Make a Movie in 48 Hours!

Drop your mitts and make a flic!

Sign up for our 48 Hour Film Competition this weekend! Starts Friday January 27th at 5:30pm. Ends Sunday at 5:30pm with a screening of all the films in the ballroom at 7:30. Winning film gets automatic entry in the 2012 Dawson City International Short Film Festival. You can even participate from out of town. Call 993-5005 for more details or visit our website for all the info!

http://dawsonfilmfest.com/48hour/

Performing Arts update: Thanks for coming out…

The Greg MacPherson & Old Cabin concert last Friday was a blast. Thanks for everyone who came out. Here are a few photos taken by Evan Rensch to remind everyone…

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Coming up next is a very special opportunity for aspiring guitar players in Dawson City:

SATURDAY, FEB 4, 2012

WORKSHOP: 1PM

$25.00 – Please Register at KIAC. Space is limited.

PUBLIC PERFORMANCE: 7PM

$12 Adv / $15 at the door

Partrita is a newly formed classical guitar trio, featuring guitarists with

varied backgrounds, and a common passion for classical guitar repertoire…

The trio consists of: Hélène Beaulieu, who studied at L’université de

Montréal, and can be found on the Whitehorse music scene playing with a

variety of groups & as a solo performer on a wide range of instruments;

Danette Readman, who studied at Brandon University and is in high demand

locally and throughout Canada as a Suzuki guitar teacher; and Nicholas Mah,

who studied in Spain and is currently busy performing solo, accompanying

flamenco dance groups and jamming with the best of the best of the local

music scene.

Throughout their individual careers, the members of Partrita have toured

across Canada, as well as internationally. Together, they share their

spirited explorations of several musical styles – from Bach to Joplin to

Latin folk songs – with Yukon audiences.

Classical guitar trio, Partrita will present a 2-hour workshop, entitled Intro to Classical Guitar. Guitarists of all ages and levels are welcome. Please bring your guitars. Knowledge of basic chords and/or notes in first position will be helpful. Following a demonstration and discussion by the trio of basic classical techniques, as well as a brief overview of classical guitar history, the trio will break the participants into 3 groups to work on a classical ensemble piece. Each group will work on a specific part and technique used in the piece. At the end of the class, we will regroup and perform the piece together!

Please register for workshop in advance at KIAC

Good for enhancing fingerstyle technique for other guitar styles.

Confluence Member’s Gallery – Call for Proposals

Submission deadline: February 17, 2012

The Confluence Member’s Art Gallery is operated seasonally in the Yukon School of Visual Arts. It is a volunteer-run project that always welcomes new volunteers and submissions.

Proposals are now being accepted for solo, group or curated shows for the 2012 season. Selected exhibitors will be responsible for all aspects of their show (hanging, lighting, opening receptions, gallery-sitting, takedown and clean up, etc.) KIAC staff will assist with promotion and will provide basic hanging supplies and direction as needed.

Exhibition Slots:
May 25 – June 16
June 21 – July 14
July 19 – August 11
August 16 – September 7th (Reserved for Member’s Group Exhibit)
*Exhibition dates may be subject to change

To apply:
http://kiac.ca/coursesoutreach/confluencemembersgallery/proposalapplicationinformat

48 Hour Film Challenge coming up!

The end of this month is our annual 48 Hour Film Challenge. January 27-29th. Take 2 days and make a film! All films will be screened Sunday evening at 7:30 pm in the Ballroom. Winning film will also be screened at the 2012 Dawson City Film International Short Festival. For rules and regs check out our web page!

KIAC 2011 dance classes finish on a high note……..

Parents and friends were treated to presentations by the three KIAC dance classes on Thursday, December 8th.

Film Fest Deadline!!!!

Next Monday (December 19th) is the postmark deadline for all entries to the 2012 Dawson City International Short Film Festival! Any genre of film 30 minutes or less. No entry fees for films from the Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut. For more info click here.

Also stay tuned for our 48 Hour Film Competition (Jan 27-29) and our annual Film Fest PSA competition.

The first batch of 2012 KIAC Performing Arts events announced…

The Klondike Institute of Art & Culture is pleased to announce several early 2012 performing arts events.

On Sat, January 7th, KIAC will host the first Family Coffee House & Open Mic Night of 2012. I know you’ve all had time to learn some songs over the holidays, so here is your chance to show them off…

Admission, as always, is by donation with all proceeds contributing to a local community group. Everyone is welcome to attend and/or perform, and for the record; this is the most welcoming audience you could ever expect, so feel free to try something new.

On Fri, January 20th, KIAC is honoured to welcome celebrated Winnipeg singer-songwriter Greg MacPherson to the Oddfellows Ballroom for a very special solo performance. Greg is fresh off the release of two fantastic albums in the last few years (and a Polaris Prize nomination), and starting his own record label that will release his own albums as well as albums from emerging Winnipeg artists.

