The Mount St. Helens Institute will host its first ever artist-in-residence, Ian Ramsey, through Tuesday to aid in summer programs, read poetry and engage with the landscape.
Ramsey, the author of the poetry collection Hackable Animal, will present at the Science and Learning Center at Coldwater, located at 19000 Spirit Lake Highway in Toutle. Ramsey holds a master’s degree in creative writing from the Rainier Writing Workshop, and his work has appeared in Pacific Review, Off the Coast, Flyway and Orion, among other publications.
For 25 years, Ramsey taught at the North Yarmouth Academy in Maine, where he founded the Kauffmann Program for Environmental Writing.
Ramsey is also a wilderness athlete and kayak coach, and a founding board member of Physiology First, a nonprofit organization that helps students and families manage anxiety.
Ramsey received the Howard Small Chair for Excellence in Teaching, a Japan Fulbright Memorial Fellowship, and was a finalist for Grammy Music Educator of the Year.
To learn more about Ramsey, go to https://www.ianramsey.net/.
To learn more about the Mount St. Helens Institute, go to mshinstitute.org.
