KLONDIKE INSTITUTE OF ART & CULTURE
Arts, Culture, and Music at Dënäkär Zho in Dawson City, Yukon
Join us for a family-friendly open mic night. Admission is by donation with all funds raised donated to a different community group each month. Everyone is welcome to perform or simply enjoy!
Join Author / Composer Daniel Janke for a reading from his debut collection of stories "Book of Heroes" on Mosaic Press and a musical performance from his latest song cycle "Map of You" - In Book of Heroes, composer, filmmaker, and writer Daniel Janke turns his artistic lens to fiction in a witty and deeply […]
KIAC ART & CRAFT FAIR & Volunteer Sign-up 2025 This years vendors! When: Saturday, November 29th from 10 AM - 4 PM Where: KIAC Dënäkär Zho Ballroom & Odd Gallery Accessibility Hour: 10 am - 11 am Accessibility Hour is for anyone who: Has concerns around their immune health - wearing face coverings & masks […]
Les Hay Babies – Tintamarre! (English version available below) Dans le cadre du Coup de cœur francophone 2025, Le Klondike Institute of Arts & Culture en partenariat avec l’Association franco-yukonnaise sont fières de vous présenter le spectacle des Hay Babies, Tintamarre! Description Les Hay Babies, c’est d’abord des amies : le fun passe avant le […]
Open Studio & Artist Talk with Bronwyn Butterfield ODD Gallery @ Dënäkär Zho Tuesday, November 25th Talk 6:30pm Open 5:30pm - 7:30pm Bronwyn is a Cree/Métis beadwork artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has been using the ODD Gallery as a studio over the past few weeks as part of KIAC’s Members Access. Join us on […]
YUKON 48 HOUR FILM CHALLENGE SCREENING Saturday, November 22nd Doors 6:30pm Films Start 7pm See all the films made last weekend in the Yukon48 Video Challenge. Films from Dawson, Whitehorse and beyond! Odd films, warm popcorn and awards! Please join us to watch and celebrate this years’ 48 hour film challenge! Vote for your favourite! […]
The most fun you can have in 48 hours! Make a film in 2 days! Get it shown on the BIG SCREEN! Our annual 48 hour film challenge is upon us! Join for anywhere in the Yukon and beyond! $20 per team! Free for youth! For all the rules and how to sign up check […]
The Big City/Mahanagar (1963) Dir. Satyajit Ray Bengal | 1963 | 2h 16m Free entry, Cash Concessions, doors at 6:30. “You don’t recognize my mole? I’m still the same housewife.” This November 9th, come and enjoy the KIAC Class Films presentation of The Big City. The Big City, or Mahanagar, is a 1963 film by Satyajit […]
Fri, Nov 7 Doors open - 7:30 / Music - 8:00 Pay what you want! Reserve your spot at kiacyukon.square.site Co-presented with Jazz Yukon - 'Jazz on the Road' How do you create music that's simple and comforting, but adventurous and exciting at the same time? In other words, can you make an audience go […]
Withnail and I (1987) Dir. Bruce Robinson | England | 1987 | 1h 47min 7pm (doors at 6:30) Free entry and cash concessions. Are you the farmer?! This October 26th, come and enjoy the KIAC Classic Films presentation of Withnail and I (1987). Written and directed by Bruce Robinson - his directorial debut and second […]
KIAC’s Artist-in-Residency Program is OPEN for New Applications 2026/27 APPLICATIONS OPEN: October 21st, 2025 RESIDENCY DATES AVAILABLE: September to December 2026 and April to July 2027 LOCATION: Dawson City, Yukon – Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 6th, 2026 (11:59pm Mountain Time) NOTIFICATION OF SELECTION: 8 to 12 weeks after deadline Klondike Institute of Art […]
Help us choose the films for the 2026 Film Festival View the submissions for the festival and tell us what you think. • Screenings are the short film submissions (about 2 hours) • All are welcome. Come once, twice or all the time! • Screenings are every Monday and Wednesday at 7pm in the Ballroom […]
Co-presented with Whitehorse Concerts -- Location Dënäkär Zho / Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 902 2nd Ave --- Doors open at 7:30 / Concert at 8:00 Tickets: kiacyukon.square.site Artistic Director Kari Turunen began leading the Vancouver Chamber Choir — Canada’s longest-running professional choir — in September 2019, its 49th concert season. Jon Washburn founded […]
KIAC is pround to be participating in this year's Culture Days. On October 6th we will be offering a free Beginner Handbuilding Pinch Pot Workshop with Catherine Lalonde in the KIAC Classroom from 6-9pm. For more information on Culture Days and other programming across the territory click here. Registration Full
Cléo 5 à 7 Directed by Agnès Varda • 1962 • France • 90m Starring Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the […]
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.
Check out the current Artists in Residence
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.
Check out the current exhibition
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.
Learn more about Youth Art Enrichment
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.