The Artists are in Residence!

Artsmith's 2018 Artist Residency is in full swing, and earlier this week residency fellows presented their works at year's the first Salon Series reading at Darvill's Bookstore.

Carrie L. Larson creates complex, intricate, and thought-provoking artist books.

Achy Obejas, Penn Stewart, Tina Schumann, and Yvonne Garrett listen intently.

 Carrie discusses artist books with Orcas Island artist and writer Norris Carlson.

Achy before reading from her latest novel, The Tower of the Antilles.

Penn reads from his WWII-era novel, Fertile Ground.

 

Tina reads from her second poetry collection, Requiem.

 

Yvonne reads a selection of fiction and poetry,

including two poems written during her 2015 Artsmith residency

 A stimulating conversation ensues with the audience during the author Q&A.

The annual residency brings together up to five artists who apply through a highly competitive process. Selected fellows are invited as guests of Artsmith and Kangaroo House Bed and Breakfast for a week of unfettered time to work on their respective arts. 

 

Applications for the interdisciplinary residencies are open to visual artists, writers, composers, textile artists, film makers, and more. 2018 marks the 11th year of Artsmith's residencies.

The next residency will take place in January of 2019, and applications will be open between March 1 and May 31, 2018. For more info, go to our website: orcasartsmith.org