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“To me, making art is an adventure, an experiment, and a way of communicating complex ideas and feelings with color, light, and patterns,” says Stinson. “Finding new subject matter, and making new combinations of plants, paper, mordent and dye adds to my creative and experimental journey as an artist.” During her residency in July at Weir Farm, Stinson plans to apply her echo printing technique to the native flora, which has inspired so many artists of the past and present.
Artist-in-Residence Open Studio Program
Saturday July 26, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Stop by the Artist-in-Residence Studio between 11:00 and 12:30 to meet July Artist Beth Stinson, view her work, and learn more about the Park's Artist-in-Residence program. The Friends of Weir Farm will offer light refreshments and fun art activities for children at this year’s Open Studios. Join us - it’s informal and artsy!
More about July’s Artist-in-Residence
Beth Stinson earned Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in printmaking and photography from the State University of New York at Albany. For more than a decade, Stinson ran darkrooms and audio-visual services for seven colleges and universities. As an adjunct professor, she taught the History of Photography, Darkroom Techniques for Black and White Photography, and Hand Coloring Photographs. Through the 1980s and 1990s her prints were accepted into juried art shows in New York, Connecticut, California, and New Mexico. In the 1990s, her hand-colored photographs were displayed in galleries in Sacramento and Davis, California. Then the internet happened. Stinson fully embraced the digital world, blending her graphic arts sensibilities with her teaching experience to build a 30-year career as an instructional designer. Working across multiple industries, she has designed curricula, websites, presentations, and online courses on a myriad of subjects, including accessibility, user experience, technical writing, public speaking, cyber security, and construction safety.
Still a printmaker at heart, Stinson started “making things” again a few years ago. She is constantly experimenting with her processes and refining her painting techniques. Her work is represented at beachKraft Art Gallery in Olney, MD, Eastside Artists’ Gallery in Frederick, MD, and until it closed 12/31/2023, at HorseSpirit Arts Gallery in Savage, MD. Learn more about Stinson and view her work at https://www.stinsonstudio.net/.
About the Weir Farm Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program
Weir Farm’s AIR Program continues the creative legacy started by the Weir Family through the work of contemporary artists. Weir Farm has inspired thousands of artists for more than 140 years, including over 250 Artists-in-Residence. The park hosts six visual artists each year to spend one month, from May to October, living and working onsite. The park’s founding legislation highlights the ongoing presence of working artists on the site as a key characteristic of the park. An active residency program ensures the park meets its legislated mission to continue the artistic tradition started by Julian Alden Weir in 1882.
The Weir Farm National Historical Park Artist-in-Residence program is supported by the Friends of Weir Farm NHP, the park's authorized philanthropic partner. This year, the Friends of Weir Farm received a grant from Tauck, a Connecticut-based business that offers upscale guided travel, specifically to support the AIR program.# # #
About Weir Farm National Historical Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park is a National Park for Art, a place that has inspired thousands of artists since 1882 when Julian Alden Weir, America’s most beloved Impressionist, made it his summer home. Today, artists and visitors of all ages enjoy the park’s stunning landscape, where they walk in the footsteps of American masters and create art themselves. Learn more at www.nps.gov/wefa and visit us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WeirFarmNPS, YouTube www.youtube.com/WeirFarmNHS, and Instagram @WeirFarmNPS.
About the National Park Service
More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 430+ national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
Last updated: June 29, 2025