Inspiring Yukon Students
Artist in the School provides high quality, engaging and culturally diverse programming in schools across the territory. Over the course of the 2025-26 school year 40 artists and arts groups travelled the Yukon to deliver over 3,500 arts encounters to elementary and secondary school students.
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Featured Artist
Virgil Royle
Born and raised in Whitehorse, Virgil Royle developed a love for a diverse range of music music from a young age and ultimately led to his study of Jazz acoustic bass at the University of Windsor. While at the university, Royle studied under Michael Palazzolo and learned a diverse array… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
Charlie P. Tinkerman: The World’s Best Inventor– If only he finished something! Storytime + Strength-finding activities with Cat Kelly
Charlie P. Tinkerman should be, could be, and would be the world's best inventor– if only he could finish something! His workshop is a mess, his ideas stay on the page, and Charlie can’t help but feel lost.
Inspired by the journey of every artist, maker, and business owner, Charlie’s story is a triumphant answer to the world’s worst question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Children will have time to draw inventions of their own and reflect on their own personal strengths with a craft activity. [url=https://www.pretend.press/]https://www.pretend.press/[/url]
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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 21 schools in Whitehorse and 14 in the communities.
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