Wilderness Workshop residency program sends artist Kia Neill into the wild
Artist Kia Neill covered a lot of ground in her weeklong residency in the Roaring Fork Valley. Neill, one of four artists coming to the valley in 2017 through Wilderness Workshop's artist-in-wilderness program, set out on daily hikes through the wilderness seeking inspiration. In her first few days here, Neill explored the Lost Man and Linkins Lake trails, photographed wildflowers on Independence Pass, popped into the Grottos, made her way to the flanks of Mount Sopris at Thomas Lakes and hoofed it above Ashcroft to Cathedral Lake. "Primarily, I want to absorb as much as I can," she explained last week. [...]