Each November since 2001,
thirty to thirty-six 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 three 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 travels to several Yukon Communities
for exhibition.
COURSE
SELECTIONS:
The following courses
were available for 2007:
The next Youth Art Enrichment
program takes place in November 2008.
Get Animated! 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 (cel drawing, 2d and 3d collage and experiemental
techniques), frame by frame movement, story-boarding,
editing and sound construction will be covered. Students
will use Frame-Thief, iMovie, iDVD to create a final
DVD of their animations.
Drawing with Meshelle Melvin
Delve deep into 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.
Making and Manipulating Fibres with Joanna Close
Fabric dyeing, silkscreening, paper-making, book-binding
and weaving will be covered in this workshop. After
being introduced to a variety of techniques, students
may choose a focus and work towards a final project
using the fabric they have dyed and the paper they have
made.
Name:
Age:
Grade:
School:
Male or Female:
Mailing Address:
Phone #:
Email:
Parent/Guardian and Emergency
Contact #:
Briefly describe your
interest in art:
Name of the teacher who
will be providing a recommendation: