KIAC is committed to bringing art beyond the gallery walls — into shared spaces, local stories, and the land itself.
Our public art projects create opportunities for artists and community members to engage with Dawson City’s landscape, history, and future through collaborative, site-specific installations.
Working in partnership with organizations like STEPS Public Art, and through long-standing programs such as The Natural & The Manufactured, these projects bring national and local artists together to reimagine how creativity can shape, question, and celebrate life in the far north.
Recent Projects
Re:Imagine | Re:Create (2024–2026)
Presented by the ODD Gallery in collaboration with STEPS Public Art
2025 Artist: Andrew Maize | i find myself between promise and ruin
June 12–17, 2025 | Front Street & Princess Street
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory, Dawson City, Yukon
Upcoming Projects
2026 Artist: Justin Tyler Tate
June – August, 2026 | Site to be determined
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory, Dawson City, Yukon
Previous Projects
STEPS Create Space
Presented by the ODD Gallery in collaboration with STEPS Public Art
Krystle Silverfox | Raven Shares the Sun (2024–2025)
September 2024 – May 2025
Front Street & Princess Street
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory, Dawson City, Yukon
The Natural & The Manufactured (2005–2018)
Presented by the ODD Gallery and KIAC Artist in Residence Program
From 2005 to 2018, The Natural & The Manufactured was KIAC’s flagship thematic public art and residency program, pairing visiting artists with Dawson’s cultural and environmental landscape. Each year, two artists undertook six-week residencies at KIAC’s Macaulay House, creating new works that culminated in both an ODD Gallery exhibition and a public site installation. The program fostered dialogue around site-specificity, land-based practice, and environmental awareness in the North and became a cornerstone of Dawson’s contemporary art identity. The program was concluded in 2018, following a reflective decision by the ODD Gallery committee to make space for new forms of public art engagement. Its legacy remains embedded in Dawson City’s landscape, shaping how artists and audiences continue to engage with place, ecology, and culture.
For more information, visit The Natural and The Manufactured