GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – Grand Canyon National Park’s Artist-in-Residence program is pleased to announce its South Rim and North Rim selected artists for the coming year.
The South Rim will host the following artists for the current season, which lasts until September 2013:
- Dec. 14-21 – Edward Ford, historical architect and writer
- Jan. 6-21 – Loren Schwerd, mixed media sculptor
- Feb. 1-28 – Naseem Rakha, writer
- Mar. 1-24 – Camelia Caton-Garcia, conceptual and visual artist
- Mar. 25 – Apr. 16 – Elizabeth Black, painter and Chris Brown, photographer
- May 5-31 – Rebecca Lowry, poet and visual artist
- Jun. 10-30 – Andrea Polli and Chuck Varga, sound and visual media artists
- Jul. 1-21 – Elisabeth Condon, painter
- Jul. 22 – Aug. 19 – Kevin Curry, interdisciplinary visual and conceptual artist
- Aug. 11-31 – Johanna Tinnegam-Topitzer and Jeremy Heflin, handmade book artists
The North Rim will host the following artists for the May-October 2013 season. Exact dates have not been set but will be available on the park website soon.
- Gloria Allen, watercolor artist
- Maria Simon, ceramic sculptor and photojournalist
- Rick Kempa, writer
- Kathie Hodge, oil, charcoal, gouache and watercolor artist
- Carole Bonicelli, dyes and pastels on silk artist
Each artist will present a minimum of three public outreach programs, presentations of performances of their own design while in residence. All are free, family-friendly and open to the public.
A panel of professional artists and administrators along with National Park Service representatives selected these artists from a pool of over total 220 applicants. The program welcomes not only artists who work in the long-honored traditions of representational landscape photography and painting, but encourages the involvement of artists working in new, experimental mediums.
While in residence, South Rim artists have the opportunity to live in the historic upstairs apartment of Verkamp’s Visitor Center and Museum Store. The North Rim space is a rustic two-room cabin in the cool shade of majestic Ponderosa pines.
Both programs will be accepting new artist proposals Feb. 1 to Apr. 1, 2013. For complete application process details and program information, visit the Artist-in-Residence website.
Submitted by: Grand Canyon National Park
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