EXPANDED FIELD

Expanded Field is a project-driven, independent studio class at Yukon School of Visual Arts (SOVA). This course provides students with the opportunity to propose and develop a self-directed project with guidance from a practicing artist in a supportive, peer-based environment. 

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FALL 2023: EXPANDED FIELD-LOCAL MATERIALS

The Expanded Field - Local Materials course circulated around artist Jackie Olson’s process-based practice, focusing on the many varieties of willow that grow abundantly on this territory and other natural or foraged materials (including waste). Students harvested their own willow supply (along with fireweed and wild rhubarb, and other natural materials) and learned to break willow down to its most basic form; the long fibres held between the soft heart wood and the bark. These fibres were processed to make a pulp, which was used to make paper and pulp-based sculptural forms. 

FALL 2022: EXPANDED FIELD-WILLOW

Led by Jackie Olson and Aubyn O’Grady in the fall of 2022, this process-based course focused mainly on using willow fibres. Students harvested their own willow supply (along with fireweed and wild rhubarb, among other natural materials) in the fall, and learned to break willow down to its most basic form; the long fibres held between the soft heart wood and the bark. These fibres were processed to make a pulp, which was used to make paper as well as sculptural forms.