KLONDIKE INSTITUTE OF ART & CULTURE

In the ODD Gallery: SHARP TEETH | Curated by Sanaa Humayun
2024-09-12 - 2024-10-18 | ODD Gallery
At the ODD Gallery – Dënäkär Zho
Participating Artists: Emily Riddle, Faith Goodman, Jasmine Piper, Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet, Mizin Shin, Raneece Buddan & Rihab Essayh.
On View September 12th – October 17th, 2024
Sharp Teeth investigates two related avenues of consideration: First – the use of whisper networks amongst racialized women as a form of relationship building, and the way feminine language is used to de-legitimize the work done in these spaces. Second – how art/ curatorial relationships can be re-imagined to embody some of the reciprocal care of these racialized spaces in order to develop a better framework for curation/ art making that breaks down the current systems of patriarchy/ White Supremacy.
This body of work satirizes the use of feminine visual aesthetics in pop culture, thinking about how feminine coded aesthetics often relegate feminine relationships to catty, gossipy, frivolous things, and how this package can be reclaimed for a body of work that is on the surface very bright, campy and mean, while also holding tender relationships. Ones that are rooted in friendship and care, ones that hold power despite being dismissed and devalued. Exploring how to bring these relationships out of the margins, this work leans into the frivolity, while also celebrating the deep and long lasting nature of these relationships, without giving away the secrets held within them.

Norman Foote: Concert for Kids! at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
2024-09-12 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Whitehorse) | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Thurs, Sept 12, 5:30pm at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
Norman Foote: Concert for Kids!
Admission by donation (at the door)
Norman’s passion for songwriting, storytelling and comedy has taken him to amazing concerts and communities throughout the world. His ability to find ageless melodies and interesting subject matter brings laughter and singing to audiences big and small. He has gathered music awards along the way including a Juno and several WCMA awards. Norman has written and recorded for Disney records, CBC, Shari Lewis, Max and Ruby and others

OPENING RECEPTION | SHARP TEETH
2024-09-12 19:00 - 22:00 | ODD Gallery
ODD Gallery, Dënäkär Zho | KIAC
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory, Dawson City, Yukon
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, September 12nd at 7PM
About the Event
The ODD Gallery graciously invites you to come in our next group exhibition SHARP TEETH. Wine and snacks will be served along side 9 original artworks exploring gossip as a method of creating and breaking bonds of connection between female BIPOC artists, curated by Sanaa Humayun.
Curatorial Statement
Sharp Teeth investigates two related avenues of consideration: First – the use of whisper networks amongst racialized women as a form of relationship building, and the way feminine language is used to de-legitimize the work done in these spaces. Second – how art/ curatorial relationships can be re-imagined to embody some of the reciprocal care of these racialized spaces in order to develop a better framework for curation/ art making that breaks down the current systems of patriarchy/ White Supremacy.
This body of work satirizes the use of feminine visual aesthetics in pop culture, thinking about how feminine coded aesthetics often relegate feminine relationships to catty, gossipy, frivolous things, and how this package can be reclaimed for a body of work that is on the surface very bright, campy and mean, while also holding tender relationships. Ones that are rooted in friendship and care, ones that hold power despite being dismissed and devalued. Exploring how to bring these relationships out of the margins, this work leans into the frivolity, while also celebrating the deep and long lasting nature of these relationships, without giving away the secrets held within them.

KIAC is Hiring: Project Manager for Renovations
2024-09-14 08:00 - 16:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Request For Proposal
Dënäkär Zho/Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Renovations
Dawson City Arts Society
PROPOSALS DUE BY: Sept 14, 2024 at 4pm
Dawson City Arts Society (DCAS) is seeking an experienced project manager to coordinate the renovations of the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (also known as the ODD Fellows Hall) located at 902 2nd Avenue in Dawson City.
Project Goals:

Completing renovations by March 31, 2026, based on existing conceptual designs and feedback.
Ensuring effective collaboration and communication between the board of directors, KIAC staff, accessibility consultants and contractors during the finalization of construction designs and renovations.
Documenting all aspects and information needed to complete and report on renovations project.
Securing and contracting qualified contractors in accordance with DCAS procurement policies and within established project budgets.

