Mackinac Island State Park
Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Poet Elizabeth Klein
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac IslandWriter Elizabeth Klein will present a reading of her poetry collection titled Upon a Shoreline Exile. The pieces include: “Bench at Marquette Park,” with context on how Pere Marquette influenced the poem; “Night on Main,” which includes a brief anecdote about the poem's origins as a scene in one of her fiction pieces; “Freighter at […]
Summer Birds of Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac IslandThe woods and waters of Mackinac Island are home to a broad diversity of bird life. Join park naturalist Kyle Bagnall as we search for the island's feathered residents. Our group will look and listen for songbirds of the forest, raptors soaring overhead, and waterbirds along the shore. We'll also compare our sightings with those […]
Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Constructed Watercolor Artist Elizabeth Spitz
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac IslandConstructed watercolor artist Elizabeth Spitz will demonstration how her artwork is made, showing the technique of constructed watercolors. Sheets of solid watercolor paper are painted, then cut and glued in layers to create dimensional images. She will have examples in many stages of completion, to show how the process works from start to finish, because […]
Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Woodcut Artist and Printmaker Benjamin Bohnsack
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac IslandWoodcut artist and printmaker Benjamin Bohnsack will present a continuous demonstration of block printing during his residency, so keep an eye open for him while on the island! For his scheduled workshop, he will showcase a half hour presentation about the story of literacy and printing, with a visual description of what he does to […]
Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Photographer Raymond Gaynor
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac IslandPhotographer Raymond Gaynor will lead a presentation/workshop on the images he's taken while in residence. He'll provide a detailed explanation on what drove him to take that particular shot, what he saw, and what he felt. Additionally, he will also discuss the technical aspects and processing workflow for each image. This is a free workshop […]
Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Printmaker Nicholas Hill
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island2017 Guggenheim Fellow Nicholas Hill will use a small printing press to create printing plates based upon on-sight drawings that he's created at various sites on the island. His printmaking processes are environmentally-friendly and water-based. He also looks forward to open studio sessions where visitors can come to his studio to see the printing process […]
