Antarctic Artists & Writers Program — Past Participants

The Antarctic Artists & Writers Program provides opportunities for scholars in the humanities (painting, photography, writing, history, and other liberal arts) to work in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. These visitors will be able to make observations at U.S. Antarctic Program stations and research camps and in wilderness areas. The purpose is to enable serious writings and the arts that increase understanding of the Antarctic and help document America's antarctic heritage.

The National Science Foundation funds and manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is devoted mainly to scientific research and education in support of the National interest in the Antarctic. The program’s research and support infrastructure enables access to much of the antarctic region. Support funds are not directly awarded to selected applicants (see "What NSF provides," below).

How to apply

See Antarctic Artists and Writers Program (NSF 08-552).

PARTICIPANTS
ANTARCTIC ARTISTS & WRITERS PROGRAM

Anne Aghion. Film maker. 2006. "Ice People," a film for a broad general audience released in late 2008. Available on DVD and at film festivals in the United States, Europe, and Canada. Website: http://www.icepeople.com/

Lita Albuquerque. Artist. 2006. Created and documented a temporary installation called Stellar Axis: Antarctica on the McMurdo-area sea ice. Related projects include photographic exhibits, a web site, public lectures, and academic courses relating antarctic science and art.

Nena Allen. Painter. 1991. Shows at galleries in southeastern United States.

Anil Ananthaswam. Science writer. 2007. Writing a book, To the Edge of Reason: Pilgrimages to the Holy Sites of Cosmology, which will tell the story of cutting-edge cosmology in a unique and innovative way.

Sarah Andrews. Writer. 2005. Forensic geology mystery novel, In Cold Pursuit (published in 2007). Website: http://www.sarahandrews.net/

Jennifer Armstrong. Writer. 2003. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance. Spirit of Endurance (Illustrated by William Maugham). Ice through the ages (nonfiction book for young adults).

Elizabeth Arthur. Writer. 1990. Novel, Antarctic Navigation (Knopf, 1995).

Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Photographer. 2004. Earth from Above — book and exhibits around the world (including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York). Photos will also be incorporated into the Altitude Photographic Library, one of the world's largest collections of aerial photographs and will be part of a book. European magazines such as Stern, Paris Match, and El Pais have expressed interested in using them to accompany reports on the region. The photos are accompanied with texts written by environmental scientists. Website: http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/v2/yab_us.htm

Kimberly A. Baranowski. 2007. Sculpture and and installation artist. Traveled to Palmer Station to gather research for her project, The Frozen Field, which will be comprised of a series of antarctic-inspired, large sculptural installations designed to instill a sense of wonder at the beauty of the region, while bringing to light the potential for instability in the Antarctic Peninsula ecosystem. Website: http://kimbaranowski.com/

James H. Barker. Ethnographer-photographer. 1996. Photographic documentation of the people of Antarctica.

Yvonne Baskin. Science writer. 2003. A book for the general reader about soil diversity.

Arthur Beaumont. Painter. 1958. Paintings of military, historical, and other subjects.

Kenneth Bertrand. Historian. 1961. Book: Americans in Antarctica, 1775-1948 (554p., American Geographical Society, 1971). The definitive history of U.S. involvement in the Antarctic.

Lucy Jane Bledsoe. Writer. 1999, 2003. Children's novel and nonfiction for children and adults. Literary essays.

Alan Campbell. Painter. 1988, 1989, 1993, 2005. Watercolors and drawings displayed at shows and galleries in New Zealand, Chile, and the United States. Exhibition catalog. For the 2005 trip, his son Collin Campbell (also a painter) accompanied him as part of Campbell's field party.

Christopher Cokinos. Writer. 2003. The Fallen Sky: Eccentrics and Scientists in Pursuit of Shooting Stars (book about meteorites).

Lawrence J. Conrad and Ann Parks Hawthorne. Toponymist and photographer. 2003. Field Guide to Antarctic Features: McMurdo Sound Region (illustrated gazetteer).

Xavier Cortada. Painter. 2006. ANTARCTICArt Message Mural: a three-part series of site-specific work. After returning to Miami, the artist will create from the materials developed in Antarctica an exhibit that will travel throughout America and perhaps the world and will work with cultural organizations and museums as part of the traveling tour.

