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SUMMARY:Hand-Building Pottery Drop-In
DESCRIPTION:Handbuilding Pottery Drop-In: Mondays\, 6:30-9pm\nSelf-guided group studio time for those who have some knowledge and experience with pottery. Newcomers are welcome\, though little instruction is provided. A volunteer is available to answer questions. \nClay available for purchase (cash only) at $5/quarter-bag\, $15/half-bag or $30/full bag. \n902 2nd Ave (at Princess St.) Please use the back door for classroom access.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/hand-building-pottery-drop-in-3-2/2026-02-02/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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SUMMARY:ODD Gallery Open Call for Curatorial Jurors | 2027–28 Exhibition Cycle
DESCRIPTION:How to apply\nComplete the Google Form or email gallery@kiac.ca with any questions.\nCall open Feb 4–20\, 2026 \nAbout the ODD Gallery Curatorial Jury\nODD Gallery is seeking artists\, curators and community members to join our Curatorial Jury for the 2027-28 exhibition cycle. \nJurors play a central role in reviewing exhibition proposals and helping shape what artwork comes to Dawson City and the Yukon. This is a hands-on opportunity to gain curatorial experience\, better understand how exhibitions are selected\, and contribute to the gallery’s evolving values and ethical practices. \nThe jury process includes three rounds of review\, most of which are completed remotely\, with flexible scheduling between February – July 2026. Final selections are made collaboratively during a facilitated group discussion. \nWhy participate?\n\nBuild curatorial and juror experience for your CV\nLearn how exhibitions are selected (especially valuable for artists)\nHelp shape ODD Gallery’s exhibition program and curatorial direction\nFree KIAC membership and additional thank-you compensation depending on participation level\nRemote-friendly process with clear time commitments\n\nWho Can Apply\nThis opportunity is open to anyone 18 years of age or older who feels a connection to the Yukon\, with a particular focus on people connected to Dawson City. \nYou do not need to be a current resident to apply. We welcome applicants whose connection to the region may be past or present\, long-term or seasonal. \nConnections may include (but are not limited to): \n\nLiving in Dawson City or elsewhere in the Yukon\, now or in the past\nSpending summers or working seasonally in the Yukon\nGrowing up here or having family ties to the region\nWork or life experience in the Yukon (arts-related or otherwise)\nParticipating in a residency\, program\, or project in Dawson City or elsewhere in the Yukon\n\nFormal curatorial experience is not required. We’re interested in people who bring care\, curiosity\, and a sense of responsibility toward this place and its artistic communities.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/odd-gallery-open-call-for-curatorial-jurors-2027-28-exhibition-cycle/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Kids Dance Class with Jen Suttis
DESCRIPTION:Kids Dance Class is back! Jen Suttis is teaching two dance classes for four sessions from February 4th and ending on March 4th (no classes on Feb 18th) \nThis Winter we are offering: \nPreschool Dance: 5:15-5:45pm Wednesday evenings \nKindergarten- Grade 2 Dance: 5:45-6:30pm Wednesday evenings \nRegistration full! \nPay Here. \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/kids-dance-class-with-jen-suttis-2/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Kids & Youth,Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
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SUMMARY:Jaimie Robson | Uprooted Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:February 6 – March 14\, 2026 ODD Gallery\, Dënäkär Zho |  KIAC Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory\, Dawson City\, Yukon \n\n\n\nOPENING RECEPTION: Thursday\, February 6th at 7PM – 10PM \n\n\n\nUPROOTED\n\n\n\nUprooted is an immersive shadow installation that explores notions of collective loss and grief as they relate to impending climate change. The work grapples with wildfires that are wreaking havoc on the landscape and uprooting small communities. The project begins on the forest floor\, bringing a microscopic lens to the ground beneath our feet. This up-close perspective serves as an entry point for thinking about larger issues of climate anxiety\, uncertainty\, and the notion of solastalgia. \n\n\n\nAbout Jaimie Robson\nJaimie Robson is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in cut paper/shadow and porcelain. She uses traditional craft-based techniques to create contemporary artworks and installations. In 2011\, she co-founded the artist collective Mere Phantoms\, along with Atelier Make\, a ceramics studio in Montreal. She completed her BFA at Emily Carr University (2002) and an MA (Media Studies) at Concordia University in 2012. She has exhibited in Canada and internationally\, including the Istanbul Biennial (2013)\, Brandts Museum (Denmark\, 2015)\, Grunt Gallery (2017)\, Hamilton Art Inc\, and Surrey Art Gallery (2022). Jaimie has led numerous neighbourhood-based public art projects and brings participatory practices elements into her work. \n\n\n\n\n\nCrédits: \n\n\n\nUprooted bénéficie du soutien financier du Conseil des arts du Canada et du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. \n\n\n\nCredits: \n\n\n\nUprooted benefits from the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. \n\n\n\n\n\n   
