As for contract, like I said, we’re all learning. First draft looks pretty good. Now back to boards for final review and then we can sign. There was a minute there while impatiently waiting where my brain said, maybe they have changed their mind. They don’t want you, after all. I know that this was just an evil trick of my subconscious, but as an insecure artist, these evil thoughts still infiltrate.

This summer Keweenaw National Historical Park (NHP), Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission, and Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association (IRKPA) welcome Kasey Koski as the first artist to participate in our new Commissioned Artist Program. Artists help our national parks with their root mission: conservation and enjoyment. Historic records and technical drawings help preserve the nuts and bolts of a national park, while the hand of an artist will preserve the park's soul. The artist's work draws the public closer to the park's resources, so that they enjoy it on a deeper level and help to preserve it.

What’s happening: Keweenaw National Historical Park (NHP), Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission, and Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association (IRKPA) have selected Koski, an interdisciplinary artist in Wenatchee, Washington, as the first artist to participate in the park's Commissioned Artist Program. 

As an artist I have always felt misunderstood, when I am likely more guilty of not being articulate enough to express my vision to others. Vision is kind of what plagues me. I have an ability to see solutions to problems and challenges in a way that is fully visualized and complete and often simple in my way of seeing it. I know that this is a fatal flaw or misconception on my part. Things are often more complicated that they seem. But the vision is what I must communicate as it was given to me. The strong desire to see a project to completion will allow me to navigate the challenges en route with enthusiasm.