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
Luann Baker-Johnson and Lumel Studios
Luann was raised in the Yukon, has travelled extensively in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and lived in Austria, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia and Canada. She is a student, an artist, a teacher, a marathon runner, a skydiver, a mother of six, a wife, a friend and a motivator. Luann… Learn more ›
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Featured Program
Printmaking – Linocuts with Meshell Melvin
This printmaking technique although complex in procedure, has still been the most popular of techniques. Once the image has been designed, transferred, carved, inked and rubbed, pulling the initial print off the block is momentous. Students are encouraged to be thoughtful in their designs, cautious in their cutting, critical during the proofing process, and consistent in running their editions. *For younger students or for classes who have less time available to them a printing project is still possible. The Old Blocks Box (O.B.B.) is a collection of linoleum blocks, which have been carved both sides, then cut into pieces. Students… 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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