Saturday FREE All-Ages Workshop: Jonathan Marquis And The Glacier Project
September 7
Start Time: 11:00 AM
End Time: 12:30 PM
In this workshop, reflect on glaciers as a way of seeing the world. Explore drawing as a method for building relationships with the ecosystems we inhabit. Artist and mountaineer, Jonathan Marquis, launched the Glacier Drawing Project in 2014 to draw every glacier in Montana before a warming climate melts the ice beyond recognition. “You better hurry up,” people often say when they hear the artist describe his project. These reactions assume glacier disappearance is inevitable, reinforcing apathy and cynicism by deflecting our individual responsibility for climate change. If glaciers are doomed, then why change our behavior.
All ages welcome. No experience required; just bring an open mind! Adults, please accompany children 7 and under. Arrive early to get a spot!
Image: Jonathan Marquis, detail of Red Eagle 8/12/2021, 2022, color pencil on paper, copyright the artist.
Jonathan Marquis
Jonathan Marquis is a multidisciplinary artist and mountaineer seeking immersive experiences with wildland terrain to consider climate change and more-than-human geographies. His investigations of the landscape began as an endeavor to draw all the remaining glaciers in the state of Montana. He has since covered thousands of miles on foot in isolated locations, translating his encounters with glaciers through drawing, painting, alternative photographic processes and video.
Marquis received his Master of Fine Arts and Art History from the University of Arizona. He launched the Glacier Drawing Project on Kickstarter and has displayed his works across the United States and abroad, including The SFO Museum, the Center for Visual Arts in Denver, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, the Missoula Art Museum, and the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Marquis is an arts educator at Pima Community College and The University of Arizona. He splits his time in Missoula, Montana, and Tucson, Arizona.
For more information, visit www.jonathanmarquis.com or on Instagram @jonathanbmarquis.
Photograph by Richard Forbes.