Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Poet Lauren Carlson

Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island

Life By Water: on Mindfulness and Poetic Form with Lauren K. Carlson and Great Lakes Poet Lorine Niedecker Lauren K. Carlson will present an interactive poetry workshop for the public on mindfulness, poetic form and observing the natural world. Using regional poet Lorine Niedecker’s work as an example, participants will 1) receive a presentation on haiku, […]

Artist-in-Residence Workshop Painter John Dempsey

Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island

Painter John Dempsey will give a presentation on Military Field Drawing during the time of the British and American occupation of Fort Mackinac. The discussion would focus on methods of drawing from direct observation and the training that was given military personnel during 18th and 19th centuries in order to communicate important military field information. […]

Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Artist Patrick Mohundro

Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island

Artist Patrick Mohundro will give a lecture on their work, outlining their relationship to materials and how it relates to Mohundro's childhood in Iron Mountain, MI. Additionally, Mohundro may give a workshop on stained glass and casting with different materials such as porcelain or deodorant. Finally, Mohundro will introduce their gallery project in some capacity. This […]

Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Playwrights Heron Kennedy and Jessie Lillis

Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island

For their public presentation, Heron Kennedy and Jessie Lillis will present their research on the island, as well as excerpts from an adapted script of The Tempest. By this point in the residency, they will have chosen a location for the performance, and will be well-underway with adapting the script, so they will be able […]

Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Author and Journalist Amy Haimerl

Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island

Amy Haimerl will host a workshop that is a mix of presentation and "Ask Me Anything" about how media works. Haimerl will present a warp speed history of media, from cave walls to TikTok. Then the group will discuss how changes in distribution have detached media from community and how those changes impact newspapers and […]

Artist-in-Residence Program

Marquette Park

Join our resident artist, Mary Jo Karimnia, for a program detailing Karimnia's work and personal trajectory as an artist. This is a free event held at the Station 256 Conference Room, located above the Mackinac Island State Park Visitor's Center. #thisismackinac