Current Events:
Oct. 10-13, 2019
Attending the 25th Annual Conference, Women Writing the West
San Antonio, Texas
womenwritingthewest.org
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Janice E. Kirk is available for Radio Q&A Interviews, Readings, and Book Events.
Topics include:
- Readings from:
- The Road to Beaver Park, Painting, Perception, and Pilgrimage
- Cherish the Earth, the Environment & Scripture
- The Christmas Redwood, a Forest Parable
- Conversations with the Artist/Author about The Road to Beaver Park Camping Year
- Painting En Plein Air: Ticks, Techniques, and Murphy
- Nature and Faith: The Earth is a Witness
- Taking Care of Creation
- The Gospel Lifestyle
- The Cure for Nature Deficit Disorder
- Sketch, Scribble, and Sing-along: Find Your Inner Artist
- Nature Writing Mini–Workshop
- How to Get Published
Interview Q & A for “The Road to Beaver Park” PDF
Past Events:
Nature Sketchbook No. 3, Drawing Trees and Landscapes
Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
East End Rec Center (note change of location)
Winona, MN 55987
Nature Sketchbook No. 2, Drawing animals
Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Winona Friendship Center
251 Main St., Winona, MN 55987
Members: $10, Non-members: $15
River Arts Alliance article, January 11, 2019: https://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/column/janice-kirk-through-nature-i-found-the-artist-within-me/article_b2b53301-e278-5d15-b22a-6249616745ce.html
An Art Show of Watercolor Paintings:
“A Sense of Place, A Private View, and Something More”
January–February, 2019
The Friendship Center, 251 Main St., Winona, MN
January 30th, 1 p.m., Artist Talk, “Nature Sketchbook”
Register by calling The Friendship Center at 507-454-5212
The paintings illustrate her memoir,
The Road to Beaver Park, Painting, Perception, and Pilgrimage
(Resource Pub/Wipf & Stock: 2016)
October 25-28, 2018
Workshop: Set Your Compass to N for Nature Writing
Presenters: Janice E. Kirk and Evelyn Searle Hess
24TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
http://WomenWritingtheWest.org
Lutheran Campus Center, Behold! The Drawing Lesson
The Learning Club, Winona MN, reading The Road to Beaver Park
Wabasha Public Library, Wabasha MN, reading and signing, Beaver Park
Faith Lutheran Church, Winona MN, Advent reading of The Christmas Redwood
St. Marys University of Minnesota, Arts Core Lecture, 2017
Winona Public Library Author Fair, 2017, Nature Writing Mini–workshop
23rd Annual Conference, Women Writing the West, Tucson, AZ
Art Show, Winona Public Library, Paintings from The Road to Beaver Park
Readings at Open Mic, 1st Tuesday Poet Laureate Author Nights, Blue Heron Coffee House
Faith Lutheran Church, Winona MN, Taking Care of Creation
Eco–Justice Workshop, Minnesota Council of Churches, Minneapolis
SE Minnesota Synod ELCA, Care for Creation resolution
Reprinted: The Christmas Redwood, A Forest Parable (Wipf & Stock, 2017)
Reprinted: Cherish the Earth, the Environment & Scripture (Wipf & Stock, 2016)
1st Tues. Poet Laureate Author Night, Blue Heron Coffee House, Winona MN, Reading & Book Signing
St. Marys University of Minnesota, Arts Core Lecture, 2016
Paperbacks & Pieces Bookstore, Winona MN, Reading & Book Signing
Winona Public Library Author Fair 2016
22nd Annual Conference, Women Writing the West, Santa Fe, NM, October, 2016