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/jaimie-robson-uprooted-opening-reception/
LOCATION:ODD Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260314T160000
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SUMMARY:ODD Gallery Exhibition | UPROOTED by Jaimie Robson
DESCRIPTION:JAIMIE ROBSON  |  UPROOTED\nFebruary 6 – March 14\, 2026\nODD Gallery\, Dënäkär Zho |  KIAC\nTr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory\, Dawson City\, Yukon \nOPENING RECEPTION: Friday\, February 6th at 7PM – 9PM \nUPROOTED\nUprooted is an immersive shadow installation that explores notions of collective loss and grief as they relate to impending climate change. The work grapples with wildfires that are wreaking havoc on the landscape and uprooting small communities. The project begins on the forest floor\, bringing a microscopic lens to the ground beneath our feet. This up-close perspective serves as an entry point for thinking about larger issues of climate anxiety\, uncertainty\, and the notion of solastalgia. \nArtist Statement\nI am an interdisciplinary artist based in Montreal. I use traditional craft-based techniques to create contemporary artworks and installations. The artworks in this exhibition represent my ongoing interest in working with cut paper in relation to elements of light and shadow. Having grown up on BC’s west coast\, the mossy forest floor is the most comforting place I can conjure and is one I return to often\, both in my imagination and in real life \nMy work is inspired by the natural world and by the fragility and complexity inherent within notions of home and belonging. Uprooted explores the intersection between these two concerns. The abstracted imagery that makes up these artworks emerged from microscopic explorations of the forest floor. This perspective opened a pathway to exploring climate anxiety\, uncertainty and solastalgia – the distress and grief one feels when a familiar environment is altered beyond recognition. \nViewers encounter the work through projected light\, activating intricate paper cutouts of imagined natural forms and clustered houses. As shadows shift and expand across the space\, small gestures become monumental. The shadowy transformations of scale\, movement and complexity invite reflection on themes of vulnerability and resilience\, and on the ways our sense of home is shaped\, disrupted\, and reimagined. \nThis work builds on the shadow-based work I have been creating with Mere Phantoms Studios over the past twelve years (https://www.merephantoms.com/). It is the first iteration of a longer-term creative-research process. \nAbout Jaimie Robson\nJaimie Robson is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in cut paper/shadow\, and porcelain. She uses traditional craft-based techniques to create contemporary artworks and installations. In 2011 she co-founded the artist collective Mere Phantoms\, along with Atelier Make\, a ceramics studio in Montreal. She completed her BFA at Emily Carr University (2002) and an MA (Media Studies) at Concordia University 2012. She has exhibited in Canada and internationally including the Istanbul Biennial (2013)\, Brandts Museum (Denmark\, 2015)\, Grunt Gallery (2017)\, Hamilton Art Inc\, and Surrey Art Gallery (2022). Jaimie has led numerous neighbourhood-based public art projects and brings participatory practices elements into her work. \n\nCrédits: Uprooted bénéficie du soutien financier du Conseil des arts du Canada et du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. \nCredits: Uprooted benefits from the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.ritory: Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory\, Dawson City\, Yukon. \n.  . 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/odd-gallery-exhibition-uprooted-by-jaimie-robson/
LOCATION:ODD Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
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SUMMARY:Hand-Building Pottery Drop-In
