. Maryne has a master's degree in business and marketing and experience working with a variety of audiences. As a sailing instructor, she has a background in creating fun, engaging programming for youth. Maryne develops workshops that can be customized to the… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
Creating a Mini Northern Lights Landscape with Maya Rosenberg with Maya Rosenberg
In this class students paint their own mini landscape of the northern lights, guided step by step. This workshop is inspired by the night sky, and how it can be just as engaging as the daytime sky, filled with bright colours and ideas to explore. We'll learn about using acrylics paints and blending colours, the basics of colour theory, how to make colours dance like the northern lights and more! At the end of the workshop each student will have their own masterpiece to take home.
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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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