Join us to meet our session one Print + Paper artists-in-residence, Conner Darling and sadé powell, and take part in other fun activities at this free community event!
Camp Colton is excited to be partnering once again with our nonprofit sister organization in Portland, Stelo, to offer 2-week artist residencies in our papermaking and letterpress printmaking studios. Learn more about the residencies HERE.
Come for all or part of the afternoon to enjoy these activities with friends and neighbors:
1:15 pm - Artist talks in Camp Colton's historic chapel by Conner & sadé (see bios below)
2:00 pm - Walking tours of Camp Colton with historical narrative from Camp's Operations Director and longtime Colton Community member, Jarred Lundstrom
2:30 - 3:30 pm - Demonstrations and work samples in the paper and print studios
Our thoughtfully restored Gathering Hall will have tables and chairs set up for you to enjoy lunch or snacks available for purchase from Kellan’s Dogs or non-profit Youth to Tomorrow.
Guests are welcome to join in for all activities, or just pick and choose. No tickets or RSVP are necessary.
About the letterpress artist-in-residence:
sadé powell is a native new yorker and antidisciplinary artist exploring fugitivity, legibility, and interobjectivity through poetry and collage. inspired by her upbringing, she uses the sonic, kinesthetic, and linguistic elements of her 1940s mechanical typewriter to gesture towards dissemblance as proximity and relation to otherwise potentialities. sadé holds a ma in performance studies at nyu tisch. her first-ish chapbook wordtomydead is forthcoming in ugly duckling presse.
About the papermaking artist-in-residence:
Conner Darling is an installation artist and occasional farm hand originally from the suburbs of Houston. He received a bachelors in percussion performance from the University of Michigan and has since transitioned to focusing on visual art. His work turns towards the local landscape in an attempt to illuminate our place in it.