Cultural Connects
Around the world there are so many reasons people have made art, and the art they make can tell us more than we might expect. I would love to take a journey with you of discovery. Using Visual Thinking Skills (VTS) students can develop their investigative selves and awareness of other's ways of living. Students will also be encouraged to engage further with their own creative styles and preferences through art making.
I also wholeheartedly welcome teaching artist requests for communities where a facilitator is needed to bring the elders of the community into the schools to teach and share arts and stories from their local history and culture.
Let's discuss the idea of being known. How can we ever know if we know someone or if someone else understands us? Cultures have always been misunderstood or misdescribed by other cultures. Just because we have been somewhere, does that mean that we have true knowledge of that way of life? Do you think you would like the way someone may describe your life or art to people half way around the world?
My Sights, Environments & Cultures Past
2018
Packraft Gulkana River-Upper Tangle Lake to s. of Paxson Lake, AK
Beaverhead National Forest: South Willow Creek, MT, Start of Iditarod Race: Willow, AK
2017
Meares Glacier/Capitol/ Juneau, Minneapolis/ Duluth, MN
CC trail to BLM Upper Angel Creek Cabin/Angel Rocks to Chena Hot Springs Trail/ Hutlinana Hot Springs/ Kesugi Ridge: Little Coal Creek to Upper Troublesome Creek/ Caines Head State Recreation Area/Seward/ Fairbanks/ Willow/ Talkeeta: Alaska;
Ka'au Crater Trail: Mau'Umae Ridge/ Malaekahana Beach/ Sunset Beach/ Sharks Cove/ Three Tables/ Waimea Bay/ Pearl Harbor Historic Sites/ Oahu Island, Hawaii
2016
Boundry Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, MN
Whitefish/ Columbia Falls/ Glacier National Park/ Polson/ Kalispell: Montana;
New Orleans
Gainesville/ Waldo/ Paynes Prarie Preserve State Park/ Perdido Key State Park: Florida;
Shannon Falls: Stawamus Chief Provincial Park;
Bellingham/ Snoqualmie Mountains: Washington
Theodore Roosevelt National Park: North Dakota
Tamarindo/ Liberia/ Monteverde: Costa Rica;
Pochomil/ Grenada/ Apoyo Lagoon/ Leon: Nicaragua;
Utila/ Le Ceiba/ Tela/ San Pedro Sula: Honduras;
La Palma/ Santa Theresa Termales/ El Zonte: El Salvador;
Guatemala City/ Escuintla/ Semuc Champey/ Flores/ Tikal National Park: Guatemala;
San Ignacio/ Hopkins/ Belize City: Belize
2015
Gallup/ El Malpais National Conservation Area/ Church Rock & Pyramid Rock Hikes/ Albuquerque: New Mexico;
Mesa Verde National Park/ Canyonlands National Park
Grapefruit Rocks/ Naknek/ Bristol Bay/ King Salmon: Alaska
Waimanu Valley/ Honokane Ike Stream/ Hilo/
2014-2012
Mandan Earth Lodges SD, Petroglyph Park MT, Bozeman MT, Portland/ Eugene/ Cougar Hot Springs/ Bend/ Crater Lake OR, Nevada City/ Yuba River/ Point Reyes/Orr Hot Springs CA, Kealakekua/ Hookena/ Captain Cook/ Volcano National Park/ Halape Hike/ Pololu/ Third Valley/ Holualoa/ Kapoho Tide Pools/ Pahoa/ Ahalanui Pool/ MacKenzie State Park/ Kona/ Holualoa/ Spencer Beach and west coast beaches/ Hawi/ Rainbow Falls/ Hot Pots/ Hilo, HI, Dallas TX
2011
New York City, New York
Athens, Greece
Akko/ Sea of Galilee/ Nazareth/ Jerusalem/ Ein Gedi/ Tel Aviv: Israel
Bethlehem: Palestine
Petra/ Amman: Jordan
2010
Mount Sinai/ St. Catherine: Sinai Penisula
Cairo: Egypt
Kathmandu/ Chitwan National Park: Nepal
Siem Reap: Cambodia
Chiang Mai/ Ayutthaya Historical Park/ Khao Yai National Park: Thailand
Vientiane/ Vang Vieng/ Luang Prabang/ Huay Xai/ Pak Beng: Laos
Melaka/ Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia
Singapore, Singapore
Kuta/ Lovina/ Bondelem/ Ubud/ Mas: Bali, Indonesia
Los Angeles: California, Fayetteville, North Carolina
2009-2007
South Padre, TX, Huntsville AL, Homer/ Valdez/ Fairbanks/ Chena Hot Springs/ Manly Hot Springs/ Denali National Park/ Delta Junction/ Girdwood/ Tolovana Hot Springs/ Chitina/ Copper River/ Clearwater River/ Palmer/ Anchorage/ Castner Creek/ North Pole, Denali Highway AK
Jasper National Park/ Banff National Park/ Merritt/ Watson Lake/ Cassiar Highway/ Liard Hot Springs: Canada
Mammoth Cave, KY, Savannah, GA, Everglades/ Ochapee/ Miami/ Perdido Key/ Fort Lauderdale, FL
2006-2004
Crators of the Moon NMP ID, Badlands NP SD, Yellowstone NP WY, Black Hills NF SD, Coos Bay/ Portland OR, Hwy 1 coast, Fern Canyon/ Redwood Forest/ San Francisco/ Death Valley, CA, Grand Canyon NP/ Virgin River/ Arches NP/ UT, Presidio/ Petaluma/ Hollywood/ Laguna/ Irvine/ Shelter Cove/ Sacramento/ Yosemite NP/ Sequoia NF/ Kings Canyon/ Ocean Beach CA, Phoenix/ Sedona/ Petrified Forest/ Saguaro AZ, Truth or Consequences/ Santa Fe/ Silver City/ White Sands/ Carlsbad Caverns/ NM, Seattle, WA
Nelson/ Golden Coast/ Abel Tasman/ Punakaiki/ Fox Glacier/ Queenstown/ Te Anau Great Hike/ Dundedin/ Christchurch/ Rotarua/ Coromandel/ Hot Water Beach/ Kaitaia/ Piha, NZ Hololulu HI
2003-birth
Riga/ Daugavpils Latvia, Edinburgh/ Dalkeith/ Inverness/ St. Andrews/ Isle of Syke/ Pitlochry/ Stirling/ Loch Lomond/ Loch Ness/ Scotland, London/ Manchester/ Portsmouth/ Bath/ Averbury/ Stonehenge/ York England, Paris/Caen/Nice France, Florence/Venice, Italy, Duluth MN, Panama City, Panama, Champaign Urbana, Cocoa Beach/Orlando Florida, Esterville IA, Fargo ND, Spokane/Washington, San Francisco/San Diego CA, Playa Del Carmen/ Tijuana/ Cancun, Mexico