Project Budget
$60,000 for project management fees, including GST
Contact Information
For a full RPF or questions please contact us by email: hr@kiac.ca, attn: Dënäkär Zho/KIAC Renovations Committee

Ivan Coyote with musical guest Hendrika
2024-09-14 19:30 - 22:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Ivan Coyote
with musical guest Hendrika
Sat, Sept 14 at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
Doors open – 7:30 / Showtime – 8:00
Admission by donation at the door (suggested $20)
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Ivan Coyote is a writer and storyteller. Born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, they are the author of thirteen books, the creator of four films, six stage shows, and three albums that combine storytelling with music. Coyote’s books have won the ReLit Award, been named a Stonewall Honour Book, been longlisted for Canada Reads, and been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Prize for non-fiction, and the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction twice. In 2017 Ivan was given an honorary Doctor of Laws from Simon Fraser University, and in 2023 they received the first Honorary Doctor of Arts ever bestowed on anyone by Yukon University. Coyote’s stories grapple with the complex and intensely personal topics of gender identity, family, class, and queer liberation, but always with a generous heart, and a quick wit. Ivan’s 13th book, Care Of, was released in June 2021 by McClelland and Stewart and their new one-person show Playlist premiered in February of 2024.
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Selina Heyligers-Hare (Hendrika) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and graduate from Selkirk College’s Music & Technology program. Along with Hendrika, she is a member of bands such as Major Funk (two time WCMA nominees) , Paris Pick (FocusWales 2021, Keychange ), the Naysayers (Coax Records) and was a transcriber, songwriter and co-writer for Larrikin Entertainment’s newest musical WYRD. For Hendrika, the stage is home, she emanates a star quality while still being humble and kind in character. She will be touring this summer playing festivals such as Dawson City Music Fest , ArtSwells and Lilac Festival. She is also working on a new studio album to be released in fall 2024 with a subsequent Western Canadian tour on the docket including Breakout West 2024.
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Co-presented by the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture and Yukon School of Visual Arts. KIAC programming is funded by Government of Canada, Yukon Government, and Canada Council for the Arts
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Photo Credit: Emily Cooper Photography

Create, Craft and Share Workshop
2024-09-16 18:00 - 2024-09-18 20:00 | Yukon School of Visual Arts (SOVA), 982 Third Ave, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Y0B1G0, Canada
“Create, Craft and Share” — a series of skill-building workshops for writers, poets, and storytellers.

Join renowned storyteller and author Ivan Coyote for three evening workshops geared towards helping you generate new original work. Ivan will help edit and fine tune your piece to make it stronger. Learn tips on bringing your work from the page to the stage.

Participating in the performance is optional, but writers are asked to attend all three nights of workshops.

The fee for all three workshops is $50 dollars and registration is limited – if the fee is a barrier, please contact kiac@kiac.ca, as we have a few subsidized spots available.
To purchase your registration, please click here.

To register, email kiac@kiac.ca.
This workshop is 18+. If you are under the age of 18 but would like to be involved, please get in touch.

Workshop breakdown:
September 16th: Create
We’ll discuss strategies to generate new material and build a writing discipline to help you start and finish your play, poem, novel, or short story. Bring your laptop and/or pen and paper and be ready to write.

September 17th: Craft
We will talk about the editing process, outlines, structuring longer work, and putting together short story and poetry collections. This will be a chance to share your work in break-out groups and gather feedback to help you polish and fine-tune your writing. Bring a 3–5-minute selection of work to share with your break-out group.

September 18th: Share
We will go over the basics of material selection, timing and preparing your set, as well microphone technique and equipment for live performance. Writers will have a chance to have their work selected to showcase in front of a friendly and supportive audience of friends and family.

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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE - Johannas Zits B2B Nicole Sleeth ARTIST TALK
2024-09-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Thursday September 19th @6pm – 8pm, in the Dënäkär Zho (KIAC) Ballroom – Bar Service Available
JOHANNES ZITS
With the use of audio-visual performances, Johannes will be sharing his exploration of the sentience of nature. In working with the natural environment, Zits extends the notion of the performer to include nature itself. Considering nature as an equal ensures that it can be neither construed as a passive prop nor adored and fixed in the realm of the sublime.
NICOLE SLEETH
Centred on the female gaze as an exploration of power, connection, and lived experience, Nicole’s current body of work explores themes of home and belonging, queer domesticity in a rural setting, vulnerability and mortality, and her relationship with the natural landscape. Within this context, she examines contrasts between public and private life, outdoor domesticity, and how memory influences present emotions through metaphor.

