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](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Lilia-1024x885.jpg)
Lilia Murphy
![Ella Barsanti](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ella1-1003x1024.jpg)
Ella Barsanti
![Ellie Allen](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ellie-1024x635.jpg)
Ellie Allen
![Lucy Niemann Rest in Peace nature](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Lucy-768x1024.jpg)
Lucy Niemann
A prayer for nature and healing
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tree-1024x768.jpg)
![Ellie Allen](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ellie1-1024x275.jpg)
Ellie Allen
Confluence between the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers
![Chelsea Brusas](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/P6280019.jpg)
Chelsea Brusas
![Anna Rude](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/P6280018.jpg)
Anna Rude
![Lilia Murphy](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Lilia.jpg)
Lilia Murphy
River Bank mud sculptures
![Beckett Grice](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TemporaryMudScupt_edited-1.jpg)
Beckett Grice
![Anna Rude](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/MudSculpture1_edited-1.jpg)
Anna Rude
![Lilia Murphy](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Lilia-1-1024x768.jpg)
Lilia Murphy
![Anna Rude](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Anna-1024x997.jpg)
Anna Rude
![Great Blue Heron](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/P6280006-300x225.jpg)
Great Blue Heron Tracks
![Raccoon tracks](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/P6270018-300x225.jpg)
Raccoon tracks
Pigment Pictures
![Ella Barsanti, Raspberry plant smear](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ella-921x1024.jpg)
Ella Barsanti, – Wild Raspberry Dream – natural coloring with black-capped raspberries
![Lilia Murphy Tree of Hope - natural coloring with mulberry](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LiliaPigment-1024x768.jpg)
Lilia Murphy
Tree of Hope – natural coloring with mulberry
![Beckett Grice - Olympian Natural coloring with mulberry.](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OlympianBeckett-768x1024.jpg)
Beckett Grice – Olympian
Natural coloring with mulberry.
![Becket Grice Natural coloring with Crow's foot flowers.](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/BeckettCrowsFoot-768x1024.jpg)
Becket Grice
Natural coloring with Crow’s foot flowers.
Wetland Puppets
![Ella Barsanti](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/P6270045-768x1024.jpg)
Ella Barsanti – Angel/Demon
![Jeanette Dickinson](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/P6270040-768x1024.jpg)
Jeanette Dickinson
![Shadow Puppet, Felice Amato](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/GrassPuppets_edited-1-756x1024.jpg)
shadow dancer, Felice Amato
Rain Dancers
![Raindancers2](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Raindancers2-954x1024.jpg)
![RainDancers](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/RainDancers-663x1024.jpg)
![RainDancers1](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/RainDancers1-1024x768.jpg)
Photo Gallery
![Natural petroglyph, Jeanette Dickinson](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/foundObject_edited-1-759x1024.jpg)
Natural petroglyph, Jeanette Dickinson
![Fleabane Flowers](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Fleabane-1024x768.jpg)
Fleabane flowers
![Seedpod](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SeedPod-1024x768.jpg)
Seedpod
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://oldnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Mississippi-768x1024.jpg)
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.