3 Art shows open March 6 as part of Art Crawl on the Hill at YAC and College

Field Notes and Friends, an exhibit by Yukon artist Nicole Bauberger of 30 oil paintings and 44 encaustic panels from her 100 Dresses projects opens on Thursday March 6 at the Hilltop Bistro at Yukon College. The opening is from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with Bauberger in attendance.

The opening is part of a triple bill of exhibit openings, entitled Art Crawl on the Hill, happening that night. Next door at the Yukon Arts Centre, beginning at 5:30 p.m., The Rose Parade by Rosemary Scanlon (Yukon), Salutation by Helen O’Connor (Yukon), and Foundling by Michèle Karch-Ackerman (Ontario) will be opening in the Public Art Gallery. Opening in the Community Gallery is Encounters with the Sublime: Kluane National Park through the lenses of Bradford Washburn and Sebastian Salgado, presented in partnership by Parks Canada, the Yukon Arts Centre, and the Village of Haines Junction.

Also on display at Yukon College is the Yukon Diversity Art Project, I dreamed I was home. Created to celebrate the College’s 50th anniversary as well as Yukon cultural diversity, and collaboratively painted by community members led by Bauberger, the 64-panel mural can be viewed by people as they make their way between The Hilltop Bistro and the Yukon Arts Centre.

Field Notes and Friends is a mix of new and older paintings by Bauberger viewed through a Natural History lens.

“Last Semester I took the Natural History of the North class taught by Dave Mossop. As I listened to Dave talk about the ‘art’ of Natural History I realised how much Natural History is woven into artwork, including mine,” said Bauberger.

Bauberger has been a self-employed artist since 1999, touring four different public gallery shows across Canada during that time, as well as showing extensively in commercial galleries and at festivals. She first came to Yukon in 2001 and settled here in 2003.

“I belong to the Yukon now. I’m deeply involved in my art community here, and write and think about art and culture in the North as well as taking part in creating it. It seems important to me to foster a way of talking and thinking about art that’s from here,” said Bauberger.

The Hilltop Bistro is a fine-dining training restaurant operated by the Food and Beverage Operations and Culinary Arts students at Yukon College. The Bistro is open for lunch Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. from October until May. Reservations can be made by emailing bistroreservations@yukoncollege.yk.ca.

The Bistro operates as a community gallery showcasing a different artist each fall and winter term. Yukon College does not receive commission on any work sold in the Bistro.

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