STEPS + ODD Gallery Present: Raven Shares the Sun
2024-10-02 - 2024-11-01 | Front Street Picnic Shelter, Front Street at Princess Street, Dawson City, Yukon, Y0B1G0
KRYSTLE SILVERFOX | RAVEN SHARES THE SUN
October 2024 – September 2025 Front Street & Princess Street Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory, Dawson City, Yukon
OPENING RECEPTION: Tentatively Scheduled for January 15th, 2025 ARTIST TALK: TBD
Raven 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.
Comprised 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.
The 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.

CBC Interview

Krystle 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.
STEPS (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.

This 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.

Bank of Sharp Teeth Gossip Exchange
2024-10-09 - 2024-10-18 | ODD Gallery
Bank of Sharp Teeth Gossip Exchange
The Bank Of Sharp Teeth (BST) is pleased to announce our new Gossip lending program. Never go without your gossip needs, BST is on your side. Our new gossip lending program works for you!
How it works: Simply fill in the forms found to the right of the deposit box in the ODD Gallery, click the link at the bottom of this text, or scan the QR code, submit a piece of gossip, and a return order of gossip will be emailed to you! In order to receive a withdrawal, you will need to deposit a piece of gossip of equal or greater value. BST will appraise your gossip and send yours to you! Simple, affordable, accessible. We take the guesswork out of gossip.
PLEASE NOTE – All gossip deposited must be completely anonymous. It cannot include any sort of hate speech or defamatory language. The Bank of Sharp Teeth reserves the right to reject any deposit.
Online Form Here

Artist-in-Residency Open Call 2025/26
2024-10-09 - 2024-11-16 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
KIAC’s Artist-in-Residency Program is OPEN for New Applications 2025/26
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory, Dawson City, Yukon
Deadline: November 15, 2024 at 11:59pm PST
Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) at Dënäkär Zho is now accepting proposals from visual artists and curators working in all media for the KIAC Artist in Residence Program. Submissions will be considered for the 2025/26 residency schedule.

Artist in Residence Program
The KIAC Artist in Residence Program accommodates two artists concurrently – for research, development and production of ongoing or new bodies of work. Residencies are from 4 – 12 weeks in duration from May 2025 through March 2026 (April is reserved for Short Film Festival residencies, which is a separate application process). Artists are provided shared living facilities with individual studio space and bedroom at no cost. Participants are responsible for all travel and personal expenses including food and materials related to their work.
The Artist in Residence facilities are located in the Macaulay Residence. Built in 1901, the home is now owned by Parks Canada as part of the Dawson Historical Complex National Historic Site.
Residency Submission Guidelines Here
Note: Fees are not provided nor charged for residencies.
Application Form Here

Accessibility:
KIAC is accessible by ramp (at back entrance) and has an elevator. Macaulay House Residence is not currently accessible.
Contact:
Jessica Svenningson, ODD Gallery Director & Artist-in-Residence Coordinator
artistresidence@kiac.ca

Life on the Rocks: a live performance and videos
2024-10-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Life on the Rocks: a live performance and videos
By Johannes Zits
Saturday, October 12th
Doors at 7:00, Music at 8:30
Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
Free Admission!
Johannes’ artist career for the past 15 years has focused on witnessing and documenting trees around the world who are uniquely carrying historical and cultural significance. Over the past 6 weeks, he has spent time outside working amongst the rocks and trees throughout Dawson City and Tombstone National Park, exploring their relationship to the surrounding ecosystems. As his final contribution for his residency, Johannes is offering a free performance utilizing a video of Life On the Rocks projected onto his body, as well as other videos shot at Moose Hide Slide and dredge tailings near Bear Creek.
We invite the City of Dawson to join Johannes to witness his final performance before his departure.
Artist Bio
*Please Note: Performance contains joyous nudity.

