Each year for the past fifteen, I've had the privilege of spending two intensive weeks teaching the craft of weaving with plant fibers, to young people with wildly diverse backgrounds, between the ages of 8 and 14. As an Artist in Residence at IslandWood, an environmental education campus on Bainbridge Island, just a ferry ride across the water … [Read more...]
Artist in the Woods Residency at IslandWood
I am grateful to have been nutured as an artist and communicator through my 15 year relationship with IslandWood. Each year, while serving as an Artist in Residence, I've met nearly 3,000 wonderful people that have changed my life in some way. Young people that I would have never chanced to meet. Outstanding teachers, scientists, cultural leaders, … [Read more...]
Spring Project at IslandWood 2017
Suquamish Elementary Students
In 1985, our eldest son, Spence, began kindergarden at Suquamish Elementary, the first year of his public school experience. Our youngest son, Jeff, was three years old then, and I had recently transitioned away from my nursing job in Seattle, to become a full-time "Home-Maker". By a gift of good fortune, I was then able to begin studying Art, in … [Read more...]
IslandWood Artist Residency 2016
How does one share a piece of the big story of this place with the young people in our lives? One way is by sharing living traditional arts. That is what I do as a plant-fiber weaver and artist. Everything I have learned from my generous teachers was given to me with the hope of keeping three important things alive. One: to keep alive the native … [Read more...]
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