Public Art Demo with Dan Crowe - Whiskeytowns Artist-in-Residence

Date: April 27, 2016
Contact: Jim Milestone, 530-242-3460

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and the Friends of Whiskeytown invite park visitors for a free art demonstration with artist-in-residence Dan Crowe on Saturday, April 30^th, 2016, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Visitor Center. Dan Crowe is a figurative and landscape oil painter who lives and works in the Bay Area. His subjects are portraiture, labyrinths, and our relationship to water.

Whiskeytown is an ideal place to both wander and to focus on these subjects. He intends to generate ideas during his residency here at the park in the form of plein air oil sketches, for later studio work.

Throughout the establishment of the national park system, artists have played a vital role in the preservation of our nation's natural wonders. Even today, artists continue to broaden and deepen public awareness of these national treasures by translating the national park's mission visually which can communicate the enjoyment and stewardship of park values to the public and to people who may never have the opportunity to visit their national parks.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is one of fewer than forty Artist-in-Residence Programs in the National Park Service. For nearly a decade, Whiskeytown has annually hosted artists in the park for stays up to four weeks to produce new works. The artist donates an original piece of work which best reflects the National Park Service's commitment to the preservation of cultural and natural resources for the enjoyment of this and future generations.

The Artist-in-Residence Program's public art demonstrations provide a wonderful opportunity for the local community to meet talented artists from around the nation and to discover the many different painting techniques that are commonly used throughout the art world. Please join us this Saturday from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Visitor Center to meet one of Whiskeytown's artist in residence, Dan Crowe, to discuss his artwork and his experience at Whiskeytown.

For more information call the Visitor Center at [phone], or visit www.nps.gov/whis.

For additional information about the park's Artist-in-Residence Program, please contact Jim Miletone at [phone]. To learn more about Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, visit the park's website at www.nps.gov/whis.