Master carver, Ed Peekeekoot, instructs the basics of Cottonwood Bark carving.  All materials and supplies provided.    Requires 2 sessions: Saturday 10am-noon & Sunday 10am-noon.  At the Art Tent.  Limited to 15.  

The source of this artist’s ingenuity is the never-ending supply of material nature affords. As a matter of course, Dominik J. Modlinski incorporates the journey motif into his work, his creative process and his personal growth experience. For him, the possibilities are endless.

Born in Warsaw, Poland, Modlinski now calls Canada home and makes his living traveling through and painting various endangered natural areas. At the heart of his travels is a quest to discover and depict the inherent balance and truthfulness found in nature.

“My work is simply a reflection of what I love to do most, to be able to live on the land, to better my creative vision and to bring people joy and understanding of the environment through art,” says Modlinski. (You can read more about Dominik in the Atlin Artists Exhibition section.)

The workshop will be on Saturday, July 11 at 9am, upstairs in the Courthouse. Sign-up sheets will be available Friday afternoon at the Info Booth. Maximum 12. Don't miss his slide presentation at the Globe Theatre on his recent travels to the High Arctic. 6pm Friday at the Globe Theatre.

Seating in the Globe Theatre is limited. 

An Atlin Folk Artist Twigologist who learned early in life: don't buy it if you can make it. He is a graduate of the School of Hard Knots, and after 20 years he's still trying to make the perfect chair. His favourite materials are twigs & branches.

What will you whittle? Unique birds, flowers, trees from wood gathered during a short walk You will learn about the tools needed, basic cutting strokes, how to whittle a rooster, painting and finishing, and choosing a base. 2 workshops Saturday. They are approx. 1 1/2 hrs. each. Pocket knife supplied. 12 yrs. & up.

Sign-up sheets for the workshops will be available Friday afternoon at the Info Booth. Maximum of 8. Harvey will also be doing a demonstration on Sunday. Look for him in the Mainstage area of the park!

Nicole Bauberger lives, paints and writes in a steel house in Whitehorse with her partner Dean Eyre, his daughter Ariel, and two cats.

She paints dresses, ravens and landscapes. She uses oils, acrylics and encaustic. Encaustic is a method of painting with beeswax melted with pigments.

Her 100 Dresses projects take her to various locations where she paints the landscape by making 100 little encaustic paintings of dresses inspired by the experience of that particular time and place. She has carried out twelve projects so far; #13 will be in St. Albert, Alberta, this fall.

Encaustic Painting workshop

Coloured wax melts in soup tins nestled into bubbling water. You brush the thick colour on before it hardens, then fuse it again. It swirls under the heat gun. You layer, scrape, and fuse again.

Try encaustic painting with Nicole Bauberger. This ancient technique dates back to Ptolemaic Egypt, but many contemporary painters are turning to this carvable painting material for its lush colour, deep textures and edge of chaos. It’s easy to make it do something cool but hard to make it do exactly what you want to do. So it’s great fun for people who “can’t draw a straight line,” and a challenge for more practised painters.

All materials provided. Bring your favourite carving tool if you don’t mind it getting waxy, and a sense of adventure.

Sign up at the Info Booth. Maximum of 12

Little Performance Pieces- Slide Presentations at the Globe Theatre, 3  10 min. segments over the weekend.

Try on different times and places in your imagination. Nicole Bauberger will show 30 slides selected from her "100 Dresses" projects and read you their titles, as a kind of illustrated poem or story about the time and place in which each project was created.   See schedule for times.

This workshop is designed for those who wish to get in touch with their inner creativity- to unlock the blocks that inhibit the creative process. To have fun, try new ideas, expand on what you are already doing and feel good about your art.

There will be painting, (materials provided) discussion and encouragement.

Maximum 8 per class 14 yrs and up.

Sign up at the Info Booth.

Saturday morning from 10-12

Sunday morning 11-1

Art Tent area of Tarahne Park

Learn to Compose, choose colours and paint on location along the beautiful shores of Atlin Lake. Washes and dry brush techniques will be offered. Bring something to sit on and warm clothes if necessary. Beginner to intermediate workshop.

Maximum of 10. Sign up at the Info Booth.

Rosemary will be holding 2 workshops

Saturday and Sunday 10am-3pm 1 hr. lunch break. Bring lunch if you like.

Born in England in 1955, Rosemary Piper immigrated to Canada at the age of five. After growing up in Manotick, Ontario, and completing an art program, she moved to Whitehorse, Yukon. Following her work there as a graphic artist, she relocated in a remote part of Northern British Columbia, where she operated a commercial fishing business for 10 years.

Surrounded and inspired by majestic mountains, glistening rivers, and the subtle effects of morning and evening light, she returned to her long neglected watercolours. The years spent working in the wilderness, gave her a deep appreciation and knowledge of the landscape, which has found its expression in her paintings. In 1994, Rosemary walked into a small gallery in Whitehorse to submit a painting for an exhibition; she spent the next three years managing the gallery.

Rosemary’s paintings sold well, and a wide acknowledgement of her work, encouraged her to pursue her art on a full-time basis. In 1999, Rosemary completed courses in etching and in papermaking, at the Ottawa School of Art. In addition to her paintings, where colour, composition and brushwork are primary concerns, the etched line and tonalities of aquatint have enriched her visual exploration of the landscape.

“The creative process continually drives me to make images that range from the expressive spontaneity of painting, be it a tiny detailed rendition of a flower or berry, or a large vibrant landscape, to the technical renderings of graphic mediums” says Rosemary.