DESCRIPTION:Handbuilding Pottery Drop-In: Mondays\, 6:30-9pm\nSelf-guided group studio time for those who have some knowledge and experience with pottery. Newcomers are welcome\, though little instruction is provided. A volunteer is available to answer questions. \nClay available for purchase (cash only) at $5/quarter-bag\, $15/half-bag or $30/full bag. \n902 2nd Ave (at Princess St.) Please use the back door for classroom access.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/hand-building-pottery-drop-in-3-2/2026-02-09/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260210T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260210T184500
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SUMMARY:Sexy Jazz Heels Adult Dance Class ROUND 1
DESCRIPTION:ROUND 1  \nSexy Jazz Dance Classes with Lexie Braden. \nClasses will start with stretching and strengthening exercises. Followed by basic choreography that will be developed throughout the class. Each dance sessoin will have new choreography with a new dance. \nHeels are optional. No experience required! \nNote: Participants who plan to wear heels should bring shoes that they are comfortable walking in.\nHeels should be chunky and supportive at the ankle. No extreme open ankle death trap stilettos please.\n\n\nTuesdays February 10th – February 24th \n5:15PM – 6:45PM\nDënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom\n\n\nClass 1: Tuesday\, February 10th @ 5:15PM – 6:45PM\nClass 2: Tuesday\, February 17th @ 5:15PM – 6:45PM\nClass 3: Tuesday\, February 24th @ 5:15PM – 6:45PM\n\n\n\nRates:\nNon-Members: $60\nMembers: $50\nAccessible/Student/Senior: $25\n+ GST\n\n\n\n*Bring heels if you’d like* \n\nREGISTRATION FORM: https://forms.gle/dE4vb26aDjBHiBGeA\nPAYMENT LINK: https://square.link/u/BEkekFk8\n\nContact KIAC’s Programs Coordinator with questions: \nprograms@kiac.ca \n867-993-5005 \n  \nKIAC Office Hours: \nTuesday – Friday: 10am – 4pm \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/sexy-jazz-heels-adult-dance-class-round-1/2026-02-10/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260213T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260213T220000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Destroyer at Dënäkär Zho / Klondike Institute of Art & Culture
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Destroyer\nFri\, Feb 13 at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom\nCo-presented with the Dawson City Music Festival\n\n\n\n\ndoors open at 7:30 / music at 8:00\nTickets on sale here \n\nOpening set by Cryptozoologists (solo)\nSince 2016\, Cryptozoologists have been creating scrappy art rock in Whitehorse\, Yukon\, with acclaim and without it. Backwater Station\, their new album\, is the band at their most honed and confident\, a culmination of a decade of irreverent and angst-fueled songwriting in Whitehorse’s fast-changing social landscape. As contrast to the romanticization of Whitehorse as the unblemished\, so-called “wilderness city\,” the album’s nine songs centre elements of the left-behind\, the unremarkable\, and the undesired of the gentrifying urban public sphere – the city’s undeveloped gravel lots\, its puke averted on the sidewalk\, and the route of its human waste to the municipal sewage lagoon. \n\n— \nWhat is a “boogie”? In the common tongue\, it’s a dance or an occasion to dance\, a song or a shindig\, an incitement to move\, quickly\, whether it’s on the floor or out of town\, getting down or lying low. This being a Destroyer album and not the common tongue\, the implications of a title like Dan’s Boogie are at once more alluring and dangerous. “A boogie is a hustle\, a scam that doesn’t quite work\, the moves we make when we’re up against it\,” explains Dan Bejar. “I think of spy work\, double agents\, sleeping with one eye open\, an eye on the exits. But I also think of petty street-level victories and losses and improv.” \nDan’s Boogie is a breakthrough album for Destroyer\, both in the sense that it makes moves that no Destroyer album to this point has made\, and in the sense that\, to record it\, Bejar had to burst through a series of intentional and unintentional barriers to write the songs. Initially challenging himself to not write songs so the ideas would well up inside of him until they breached containment\, the months following the completion of LABYRINTHITIS turned into one year then two\, at which point Bejar gave himself a New Year’s resolution to play the piano every day for an hour. That lasted about four days\, but the songs Bejar credits as coming from that resolution—“Cataract Time\,” “Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World\,” “Bologna\,” and “Dan’s Boogie” among them—are all-timer Destroyer songs across the vast spectrum Bejar and his collaborators have established for themselves: spectacle-laden pop epics\, personal piano ballads\, and smouldering works of mood that blur the lines between song and novel and cinema\, each brimming with the urgency of a state secret in the mind of a tortured spy. \nLead single “Bologna” is the most radical frame for this energy\, as it’s the first time Bejar wrote a song where he imagined himself as a supporting character. Taking lead is Fiver’s Simone Schmidt\, whose