
DUNU CAMPER MICRO ARTIST RESIDENCY AT THE OPEN KITCHEN SCULPTURE GARDEN 2025


In my application for this year's Dunu micro residency, I had proposed making pinch pot planters, seed saving vessels, and teaching about plant propagation using native plants from local gardens.
Then a thumb injury at the last minute forced a detour. The playbook, video, and images below document the project I ended up doing—drawing and painting on my kitchen walls at home (as a practice in following through on creative impulses). You'll find the whole story (along with some generative creative prompts) in the downloadable 9-page booklet below. I hope you enjoy!




LINKS & RESOURCES RELATED TO THE RESIDENCY
ART MAKING

Some of my most vivid early memories are moments of making art—drawing a crow with a golden beak out of melted crayons; creating a watercolor portrait of a porcelain doll wearing a bonnet; weaving brightly colored potholders on a little loom—memories that contain the feeling of total concentration and contentment.
Having studied many disciplines in the decades since elementary school, art making is also a practice where my diverse interests can intersect and overlap. Devotion to the natural world, the healing arts, music and poetry all shape my approach to a piece.
CERAMICS & PAINTING
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Pinch pot series from 2025

Emily Arin Snider
My Anenome, 2020
22 in x 30 in
Acrylic on paper with glassine collage
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Emily Arin Snider
Autumn Frisk, 2020
SOLD

Glazing ceramics at the Pottery Gym




