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
Janna Swales - Yukon Plastics
At Yukon Plastics, we transform discarded plastic waste into beautiful, functional houseware, and other useful products. By repurposing materials like HDPE and PP, we not only reduce waste, but also create products that are both in demand and sustainable. Our mission is to breathe new life into discarded resources, embracing… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
Project You: A Graphic Design and Photographic Design Workshop with Mark Rutledge
Students are led through a series of photo and graphic design assignments that help them create a movie size poster about who they are and what makes them different. The project is essentially a 2-part workshop; one in photography and the use of Photoshop, and the other in layout and design using Illustrator. Students will develop writing skills, portrait photography and lighting, basic design principles, and colour theory.
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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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