Gushul Residency Studio

My collaborator Christopher Baldwin and I are happily in residence in the Gushul Studio in Blairmore, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta. It’s a historic “cottage” (read: airy studio with stunning views and generous living quarters attached) owned by the University of Lethbridge, and operated by that institution as the home of its artist in residence program. I’m read on…

Reno

I’ve been having a tremendously good February in Reno, Nevada. I spent a month here for events related to my solo exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art’s Center for Art + Environment. I dropped work off for the show at the beginning of the month, gave a public talk this week, and in the read on…

Teton Artlab Residency

I’m planning to spend October 2015 doing creative research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as one of the artists-in-residence at the Teton Artlab in Jackson, Wyoming. I can’t wait to experience the place, and am tremendously excited.

Ucross II

Here’s to Ucross, Wyoming, where I got to participate in a second mini-residency this summer. It was a wonderful and productive time, as last year; but my project was different this time, sinking me deeply into my surroundings. I made early pioneer-style costumes out of local plant materials, using a variety of techniques to render read on…

Wish you were here

In October, only a few short months ago, I was invited to Ketchum/Hailey/Sun Valley, Idaho to do a project about tourism (specifically as it relates to Sun Valley) and the American road trip with the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. I was there for nine days, visiting local cultural institutions and sites, wandering the read on…

Idaho

I just wrapped up a week and a half in Ketchum and Hailey, Idaho, doing research for an upcoming project with the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Beautiful and complex country. I saw and heard and felt a lot.

at large in West Virginia

This week I traveled to West Virginia University, where I’m lucky enough to be in a two-person exhibition with my pal and fellow painter Beau Carey. The show looked great. The talk was well-attended. And we were generally treated like rock stars. (They made a phenomenal poster to advertise our lecture–try to tell me that’s read on…

Ucross, Wyoming

For a session that is half-residency, half-collaborative-reunion, I’ve been in Ucross, Wyoming this month, enjoying a studio on the Foundation’s grounds while conspiring with fellow Land Arts alums Erika Osborne, Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, Joseph Mougel, Ryan Henel, Jenn Hart-Mann, Yoshi Hayashi, and (founder) Bill Gilbert. There’s lots to see on the ranch itself, but it’s also read on…

Glaciers – Jasper, Banff, & Glacier National parks

Since Svalbard, I’ve been even more interested than before in glaciers. While there aren’t tons of them tumbling into the sea in my neck of the woods, there are still pockets of them hanging out in the cirques and peaks of the US. My original plan for this summer was–on various pieces of road trip read on…

Arctic pieces

I’ve been working on Arctic pieces–several of which already have homes destined for them, with folks who pledged money in advance of my trip.  It was so touching to be trusted in that way–and I feel a lot of pressure to make the work as good as it can be.  Here’s a fragment of the read on…