The Artists, filmmakers Carter McCormick and Paula Sprenger spent a month alone on Loggerhead Key

KEY WEST, FLORIDA, USA, September 14, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Chattanooga-based Cinematographer Carter McCormick and his partner, Chilean photographer and filmmaker Paula Sprenger will be back from their residency. Having spent the month of September immersed in their artistic endeavors, on a pristine, isolated island at Dry Tortugas National Park, the duo will show and discuss their recent work and adventures at several events at Key West and also at Dry Tortugas National Park’s Fort Jefferson.

The Artists in Residence used their month on Loggerhead Key to make and edit a pair of short films about the island’s eco-system, both on land and underwater, as well as make an accompanying photo series. One film will be experimental in structure focusing on how nature always takes over its land even after humans have left their footprint in that certain place. The other short film will be about Loggerhead Key’s ecosystem. These works will be at the heart of their presentations.

According to Tanya Ortega, “The Dry Tortugas National Park Artist-in Residence program will be another interactive public feature to highlight and honor this year’s Centennial of the National Parks in 2016. The 100th anniversary of the Park System’s Enabling Act was in August. The National Parks Foundation is always looking for active participation and input from lovers and sponsors of the arts. This work is an important contributing part of Florida’s unique culture and natural landscapes. It doesn’t happen without people! So if you want to volunteer, donate, or share your perspective, please contact us.” 

Events featuring NPAF’s 2016 artists-in-residence and their works are scheduled as follows:

Presentation for visitors and staff
at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas NP
September 23rd, 2016 at 5:30 pm.

Gala Event Lecture and Presentation at the Tropic Cinema
in Key West October 2nd, 5 pm.

Presentation at the Dry Tortugas NP EcoDiversity Visitors Center in Key West. October 4th, 2016, from 6-7 pm.

For more information on the Dry Tortugas Artist-in Residence Program or to support these and other arts programs at the National Parks: call or email www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org, email info@nationalparksartsfoundation.org or contact Cecilia Wainright at 505-715-6492.

National Parks Arts Foundation is a non-profit 501c3 charitable foundation.
The AIR Program is made possible through the philanthropic support of donors of all sorts ranging from corporate sponsors, small business, and art patrons and friends groups of the Parks.

Cecilia Wainright
National Parks Arts Foundation
505 715 5492
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