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
Stephanie Ryan
Stephanie Ryan is a watercolour artist living in Whitehorse, Yukon. Originally from Sydenham, Ontario, Stephanie first travelled west in 1994 as a tree planter in Northern BC. She completed her B.A. in Environmental & Natural Resource Studies at Trent University, and ventured further north to the Yukon in 1997. She… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
Papier-Mâché Sculptures with Helen O’Connor
Using papier-mâché, participants will learn to design and make a realistic three dimensional sculpture (or prop) for any theme or topic. The design process begins with drawing all sides of the subject. Discussion of scale, shape, engineering and colour will follow as well as step by step demos of the process from creating a structure with cardboard to adding detail features such as whiskers and hinges. Options for decorating will be demonstrated, for example: types of paint and colour mixing, the use of brushes, fabric and decorative paper as well as other embellishments and features such as fur scraps, beads,… Learn more ›
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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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