Neelon Crawford. Photographer. 1989, 1991,1992, 1993, 1994. Exhibitions at galleries. Exhibition catalogs. Southern Lights Portfolio (photogravures etchings).

Leland Curtis. Artist. 1957.

Lucia deLeiris. Painter. 1985, 1995. Book (with author Sanford Moss): Natural History of the Antarctic Peninsula (Columbia University Press, 1988); watercolors and drawings shown at museums and galleries. Book (with David Ainley): The Adelie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change (Out of print). Books (with Meredith Hooper): Antarctic Journal—the Hidden Worlds of Antarctica’s Animals (National Geographic and Frances Lincoln, 2000) and The Island that Moved (Viking Juvenile, May 2004) .

Jennifer Dewey. Painter, writer. 1985. Drawings and two illustrated children's books (The Adélie Penguin and The Wandering Albatross, Little, Brown, 1989) in her Birds of Antarctica series.

Donald Finkel. Poet. 1968. Book-length poems: Adequate Earth (Atheneum, 1972), Endurance (Atheneum, 1978). Poet Emeritus, Washington University.

Jody Forster. Photographer. 1992, 1995. Exhibitions in galleries in the American Southwest and elsewhere.

William L. Fox. Writer., 2001. Envisioning Antarctica: history and nature of antarctic images. Book, Terra Antarctica: Looking into the emptiest continent (Trinity University Press, 2005) .

Elena Glasberg. Humanities scholar. 2004. End as beginning: an American antarctic imaginary (book). The Last Place on Earth, manuscript in development.

James Gorman. Writer. 1991. Book, Ocean Enough and Time: Travels in the Southern Ocean (Harper Collins, 1995).

Mariana Gosnell. Writer. 1992. Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance, published by Random House, Inc., in 2005.

Louis J. Halle. Writer. 1969. Book: The Sea and the Ice, a Naturalist in Antarctica (286p., Houghton Mifflin, 1973; Cornell University Press, 1989).

Ann Parks Hawthorne. Photographer. 1990, 1994, 1996, 2005. Numerous photo credits in domestic and international books and magazines. Represented by Black Star (New York) and C&B Alexander (England).

Kathleen Heideman. Poet. 2005. The Scientific Method: Poems of Antarctic Inquiry & Research in preparation.

Werner Herzog. Film Maker. 2006. Antarctica: the Inner Landscape, a documentary film based on the artist's perception that the continent's volcanic activity, geological history, evolution and survival of life, represents the inner landscape of our planet. The project will culminate in a feature length film with support from Creative Differences Productions, and the Discovery Channel and will also be distributed on DVD.

Meredith Hooper (writer). The Ferocious Summer: Adelie Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica is Hooper’s firsthand account of the effects of climate change on Antarctica. For one summer, Hooper lived and worked with scientists observing the summer population of Adélie penguins nesting at Palmer Station. Ferocious Summer was first published by Profile Books (August 2007) in Great Britain and has since been printed by Canadian publisher, Greystone Books (April 2008) for distribution to North American readers. In September 2008, the book won the prestigous Australian Nettie Palmer Award for Non-fiction.

Meredith Hooper (writer) and Lucia deLeiris (illustrator). 1999. Books (with Lucia deLeiris): Antarctic Journal—the Hidden Worlds of Antarctica’s Animals (National Geographic and Frances Lincoln, 2000) and The Island that Moved (Viking Juvenile, May 2004).

Meredith Hooper (writer) and William R. Fraser (ornithologist). 2001. A book about the doing of antarctic science.

Rebecca Johnson. Writer. 1991, 1994, 1997. Books for young adults: Investigating the Ozone Hole (Lerner, 1993), Science on the Ice: an Antarctic Journal (Lerner, 1995), and Women Working in Antarctica (Lerner, 1997); book on polar paleontology (forthcoming).

Henry Kaiser. Musician, 2001, 2005. Solo acoustic guitar CD about Antarctica. Web site: http://www.henrykaiser.net/

Chris Kannen. 2007. Painter. Observations, sketches, and paintings while based at Lake Hoare Camp in Taylor Valley. The research infrastructure in this location provides an opportunity for the artist to observe a dramatic combination of fierceness and fragility.

