YRAF 2022 Schedule

RIVERSIDE PARK – ARTIST MARKET – EXHIBITS – EVENTS – WORKSHOPS & MORE – MUSIC STAGE – PRINT & PUBLISHING FESTIVAL

AT RIVERSIDE PARK

Demo Tent

Riverside Park, 11am – 4pm Saturday & Sunday

• Spinning Wool From Angora Rabbits
  with Jess Sellers
• Body Plaster Casting
  with Adonika Clarke
• Flint knapping
  with Kent Pigott
• Silicone Mold Making
  with Donna Griffard
• Egg Art: Pysanky and Natural Dye
  with Jasmina Majcenić
• Drawing Magical Beasts with Ink Blots
  with Coco Nielsen
• Blacksmithing
  with Yukonstruct
• Leatherworking
  with Yukonstruct
• Wooden Spoon Carving
  with Bill Donaldson

Kids Activities

Riverside Park, 11am – 4pm Saturday & Sunday

Face painting, crafts, games, art, and more!
Plus, special activities:

Saturday June 11

• Jewelry Making Activity
  1-4pm, Kids Tent
• Kids Yoga 
  with Kaitlind Gorman,
  plus parachute games and fun physical activities!
  11am-1pm, Kids Tent

Sunday June 12

• Virtual Reality Paragliding
  with Fly Yukon Paragliding Inc.
  11am-1pm, Gazebo
• Kids Leather Activity
  with Yukonstruct
  12-1pm, Kids Tent
• We Eat Everything!
  Puppet Show
  2pm, Gazebo
  (Cancelled event)
• Puppet-Making Workshop
  3pm, Gazebo
  (Cancelled)

The following exhibits are in partnership with Parks Canada Klondike National Historic Sites

open 2:00pm – 7:00pm, Saturday & Sunday

Thursday, June 9th

6:30pm – at Dënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom
Artist Talk with Alex Murphy

7:00pm – at Dënäkär Zho – ODD Gallery
Exhibition reception: Alex Murphy – Anthology of Weeds Wildflowers

7:00pm to 10:00pm – Various locations
Gallery Hop – an evening art crawl through Dawson
-Click here for a map of Gallery Hop stops-
(coming soon)

7:00pm – 10:00pm at the Dawson Daily News
Riverside Review  publication launch and open house at the Dawson Daily News (part of the Yukon Riverside Arts Festival Gallery Hop)

Friday, June 10th

NOON – Gazebo
KIAC & KVA Summer Concert Series
Claire Ness & Friends Kids show

5:30pm – (doors at 5:00pm)
at Dënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom
Print & Publishing Festival & Yukon Words presents: Words Out Loud
Readings and performances by Yukon writers

8:00pm (doors at 7:30pm) at Dënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom
KIAC & KVA Summer Concert Series
Dana Sipos & Joey O’Neil
$12+gst or Pay-what-you-can
Tickets: KIAC.eventbrite.ca

Saturday, June 11th

4:00pm at the SS Keno
Driftwood Holly on the Keno
Celebrate the SS Keno’s 100^th birthday with a live concert by Dawson City’s storytelling adventurer-musician Driftwood Holly

5:30pm (doors at 5:00pm) at Dënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom Print & Publishing Festival Word Balloons with Hecate Press
Join Hecate Press Artists Sally DeMerchant, Amy Ball, Lia Fabre-Dimsdale, and Claire Gallagher as they do live readings from their newly released comics!

8:00pm (doors at 7:30pm) at Dënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom
D.E.A.T.H. Shepherd – Welcome to H.E.L.L.L.
D.E.A.T.H. Shepherd Inc. invites you to its annual Corporate Wellness Conference, where a panel of experts will deliver a lecture in an improvisational and comedic format

Sun, June 12

5:30pm (doors at 5:00pm) at Dënäkär Zho – KIAC Ballroom
Print & Publishing Festival Closing Event
Featuring  the presentation of The Borealis Prize: The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution, a reading by the Borealis Prize recipient, and performance by improvisational music and spoken-word poetry ensemble Jicklinghouse.

