Kaylyn Baker Wins Yukon Prize for Visual Arts
Kaylyn Baker (photo by Mark Kelly)
Kaylyn Baker has taken home this year's $20,000 Yukon Prize for Visual Arts.
Baker, a Northern Tutchone / Tlingit artist and citizen of Selkirk First Nation, makes beaded designs using various traditional and contemporary materials.
Her work was featured last year at Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week.
Five other finalists each received $3,000. An exhibition by the finalists continues to Nov. 18 at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse.
Baker was chosen by a three-person jury of art professionals from outside Yukon.
The prize, awarded every two years, was founded in 2020 by Whitehorse residents Julie Jai and David Trick to recognize excellence in the visual arts.
Sixty-four Yukon artists applied for this year's prize.
Source: Yukon Prize for Visual Arts
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