April 21, 2012
I leave for home a
week from this morning. Not something I wish to dwell upon, I'm
trying to focus on the two return trips I already have planned. I'll
be back through for around five days in June. In mid-August there
will be an Astronomy Festival here that the park received a grant to
put together. Should be pretty great with all the things planned.
There will even be an astronaut around. I might be teaching some
kind of astronomy art project as part of it. Planning to be here for
a couple weeks. I'm sure there will be other visits as well, even
school/art related trips. I'd love to come back and work with the
kids in Interior again. When I get back home, I am going to begin
work on a large project, putting together an art program for use in
the national parks. Some parks are looking for a junior ranger style
book for the arts, others wish to have a ranger led program, a senior
program, or a self-led/teacher led program. My plan is to concoct
something that is universal and multifaceted, usable for any art
related purpose in the parks. If I can get far enough along with it
by August, I might do some trials during my visit.
On to today's
activities. Slept in, worked on some overdue blog posts, went
through photographs. Then hiked Saddle Pass with Steven and Ed.
Back to the quad where I finished matting and framing all the kids'
paintings. Next I'm going to get as far as I can with designing a
poster featuring thumbnails of all the students' work, to be hung in
the visitor's center. I also have a couple paintings in progress
that I want to get a little more paint down on. Much to do, but all
good stuff. Also need some sleep; I might get up for a morning hike
before getting ready for a possible day out at Palmer Creek.
