Hartman Reserve Announces 2013 Artist-In-Residence

Press release from Hartman Reserve:

The Friends of Hartman Reserve have selected Riley Martin as the 2013 Hartman Artist-In-Residence. Riley currently is enrolled in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program for Studio Drawing at the University of Northern Iowa. She has exhibited her work at the Hearst Center for the Arts and in student exhibitions at the UNI Gallery of Art.

Riley will be offering public programs at Hartman during her residency this summer. She says the idea of teaching others is something she has always been interested in, and she especially enjoys interacting with children.

Drawing and painting classes for youth and adults will be held at Hartman Reserve Nature Center on June 25, July 23, and August 13. Participants may register for one, two, or all three days. Classes for children ages 5-15 will be from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM. Classes for adults and teens age 16 and up will be from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Register for classes at the Nature Center or call the Center at 319-277-2187. There is a $5.00 fee for each class. All art supplies will be furnished, courtesy of a program partnership with University Book & Supply.

The Hartman Artist-in-Residence program offers resident artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded by Hartman Reserve’s inspiring landscape. In return, Riley is asked to donate to Hartman an original work of art representative of her residency at Hartman Reserve. She will have the opportunity to showcase and sell her artwork at a public event later this summer. Riley also will be honored at the Friends of Hartman Reserve’s annual Under the Harvest Moon benefit dinner, November 8, 2013.

For more information and for Hartman educational program registration, please call319-277-2187 or visit www.blackhawkcountyparks.com.