Nico Paulo with guest Jared Klok at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
2024-10-17 19:30 - 23:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Nico Paulo
with guest Jared Klok
Thursday, October 17
Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
Doors at 7:30, Music at 8:00
Tickets on sale HERE!
$25 General Admission
$23 KIAC Members
$15 Youth / SOVA students / Accessible
$30 at the door
To volunteer, click here!
Nico Paulo is a Portuguese/Canadian songwriter, performer, and visual artist. She moved to Canada in 2014 to pursue her career, originally setting down roots in the vibrant Toronto arts community, and eventually moved east to become an essential part of Newfoundland’s celebrated music scene. Paulo’s highly anticipated, self-titled debut LP, which arrived in spring 2023, is a melodically dynamic, heart-baring collection that finds her exploring the interconnected nature of relationships and the flow of time in lush, sophisticated pop arrangements. The album’s textures come courtesy of production by Joshua Van Tassel (Villages, Fortunate Ones) and Tim Baker (Hey Rosetta!).
Paulo released her debut single, the wistful “Please Don’t Forget,” in 2019. Her debut EP, Wave Call, arrived in 2020, featuring contributions from musicians Bravo Kilo, Evan J Cartwright, Kwame Appiah-Kubi, and Tim Baker, with production and engineering handled by David Gavan Baxter. She toured the EP in Europe in 2020, making stops in Portugal, the UK, Ireland, France, and Germany. Her latest releases—the Live at First Light EP recorded for the Lawnya Vawnya Artist Residency and a cover of José Afonso’s Portuguese folk song “O Cavaleiro e o Anjo”—were both recorded in Paulo’s adopted hometown of St. John’s, and include appearances by local musicians Tim Baker, Adam Hogan, Steve Maloney, and Mary B. Waldram.
“Your new favorite vocalist lives in Newfoundland” – MTV
“Nico Paulo has a knack for transmuting the mundane motions of daily life into grand, wistful reveries.” – The FADER
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Thanks to our funders: Government of Canada, Yukon Government
Special thanks to our show sponsors Air North, Yukon’s Airline and Bombay Peggy’s

ANNE STEVES | FLIGHT [CAGE] Opening Reception & Artist Talk + Rug Tufting Demonstration
2024-10-24 19:00 - 22:00 | ODD Gallery
ANNE STEVES | FLIGHT [CAGE]
October 24th – December 7th, 2024
ODD Gallery, Dënäkär Zho | KIAC
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory, Dawson City, Yukon
OPENING RECEPTION & ARTIST TALK + RUG TUFTING DEMO: Thursday, October 24th, 7pm – 10pm
Join 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.
Wine and snacks provided.

Welsh-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.

Food and Film Night
2024-10-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Join us for our annual Food & Film Night. An evening of local food and film.
A fundraiser for the Dawson City Film Festival.
Come out and feast on lasagna made by some of Dawson City’s best chefs. Vote for your favorite!
Dinner will be followed by a screening of short films by Dawson City filmmakers. See films by the likes of Allain/Klok, Death Shepard, Eastbound, Hunt, Keating, Kendrick, Maratos, O’Grady, Rensch, Sokolowski, VanEvery/Lindgren
Dinner at 6pm. Films at 7pm
$20 (cash bar)
Buy your ticket at the door or online here!
Prizes supplied by Bombay Peggy’s and Bonanza Market.

Exclusive Residency Opportunity for Yukon Artists!
2024-10-29 - 2024-11-16 | Macaulay House Artist Residence, Princess and 7th, Dawson City, Yukon, Y0B1G0, Canada
Special Opportunity for Yukon Artists
Deadline to Apply November 15th, 2024 @11:59pm

KIAC’s Artist-in-Residence has two openings for this coming March, 2025, and we are reserving this month specifically for Yukon Artists, based in the Yukon, who currently hold Yukon Residency. To apply, please complete the general application tick the box that says “I am a Yukon Artist with Yukon residence applying for March, 2025”, and submit your artwork as instructed.

Questions email artistresidence@kiac.ca

Yukon48 Video Challenge November 1-3
2024-11-01 08:00 - 2024-11-03 17:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Make a film in 48 Hours!
Join in on the fun. Start on Friday November 1 and hand us (or link us to) a film file on Sunday November 3!
Participate from anywhere. This is a Yukon Wide (and beyond) event.
All films screened at KIAC/Dënäkär Zho on Friday November 8.
For details go to https://dawsonfilmfest.com/48/

