KLONDIKE INSTITUTE OF ART & CULTURE
Arts, Culture, and Music at Dënäkär Zho in Dawson City, Yukon
See all the films made last weekend in the Yukon48 Video Challenge. Films from Dawson, Whitehorse and beyond! Vote for your favourite! Doors at 7pm, films at 7:30. $5 or PWYC. Cash Bar.
Join us for a rejuvenation of our winter cult cinema screenings in the Sluice Box Lounge at the Eldorado Hotel. Sit back, have a beveridge and enjoy some weirdness from the other side of cinema! 7:30 pm. Our first film is HAUSU (House) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Japan | 1977 | 88m | Japanese Buckle up and be warned: […]
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Les Parapluies De Cherbourg (1964) Dir. Jacques Demy France | West Germany | 1964 | 91m | Free Screening. (Cash Concession) This December 15th (doors 6:30, film at 7:00) get out of the cold and snow and come to KIAC/Dënäkär Zho Ballroom for a screening of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Les Parapluies […]
Join us in the Sluice Box Lounge at the Eldorado Hotel for a screening of a some Canadian film wierdness. Videodrome Director: David Cronenberg 1983, 87m When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyper-violent torture show called Videodrome. As […]
Late Spring/Banshun Dir. Yasujiro Ozu Japan | 1949 | 110m January 26, 2025 doors 6:30, film at 7:00 (cash concession) This January 26th come on down to KIAC/Dënäkär Zho Ballroom for a screening of Late Spring (1949) - a masterpiece by the prolific director Yasujiro Ozu. Gorgeous cinematography of everyday life in post-war Japan along […]
Films from the Edge of Cinema! Join us in the Sluice Box Lounge at the Eldorado Hotel for a night of film. Film starts at 7:30m Valley of the Dolls Dir: Mark Robson, USA, 1967, 123 minutes In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins) becomes a secretary at a […]
Universal Language Dir. Matthew Rankin 2024, Canada, 89 min English, Farsi and French with English subtitles Canada's nomination for Best Foreign Language Feature Oscar®. In a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising and mysterious ways. Gradeschoolers Negin and Nazgol find a […]
Pather Panchali Dir. Satyajit Ray India | 1955 | 125m Doors 6:30, film at 7:00 Free (cash concession) This March 2nd, KIAC Classic Film presents a screening of Pather Panchali (1955) in the KIAC/Dënäkär Zho Ballroom. Starring and directed by complete unknown amateurs, “Song of the Little Road” will have you marveling at its realistic storytelling and […]
Being There Dir. Hal Ashby USA | 1979 | 130m Starring: Peter Sellers, Shirley Maclaine Do you like to watch? This March 23rd, come and enjoy the KIAC Classic Films presentation of Being There (1979) starring Peter Sellers, Shirley Maclaine, Melvyn Douglas, and the impressive Biltmore Estate at the KIAC/Dënäkär Zho Ballroom. This Hal Ashby classic retelling […]
Play Picture Movie Trivia. Doors at 7pm at Diamond Tooth Gerties You could Win film fest passes, cool swag & a YUKON SPA GIFT $5/person to play. (you can play as teams) Game will run on a loop so you can play anytime until 11pm Special musical Guest Freddie Osson! (Performs at 9pm) License #2025-020 […]
All the Colors of the Dark Directed by Sergio Martino • 1972 • Italy Starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, George Rigaud After suffering the loss of a child, a woman joins a Satanic cult with the hope of ridding herself of nightmarish dreams—but rather than easing her trauma, she soon finds her darkest, most disturbing […]
April 1, 5-7pm! Purveyor of Popcorn Dan Sokolowski will be bartending at Bombay Peggy's! All tips will go to the Dawson City International Short Film Festival! Come on out, have a cocktail and support the filmfest! A Happy Hour to end all Happy Hours!
SCRATCH IT OUT! A great opportunity for participants to make their own 35mm animated or experimental film without a camera and without processing film. Animators like Norman McLaren and Len Lye explored the technique of direct cinema in the 1930s and almost 90 years later, it still continuously surprises audiences. The workshop will explore the […]
Its Film Fest time! The 26th Dawson City Film Fest is coming up (April 17-20). Start planning your weekend! Want to get an early start? Sign up for our pre-festival workshop. SCRATCH IT OUT! is a hands on cameraless filmmaking experience with renowned filmmaker Steven Woloshen. Starting on Tuesday April 15, you can create you own film by drawing, […]
A sneak peak at Mammoth Hunters 2025, Yukon Fritz Mueller, Teresa Earle In the summer of 2022, a miner struck more than gold in Canada’s Yukon. A fully preserved infant woolly mammoth that died 36,000 years ago protruded from the Arctic permafrost, her flesh still pink and green grass in her belly. Mammoth Hunters is a feature […]
Artist in Residence activities include artist talks, studio tours, interactive events, and more.
Founded in 2001, in a partnership with Parks Canada, the KIAC Artist in Residence Program has welcomed over 300 talented artists, musicians and filmmakers to Dawson City from all regions of Canada and around the world. Our alumni include Sobey Art Award nominees, Western Canada Music Award winners, and prize-winning filmmakers from film festivals across the globe.
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Film activities include film screenings, film selections, and more.
KIAC is proud to host an exciting roster of film screenings and film-related events throughout the year, such as the 48 Hour Film Challenge and Dawson City International Short Film Festival, numerous workshops, and other opportunities.
Exhibition activities include gallery viewing hours, exhibition openings, artist talks, calls for submissions, and more.
The ODD Gallery, located in the Dënäkär Zho / KIAC building, presents a wide array of outreach programming including artist talks, openings, lectures, screenings, youth programs and other special events. Gallery programming fosters professionalism and appreciation of regional visual arts practice, and provides the community with exposure and access to a diverse range of contemporary visual arts practices and theories in a remote, northern setting.
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Kids & youth activities include: music lessons, art classes, dance classes, book readings, toddler classes, after-school programs.
Kids and Youth (toddler to teen) programming ranges from music lessons (vocals, piano) to dance class (ballet, hip hop, and more), to hands-on workshops (pottery, screen-printing, animation and more) and is offered regularly throughout the year. KIAC strives to subsidize Kids & Youth programs as much as possible via grants and funding. Programming ranges from free Drop-Ins to registered weekly programs.
Youth Art Enrichment is an annual four-day art program for Yukon youth hosted by the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture in Dawson City. Artistically-inclined youth ages 14 – 18 travel from across the Yukon to take part in intensive workshops led by professional artists. Students choose one of three mediums to study for the duration of the program, learning new skills, techniques, and ways to creatively make artwork for the world to see. The mediums change every year: we have offered printmaking, animation, painting, carving, stained glass, illustration, improv, and much more over the last two decades.
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Performing arts activities include: concerts, theatre and dance performances, open mics, radio broadcasts, special events, and more.
KIAC presents a year-round professional performing arts series in the beautiful second floor Ballroom that actively engages our community and provides inspiring performance opportunities for international, national, and regional artists in many disciplines. Our diverse programming includes jazz, classical, folk & roots, experimental, dance, theatre, and more.
Workshops include: weekly drop-ins, registered programs, weekend workshops, and more.
KIAC presents a year-round schedule of educational opportunities ranging from drop in programs (pottery, screenprinting, seniors painting, concert band), to registered workshops (dance, music, film, visual art, craft, textiles, etc), to professional development opportunities for artists (grant writing, artwork documentation, etc).
Learn more about registration, upcoming courses, and outreach activities.