Jan. 2025:

OtherSides

For the first time in more than four years, and with a little help from her friends, the work of a beloved Whitehorse artist is about to be shown in a very special exhibit at Yukon Artists at Work. The exhibition, called OtherSides, celebrates the creative spirit of the late Dee Bailey, whose artistic journey was cut short in 2022.
Dee left behind a collection of finished and unfinished pieces. In honour of her vision, Dee’s artist friends completed her unfinished works, forming a posthumous collaboration rooted in care, creativity, and connection.
The process has been cathartic, offering a meaningful way to navigate grief while keeping Dee’s artistic spirit alive.
Among her unfinished pieces, there were many ideas still in motion, shaped by her deep sensitivity to the natural world and her way of seeing what lies just beyond the surface.
Dee encouraged others to look through the doors, gates, and quiet portals of life, to glimpse perspectives that sit just out of reach. She understood that each person carries both a public self and a private world, and those close to her were occasionally granted rare access to that inner landscape — imaginative, complex, and at times marked by struggle.
OtherSides offers the community a window into the visible and hidden worlds she moved through, inviting viewers to step gently into the final chapters of her imagination.

The exhibit starts with an opening reception on Friday, January 9th from 5-7 pm. This coincides with First Friday, a monthly self-directed art crawl that includes three downtown Whitehorse art galleries – Arts Underground, Northern Cultural Expressions Society, and Yukon Artists at Work.

First image below is of a piece created by Dee Bailey; the second image is of a painting by Neil Graham.