Begonia (live concert) at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
2024-11-01 19:30 - 22:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Pegged as Canada’s breakout alt-diva, Begonia has built a legion of fans online and at her legendary live shows. Her critically acclaimed discography includes Lady In Mind EP (2017), Fear (2019) and Powder Blue (2023). Among her accolades, she has two JUNO nominations (2021, 2024, Adult Alternative Album of the Year), two Polaris Prize nominations, multiple #1 songs on CBC Radio, and was named one of NPR’s Artists You Need to Know.
Her sophomore album, Powder Blue emerged in early 2023 and confronts themes of sexuality, self discovery, acceptance and empowerment. The album was named one of CBC Music’s Best Canadian Albums of 2023 (#7) and was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. Begonia’s live performance is world class. She has been playing sold out clubs and theatres in North America, and recently supported indie-all-star, Leith Ross, on their European tour.
Her vocal prowess has the power to absolutely floor an audience, evidenced at her Polaris Gala performance. Riding a wave of momentum with a record number of people discovering Powder Blue, Begonia’s newest EP, Open Swim, was released in July 2024 via Birthday Cake Records. Co-written and produced by Alexa Dirks and Marcus Paquin (The National, The Weather Station, Arcade Fire) along with contributions from her frequent collaborators and producer duo, deadmen, the EP is a project that “encompasses the feeling of working through conflict and the elation that can surface when you’re honest with others and ultimately yourself.
“With a rich sound and unshakeable confidence, Canadian-born Begonia is a force to be reckoned with.” – Wonderland Magazine (UK)
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Doors open – 7:30 / Music – 8:00
$27 General / $25 KIAC Members / $18 Youth / Student / Accessible
$30 at the door
Tickets on sale here!
To volunteer, click here!
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Thank you to our funders:
Government of Canada
Yukon Government

Yukon48 Film Screening
2024-11-08 19:00 - 21:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
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.

Hoht’rey ëde’ą Concert Band Drop-In
2024-11-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Tuesdays, 6 – 8 p.m, KIAC Ballroom
*some cancellations may occur, please check out the weekly newsletter for updates.
Concert Band drop-in will be re-located on Tuesdays from Feb. 11 to March 4, and April 8-15 to RSS.
For rehearsal details on those nights, please contact Teresa at teresa.conkin@gmail.com

This weekly two-hour conducted music session is geared towards those who can (or used to) play a woodwind or brass instrument at a low intermediate level and higher, i.e at least able to play a scale.
We will be practicing several concert pieces each week. Those who haven’t played their instrument in years, or decades even, but were experienced in the past are more than welcome!
Please contact Teresa Conkin if you are unsure about your level of experience and if this program is right for you: teresa.conkin@gmail.com
Instruments are not provided but may be available to rent.
Ages 16 & up.

Cassidy Everitt Artist-in-Residency Exhibition
2024-11-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre
Friday November 22nd, 5pm – 7pm
Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre
Free to attend
Cassidy is Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and a self-described “lifelong artist.” She enjoys working with a variety of mediums, often together, and specializes in combining painting with beading to create original artwork expressing lived experiences from the world around her.

KIAC Art & Craft Fair
2024-11-23 10:00 - 16:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
KIAC Art & Craft Fair!
When: Saturday, November 23rd from 10am – 4pm
Where: KIAC Dënäkär Zho Ballroom
Accessibility Hour: 10am – 11am
Accessibility Hour is for anyone who:

Has concerns around their immune health – wearing face coverings & masks is highly encouraged during this hour
Has anxiety around crowds – this hour is less busy than the rest of the day
Has accessibly needs – KIAC staff are on call for support and the space is easier to navigate
Has food allergies – the concession will be closed during this time
Has hearing impairments – this hour is quieter than the rest of the day and therefore easier to communicate to vendors
Etc!

Concession Open: 11am – 4pm
ODD Gallery Vendors
Bonnie Barber, Joey O’Neil,Charlie Papps, Susan Stuart, Alice Thompson, Bennie Allain, Hayden Grace, SOVA, Kamille Cormier, Sam Huxley, Gabe McLellan, Jake Armstrong, Marie Spina, Amira Stain
Ballroom Vendors
Joanne Van Nostrand,Buck Brush Studio, Civil Twilight Leather, Nugget Designs by Eva, Philomene CL, Caylyn deWindt, Chantal Rousseau, Darcy Tara Mcdiarmid, Hayley Taylor, Yukon butterflies Flower Farm, Rock Pile Remedies, Kim Martens, Tish Clark-Robinson, Yukon SOVA, Ancient Voices Natural Products, Sally DeMerchant, Hillside Studio, KIAC/DCMF Table, Joanne Sherrard, Bronwyn Butterfield, Wanda Jackel
All proceeds from vendor table registration and concession will go towards fundraising for ODD Gallery Programming.
Questions, Suggestions and Feedback?
We are looking for volunteers! Please click here to sign up.
Jessica (she/her): gallery@kiac.ca
Chloé Selarque (she/her): admin@kiac.ca
867.993.5005