Kathleen Keeley. 2007. Writer (Young Adult Fiction). Molly Finn and the Southern Ocean, the fourth book in the series of Molly Finn novels, for young people, ages 10-13. Readers share the experiences of a young girl struggling with the typical (and some not-so-typical) experiences common to the preteen years. Website: http://katekeeley.blogspot.com/2008/01/memories-of-water-and-ice.html

Scott Kelley. Watercolorist. 2003. Paintings.

Stuart Klipper. Photographer. 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999. Major exhibitions at Museum of Modern Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art institute of Chicago; included in these museums' collections. Forthcoming book (John Hopkins University Press). Twice awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Daniel Lang. Painter. 1975. Paintings at galleries and museums in USA and Europe. Traveling exhibition.

Edward J. Larson. Historian of science. 2003. Book-length history of antarctic science.

Gretchen Legler. Writer. 1997. On the Ice: An Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica (A book of literary essays) (Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, 2005). Web site: http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/~legler/antarcticawebsite/index.html

Barry Lopez. Writer. 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992. Articles for Harper's (May 1989, p.43-49, "Our frail planet in cold, clear view: the South Pole as global laboratory"), Washington Post Outlook, and Orion (Winter 1994, p. 48-65, "Offshore: A Journey to the Weddell Sea"). Future book.

Sandra Markle. Writer. 1996, 1998. Children's book, Pioneering Frozen Worlds (Atheneum, 1996). Super Cool Science. South Pole Stations Past, Present, and Future (Walker and Company, 1997), Growing Up Wild: Penguins (Atheneum, 2000). Educational material on Internet, On-Line Expeditions: Antarctica (1996) and Antarctic Journals (1998). Numerous school and conference presentations.

Bob Marstall. Artist. 2002. Book (with Laurence Pringle, writer) for young readers about the Weddell seal.

Mary K. Miller. Web exhibition, 2001. Live @ the Exploratorium: Origins.

Fen Montaigne. Writer. 2005. The Antarctic Peninsula, penguins, and warming world, a book to be published by Henry Holt and Company. Received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation in 2006 to continue researching and writing this book.

Joan Myers. Photographer. 2002. Exhibitions and (with writer Sandra Blakeslee) a book.

Charles Neider. Writer. 1969, 1970, 1977. Books: Antarctica: Authentic Accounts. . . (anthology with introduction and notes, Random House, 1972; Cooper Square Press, 2000). Edge of the World: Ross Island, Antarctica (461p., Doubleday, 1974), Beyond Cape Horn: Travels in the Antarctic (387p., Sierra Club Books, 1980). Historic Guide to Ross Island.

Peter Nisbet. Painter. 1995. Landscape paintings and a book in progress.

Judith Nutter. Painter and poet. 2004. Time, place, and imagination: images and poems from Antarctica.

Michael Parfit. Writer. 1984. Book: South Light, a Journey to the Last Continent. (306p., Macmillan, 1986; paperback, 1987; U.K. edition, 1988). Articles in Smithsonian, National Geographic, and others.

Andrea Polli. 2007. Digital media artists. Her work is part of a growing interdisciplinary movement called data sonification. Like data visualization, sonification transforms data to communicate meaning. Her antarctic project, 90 degrees, will be a spatialized sound and visual gallery and web installation, which uses projected images combined with the weather and climate data sonification.

Eliot Porter. Photographer. 1975. Photographs, traveling exhibition, and book: Antarctica (169p., E. P. Dutton, 1978).

Anthony B. Powell. 2007. Photographer. High-definition video library of antarctic time-lapse photography. Powell has wintered 6 times and amassed an impressive library of winter footage. His goal is to create a cohesive 4-season vista that bring the continent to life in a unique way. Website: http://www.antarcticimages.com/

Laurence Pringle. Writer. 2002. Nonfiction, children's book on Weddell seals.

Stephen J. Pyne. Historian. 1982. Book: The Ice: A Journey to Antarctica (448p., University of Iowa Press, 1987; Arlington Books, 1987; Ballantine Books, 1988; University of Washington Press, 1998, with new preface; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1999). Named by the New York Times Book Review to its Best Books list for 1987.

Douglas Quin. Sound recordist; musician. 1996, 1999. Collection of natural sounds of Antarctica and production of music and CDs.

Susan Fox Rogers. Anthologist. 2004. Antarctica: Life on the Ice, an anthology of writings on life in Antarctica as experienced by researchers, explorers, artists, and others who have spent a significant amount of time on the ice, was published in 2007.

