Press about NPAF
What follows is a sample of some of those stories through various press outlets. Please explore the links below to share in the experience of creating alongside the National Parks. There are two sections: news articles and interviews. Please scroll down to see each.
News
Can Artists Help Preserve New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon?
The legacy of artists in National Parks goes all the way back to Thomas Moran, whose paintings of Yellowstone helped incite its park status in 1872.
Stranded for Art
Selected for an immersive art residency on Loggerhead Key, Carl Stoveland and Shannon Torrence, aka the Flying Tortuga Brothers, spent 30 days off the grid, creating the best work of their careers.
The Cape Crusader
Rick San Nicolas hopes to keep
alive the demanding craft of
making ‘ahu ‘ula, the feathered capes and cloaks made in the style of those once worn by the Hawaiian ali‘i (royalty).
Painting the Parks
"THE ARTS AND OUR NATIONAL PARKS have always mixed beautifully with our civil heritage…"
Marine veteran uses art to cope, lands residency at Gettysburg.
Stars and Stripes had the opportunity to talk to Nick about breaking new ground for veterans everywhere.
HARSH IS TRUTH
Chicana poet and activist Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, who said a national park residency was on her “writerly bucket list,” became the first participant in the Poets in the Park program at Gettysburg National Military Park.
NPAF President, Tanya Ortega
…We explore what it means to be an “artist in residence.”
US Radio1 Host Bill Becker
Interviews Dry Tortuga National Park Artists in Residence about their experiences.
2019 Poets in Parks Artist-in-Residence Announced
NPAF, the Poetry Foundation, the National Parks Service, and the Gettysburg Foundation announce Steve Bellin-Oka as the 2019 Poets in Parks artist-in-residence.
Artist residencies allow artists to take a break.
An NPAF Residency provides artists with the chance to be inspired in a variety of spectacular natural settings.
This National Park Art Has an Important Message
More than 50 national parks host visual artists every year. These three artists used their residencies to draw attention to climate change, species loss, and pollution.
Jason Garcia’s “Warrior Maiden Muse”
Jason Garcia's contrast depictions of postmodern and traditional ... The recent artist-in-residence at Chaco Canyon
Interviews
Parks & Travel Magazine
Artist Hasan Elahi in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Artist: Hasan Elahi
Big Blend TV & Radio
Artist Rose B. Simpson in Aztec Ruins and Chaco Culture National Historical park
Artist: Rose Simpson
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
Artist QUEEN ESTHER Blackbirding: A Song Cycle After All Your Senses
Artist: Queen Esther
Parks & Travel Magazine
Will Oldham & Elsa Hansen Oldham in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Artist: Bonny Prince Billy & Elsa
Big Blend TV & Radio
Scientific Illustrator & Fiber Artist Michelle Schwengel-Regala
Artist: Michelle Schwengel-Regala
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
War is No Place for Children: A Soldier’s Story
Artist: Jason Hatch -Veteran
Parks & Travel Magazine
Classical Pianist Hunter Noack in Haleakalā National Park
Artist: Hunter Noack
Big Blend TV & Radio
Artist & Musician Allison Leialoha Milham in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Artist: Alison Milham
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
Landscape and Presence- Dawn Waters Baker
Artist: Dawn Waters Baker
Parks & Travel Magazine
Artists Julie & Matthew Chase-Daniel Return from Dry Tortugas National Park
Artists: Julie & Mathew Chase-Daniel
Big Blend TV & Radio
Xochitl-Julisa- Bermejo: Gettysburg Poet-in-Residence
Artist: Xochitl-Julias Bermejo
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
Faces of War - Louie Palu- Veteran Artist in Residence
Artist: Louie Palu
Parks & Travel Magazine
Comics Journalist Andy Warner Returns to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Artist: Andy Warner
Big Blend TV & Radio
Bel Falleiros’ Artist-in-Residence Experience at Pecos National Historical Park
Artist: Bel Fallerios
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
The Importance of Memory, Community and Sandburg’s Cool Tombs - Richard Stark
Artists: Rick Stark & Chris Lauer
Parks & Travel Magazine
Combat Artist Chip Beck’s Experience in Gettysburg
Artist: Chip Beck
Big Blend TV & Radio
Artist Sean S. McGraw Returns to Gettysburg
Artist: Sean McGraw
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
From the Desert to the Peach Orchard - Poet Julie Swarstad Johnson
Artist: Julie Swardstad Johnson
Parks & Travel Magazine
Gettysburg Poet-in-Residence Lisa Samia
Artist: Lisa Samia
Big Blend TV & Radio