Writing workshop: The Truth Doesn’t Have to Hurt with Emelia Symington-Fedy
2024-11-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Writing workshop
at the Yukon School of Visual Arts Library (2nd floor)
Mon, Nov 25 at 5:30pm
Registration by donation
*KIAC website or office.
Please register by filling out the form below.
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Scared to tell the whole truth? Is it even your truth to tell? Emelia had to grapple with these questions in her memoir ’Skid Dogs’ as the people she’s speaking about are alive and she bumps into them at the grocery store.
In the writing, Emelia surprised herself. Sometimes telling the truth isn’t the smartest or bravest choice. There’s a more evocative option.
Q&A session and writing workshop about brutal honesty, responsibility and conscience when telling your story. We will discuss each attendees personal concerns. We will practice together. Bring writing implements.
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Emelia Symington-Fedy grew up in Armstrong, BC. She has worked as an essayist, storyteller and documentary producer for CBC Radio and is the co-artistic director of The Chop Theatre. She is the creator of the popular blog and radio show that became an audiobook, Trying to Be Good: The Healing Powers of Lying, Cheating, Stealing, and Drugs (Author’s Republic, 2017). After living an urban life for many years, Symington-Fedy and her family are now enjoying life back in Armstrong, on their rural property near a lake.
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Thanks to the BC & Yukon Book Prizes, Yukon Words, and Canada Council for the Arts
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Hand-Building Pottery Drop-In
2024-11-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Handbuilding Pottery Drop-In: Mondays, 6:30-9pm
Self-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.
Clay available for purchase (cash only) at $5/quarter-bag, $15/half-bag or $30/full bag.
902 2nd Ave (at Princess St.) Please use the back door for classroom access.

Readings by Emelia Symington-Fedy & Megan Cole
2024-11-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Join Emelia Symington-Fedy, author of Skid Dogs, and Megan Cole, author and Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, as they read from their work and discuss making art with the pressures of capitalism and tough times. Megan will read from her essay “Learning to Love the Fallow Periods,” published in the anthology Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World and Emelia will read from her celebrated memoir Skid Dogs.
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Bios:
Emelia Symington-Fedy grew up in Armstrong, BC. She has worked as an essayist, storyteller and documentary producer for CBC Radio and is the co-artistic director of The Chop Theatre. She is the creator of the popular blog and radio show that became an audiobook, Trying to Be Good: The Healing Powers of Lying, Cheating, Stealing, and Drugs (Author’s Republic, 2017). After living an urban life for many years, Symington-Fedy and her family are now enjoying life back in Armstrong, on their rural property near a lake.
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Megan is an artist of too many projects. She’s an amateur drummer, dabbler in alternative photography, fibre artist, and writer. On the page, her work follows her curiosity and the characters that emerge out of nowhere. While she often gravitates towards writing nonfiction Megan’s learning to follow a story where it takes her. Megan believes she has one of the best jobs as the director of programming and communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Her role includes hosting and producing a weekly podcast, and she’s interviewed authors such as Billy-Ray Belcourt, Michelle Good, Joel Bakan, and more. She’s also hosted events for the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts and the Federation of BC Writers. Megan lives in qathet on the territory of the Tla’amin Nation.
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Special thanks to the BC & Yukon Book Prizes, Yukon Words, and Canada Council for the Arts

Muster Point Live Concert
2024-11-30 19:30 - 22:00 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Co-Presented by Jazz Yukon
Admission by donation (at the door)
Doors open – 7:30 / Music – 8:00
Featuring a short opening set by David Johnston III
Muster Point is Yukon’s contemporary instrumental collective. The rotating lineup brings together artists with backgrounds in jazz, classical, rock, hip hop, and things in between. Featuring some of Whitehorse’s finest musicians, Muster Point plays original music that blends and extends genres into sweeping journeys of groove.