voice—tough and expressive\, piercing through the murk of the scene—is a siren’s call that haunts the album. The gravity of their voice pulls Dan’s Boogie into order around a sense of impending doom\, the way a fatale’s promise of the unusual and the ecstatic dooms the principal character of an erotic thriller. \n“Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World” is a delicious bit of contradiction\, a peppy song that came out of the havoc Bejar was intentionally wreaking on himself—its holiday cheeriness making the angst of its lyrics go down smoothly until the song veers off the road. “We are now entering a new phase\,” Bejar intones\, introducing layers of guitar and synthesizer that considerably darken the palette as he alternates between singing and speaking. The lyrics and vocals are improvised\, invented as Bejar recorded the demo in his garage—a manic stream-of-consciousness and simultaneously exquisite display of his songwriting mastery. \nContradiction informs much of Dan’s Boogie\, the fog swirling around Bejar illuminated by the friction between competing truths and tastes\, as when his interest in jazzy ballads runs aground on producer and bassist John Collins’ interest in bands like Led Zeppelin and Scritti Politti. When Bejar told Collins that he was thinking of Sammy Davis Jr.\, the title track bloomed into being\, Bejar adopting a Rat Pack swagger with almost delusional glee against a dreamy soundscape of soaring guitars\, lush horns\, jazz drumming\, spaced-out synths\, and\, perhaps truest to how Bejar sees himself\, plinking lounge piano. \nIn terms of shaping sound\, the centerpiece of Dan’s Boogie may be “Cataract Time\,” an eight-minute epic that ranks as some of the heaviest lyrics Bejar has ever written\, and one of Destroyer’s most musically intricate compositions. Borne aloft on an easygoing groove\, Bejar’s lyrics—“a reckoning\, a dressing down” as he describes them—are transfigured\, their melancholy tasting almost counterintuitively like hope. It’s an intimate song that puts away Destroyer’s usual urban fable milieu in exchange for bracing interiority\, but its lilting groove can see a future\, one that Bejar and his band are eager to meet. \nIt is\, to use Bejar’s phrase\, the kind of song you make when you’re up against it\, when it seems as if the world is crashing down upon you. And therein lies the album’s most radical shift: Where previous Destroyer albums were locked in combat with the world\, Dan’s Boogie dances with it\, its nine reveries coalescing into one long hustle. Dan Bejar’s eye may be on the exits\, but he’s not leaving anytime soon. \n— \nFunded by Canada Council for the Arts\, Government of Canada\, and Yukon Government
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/an-evening-with-destroyer-at-denakar-zho-klondike-institute-of-art-culture/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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SUMMARY:Life Drawing & Oil Painting - 5 Week Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Life Drawing & Oil Painting with Nico DeRepentigny \nOpen to all skill-levels \n5 Sessions over 5 Weeks \nSundays 7:30pm – 9pm (1.5hr sessions) \nFebruary 15th – March 15th \n  \n*REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL \nWAITLIST: https://forms.gle/8ciNyPcCRZwnMkZM7 \n  \nThis workshop will be facilitated to support artists of ALL skill-levels.  Our intention with these sessions is to give artists the opportunity to work with a live model\, regardless of experience.  The bulk of the instruction will be in *Sessions 3 & 4 (see details below)\, with ample opportunity to self-direct and/or ask questions. \nSessions will be 1.5hrs long between 7:30pm and 9pm on Sundays\, starting February 15th. \nRates: \nNon-Members: $170 \nMembers: $155 \nStudent/Senior: $100 \nAccessible: $100 \n  \nFebruary 15th – Session #1 (1.5hrs): \nLife Drawing Session: Nude Model  \n\n15min Intro to Figure Drawing\, settling in – acknowledging the space\, allowing the model to settle in.\n1hr of drawing w/ model:\n\ntraditional timed figure drawing structure (short warm-ups to longer poses)\n\n\n15min Outro – for thoughts\, discussion & questions \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, newsprint\, drawing materials (pencils\, charcoal\, coloured pencil\, pastels)\n\n*please feel free to bring your own drawing materials\n\n\n\n  \nFebruary 22nd – Session #2 (1.5hr): \nDrawing as Intro to Painting: Live Model \n\n15min Intro & warmup to drawing for painting (technique\, composition\, situating body in space\, etc)\n1hr Drawing\n15min Outro – thoughts\, discussion & questions  \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, newsprint\, drawing materials (pencils\, charcoal\, coloured pencil\, pastels)\n\n*please feel free to bring your own drawing materials\n\n\n\n  \nMarch 1st – Session #3 (1.5hr): \n*Intro to Oil Painting: Still life (fabrics\, objects\, etc.) \n\nFocussing on colour\, composition\, moving paint\, light\, values\, using a restricted palette\, etc. \n15min Outro – thoughts\, discussion & questions  \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, canvas paper\, oil paints\, solvents\, palettes\, palette knives\, etc.