Peninsula State Park Residency
Photo by xoMe Studio
Program Overview
New in 2024, Peninsula School of Art and Peninsula State Park have partnered to offer a residency experience that puts both art making and the environment at its center. Drawing upon the expertise of both organizations, artists-in-residence are provided with ample studio space, equipment, and artist resources, as well as Peninsula State Park’s diverse landscape, unique ecosystems, and knowledgeable staff. Artists are invited to explore the state park through the lens of their individual research; discovering new connections in their practices, creating site-responsive works, and gaining a deeper understanding of this particular place and its environmental circumstances.
This program is generously funded by the Friends of Peninsula State Park.
Summer 2024 Artists-in-Residence
Maysey Craddock
Best known for her visceral gouache paintings of ephemeral landscapes, Maysey Craddock examines the dualities and mysteries of nature and those relationships to space and time. Through saturated earth tones and translucent elemental layers, she depicts the spaces in between, the interactions of nature and architecture, and what happens beyond the grasp of human control. Her imagery is dense and fluid, with trees, watery surfaces, and roots figuring prominently as metaphors of the eternal cycles of death and rebirth, and the inevitability of entropy.
Maysey received an MFA from Maine College of Art. Throughout her career spanning over 25 years, she has participated in countless solo exhibitions across the United States and Germany. She has received awards, grants, and residencies, including the Tennessee Artist Fellowship from Austin Peay State University; an Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the Tennessee Arts Commission; Artist-in-Residence at Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany; Artist-in-Residence at Maine College of Art; and sculpture and painting residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts.
www.MayseyCraddock.com
Tomiko Jones
Tomiko Jones’ photography and multidisciplinary installations explore social, cultural, and geopolitical transitions, considering the twin crises of too much and too little in the age of climate change.
Tomiko received the Grand Challenge Seed Grant from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education (2019-2022) for These Grand Places, a photographic project on public land. She is the recipient of awards including the En Foco New Works Fellowship (New York, 2014), 4Culture and City Artists (Seattle, 2010), and Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes, France (2008). She was an invited resident artist at Museé Niépce in Chalon-Sur-Saône, France (2008), and selected for a project-specific Fellowship at The Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France (2009). She has received recognition for her photographic works by Analog Sparks (2023) and Photo Lucida’s Critical Mass Top 200 (2022). Tomiko received her MFA and Certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Arizona. She has held several teaching appointments and is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
www.TomikoJonesPhoto.com
Upcoming Events
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Cyanotype Drop-In Workshop
August 10, 2024 | 10am-1pm
Nicolet Beach in Peninsula State ParksJoin resident artist Tomiko Jones and state park naturalist Liz Schmutzer to make cyanotype prints using natural materials, including found leaves, flowers, and rocks, as well as items from the Nature Center such as skulls, feathers, pelts, fossils, and more.
This event is free and open to the public. All skill levels and ages welcome.
Artwork: Tomko Jones, The Fox
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Lantern + Moon
August 19, 2024 | 7-10pm
Weborg Point Fishing Pier in Peninsula State ParkBased on the Japanese tradition of toro nagashi, Lantern + Moon remembers and honors those who have passed. The event in Peninsula State Park includes a projection on a scrim on the shore of one of Tomiko’s works + lanterns made by Tomiko. Visitors are welcome to arrive earlier and decorate a lantern to add to the collection in remembrance. Lanterns will be released shortly after sunset. This event is free and open to the public.
Image: Donny Kimball
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Art and Environment Exhibition Opening Reception
August 24, 2024 | 3:30-5pm
Guenzel Gallery at Peninsula State ParkThe residency experiences of Maysey Craddock and Tomiko Jons culminate in the exhibition Of Place, curated by Shan Bryan-Hanson. The exhibition features works made prior to and during their residency sessions. Curator and artist remarks will be shared.
This event is free and open to the public.
Artwork: Maysey Craddock, In the Night Garden
