NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Building 31, Suite 1
13000 Highway 244
Keystone, South Dakota 57751
Phone (605) 574-2523 FAX (605) 574-2307
Mount Rushmore Sculpture Workshop Summer 2009
I would like to invite you and your family to participate in FREE sculpture workshops offered this summer at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. It is an honor and privilege to be this summer's sculptor in residence for the third year! I am now coordinating summer workshops with Rhonda Schier our acting Chief of Interpretation.
Students will focus on the art of clay portraiture and mold making. They will learn technique, safety, design and tool progression. Other workshops will offer alabaster stone carving. Participants will also gain an appreciation for portraiture and the history of Mount Rushmore. All tools and supplies will be provided. No experience with sculpture is required, just an interest in the work.
Week long workshops will be offered to ages 12 and up from 9am until 3:30pm for five days. Kids 16 and under require an adult with them. We will be working outside in the Borglum Terrace so be prepared for all weather. Students will be responsible for their own transportation to and from Mount Rushmore, students will be responsible for their own lunches and snacks. Please fill out the registration form on our web site www.nps.gov/moru/ and email, mail or fax it to Mt. Rushmore.
2009 Workshop dates:
June 8-12 Stone Carving
June 22-26 Clay Portraiture
July 6-10 Stone Carving
July 20-24 Clay Portraiture
August 3-7 Stone Carving
August 17-21 Clay Portraiture
September 8-11 Stone Carving
Spaces are limited to ten students and minimum of four. Deadline is the Monday before the class starts!
Kim Henkel, Sculptor in Residence
Mount Rushmore National Memorial,13000 Hwy 244, Bldg 31, Suite 1, Keystone, SD 57751
