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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: Thursday\, 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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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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SUMMARY:ODD Gallery 2027/28 Open Call for Exhibition Submissions
DESCRIPTION:The ODD Gallery is excited to announce our nationwide Exhibition Open Call for artists and curators across Canada! Selected applicants will have the opportunity to present their work in the ODD Gallery between May 2027 and March 2028. \nThe Call for Submissions will be open from 12:00 AM AST on Wednesday\, November 19\, 2025 until 11:59 PM PST on Sunday\, January 19\, 2026. \nIf you—or someone you know—would like to bring artwork to our gallery on the edge of the Arctic\, please visit our Call for Submissions page for full details on eligibility and how to apply. \nPlease email gallery@kiac.ca if you have any questions. \nWe look forward to seeing your proposals and sharing your work with our community.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/odd-gallery-2027-28-open-call-for-exhibition-submissions-2/
LOCATION:ODD Gallery
CATEGORIES:Deadlines,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:ODD Gallery MEMBER'S ACCESS: October - November 2025 RESERVATIONS
DESCRIPTION:Reserve Your Member’s Access Spot for October or November\, 2025\n\n\n\nThe ODD Gallery is now accepting bookings from KIAC members. (New members always welcome!) \nOctober 7th – November 21st\, 2025  \nThis could be an opportunity to photo-document your work\, to workshop an installation\, or work on a project. The Gallery Members’ Access time is for private use\, but small public events may be possible on a case-by-case basis (ie. small presentation\, conversation\, or viewing open to peers / public). Let us know what you’d like to do on this form! Proposed activities should be self-sufficient and independent of KIAC staff. \n\nBookings are first-come\, first-served (pending approval)\nSpace can be reserved for up to 14 days at a time (including evenings and weekends)\nApproved dates may be shorter than requested\, depending on interest / scheduling\nDEADLINE for bookings: September 19th\, 2025 at NOON Yukon Time\n\nPlease fill out this form to make a booking\nNot sure if your project fits? Give us a call or send us an email. \nPlease contact Jessica Svenningson in the gallery to discuss ideas and availability. \n993 5005 or gallery@kiac.ca
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/odd-gallery-members-access-october-november-2025-reservations/
LOCATION:ODD Gallery
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:ANNE STEVES  |  FLIGHT [CAGE] Opening Reception & Artist Talk + Rug Tufting Demonstration
DESCRIPTION:ANNE STEVES  |  FLIGHT [CAGE]\nOctober 24th – December 7th\, 2024\nODD Gallery\, Dënäkär Zho |  KIAC\nTr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory\, Dawson City\, Yukon \nOPENING RECEPTION & ARTIST TALK + RUG TUFTING DEMO: Thursday\, October 24th\, 7pm – 10pm\nJoin Anne Steves at her exhibition opening Flight [Cage] where she will be discussing her artistic practice and demonstrating how she created her life-size bird rugs with the use of a rug tufting machine. \nWine and snacks provided. \n\nWelsh-Canadian artist Anne Steves invites us to reflect on the universal and intimate dilemmas of life\, loss\, and connection – avian and otherwise – through her exhibition Flight [Cage]. Featuring tufted wool rugs\, photographs\, and her own written reflections\, she transforms images of lifeless birds – her own and those gleaned from friends both near and online – into large\, human-scale artworks. As children\, we are admonished not to touch dead animals. Steves\, however\, seeks connection\, merging her own body with those of the birds through safe and beautiful surrogates\, mirroring their final poses in her photography\, attempting to enter their world. Her work invites gallery visitors to join her in interacting with these tactile proxies\, absorbing the words and images presented and sitting with the feelings and thoughts that emerge.
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/anne-steves-flight-cage-opening-reception-artist-talk-rug-tufting-demonstration/
LOCATION:ODD Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:STEPS + ODD Gallery Present: Raven Shares the Sun
DESCRIPTION:KRYSTLE SILVERFOX  |  RAVEN SHARES THE SUN\nOctober 2024 – September 2025 Front Street & Princess Street Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory\, Dawson City\, Yukon \nOPENING RECEPTION: Tentatively Scheduled for January 15th\, 2025 ARTIST TALK: TBD \nRaven Shares the Sun is a story about how Raven uses their shape-shifting abilities to transform themselves into various forms in order to steal the Sun from a great Chief. Long ago\, the world has only darkness because the Sun\, Stars and Moon were stored away in bentwood boxes owned by a great Chief. Raven – a bird who loves shiny things – created a plan to acquire the celestial beings. Raven first disguised himself as a spruce needle floating in the water\, and the Chief’s daughter accidentally drank Raven\, becoming pregnant with a son (Raven). Once the boy was born\, the Chief allowed his grandson to play with the bentwood boxes that contained the Moon and Stars – which Raven disguised as a boy released into the dark sky. The Chief tells his grandson he cannot play with the last box containing the Sun\, as he doesn’t want the Sun to be released too. However\, after the young boy sulks his grandfather relents\, allowing his grandson to play with the last box – but only if he doesn’t touch the Sun. As soon as the boy opened the box\, he grabbed the Sun and instantly transformed back into a White Raven with the Sun in his beak. As a quick escape\, Raven flew out the smoke stack\, becoming the black bird we know today. Raven then released the sun for all to share and enjoy. \nComprised of 5 minimalist anamorphic sculptures placed on the Dawson City waterfront along the Yukon River\, the artwork will appear abstract until viewers stand in a specific location where the art pieces align to create an abstracted image of Raven. To celebrate the return of the Sun after the Yukon’s long and dark winters\, Raven will appear to hold the sun in his beak once the Sun’s path returns to hover over the road to the Midnight Dome in mid-January. \nThe sculpture\, produced by Northern Tutchone artist Krystle Silverfox\, pays homage to the story of Raven and the Sun – an important ancestral Yukon First Nations Story. \n\n\n \n\nCBC Interview\n\n\n\n\nKrystle Silverfox is a member of Selkirk First Nation (Wolf Clan)\, and interdisciplinary visual artist. She currently lives and works on the traditional territory of the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council and the Kwanlin Dün First Nation (Whitehorse\, Yukon). Silverfox holds both a BFA in Visual Art (2015); a BA in Gender\, Race\, Sexuality and Social Justice from UBC (2013); also an MFA in Interdisciplinary studies from Simon Fraser University (2019). Inspired by a material- focused practice\, Silverfox uses visual mediums to communicate ideas and tell stories. Silverfox’s work explores concepts of Indigenous futurism\, feminism\, activism\, and de-colonialism. \nSTEPS (Sustainable Thinking & Expressions in Public Spaces) This project is part of the CreateSpace Public Art Residency by STEPS Public Art \, a national program bringing public art to communities across the country. The residency is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts\, Canadian Race Relations Foundation with funding provided by the Government of Canada\, and TD Bank Group through the TD Ready Commitment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis project wouldn’t have been possible without the generous support of our many partners. We would like to formally thank the Robert Service School for use of their workshop space\, ISL Engineering for their construction consultation advice\, Wildstone Construction Group and Arctech Circle Welding Services for installing the artwork onsite\, and our many funders Canada Council for the Arts\, Canadian Race Relations Foundation\, and TD Ready Commitment.  
URL:https://kiac.ca/calendar-of-events/steps-odd-gallery-present-raven-shares-the-sun/
LOCATION:Front Street Picnic Shelter\, Front Street at Princess Street\, Dawson City\, Yukon\, Y0B1G0
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