Eight teenagers face the wilds of the Mississippi River and try to be true to their art and creativity. Carol Sirrine of ArtStart offered a residency to some gifted art students. This week their challenge was to create experimental art in partnership with nature.
Found River bank Art

Lilia Murphy

Ella Barsanti

Ellie Allen

Lucy Niemann
A prayer for nature and healing


Ellie Allen
Confluence between the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers

Chelsea Brusas

Anna Rude

Lilia Murphy
River Bank mud sculptures

Beckett Grice

Anna Rude

Lilia Murphy

Anna Rude

Great Blue Heron Tracks

Raccoon tracks
Pigment Pictures

Ella Barsanti, – Wild Raspberry Dream – natural coloring with black-capped raspberries

Lilia Murphy
Tree of Hope – natural coloring with mulberry

Beckett Grice – Olympian
Natural coloring with mulberry.

Becket Grice
Natural coloring with Crow’s foot flowers.
Wetland Puppets

Ella Barsanti – Angel/Demon

Jeanette Dickinson

shadow dancer, Felice Amato
Rain Dancers



Photo Gallery

Natural petroglyph, Jeanette Dickinson

Fleabane flowers

Seedpod

This is a useful way to create memorable stories in the lives of these young adults. What an amazing opportunity for the creative imagination to work with what is in nature in a fun and natural way. This is enlightening and appreciate you sharing it with us.