April 4 – May 1 — Libbie Farrell (She/They) is an interdisciplinary artist and maker working across textiles, media, and printmaking. While at KIAC, Libbie will be working on a handful of pieces for an ongoing series called “Super Epic Mega Journey Bitch.” The series is composed of a collection of sewn tapestries/quilts featuring campy colourful and strange lady-like creatures. ARTIST TALK – April 24, 6pm @ KIAC
Author: Adonika Jayne
Regan Shrumm
April 2 – May 2 — Regan Shrumm (they/them) is a queer, genderqueer, and disabled interdisciplinary artist and curator. Regan tries to make art more accessible to individuals by focusing their practice on everyday things that all humans do, such as eating, grieving, and sleeping.
ARTIST TALK – April 24, 6pm @ KIAC
Brittney Rand
Jan 3 – 31 — DCMF Songwriter in Residence – Brittney Rand is an electronic music artist, sound recordist, and contemporary composer based in Edmonton, Alberta. Rand will be performing her solo project, Cherrie Laurel, on Jan 12 at 8pm in the KIAC Dënäkär Zho Ballroom. Artist Talk – January 29, 7pm, Macaulay Residence (907 7th Ave)
Krystle Silverfox
Nov 8 – Dec 20 — Krystle Silverfox is an interdisciplinary artist residing in Whitehorse, Yukon. She is a citizen of Selkirk First Nation, and belongs to the Wolf Clan. Silverfox’s work bundles together conceptual art, material practices, decolonialism, and Indigenous futurity. Artist Talk – November 29, 6pm, SOVA (Yukon School of Visual Arts)
Bill Burns (ON) – SOVA Residency
Oct 19 – Nov 4 — Bill Burns comes from a bookselling family in Saskatchewan where he learned about tractors, books, and art from farmers, poets, and monks. Bill will be the visiting artist at SOVA and Robert Service as well as an artist about town. He will be looking into questions about time and place. He might be asking “What would you like to tell people in Toronto about what’s going on in Dawson City?’ or “What would you tell your future grandchild about life in Dawson City in 2023?”
Liz Charters (BC/ON)
Sept 4 – Dec 20 — Liz Charters works in sculpture and installation, through the combined media of light, text and video. While in Dawson City, Liz hopes to connect the ways in which light defines our experience of place and time to their own experience of chronic illness and disability.