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Tag: GSMNP Artist-in-Residence Program

Artist-in-Residence experience provides art inspiration and professional development

January 29, 2026

Grayson Cooper stands at a table of artwork in the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

by Julie Dodd For illustrator Grayson Cooper, being an Artist-in-Residence at Great Smoky Mountains National Park was an inspiring way[…]

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Artist-in-Residence pushed herself artistically, helped Smokies visitors connect with nature

November 18, 2025

Colorful leaves painted in watercolor

by Julie Dodd For Lauren Connolly, being Artist-in Residence in Great Smoky Mountains National Park during November was the ideal[…]

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Photographer strives to ‘glorify’ small-scale wildlife and plant life in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

October 24, 2025

Photograph of the head of an Eastern Fence Lizard

by Julie Dodd Photographer Kyle Petersen began concentrating his photography on small-scale flora and fauna near his home in Texas[…]

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Artist in Residence Jennifer Cie preserves ‘bits of ignored history’ of Smokies, explores park as everyday tourist

July 11, 2022

View from Andrews Bald

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Artist in Residence Program provides artists the opportunity to immerse themselves in the park[…]

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GSMNP volunteers receive lens cloth with special photograph

June 29, 2021

Phoenix art cloth and her camera

by Julie Dodd Great Smoky Mountains National Park saluted the contributions of more than 300 park volunteers by presenting them[…]

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Artist’s printmaking is ‘inspired by small moments of beauty’ in GSMNP

April 16, 2021

Kathy McGhee's Heartleaf Foamflower silkscreen print

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Artist-in-Residence Program provides artists the opportunity to immerse themselves in the park and create art.[…]

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‘Total immersion into the mountains’ inspired Dayna Walton to create range of art projects

March 17, 2021

Dayna Walton creating fabric design

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Artist-in-Residence Program provides artists the opportunity to immerse themselves in the park and create art.[…]

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GSMNP’s ‘beautiful water’ inspires art quilter Nancy Hershberger

February 12, 2021

Nancy Hershberger applies Tsukineko Ink to her Water Dance quilt

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Artist-in-Residence Program provides artists the opportunity to immerse themselves in the park and create art.[…]

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Phoenix’s photography captures beauty of GSMNP

February 4, 2021

Blazing Sunset at Clingmans Dome by Phoenix. 12x12 on metal

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Artist-in-Residence Program provides artists the opportunity to immerse themselves in the park and create[…]

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GSMNP offers Artist-in-Residence Program

January 8, 2021

Summers End by Nancy Hershberger

by Julie Dodd Artists who would like to be inspired in their work by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park[…]

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