David Rosenthal. Painter. 1993, 1996. Paintings for galleries and museums in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and elsewhere.

Kim Stanley Robinson. Writer. 1995. Science fiction book Antarctica (HarperCollins UK, 1997; Bantam Books, hardback 1998, paperback July 1999; numerous editions in translation).

Galen Rowell. Photographer and writer. 1992. "A most unearthly place," March 1993 Life. Book, Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic (University of California Press, 1995).

David Ruth. Sculptor. 2006. Antarctic Ice: Sculpture in Cast Glass focuses on antarctic ice and how it can be imitated, resulting in a large-scale sculptures that will give viewers a more realistic sense of the scale and texture of antarctic ice formations. Exhibits at California galleries, workshops, and public lectures. Project web site: http://davidruth.blogspot.com/

Carl Safina. Writer. 2000. Book, Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival. 416 pages, Henry Holt & Company, Inc., (May 2002).

Connie Samaras. Photographer. 2004. Vast active living intelligence system: photographing the South Pole.

Emil Schulthess. Photographer. 1959. Book: Antarctica, a Photographic Survey (198p., Simon & Schuster, 1960).

George Steinmetz. Photographer. 2006. Planned book of photographs: Antarctica: The frozen desert.

William Stout. Painter and writer. 1992-1993. One-man exhibitions at various museums: 1997. Dinosaurs On Ice - William Stout's Antarctica. 1995. William Stout's Visions of Gondwana - Past and Present Life in Antarctica. 1994. William Stout - Lost Worlds. 1993. Studies From Gondwana - Landscapes and Wildlife of Antarctica. 1991-1995. Dinosaurs, Penguins, and Whales - The Wildlife of Antarctica. Numerous group shows. Forthcoming book. Lost Worlds - Prehistoric and Modern Life in Antarctica. (Some examples of his antarctic works appear on his web site at http://www.williamstout.com/fine_art/fine_art.html)

Thomas E. Svarney and Patricia Barnes-Svarney. Writers. 2002. Book about antarctic weather.

Kelly Tyler. Writer. 2002. Book about modern science and the Ross Sea Party of the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) — The Lost Men, (2006).

François Vuilleumier. Ornithologist. 1998. Book: Field Guide to the Birds of Patagonia and West Antarctica (Pica Press, forthcoming). The author is Curator, Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History.

Gabrielle Walker. Writer. 2004. A science book titled Antarctica—The Biography of a Continent for a lay audience. The book will weave together descriptions of science, places, and people in Antarctica to get at the personality of the continent through the eyes of researchers, vivid descriptions of the different environments in which they work, and what science tells us about the continent and its place in the world.

Gabriel Warren. Sculptor. 1999, 2005. Ice-related sculptures. Indoor and outdoor exhibitions, public and private commissions. Art and landscape slide lecture tour. Forthcoming book of photography and writing.

Sophie Webb. Illustrator. 2001. Book, A Guide to the Birds of Chile and the Adjacent Antarctic. Children's book (ages 9-12), My Season with Penguins, An Antarctic Journal (Longitude press, 2004).

Rachel Weiss. Sculptor, arts administrator ( chair, Arts Administration Program, Art Institute of Chicago). Arts and sciences exhibition and book Imagining Antarctica, displayed in several cities in 1986 and 1987.

James Westwater. Photochoreographer. 1977. Photographs and multimedia presentation (symphony orchestras with 3-screen slide show).

Sara Wheeler. Writer. 1994, 1995. Book, Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica (Random House, London, 1996; Vintage (paper), London, 1997; Heyne (German), 1997; Random House, New York, March 1998; Modern Library, 1999). Greetings from Antarctica (Peter Bedrick Books, July 1999).

James Woodside. Painter. 2002. Landscape paintings. Antarctic journal.

Norbert Wu. Underwater photography. 1997, 1999, 2001. "Under Antarctic
Ice," February 1999, National Geographic; Under Antarctic Ice (University of California Press, 2004); a traveling exhibit; and a children's book, Antarctic Ice (Henry Holt, publisher); Field Guide to Antarctic Marine Life (http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/fguide/); and a high-definition television (HDTV) program for Thirteen/WNET New York's Nature series, which is broadcast on PBS.