Each November since 2001,
thirty to forty-eight regional high-school students
have come to Dawson annually to take part in four-day
intensive workshops with professional artists during
KIAC's Youth Art Enrichment Program. Students with an
expressed commitment to art have the option of choosing
one of four disciplines in which to study: (course options
vary from year to year). Students receive instruction,
hone their skills through daily exercises and express
their creative ideas through their chosen art form.
Following the program, the students' artwork is exhibited
at the ODDGallery in Dawson City and the Yukon Arts
Center Kids Gallery in Whitehorse.
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COURSE
SELECTIONS 2009:
with Meshell Melvin
Through a series of exercises
students will learn the elements of drawing using a
variety of techniques and materials. Pencil, conte,
ink, erasers, pens, markers and collage will be the
tools used in a wide variety of exercises to refine
your seeing and drawing skills. Still-lifes, self-portraits
and figure-drawing will be explored in this intensive
drawing course.
with Stacey Cann
This course offers a
new look at printmaking by exploring gel transfers,
monoprinting, stencils and paint, rubbings and other
non-traditional printmaking techniques. Use alternative
art-making surfaces such as fabric, found objects and
plexiglass. Students will learn new techniques and be
exposed to easy and effective ways of printmaking.
with Dan Sokolowski
This course will cover
the basic building blocks of Animation all the way through
to a finished DVD. Methods of “under-camera”
animation (cell drawing, 2d and 3d collage and experimental
techniques), frame-by-frame movement, storyboarding
, editing and sound construction will be covered. Students
will use Frame-Thief, Imovie and IDVD to create a final
DVD of their animations.
Traditional Arts
with Margaret Nazon
In this ‘hands-on’
workshop, students will explore traditional art forms
with a focus on fish scale art. Fish scale art is a
traditional art practice that is being revived in Northern
Canada and students will learn the processes involved
from beginning to end. Students will develop an appreciation
for using natural and raw materials that would normally
be discarded and will learn the historical significance
of these mediums.
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