\n\n*please feel free to bring your own painting materials\n\n\n\n  \nMarch 8th – Session #4 (1.5hrs):  \n*Oil Painting: Live Model  \n\n15min Intro (prep\, settling in\, situation model in space\, etc.)\nOil Painting with a live model (underpainting\, values\, light/shadows\, palette\, etc.)\n15min Outro – thoughts\, discussion & questions  \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, medium sized canvas\, oil paints\, solvents\, palettes\, palette knives\, etc.\n\n*please feel free to bring your own painting materials\n\n\n\n  \nMarch 15th – Session #5 (1.5hrs): \nOil Painting: Live Model continued..  \n\n1hr to continue to work on painting (form\, colour\, details\, etc.) \n30min Outro – discussion\, thoughts\, questions \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, medium sized canvas\, oil paints\, solvents\, palettes\, palette knives\, etc.\n\n*please feel free to bring your own painting materials\n\n\n\n  \nNico DeRepentigny is a local artist who you might recognize from the summer artist markets where they drew your portrait\, the many shop signs and murals they have painted for businesses around Dawson\, or most recently the (s)hiver 2026 poster design.  Their practice is intuitive and thoughtful.  They are offering this 5 week Life Drawing & Oil Painting Workshop with assistance from Lacey Leforte\, a SOVA alum and avid life drawing meditator. \n  \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/life-drawing-oil-painting-5-week-workshop/2026-02-15/
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260216T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260216T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
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SUMMARY:Hand-Building Pottery Drop-In
DESCRIPTION:Handbuilding Pottery Drop-In: Mondays\, 6:30-9pm\nSelf-guided group studio time for those who have some knowledge and experience with pottery. Newcomers are welcome\, though little instruction is provided. A volunteer is available to answer questions. \nClay available for purchase (cash only) at $5/quarter-bag\, $15/half-bag or $30/full bag. \n902 2nd Ave (at Princess St.) Please use the back door for classroom access.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/hand-building-pottery-drop-in-3-2/2026-02-16/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260217T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260217T184500
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SUMMARY:Sexy Jazz Heels Adult Dance Class ROUND 1
DESCRIPTION:ROUND 1  \nSexy Jazz Dance Classes with Lexie Braden. \nClasses will start with stretching and strengthening exercises. Followed by basic choreography that will be developed throughout the class. Each dance sessoin will have new choreography with a new dance. \nHeels are optional. No experience required! \nNote: Participants who plan to wear heels should bring shoes that they are comfortable walking in.\nHeels should be chunky and supportive at the ankle. No extreme open ankle death trap stilettos please.\n\n\nTuesdays February 10th – February 24th \n5:15PM – 6:45PM\nDënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom\n\n\nClass 1: Tuesday\, February 10th @ 5:15PM – 6:45PM\nClass 2: Tuesday\, February 17th @ 5:15PM – 6:45PM\nClass 3: Tuesday\, February 24th @ 5:15PM – 6:45PM\n\n\n\nRates:\nNon-Members: $60\nMembers: $50\nAccessible/Student/Senior: $25\n+ GST\n\n\n\n*Bring heels if you’d like* \n\nREGISTRATION FORM: https://forms.gle/dE4vb26aDjBHiBGeA\nPAYMENT LINK: https://square.link/u/BEkekFk8\n\nContact KIAC’s Programs Coordinator with questions: \nprograms@kiac.ca \n867-993-5005 \n  \nKIAC Office Hours: \nTuesday – Friday: 10am – 4pm \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/sexy-jazz-heels-adult-dance-class-round-1/2026-02-17/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260220T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
CREATED:20260123T183603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T183603Z
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SUMMARY:Opera Concert at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
