Conservation-History-Art:

Methow

As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, the Icicle Fund is hosting two Artist-In-Residence events to celebrate the Conservation, History and Arts (CHA) of North Central Washington at the Methow River and the Wenatchee River. The goal of the residencies is to honor, celebrate and record the unique environmental aspects of each location, inspired by revisiting past work created by poet William Stafford in the Methow Valley (1993) or Watershed Artists in the Wenatchee Valley (2001).

I spent October 2 - 4, 2020 in the Methow area along with Heather Murphy (visual arts,) Rod Weagant (visual arts,) Subhaga Bacon (literary arts,) and Jennifer Molesworth (visual arts), documenting my surroundings at sites on the Methow River. Selections from the created art will be displayed through-out the state in a traveling exhibition, and widely publicized through partner organizations.

This is a project of Icicle Fund, in collaboration with Icicle Creek Center for the Arts and Methow Arts.

Photos by Steven Mitchell