contour drawing at lindeman city campround

Summer 2019 

During the summer of 2019, in partnership with Parks Canada, the US National Park Service, and the Yukon Arts Center, I spent three weeks as an Artist-in-Residence hiking the Chilkoot Trail – a 33-mile trek through the Coast Mountains from Dyea, Alaska, to Bennett, British Columbia. The trail is now synonymous with grueling stories of prospectors traveling to the Yukon during the Gold Rush in the late 1800s, but originally the trail was used as an important trading route for the Tlingit people.

As part of this residency, I gave artist talks with the National Park Service in Skagway, AK and Parks Canada in Whitehorse, YK to share bout my work as an artist and educator, and the research and project I was working on during my traverse.

In the midst of my time on trail, in partnership with Parks Canada, I led a blind contour drawing workshop at the Lindeman City campground. Anyone staying at the campground was welcome to participate, no experience necessary.