PROGRAM INFORMATION 2010
November 3-7, 2010
Each November since 2001, thirty to thirty-six students have come to Dawson to take part in four days of intensive workshops with professional artists during the 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.
Highlights of Youth Art Enrichment:
- KIAC provides artistically inclined students with an opportunity to focus on a creative discipline of their choice for an intense and sustained period of time. Students broaden their understanding of their chosen medium while advancing creatively and artistically.
- The Youth Art Enrichment Program provides students the opportunity to work with a professional artist and to discuss career and educational choices in art.
- KIAC offers activities to occupy the evenings in a fun, safe, positive way. Students can rest up after a busy day of instruction and socialize with their peers, fostering cross-community friendships in a casual, recreational atmosphere.
- The Youth Art Enrichment Program showcases the work of young artists in venues where it can be viewed and appreciated by the public, and provides students an opportunity to gain confidence and recognition for their abilities. Students select one finished piece for exhibition at the ODDGallery in Dawson City and the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse.
- On the final evening of the program all of the students, instructors, chaperones, administrators and volunteers convene for a celebratory dinner. Afterwards, participants and the public tour each classroom to survey and discuss the work done in each workshop.
- Each year two student works are selected from the exhibition to be purchased for KIAC's Karen DuBois Collection.
-Each year instructors, chaperones and students give written feedback on all aspects of the Youth Art Enrichment Program. KIAC uses this valuable feedback to improve the operation and content of the program each year.
Youth Art Enrichment runs four courses concurrently for 4 days. There are four instructors, and each instructor teaches for 6 hours per day for 4 days. Each student chooses one course to take, and they are in that course for the duration of Youth Art Enrichment. Each teacher will have the same group of students (max 12) for the whole 4 days, so you/they can focus and develop ideas/art work. Following class time, there is a 45 minute lecture on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. In the evenings, there is a structured free time activity, which is not mandatory for instructors to attend. On Sunday, there is a dinner followed by a showing/tour of student’s artwork, which the instructors are encouraged to participate in.
We will be accepting up to 12 students in each of the four workshops. All equipment and materials will be provided. Some of the workshops offered in past years include:
-Drawing with Meshell Melvin
-Animation with Dan Sokolowski
-Fibre Arts with Joanna Close
-Mural Painting with Nicole Bauberger
-Mixed Media Collage with Janet Moore
-Experimental Sculpture with Scott Price
-Soapstone Carving with Ken Anderson
-Handmade Prints with Meshell Melvin
-Hand-built and Carved Tools with Eugene Alfred
-Carving with Vernon Asp
-Photography with Janice Cliff
-2D Video Game Design with James Wigmore
2010 Courses: TBD
The schedule:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday:
Breakfast: 8-8:45am
Classes 9am-12pm
Lunch 12-12:45pm
Classes 1-4pm
After classes snack 4 - 4:30pm
Lecture 4:30 - 5:15pm
Saturday:
Breakfast: 9-9:45am
Classes 10am-1pm
Lunch 1-1:45pm
Classes 2-5pm
6:30-8pm: Wrap-up dinner for instructors, students, volunteers
8-10 pm: Walking tour of various classrooms to view artwork made over past 4 days
Sunday:
Breakfast: 9-9:45 am
Directly after breakfast the bus leaves for Whitehorse & other Yukon communities to take students home. Each evening students will have recreational activities planned for them.
Instructors and support staff
Each artist submits a proposal and a resume that are available to principals or art teachers on request. It is a requirement for the Youth Initiative Fund that each of the instructors complete a security check. A committee and a volunteer crew, will be responsible for the logistics of accommodations and feeding the students when they are in Dawson.
Youth Art Enrichment History
The idea of an enrichment program for young artists was originally envisioned at a meeting between KIAC representatives and representatives from the Department of Education, all of whom expressed interest in KIAC developing an enrichment activity for Yukon students who have exceptional artistic ability and interest in the visual arts, they developed a concept comparable to soccer camp or hockey school intended to enhance athletic skills.
KIAC subsequently applied to the Youth Initiative Fund for assistance to hire instructors and to obtain art supplies for the proposed enrichment program. Regional Superintendent, Carol McCauley contributed sound advice as the curriculum began to take shape.
We have developed an intensive program (modeled on the Young Author's conference) that provides a learning experience for both teachers and students. Youth Art Enrichment runs from Wednesday to Sunday requiring only three days absence from school.
Apply as a Yukon highschool student to the Youth Art Enrichment Program