The band grew out of a shared dream that live music is so much more than what can be rehearsed. Muster Point’s founding members bonded through Whitehorse’s professional breakdance scene; creating fully improvised music while reacting in realtime to the freestyle dance in front of them. These sacred hip-hop rituals tuned their minds to a different frequency and set the creative tone for Muster Point. Today, the collective has grown to about ten artists, with a core group of five that perform regularly. Muster Point are gearing up for the recording of an album, and the return of their super fun, highly anticipated weekly series at Baked Café, this time with new guest artists and new original music.
Featuring:
Logan Bennett (piano/synth/trumpet)
Wyatt Best (guitar)
Jake Paleczny (bass clarinet)
Ragn Royle (bass)
Michel Vallières (percussion)

Galen Pelley (drums)
https://www.instagram.com/musterpoint_band/

Cult Cinema at the Eldorado
2024-12-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Eldorado Hotel, 3rd and Princess, Dawson City, Canada
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: there is and has never been anything quite like Nobuhiko Obayashi’s eye-popping, jaw-dropping, and senses-shattering exercise in unfettered cinematic delirium. Offended by her father’s imminent remarriage following her mother’s death, teenage Gorgeous invites her six schoolmates (musical Melody, gourmand Mac, egghead Prof, daydreaming Fantasy, demure Sweet, and high-kicking Kung Fu) to accompany her to her aunt’s country house for the weekend. Once ensconced in the mist-shrouded manor, the girls find themselves plunged into a seething cauldron of supernatural shenanigans as it is revealed that the possessed dwelling has a taste (literally) for young flesh. Unleashing a perfect storm of self-consciously chintzy special effects, Hausu takes excess to enthralling extremes.

ODD Gallery MEMBER'S ACCESS: January 2025 RESERVATIONS
2024-12-10 08:00 - 2024-12-19 17:00 | ODD Gallery
Reserve Your Member’s Access Spot for Early to mid-January

The ODD Gallery is now accepting bookings from KIAC members. (New members always welcome!)
January 3 – 21, 2025This 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.

Bookings are first-come, first-served (pending approval)
Space can be reserved for up to 7 days at a time (including evenings and weekends)
Approved dates may be shorter than requested depending on interest / scheduling
DEADLINE for bookings: December 19th, 2024 at NOON Yukon Time

Please fill out this form to make a booking
Not sure if your project fits? Give us a call or send us an email.
Please contact Jessica Svenningson in the gallery to discuss ideas and availability.
993 5005 or gallery@kiac.ca

Drawlidays V
2024-12-12 18:00 - 20:00 | ODD Gallery
IT’S BAAAAAAACK
Originally created by Aubyn O’Grady and now organized by KIAC, Drawlidays V is a secret santa portrait exchange. By way of drawing names, you’ll be assigned someone in Dawson to *secretly* make a portrait of by Friday, December 6th. At the same time somebody will be secretly making a portrait of you. You will have one month to produce your portrait!
The Drawlidays event has been donated to KIAC as a fundraiser! When you sign up, you’re not only committing to producing a portrait, but also to making a donation to KIAC on behalf of the person you are drawing. Suggested Drawlidays donation is $5 – $25.
On the eve of Thursday, December 12th portraits will be hung and on display in the ODD Gallery. Portraits are for keepsies, and this year we’d like to keep them on display for ONE WEEK ONLY. This means on December 20th, 2024, you’ll walk away with a new rendering of yourself to hang proudly above your mantle.

RULES
Portraits in this game are typically limited to the second dimension: so, flat (ish), drawings, paintings, collages, on paper, etc.
Drawlidays V is limited to those of us in Dawson. We cannot accept portraits by mail! If you are leaving town before December 6th you must ensure your portrait has been delivered. There is no bigger bummer than not finding your portrait among the others.

DONATE HERE: https://square.link/u/VzVbbjJp
DRAW TAKES PLACE: Tuesday, November 5th
ARTISTS NOTIFIED OF PORTRAIT SUBJECT: Tuesday, November 5th
DEADLINE FOR PORTRAIT DROP OFF: Friday, December 6th @ 2pm
PORTRAIT REVEAL EXHIBITION OPENING: Evening of Thursday, December 12th, ODD Gallery open until December 20th
LIMITED TO 100 people
Happy Drawlidays, Ya’ll!

Classic Cinema: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2024-12-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
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 De Cherbourg (1964) – a visual feast of colour and style from the French New Wave director Jacques Demy. Starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo, winner of the Palme D’or, nominated for 5 Academy Awards, and inspiration for both La La Land (2016) and Barbie (2023), this anti-musical romance will have you wistfully humming its catchy theme song, shopping for neon patterned wallpaper, and aching for a tryst in some small town in France.

CANCELLED - Coffee House & Open Mic Night
2025-01-04 19:00 - 21:30 | Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), 902 2nd Avenue, Dawson City
Join us for monthly all-ages family-friendly open mic nights all season. Everyone is welcome to perform or simply enjoy. Admission is by donation with all funds raised donated to a different community group each month.
