Artist Opportunities

2026 AWG Call for Youth Art: Caribou Connections

Caribou connect people and places across the North — from the Yukon to Alaska, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Greenland, and beyond. Inspired by The Caribou Project by Lianne Charlie (Tagé Cho Hudän, Northern Tutchone-speaking people of the Yukon) and Nic…

Swan Haven Artist Residency

Yukon Wildlife Viewing (Department of Environment) and Yukon Arts Centre are pleased to offer an artist residency at the Swan Haven Interpretive Centre during the 2025 Celebration of Swans in April. Witnessing the spring mass migration of tens of thousands…

@YAC Residency

An emphasis on the performing arts – dance, music, opera, musical theatre and interdisciplinary performance.

Jenni House Artist Residency

A studio space for artists to develop their projects on the banks of the Yukon River in Whitehorse.

Kluane National Park Artist Residency

An opportunity for established visual artists to pursue work that brings together science and art through connection with the landscape of the park.

Tombstone Artist Residency

Open to emerging and established Yukon visual artists. One artist will be awarded a campground residency based in Tombstone Territorial Park / Ddhäl Ch'èl Cha Nän.

Exhibiting and Performing

The Yukon Arts Centre team is always open to hearing about new projects and opportunities to collaborate.

The annual Gallery season (Main Gallery, Community Gallery, Youth Gallery) is curated by Mary Bradshaw, The Director of Visual Arts.

Our Presentation Series and Hanging Sky Tour is programmed by Michelle Emslie, Director of Programming.

If you have an idea of opportunity you would like to discuss with YAC, please use the following contact info.

Gallery Exhibitions
Mary Bradshaw mary.bradshaw@yac.ca	Director of Visual Arts

Mary Bradshaw

mary.bradshaw@yac.ca

Director of Visual Arts

Presentations and Rural Touring
Michele Emslie michele.emslie@yac.ca	Director of Programming

Michele Emslie

michele.emslie@yac.ca

Director of Programming