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
Robert Walsh
Robert Walsh is an award-winning singer-songwriter, producer, guitarist, musical director, composer/arranger, author and educator. He has released five albums as a solo artist, three as part of a group (including Allez Ouest), and co-written four musicals, the latest of which, “Rubaboo” (with Andrea Menard), will be performed in London ON… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
Wild Fur Pom Poms with Lisa Preto
Students will create a fur pom pom to tie into a tuque or other hat, or wear on their wrist, hair, instrument or backpack. For elementary students, the fur will be pre-cut. Students will measure and cut other materials and sew the pom poms together following the instructions. Each student will complete a pom pom (high school students can do 2 in 1.5-2hrs).
Learning outcomes for students:
• Learn about trapping in the Yukon • different uses for different types of fur • practice measuring (elementary kids copy a pre-cut sample, high school students measure with a ruler) • working in… 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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