Happy New Year!
As we reflect on 2024, we feel so grateful to the artists, volunteers, donors, jurors, sponsors and partners who have supported us over this last year. Special shout out to:
– The 60 artists who have applied for the 2025 Yukon Prize
– Our generous sponsors, including new sponsors, Power Corporation, Whitehorse Motors, and the City of Whitehorse
– More than 50 individual donors
– Our 2025 jurors, Jean-François Bélisle, Sarah Fillmore and Dr. Heather lgloliorte
We continue to be moved by the power of art and hope that 2025 brings you many transformative art experiences.
Save the date for a weekend full of great art experiences at the 2025 Yukon Prize Festival Weekend, October 3-5, 2025. Most events, from the Yukon Prize Air North Art Crawl to the talks and tours, are free! The Saturday Celebration Evening will be a ticketed event, celebrating excellence in visual arts, performing arts and culinary arts. Please join us in Whitehorse for this art filled weekend and the announcement of the 2025 Yukon Prize Recipient!
Looking for an art fix before then? Stay tuned – the longlist for the Yukon Prize will be announced in early February – we can’t wait to find out who the artists are and see their artworks! Follow Yukon Prize on Instagram for the latest news!
Alumni News
2023 long listed artist Jackie Olson has a new show at Yukon Arts Centre, including a 30′ LED baby belt over the entrance (photograph above by Fred Smith)
2023 Yukon Prize Recipient Kaylyn Baker’s fashion creations walked the runway at Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week in November.
The Radical Stitch beadwork exhibition, including an exquisite purse created by Kaylyn Baker, featured on the French catalogue cover, is now on view at the Beaverbrook Gallery in Fredericton
2021 Yukon Prize Recipient Joseph Tisiga was a finalist for the 2024 Prix Louis-Comtois, recognizing excellence in contemporary art in Montreal. Above: Tisiga’s watercolour Precocious Instincts Instrumentalized by Need
In the Giving Spirit?
To make a charitable donation online to support Yukon art and artists through the Yukon Prize, please donate through our partner, the Yukon Arts Foundation, via Canada Helps.
You will receive a charitable donation receipt immediately by email from Canada Helps, identifying your support for the Yukon Prize for Visual Arts.