About ten days ago, the LLAMA Project hosted an open” studio” at Tuktu Studio (Joyce Majiski’s studio). A number of people dropped by meet the three artists currently in the Yukon: Patricia Deadman, Cesar Damian and Joyce Majiski. Upstairs, Cesar and Pat talked to people about their photographic work currently on their computers. Meanwhile, Joyce [...]
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by Maria Luisa de Villa Back in Oaxaca, Mexico, but still fresh from the contact with the Yukon land, I think of my last days there. Days spent at the THAR, walking through the wooded areas sometimes ignoring the paths. I completed the work Yukon Gold Maiz. Created in minimalist terms, it is a land work [...] by Joyce Majiski We finally made room in our schedule to head out to Haines Junction, a short two hour drive west from Whitehorse. I was desperate to see the colours, especially after hearing all of the reports from my friends trips up the Dempster Highway. It didn’t take much to convince Pat and Cesar it [...] by Joyce Majiski Cesar has made an important connection with a local film maker here in Whitehorse, Allan Code (Nah Ho Productions). After trying Allan’s aquarium to do some underwater filming, Cesar was hooked–big time! So–following a quick trip to town to find an aquarium for him, Cesar was set. As part of his migrations and [...] Patricia (on right) is the latest LLAMA artist to land in the Yukon. She is seen here with three others Maria Luisa, Joyce and Cesar (left to right). Patricia Deadman arrived on Wednesday afternoon. Hailing from Woodstock, Ontario, Patricia is a co-founder of the LLAMA Project. She and Joyce met a number of [...] This short Globe and Mail article describes the current economic context that the LLAMA Project’s Mexican artists and their communities are dealing with. Globe and Mail Mexican economy contracts record 10.3% Mexico’s economy plunged 10.3 per cent in the second quarter, its deepest contraction on record as withering exports forced factories to slash production and cut [...] by Leonie Lemphers Have you ever tried drawing without looking at what you were doing? When I was younger, I once drew a pig for my cousin, with my eyes closed – I think it was a dare. This however was different. We were to draw what we were feeling, touching an object with one hand [...] by Maria Luisa The whole notion of place and connectedness is very important to me in my life and in my creative process. I see and feel the personality of place, the material in nature or in any given space, and I have the idea. I connect and the dialogue begins unfolding a sense of [...] by Haruko Okano My time at THARS as part of the LLAMA Project was indeed a window of time. Timeless, timely and not enough time. However in looking back, considering that the amount of actual work time was much less than the 30 days of my actual stay in the Yukon, I consider [...] 
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 NEW E-Book available
Joyce Majiski has published a new e-book called "Canto: a collection of wishes". The e-book, available online for free, contains images of Joyce's work and the wishes or prayers left by the public in her copper Canto prayer wheels at the Voz/Voice exhibition. Check it out on our e-book page.
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