Glacier Park welcomes a cast of artists this summer, fall
Linda Beach will make a series of art quilts in Glacier National Park in October.
Matthew Dickerson, a nature writer, will be in Glacier National Park this June.
Linda Beach will make a series of art quilts in Glacier National Park in October.
Matthew Dickerson, a nature writer, will be in Glacier National Park this June.
Artists Matthew Dickerson, Laura Burlis, Meg Leonard, Pamela Haunschild, and Linda Beach have been selected for the 2017 Artist-in-Residence program at Glacier National Park.
These professional artists will have the opportunity to work surrounded by Glacier’s inspiring landscape, and will engage and inspire the public with outreach programs explaining their experiences. The programs can include demonstrations, talks, walks, or performances.
Matthew Dickerson, a nature writer, will be in the Park from June 6 to July 1. He has written in books, literary magazines, journals of eco-poetics, fly-fishing magazines, newspapers, and web publications. He is interested in native cutthroat trout and their habitat: how unique features of the northern Rockies affect their colonization, how they co-adapted with other creatures, and how current environmental threats will impact their survival.
Laura Burlis is a polymer clay sculptor who will reside in the Park July 11 to Aug. 8. She will recreate Park ecosystems in clay, featuring millefiori canes, which are 3-D logs that, when sliced, reveal interior 2-D patterns. The act of slicing through the many different colored layers of clay is akin to slicing through the geological layers of rock that are so evident in Glacier National Park. Her goal is to use her art to illuminate that connectedness.
Meg Leonard, a landscape painter, will reside in Glacier from Sept. 4 to Sept. 29. Her oils and pastels will give equal importance to the grandeur and minute details of Glacier National Park. Meg is captivated by light, relationships of colors, and brief moments in the midst of change.
Pam Haunschild is a painter of nature and wildlife who will be the resident artist from Oct. 2 to Oct. 27. She develops paintings that speak to the beauty of our natural world and promote preservation. She will use her time at Glacier to paint colorful, highly textured, and semi-abstract images of endangered or threatened species.
Linda Beach’s artist project, from Oct. 2 to Oct. 27, will be a series of art quilts featuring the different species of trees within the park, their roles in the ecosystem, and the challenges they face.