Horn Island Expedition | Artist’s Retreat in Voyageur Canoe
Mon, Apr 22
|Horn Island
Artist-adventurer and guide John Ruskey and WAMA partner on a six day expedition to the wild and remote barrier island that Walter Anderson considered Eden.
Time & Location
Apr 22, 2019, 7:00 AM – Apr 27, 2019, 4:00 PM
Horn Island, Horn Island, Mississippi, USA
About The Event
Monday, April 22 - Saturday, April 27
(One day paddling out, four days on island, one day paddling back)
| To register, contact John Ruskey at john@island63.com. |
In celebration of Earth Day, artist-adventurer and guide John Ruskey and the Walter Anderson Museum of Art partner on a six day expedition to the wild and remote Mississippi Barrier Island, Horn Island. Explorers paddle out together in a twenty-nine foot voyageur-style canoe, a vessel historically designed for use by French fur traders on the open waters of the Great Lakes.
Horn Island is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore and was delicately and articulately celebrated by the legendary naturalist-artist Walter Anderson in watercolors, prints, pottery, wood sculpture, and journaling.
The group will meet and park vehicles at Ocean Springs Harbor on Monday; paddle out to the island for four days of primitive camping, art making, and reflection; and return on…