DESCRIPTION:Danlie Rae(baritone)\, Jeremy Scinocca (tenor)\, Spencer Kryzanowski (piano)\nCo-Presented with Yukon Arts Centre\n–\nFRI\, February 20\, doors at 7:30 / Music at 8:00\nPay-what-you-want: kiacyukon.square.site\n— \nDescribed by Opera Canada magazine as possessing “a warm lower resonance [and] brilliant top end\,” and by Le Devoir as “possessing true stage charisma”\, Canadian baritone Danlie Rae is quickly making his mark in the operatic world. \nDanlie Rae sang the roles of Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia\, Gianni Schicchi\, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus\, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and most recently had covered the role of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly to name a few. A distinguished graduate of the Faculty of Music’s Opera Program at the University of Toronto\, Danlie is the recipient of many awards\, including the Encouragement and Audience Choice awards given by the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. \nIn concert settings\, Danlie Rae appeared as a soloist for Orff’s Carmina Burana\, Handel’s Messiah\, Brahm’s Requiem\, Mozart’s Requiem and Finzi’s In Terra Pax. In premiering new works\, Danlie was involved in the premiere of Rebecca Gray’s Bus Opera\, Matthew Ricket’s The Cremation of Sam Mcgee\, and most recently Danlie helped premiere Renee Fajardo’s digital Filipino art song project Liham. Danlie performed recitals in the Philippines\, Toronto\, Vancouve and Montreal. \nDanlie Rae is a graduate of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program and a current Emerging Artist with Edmonton Opera and an Emerging Artist with Opera On The Avalon. \n—\nJeremy Scinocca is an award-winning tenor based in Toronto. He has performed across Canada with companies including Vancouver Opera\, Edmonton Opera\, National Arts Centre Orchestra\, Goodmess Theatre\, Yukon Arts Centre\, Festival d’Opéra de Québec\, Toronto City Opera\, Voicebox: Opera in Concert\, Okanagan Symphony\, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra\, and Manitoba Opera. His roles include Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore)\, Tonio (La fille du régiment)\, Ruggero and Prunier (La Rondine)\, Rodolfo (La Bohème)\, Le Remendado (Carmen)\, and Spoletta (Tosca). Jeremy is an alumnus of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program\, Manitoba Opera’s Digital Emerging Artists Program\, and Edmonton Opera’s Emerging Artist Program. While at Manitoba Opera\, he created The Petrarch Project\, a digital production using contemporary dance to reinterpret Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets. Most recently\, Jeremy performed in Opéra de Montréal’s Talent Gala\, where he was awarded the Jury Prize for his performance. \n—\nSpencer Kryzanowski is a Canadian crossover artist working in opera and musical theatre as a conductor\, music director\, vocal coach\, and répétiteur. He is a staff coach in the University of Toronto Opera Department\, resident music director for Good Mess Opera Theatre\, and host and music director of Against the Grain Theatre’s Opera Pub series. In 2025\, he joined the faculty of the Banff Centre’s Interplay opera program. As a conductor and répétiteur\, Spencer has worked across Canada on productions including Die Walküre\, Bluebeard’s Castle\, and Die Fledermaus with Edmonton Opera; La rondine and Hänsel und Gretel with Good Mess Opera; Cendrillon with the University of Toronto Opera; and El huésped del sevillano with Toronto Operetta Theatre. His musical theatre credits include Newsies\, Mean Girls: The Musical\, and Beauty and the Beast. A committed arts educator and advocate\, he regularly delivers opera education programs to students in rural and underserved Yukon communities.\n–\nThanks to our funders – Government of Canada\, Yukon Government\, Canada Council for the Arts\nand special thanks to Northern Vision Development / the Downtown Hotel
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/opera-concert-at-denakar-zho-kiac-ballroom/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260221T213000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
CREATED:20260205T181753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T182339Z
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SUMMARY:Classic Cinema Night: Ariel
DESCRIPTION:Ariel (1987)\nDir. Aki Kaurismäki\nFinland | 1987 | 1h 12m \nFree entry\, Cash Concessions\, doors at 6:30. \nThis February 21st\, KIAC Classic Films presents Aki Kaurismäki’s Ariel on the big screen at Dënäkär Zho/KIAC Ballroom. With over a dozen films to his name\, Kaurismäki claimed this to be his best work. His sardonic and deadpan treatment of working-class folks doing working-class things\, and going to working-class places never patronizes; instead\, it rolls along like a 1962 Cadillac convertible with the top down. Keep your eyes on the road because this hilarious comedy never announces a joke!   \nIt’s Lapland\, Finland in the 80s and times are tough at the coal mine. Taisto’s Dad has had enough and leaves him with a classic car and some important advice: get out of this dead end town\, now. What follows is Taisto’s matter of fact meander through the trials and tribulations of getting by in gritty Helsinki. Taisto finds tragedy\, love\, friendship\, betrayal. The world is cold and uncaring\, but don’t worry! Taisto doesn’t!
