Aubyn O’Grady

A site-responsive Foundation Year Program in the Yukon

Aubyn O’Grady is the Program Director of the Yukon School of Visual Arts in Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory, Dawson City, Yukon. Aubyn’s research-creation practice is concerned with artist-led art schools, the ethics of site-specific artworks, and artist engagements with rural places. She is a frequent and enthusiastic collaborator and rarely takes sole credit for any project she organizes. However, Aubyn can be credited with conceptualizing the Dawson City League of Lady Wrestlers (2013-2017) (book forthcoming), the Swimming Lessons Aquatic Lecture series (2017-2018), Local Field School (2020+), and Drawlidays (2019, 2020), a Dawson City-wide portrait exchange.