September 6, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Playwright 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... Read more »
August 23, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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... Read more »
August 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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.... Read more »