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/classic-cinema-ariel-finnish-film/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260222T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
CREATED:20260115T211252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T232034Z
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SUMMARY:Life Drawing & Oil Painting - 5 Week Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Life Drawing & Oil Painting with Nico DeRepentigny \nOpen to all skill-levels \n5 Sessions over 5 Weeks \nSundays 7:30pm – 9pm (1.5hr sessions) \nFebruary 15th – March 15th \n  \n*REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL \nWAITLIST: https://forms.gle/8ciNyPcCRZwnMkZM7 \n  \nThis workshop will be facilitated to support artists of ALL skill-levels.  Our intention with these sessions is to give artists the opportunity to work with a live model\, regardless of experience.  The bulk of the instruction will be in *Sessions 3 & 4 (see details below)\, with ample opportunity to self-direct and/or ask questions. \nSessions will be 1.5hrs long between 7:30pm and 9pm on Sundays\, starting February 15th. \nRates: \nNon-Members: $170 \nMembers: $155 \nStudent/Senior: $100 \nAccessible: $100 \n  \nFebruary 15th – Session #1 (1.5hrs): \nLife Drawing Session: Nude Model  \n\n15min Intro to Figure Drawing\, settling in – acknowledging the space\, allowing the model to settle in.\n1hr of drawing w/ model:\n\ntraditional timed figure drawing structure (short warm-ups to longer poses)\n\n\n15min Outro – for thoughts\, discussion & questions \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, newsprint\, drawing materials (pencils\, charcoal\, coloured pencil\, pastels)\n\n*please feel free to bring your own drawing materials\n\n\n\n  \nFebruary 22nd – Session #2 (1.5hr): \nDrawing as Intro to Painting: Live Model \n\n15min Intro & warmup to drawing for painting (technique\, composition\, situating body in space\, etc)\n1hr Drawing\n15min Outro – thoughts\, discussion & questions  \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, newsprint\, drawing materials (pencils\, charcoal\, coloured pencil\, pastels)\n\n*please feel free to bring your own drawing materials\n\n\n\n  \nMarch 1st – Session #3 (1.5hr): \n*Intro to Oil Painting: Still life (fabrics\, objects\, etc.) \n\nFocussing on colour\, composition\, moving paint\, light\, values\, using a restricted palette\, etc. \n15min Outro – thoughts\, discussion & questions  \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, canvas paper\, oil paints\, solvents\, palettes\, palette knives\, etc.\n\n*please feel free to bring your own painting materials\n\n\n\n  \nMarch 8th – Session #4 (1.5hrs):  \n*Oil Painting: Live Model  \n\n15min Intro (prep\, settling in\, situation model in space\, etc.)\nOil Painting with a live model (underpainting\, values\, light/shadows\, palette\, etc.)\n15min Outro – thoughts\, discussion & questions  \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, medium sized canvas\, oil paints\, solvents\, palettes\, palette knives\, etc.\n\n*please feel free to bring your own painting materials\n\n\n\n  \nMarch 15th – Session #5 (1.5hrs): \nOil Painting: Live Model continued..  \n\n1hr to continue to work on painting (form\, colour\, details\, etc.) \n30min Outro – discussion\, thoughts\, questions \n\nMaterials Provided \n\neasels\, medium sized canvas\, oil paints\, solvents\, palettes\, palette knives\, etc.\n\n*please feel free to bring your own painting materials\n\n\n\n  \nNico DeRepentigny is a local artist who you might recognize from the summer artist markets where they drew your portrait\, the many shop signs and murals they have painted for businesses around Dawson\, or most recently the (s)hiver 2026 poster design.  Their practice is intuitive and thoughtful.  They are offering this 5 week Life Drawing & Oil Painting Workshop with assistance from Lacey Leforte\, a SOVA alum and avid life drawing meditator. \n  \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/life-drawing-oil-painting-5-week-workshop/2026-02-22/
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260223T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
CREATED:20250325T210625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T223433Z
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SUMMARY:Hand-Building Pottery Drop-In