Greg’s songs resonate with a timelessness reserved for true classics and are delivered with an emotive punch that has garnered comparisons to Billy Bragg, Joe Strummer, and Bruce Springsteen. On Sat, Jan 21st, Greg will be back at the Ballroom for a free songwriting workshop that everyone is welcome to attend.

Sat, February 4th is a busy day of guitar. Whitehorse-based classical guitar trio Partrita, which consists of well-respected musicians Hélène Beaulieu, Danette Readman,  and Nicholas Mah, will present an afternoon classical guitar workshop and evening public performance.

This workshop will feature a short demonstration from the trio of instructors, followed by three group sessions and a demonstration of what each group learned.

On Thurs, February 16th Frostbite Music Festival, the Dawson City Music Festival, and KIAC co-present Whitehorse live in concert. Yes, you heard me.

Whitehorse is the new band from Canadian roots music mainstays Luke Doucet & Melissa McClelland:

“Individually, Luke and Melissa have been recognized with awards and nominations from the Juno Awards, the Canadian Folk Music Awards, the Hamilton Music Awards, the Independent Music Awards and Polaris. Together, Luke and Melissa create music that cascades forth, rushing like currents fluid and electric. More than the sum of considerable talents, Whitehorse showcases the rarity of true give and take in partnership, uniting falcon with songbird to dramatic effort.”

For more detailed information check out www.kiac.ca/performingarts and keep an eye out for ticket information.

Boston Marriage is officially a hit! See it in Dawson Monday, Nov 28th.

Word has come back from Whitehorse that the Sour Brides Theatre / Guild Society co-production of David Mamet’s smarmy comedy, Boston Marriage, has been garnering rave reviews in its consistently sold-out run.

Dawson City is lucky enough to have an opportunity to catch this show on Monday, November 28th at the Oddfellows Hall. Doors open and drinks are flowing at 7:30.

 

Meanwhile, here is what the press has to say so far:

http://www.whatsupyukon.com/index.php/2011-11-23-17-06-01.html

http://www.yukon-news.com/arts/25751/

http://www.whatsupyukon.com/index.php/component/content/article/282-november-3-2011/3568-a-different-face-of-mamet.html

http://www.yukon-news.com/arts/25928/

Thanks to visiting artist, Daniel Barrow

Visiting artist Daniel Barrow provided an appreciative Dawson City crowd with an enlightening and engaging artist talk that included excerpts from various performance pieces, including: an early overhead projection performance entitled, “Looking for Love In the Hall of Mirrors,” a slideshow featuring the artist’s set of trading cards detailing the fascinating and tumultuous personal lives of various eccentric minor celebrities, and a clip from his curatorial project / performance, “Winnipeg Babysitter,” featuring footage of the cable access musical duo, The Cosmopolitans, paired with text detailing the duo’s touching history together.

The following evening, Daniel performed his latest manual animation, “Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry.” A completely silent audience watched in awe as Daniel narrated the story of a character living on the margins of society attempting a grand artistic gesture that is ultimately destined to fail. All the while, Daniel masterfully created an aesthetically compelling visual experience one transparency at a time. Many audience members discussed the level of engagement that was necessary to appreciate the character’s musings, the narrative, the immersive aesthetic experience, and the artist’s novel approach to story-telling.

Daniel also visited Yukon School of Visual Arts students before heading back to Montreal.

Thanks again to Canadian Heritage and Yukon Arts Centre, and Daniel Barrow for taking the time to visit our community.

2010 Sobey Art Award winner Daniel Barrow comes to Dawson City!

On Sunday, November 13th at 7pm Daniel Barrow will present a free artist talk in the KIAC ODDfellows Ballroom

On Monday, November 14th at 7pm Daniel will perform his newest award winning “manual animation”:

Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry

Written, illustrated, and performed by Daniel Barrow, this  ”manual animation” combines overhead projection with video, music, and live narration to tell the story of a garbage man with a vision to create an independent phone book chronicling the lives of each person in his city. In the late hours of the night, he sifts through garbage, collecting personal information and then traces pictures of each citizen through the windows of their homes as they sleep. What he doesn’t yet realize is that a deranged killer is trailing him, murdering each citizen he includes in his book, thus rendering his cataloging efforts obsolete. The garbageman is a failed artist who fears becoming subject to the grip of something overwhelming. This animation traces his attempts to slow down and creatively reflect, in a process of coming to terms with his own self-loathing and fear.

Tickets are available at KIAC and Maximillians, $10 in advance, $12 at the door

http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Drawing_blood_Artist_Daniel_Barrow-4536.aspx

DANIEL BARROW has exhibited widely in Canada and abroad. He has performed at The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), PS1 Contemporary Art Center (New York), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s TBA festival, and the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival. Barrow is the winner of the 2010 Sobey Art Award. He is represented by Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto.

www.danielbarrow.com

photo: Sonia Yoon