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
Silver Light - Analogue Photography Workshop with Youth of Today Society
The Silver Light is a hands-on, youth-focused analogue photography program designed to introduce participants to traditional photographic techniques. In an era dominated by photoshop and AI-generated images, many young people have limited opportunities to engage with the tactile, creative, and technical aspects of photography in its purest forms. Working with film cameras, developing negatives, and creating prints in the darkroom offers youth a unique chance to slow down, focus on what they're doing and develop patience, technical skill, and artistic expression. The program provides a screen-free, creative winter activity that encourages self-expression, problem-solving, and engagement with a timeless art form. 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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