Category: National Parks

• Find Your Park Through Art

  5–8 minutes

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  July 1, 2015

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  Art, Artist Residency, Drawing, historic sites, Ideas, National Parks, Personal History, Soul Food, Wanderings, Woodblock Printing

  I am a printmaker, environmental sculptor, exhibit designer, writer, photographer, graphic designer and museum professional. I just completed an eight year tenure as Director/Curator of an exceptional museum in northern New York founded by Alice T. Miner in 1924. These days I travel – drawing, photographing, running, biking and hiking in some of the most inspiring…

  

• The Ancient Art of Horseshoe Canyon

  7–10 minutes

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  May 10, 2015

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  American Indian, historic sites, National Parks, petroglyphs, pictographs, Soul Food, Southwestern US, Wanderings

  Canyonlands National Park in Utah is an amazing destination for people who enjoy solitude, desert environments, hiking, camping, mountain biking, archeology and more. The park is composed of four distinct zones – Island in the Sky, the Maze, the Needles, and the series of rivers that divide these districts – including the Colorado River. It is a…

  

• Art @ Homestead

  4–5 minutes

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  April 20, 2015

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  Art, Artist Residency, Drawing, historic sites, Homestead National Monument, Museum, My Portfolio, National Parks, Personal History, Relief Printing, Soul Food, Wanderings, Woodblock Printing

  For a few weeks earlier this year I was awarded the opportunity to be Artist-in-Residence at Homestead National Monument of America. This wonderful National Park commemorates the Homestead Act of 1862, signed by President Abraham Lincoln. It is located in southeastern Nebraska (about an hour south of Lincoln) on the site of the first homestead awarded…