Save the new date! You are invited to the 2025 KLRS Open House to be held at the Station on Saturday September 13th from 3 to 7pm.
KLRS is thrilled to welcome Leslie Leong to the Station for her two-week Kluane National Park Artist Residency!
Leslie is a visual artist focused on recycling and sustainability, living and working in Whitehorse, Yukon:
"My art practice began in photography and ceramics over 35 years ago. Today I employ a variety of expressive forms often using unorthodox materials, forcing me to adopt non-traditional techniques. This results in a more open-ended process, sending me on a journey of enquiry and exploration.
I am inquisitive and I have an obsessive drive to create. Currently the result is work that ponders a future with artificial intelligence, wearable technology, embeddable implants and human augmentation. With technology’s ability to accelerate tasks and production, I am worried by the inability of humans to manage the current pace of life and its extreme excesses. In reaction, I can often be found rummaging recycling stations and landfill sites for materials to reuse and repurpose into my art forms."
Learn more about Leslie's work.
August 10, 1–3 pm, Mät’àtäna Män (Kathleen Lake) Day-Use Shelter
Join Artist in Residence Jaymie Campbell for a workshop on plant sketching — the beginning stages for the creation of beadwork patterns. How can we get to know a plant, and how does that translate into art making? Spend some time reflecting and sketching with guided prompts and through sharing at beautiful Mät’àtäna Män. Learn more about the connections we can make by spending time with nature. All materials provided — just bring your creative energy, clothes for the weather, and comfortable footwear.
August 13, 7–8 pm, Da Kų Cultural Centre (Parks Canada Theatre)
Learn how Leslie addresses some of the pressing issues of our time in her practice as a printmaker, recycler and recovering Engineer. Discover how her use of unorthodox materials forces her to adopt non-traditional techniques in a wide range of mediums.
August 16, 1–4 pm, Kluane Lake Research Station
Join us to create something new from something old and learn more about rethinking the life of an object. All materials provided, just bring your creative energy and a sense of fun!
Save the new date! You are invited to the 2025 KLRS Open House to be held at the Station on Saturday September 13th from 3 to 7pm.
KLRS is thrilled to welcome Leslie Leong to the Station for her two-week Kluane National Park Artist Residency.
KLRS is excited to welcome Jaymie Campbell to the Station for her two-week Kluane National Park Artist Residency.