Co-Presented by the BC & Yukon Book Prizes
Catering provided by the Literary Society of the Klondike, Publishers of the Klondike Sun

Friday, June 10th

• Virtual Reality Paragliding for Youth
  by Fly Yukon Paragliding Inc.
  6pm at Tr’ondëk Hwëchin Youth Centre

Saturday, June 11

• Blacksmith Railroad Tie Workshop w/ Yukonstruct 12-1pm at Demo Tent
• Quillwork on Birch Workshop w/ Faye Chamberlain, 1 – 4pm at Yukon School of Visual Art. Registration required.
• Blacksmith Coat Hook Workshop w/ Yukonstruct
  2 – 3pm at Demo Tent
• PhD Artist Research Talk: Storying the Yukon School of Visual Arts with a Mediate-Ore w/ Aubyn O’Grady
  2pm at Yukon School of Visual Art
  (postponed)

Sunday, June 12

• Virtual Reality Paragliding
  by Fly Yukon Paragliding Inc.
  11am-1pm at the Gazebo
• Blacksmith Coat Hook Workshop w/ Yukonstruct
  12 – 1pm at Demo Tent
• Leather Wallet Making Workshop w/ Yukonstruct
  2 – 3pm at Demo Tent

Monday, June 13th

• Professional Development Day for Artists, Business-Owners, and Entrepreneurs w/ Yukonstruct.
  10am-5pm at Yukon School of Visual Art

Fri, June 10

1:00pm – 2:30pm at the Dawson Daily News
Small presses and self publishing for beginners Register a KIAC.eventbrite.ca
Join Kim Edgar, the founder of Hecate Press, to learn about the difference between self publishing your comics, vs starting your own small comics press. Included topics will be: how to self publish, how to market/distribute your work, how to publish others’ work, what makes you a small press vs a self publisher?, and etc. Bring any questions you have about running a small comics press or self publishing comics!

3:00pm – 4:30pm at the Dawson Daily News
The Write Stuff
Register a KIAC.eventbrite.ca
Join Megan Cole, writer and director of programming and communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, as she talks about building a sustainable writing practice, publishing and being a literary citizen. This presentation will be interactive and responsive, so bring your questions about being a professional writer, and be part of the conversation. 
(cancelled)

Sat, June 11

11:00am-2:00pm at the Dawson Daily News
Florentine Marbling demonstration with Alex Murphy Creator of the exhibit Anthology of Weeds Wildflowers

11:00 – 5:00 at the Dawson Daily News
Ongoing interactive printmaking demonstrations with Peter Braune of New Leaf Editions, Dan Starling, and John Steins

11:00am – 12:30pm at the Dawson Daily News
Songwriting Workshop with Dana Sipos
Register at KIAC.eventbrite.ca
Songwriting is made up of many qualities at once; it can be meditative yet playful, concentrated yet relaxing. The practice of songwriting can be transformative, healing, challenging, playful, meditative and it is just that – a practice, and a discipline that improves with time, with care and by paying close attention. Let’s delve into the process and craft of songwriting together and explore some ideas, tips and techniques. Everybody welcome * absolutely no experience necessary * Instruments optional

Saturday, June 11 (cont.)

1:00pm – 2:30pm at the Dawson Daily News
3 page/panel comics with Lia Fabre-Dimsdale Register a KIAC.eventbrite.ca
This workshop is for anyone who is interested in making comics. Learn the basics translating of ideas into sequential storytelling, some tips about drawing, as well as book binding and assembly.

3:00pm – 4:30pm at the Dawson Daily News
Digging Deeper with Megan Cole ­
Register a KIAC.eventbrite.ca
If you’re interested in writing memoir, or personal essays, this session will introduce new writers to memoir and give experienced memoirists exercises and new tricks to advance their work. Writer Megan Cole will take participants through exercises and discussion around the challenges and joys of writing about ourselves.
(cancelled)

Sun, June 12

11:00 – 5:00 at the Dawson Daily News
Ongoing interactive printmaking demonstrations with Peter Braune of New Leaf Editions, Dan Starling, and John Steins

11:00am – 12:30pm at the Dawson Daily News
Creating Characters in Comics with Claire Gallagher
Register a KIAC.eventbrite.ca

1:00 – 2:30 at the Dawson Daily News
Creating Worlds in Comics with Juneau
Register a KIAC.eventbrite.ca

2:00 – 5:00 at the Dawson Daily News
Easy Zine-Making drop-in with Shizuka Yoshimura
Create your own zines using collage, Japanese calligraphy, stamps, everyday materials, and more!

3:00 – 4:30 at the Dawson Daily News
State of the Art? Furthering Print & Publishing in the Yukon brainstorming session at the Dawson Daily News. Open to everyone.