Workshop Registration

Please select the workshop(s) you would like to attend. A KIAC staff member will contact you to confirm your registration and to collect payment (we accept Visa, Mastercard, debit, cheques and cash). Arts Festival courses require a minimum number of participants in order to run. All workshops are held at the workshop tent on the Festival Site over the Arts Festival weekend August 12-15, 2010.
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Antler Carving Workshop Instructor: Dennis Shorty
$40.00 materials included, Friday 1-3 pm
Dennis Shorty, of Kaska origin, has recently returned from Germany where he was both a teacher and a
student. Eager to share his knowledge, Shorty will give a workshop on how to create your own keepsake piece
of jewellery from moose and caribou antler using a dremmel tool. See form brought to life as Dennis teaches
how to turn antler into whales, bears, feathers and more---and seize the opportunity to hear about Dennis’s
travels!

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Stone Carving Workshop Instructor: Inuk Charlie
Cost: $40.00 materials included, Friday 1-3 pm
Nunavut stone carver Inuk Charlie comes to Dawson to share his carving skills. In this workshop participants
will hand carve their own small sculpture from stone in the longstanding tradition of stone carving
in the north. Don’t miss your chance to interact with Inuk Charlie, a knowledgeable and friendly artist, in this
2-hour workshop.

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Basswood Carving Course Instructor: Eugene Alfred
Cost: $36.25 materials included, Friday 3:30-6:30 pm
Learn to carve Basswood using a straight knife with the help of Tlingit carver and experienced teacher Eugene
Alfred. In this project-based workshop, participants will create a small carving from start to finish and have an
opportunity to work with one of the Yukon’s finest and most accomplished carvers, who has exhibited his work
around the world.

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Head to the Hills! Plein Air Painting Workshop Instructor: John Boivin
Cost: $36.25 materials included, Saturday 10 am-1 pm
Join Whitehorse artist John Boivin on a “plein air” painting adventure. Hike up into the hills surrounding Dawson
for a genuine Klondike group art experience. John will guide you as you journey into the realm of landscape
painting, sharing his methods and offering insight into composition and painting techniques. A special opportunity
with a skilled artist—an adventure not to be missed! Please bring a backpack, hiking shoes, appropriate clothes
for the weather, and flair for adventure!

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Mosaic Coasters Instructor: Carole Lagace
Cost: $57.00 materials included, Saturday & Sunday 10 am-12 pm
Create beautiful and intricate tile mosaics, in coaster size, with Dawson artist, Carol Lagace. Carole will take
you through all the steps to master this do-it-yourself craft in a 4-hour workshop, held over two days. You’ll
leave with a beautiful keepsake and a new skill!

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Nalbinding Workshop Instructor: Elizabeth Kolb
Cost: $51.25 materials included, Saturday 12:30-3:30 pm
Nalbinding, or looped needle-netting, is a traditional Scandinavian way of creating fabric by using a needle to
thread lengths of yarn in linked loops. Though not widely practiced at present, examples can be found in
ancient artefacts including: shoes and socks made out of plant fibres in the Middle East, food strainers and
mittens of wool and animal hair from Bronze Age Scandinavia, and 3,000 year old berets found in the far
west of China. In this short workshop, participants will learn the Karelian nalbinded stitch, and will be able to
try it in a variety of local and natural materials, examples which may include: silk thread, plant roots and
stems, wire, leather lace, hide strips, and wool yarns.

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Beading Workshop Instructor: Dolores Anderson
Cost: $46.50 materials included, Saturday 4-6 pm
Have you been admiring our region’s beautiful beaded moccasins for some time now? Here is your chance
to learn how to bead, with an accomplished local beader. Dawson City’s own Dolores Anderson will share
the basics of bead working on material or hide. An experienced teacher, Anderson will bring much more
than the basics to this traditional crafts workshop. Register quickly as this one is sure to fill up fast!

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Pendant Carving Workshop Instructor: Martin Goodliffe
Cost: $43.00 materials included, Sunday 12:30-3:30pm
Martin Goodliffe will be travelling from NWT to teach interested participants how to create their own
personalized pendant, using recycled materials and by-products of hunting and mining (antlers, horns, and
minerals) to create a one-of-a-kind carved piece of jewellery. Come prepared to learn from this popular artist!

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