DESCRIPTION:Handbuilding Pottery Drop-In: Mondays\, 6:30-9pm\nSelf-guided group studio time for those who have some knowledge and experience with pottery. Newcomers are welcome\, though little instruction is provided. A volunteer is available to answer questions. \nClay available for purchase (cash only) at $5/quarter-bag\, $15/half-bag or $30/full bag. \n902 2nd Ave (at Princess St.) Please use the back door for classroom access.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/hand-building-pottery-drop-in-3-2/2026-02-23/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260224T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260224T184500
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
CREATED:20260123T190551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T223707Z
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SUMMARY:Sexy Jazz Heels Adult Dance Class ROUND 1
DESCRIPTION:ROUND 1  \nSexy Jazz Dance Classes with Lexie Braden. \nClasses will start with stretching and strengthening exercises. Followed by basic choreography that will be developed throughout the class. Each dance sessoin will have new choreography with a new dance. \nHeels are optional. No experience required! \nNote: Participants who plan to wear heels should bring shoes that they are comfortable walking in.\nHeels should be chunky and supportive at the ankle. No extreme open ankle death trap stilettos please.\n\n\nTuesdays February 10th – February 24th \n5:15PM – 6:45PM\nDënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom\n\n\nClass 1: Tuesday\, February 10th @ 5:15PM – 6:45PM\nClass 2: Tuesday\, February 17th @ 5:15PM – 6:45PM\nClass 3: Tuesday\, February 24th @ 5:15PM – 6:45PM\n\n\n\nRates:\nNon-Members: $60\nMembers: $50\nAccessible/Student/Senior: $25\n+ GST\n\n\n\n*Bring heels if you’d like* \n\nREGISTRATION FORM: https://forms.gle/dE4vb26aDjBHiBGeA\nPAYMENT LINK: https://square.link/u/BEkekFk8\n\nContact KIAC’s Programs Coordinator with questions: \nprograms@kiac.ca \n867-993-5005 \n  \nKIAC Office Hours: \nTuesday – Friday: 10am – 4pm \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/sexy-jazz-heels-adult-dance-class-round-1/2026-02-24/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260226T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260226T193000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
CREATED:20260123T190534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T223902Z
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SUMMARY:Sexy Jazz Heels Adult Dance Class ROUND 2
DESCRIPTION:ROUND 2 \nSexy Jazz Dance Classes with Lexie Braden. \nClasses will start with stretching and strengthening exercises. Followed by basic choreography that will be developed throughout the class. Each dance sessoin will have new choreography with a new dance. \nHeels are optional. No experience required! \nNote: Participants who plan to wear heels should bring shoes that they are comfortable walking in.\nHeels should be chunky and supportive at the ankle. No extreme open ankle death trap stilettos please.\n\nThursdays February 26th – March 12th \n6PM – 7:30PM\nDënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom\n\n\nClass 1: Thursday\, February 26th @ 6PM – 7:30PM\nClass 2: Thursday\, March 5th @ 6PM – 7:30PM\nClass 3: Thursday\, March 12th @ 6PM – 7:30PM\n\n\n\n\n\nRates:\nNon-Members: $60\nMembers: $50\nAccessible/Student/Seniors: $25\n+ GST\n\n\n\n*Bring heels if you’d like* \n\nREGISTRATION FORM: https://forms.gle/jgLHtpah8rWh7BHq8\nPAYMENT LINK: https://square.link/u/BEkekFk8\n\nContact KIAC’s Programs Coordinator with questions: \nprograms@kiac.ca \n867-993-5005 \n  \nKIAC Office Hours: \nTuesday – Friday: 10am – 4pm \n 
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/sexy-jazz-heels-adult-dance-class-round-2/2026-02-26/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Drop-Ins
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260226T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Whitehorse:20260226T213000
DTSTAMP:20260510T135839
CREATED:20260217T005352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T030658Z
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SUMMARY:Works in Progress - Open Studio at Macaulay House
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 26th – 6:30pm to 9:30pm Works in Progress – Open Studio at Macaulay House \n\n\n\nView works by February Artists in Residence C. Hamilton and Lisa G\, and get a glimpse of their current project. Doors open at 6:30\, with an informal artist talk around 7pm. Free event\, all welcome\, refreshments served! This event is part of KIAC’s Artist in Residence Program. Learn more about our February Artists in Residence here.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/works-in-progress-open-studio-at-macaulay-house/
LOCATION:Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)\, 902 2nd Avenue\, Dawson City
CATEGORIES:Artist in Residence
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