Artists in Residence 2024

These art professionals were selected to take part in the 2024 Voices of the Wilderness Artists Residency program sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, National Park Service & U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Visiting Alaska’s public lands this summer from June through August are the following imaginative travelers:

 

Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area, Chugach National Forest

Jessie Sheldon | Bainbridge Island, WA | Printmaker, Illustrator, Muralist

 

 

Kootznoowoo Wilderness, Tongass National Forest

Beatriz Martin | Richmond BC, Canada | Visual Artist

 

South Baranof or West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness, Tongass National Forest

Marianne Stolz | Fairbanks, AK | Woodcarver

 

 

Tebenkof or Stikine LeConte Wilderness, Tongass National Forest

Ted Hansen | Minneapolis, MN | Painter

 

 

Tracy Arm-Ford’s Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest

Claire Giordano | Sammamish, WA | Painter, Writer, Videographer

 

 

Aleutian Islands Wilderness, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Vera Brosgol | Portland, OR | Comics, Ink, Watercolor

 

 

Arctic Wilderness, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Tyra Olstad | Fairbanks, AK | Creative Non-fiction Writing, Photography, Sketching, Cartography

 

 

Jay Hammond Wilderness, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Cinnamon Dockham | Eagle River, AK | Painter and Multimedia Artist

 

 

Jay Hammond Wilderness, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Selene Ross | Corvallis, OR | Sound Art and Writing

 

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