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
Kim Rogers
Kim Rogers is a long time Yukoner, mom and musician with over 20 years of experience in the counselling field. Kim is inspired and engaged in guiding people through various creative activities that help them achieve positive identity, increased wellness, meaning and clarity in navigating the challenges of life. The activities… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
Watercolour Wildlife with Jennifer Stobbe
Teachers can choose one of two options: 1. Each student learns to paint the same animal (example; bird, moose, bear, squirrel, or animal of their choosing if it can be connected to another lesson they're working on), or a selection of 3 animals can be provided for younger classes with stencils available to simplify the drawing aspect. OR 2. Students can each choose and draw their own animal free-hand. (Stencils can also be provided if some students are not comfortable drawing their animal). Students will learn the basics of watercolour painting through a step-by-step… 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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