Date: December 5, 2012
Contact: Shannan Marcak, 928-638-7958
Grand Canyon National Park's Artist-in-Residence program is pleased to announce its South Rim (SR AiR) selected artists for the October 2012 - September 2013 season, and the North Rim (NR AiR) selections for the May - October 2013 season.
The Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program welcomes not only artists who work in the long-honored traditions of representational landscape photography and painting, but also encourages the involvement of artists working in new or experimental mediums. While in-residence, the SR AiRs have the opportunity to live in the historic upstairs apartment of Verkamp's Visitor Center and Museum Store, perched on the rim. The NR AiR space is in a historic and rustic two-room cabin in the cool shade of the Ponderosa pines. A panel of professional artists and administrators along with National Park Service (NPS) representatives selected artists from a pool of 112 applicants on the south rim, and 110 on the north. The selected artists reflect a broad range of genres and traditions which speak the various issues facing the park.
The SR AiR program is honored to be hosting the following artists for the October 2012 - September 2013 season:
- October 8 - 27, 2012: Painter Tay Lee, Los Angeles, CA
- October 28 - 31, 2012: Musician Mare Wakefield, special guest. There will be with a 7 p.m. performance at Shrine of the Ages on October 28.
- December 14 - 21, 2012: Historical architect/writer Edward Ford, special guest. There will be a special evening presentation on December 15 at the Shrine of the Ages.
- January 6 - 31, 2013: Mixed media sculptor Loren Schwerd, New Orleans, LA
- February 1 - 28th, 2013: Writer Naseem Rakha, Silverton, OR
- March 1 - 24, 2013: Conceptual/visual artist Camelia Caton-Garcia, Portland, OR
- March 25 - April 16, 2013: Painter Elizabeth Black and Photographer Chris Brown, Boulder, CO
- May 5 - 31, 2013: Poet/Conceptual visual artist Rebecca Lowry, Los Angeles, CA
- June 10 - 30, 2013: Sound and Visual Media artists Andrea Polli and Chuck Varga, Albuquerque, NM
- July 1 - 21, 2013: Painter Elisabeth Condon, Tampa, FL
- July 22 - August 19, 2013: Interdisciplinary visual/conceptual artist Kevin Curry, Tallahassee, FL
- August 11 - 31, 2013: Hand-made book artists Johanna Tinnegan-Topitzer and Jeremy Heflin, Merrimac, MA,
- Watercolor artist Gloria Allen, Idaho Falls, ID
- Ceramic sculptor and photo journalist Maria Simon, Portland, OR
- Writer Rick Kempa, Rock Springs, WY
- Oil, charcoal, gouache/watercolor artist Kathie Hodge, Riverside, RI
- Dyes and pastels on silk artist, Carole Bonicelli, Brewster, NY
For information on the current south rim Artist-in-Residence public programs, please call our Art Hotline at 928-638-7616.
Both programs will be accepting new artist proposals February 1 to April 1, 2013. For complete application process details, as well as selected artist information including bios, works samples, links to their websites, and program information, please visit our website at:
http://www.nps.gov/grca/supportyourpark/air.htm