National Park Artist programs for Veterans- Nick Collier
Artist: Nick Collier
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
James McCarthy from Honolulu to Gettysburg
Artist: James McCarthy
Parks & Travel Magazine
The NPS on Arts on Haleakala and Dry Tortugas National Parks
Artist: NPS HALE & DRTO
Big Blend TV & Radio
Chaco Culture National Historical Park Artists Danielle Reddick and Giuseppe Quinn
Artists: D. Reddick & Guiseppe Quinn
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
“Light Painting” above Ground, Darkroom Experiments Below- Artist Bill Bretzger
Artist: Bill Bretzger
Parks & Travel Magazine
Dry Tortugas Artists-in-Residence
Artists: Julie & Mathew Chase-Daniel
Big Blend TV & Radio
Hawai’i Volcanoes Natl. Park Artist Emma Stibbon, Laura C. Schuster – Division Chief of Cultural Resources for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and Elizabeth Fien - Executive Director of Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Artists: HAVO Emma Stibbon (Artist), Tany (NPAF), Laura Schuster (NPS) & Elizabeth Fein (Director of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Friends)
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
Capturing the Colors- National Park Artist Cesar Rivers - Veteran
Artist: Cesar Rivera
Parks & Travel Magazine
Social Justice Composer and performer Anthony R. Green
Artist: Anthony Green
Big Blend TV & Radio
Nathan Hatfield, Chief of Interpretation, about the history, nature, and visitor experience at Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument.
Artist: Nathan Hatfield
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
The Top Layer of the Fold of History is Now - Brian Emery
Artist: Brian Emery
Parks & Travel Magazine
Photographer Stan Honda In Haleakala National Park
Artist: Stan Honda
Big Blend TV & Radio
NPS Managers - Tom Forsyth & Chris Gwinn Gettysburg National Military Park
Speakers: Tom Forsyth & Chris Gwinn
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
Anne Tait on Cemeteries, Anthropology, and Making Things by Hand
Artist: Anne Tait
Parks & Travel Magazine
Visual Artist Dawnja Burris in Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Artist: Dawnja Burris
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
Speed Painting, Heraldry, and Fantasy-Itamar a conceptual artist from Haifa, Israel.
Artist: Itamar Reiner
Parks & Travel Magazine
Artist Patricia Cummins at Fort Union National Monument
Artist: Patricia Cummins
Big Blend TV & Radio
Sculptor Hal Stewart at Fort Union National Monument
Artist: Hal Stewart
The Seminary Explores - Podcast
Texting Whitman :-)Artist Brandi Martin Yu gets "metacognitive"
Artist: Brandi Martin Yu
Parks & Travel Magazine
Composer Glenn McClure In Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Artist: Glenn McClure
Big Blend TV & Radio
Painter and rancher Alice Leese shares her Artist-in-Residence at Fort Union National Monument
Artist: Alice Leese
Spectacular Sunset? Look Behind You, too.- Jim Schlett
Photographer Sarah Weeden at Death Valley National Park Resident Artist
Composer, musician, trumpeter, and educator Andy Jarema at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Real History Meets Virtual Reality- Lathan Mastellar Creates Virtual Reality Park Art.
PLAYWRIGHT ALAN OLEJNICZAK IN HAWAI’I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Tewa artist Jason Garcia combines traditional Pueblo art forms with pop culture. Chaco Culture NHP
A Painter-Adventurer and National Park Artist - Chantelle Dinkle.
MELISSA WEINMAN: FORT UNION ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
World renown photographer, videographer, cinematographer, and author Harun Mehmedinovic
Standing on Hallowed Ground-Michela Miller-Ferree and George Ferree.
Photographer Cody Brothers discusses his experiences and adventures shooting the last four years in Death Valley National Park
Artists Carl Stoveland and Shannon Torrence, aka Flying Tortuga Brothers, discuss their art careers, and upcoming artist residency at Dry Tortugas Natl. Park.
The Art and Experience of Wet Plate Photography- Robert Beech Natl. Park Artist
ARTIST DAWN WATERS BAKER IN HAWAI’I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Artist/writer team Beth Tockey Williams and Hailey Morgan Williams discuss their residency in Dry Tortugas National Pk
Storyboards and Battle Plans: Gettysburg National Military Park Artist-in-Residence
PAINTER JOSHUA OSBURG IN GETTYSBURG Ntl Park
Award-winning filmmaker and nature photographer Denesa Chan and flight engineer, environmental activist and extreme conditions trekker specialist Gavin Mulvay, discuss their residency at Dry Tortugas National Par
New Words, Old War: Artists-in-Residence on the Gettysburg Battlefield -poets Michelle Bonczek Evory and Rob Evory
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