Teaching Teachers
MONA's Summer Institute. August 14, 2006 to teach his formline design painting class. Kevin lectured to the Museum of Northwest Art's Summer Institute for Teachers on Northwest Coastal Indian Art in LaConner, Washington. http://www.museumofnwart.org. Kevin's participation was coordinated by Margaret Goff.
Here is a thank-you card from Kevin's presentation in 2005:
Artist-in-Residence
Whitney School, Anacortes, Washington. 2005. http://www.asd103.org/publications/currents/06-01-05.pdf
Eagle-Whale Story Pole
Madison Elementary School, Mount Vernon, Washington
Bay View Elementary School, Bayview, Washington. 1993.
Northwest Folklife, Shoreline School District, Shoreline, Washington. 1992.
Kevin Paul singing "plateau style" on an Inupiaq Drum at Nikaitchvat Ilisagviat, an Inupiaq language immersion school in Kotzebue, Alaska. March 2001.
Kevin Paul demonstrating his carving style to Inupiaq students at Nikaitchviat Ilisagviat, Kotzebue, Alaska. The finished piece, a salmon bowl, was presented as a gift to our host, Pete Schaeffer, cousin to Kevin's wife, Patricia Paul. March 2001.
LaConner Boys and Girls Club
Glen and Kay Bartlett and Connie Funk were instrumental in Kevin's "Bear" carving that is at the entrance to the doorway of the LaConner Boys and Girls Club. Here, left to right are: Kevin Paul, Connie Funk and Kay Bartlett. Nine foot bear totem, Western Red Cedar. 2000.
Children's Museum of Mount Vernon
This is one of the two interior poles, commissioned by the Children's Museum in Mount Vernon. Kevin is using a hook knife. http://www.skagitchildrensmuseum.org/Exhibits.html. Funded, in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/pacificnorthwest/announcements/announce-031205.htm
LaConner School District
Kevin Paul teaches Northwest Coastal Woodcarving in the LaConner High School, January to June, 1993 to 2006. Kevin is a teacher's aide in shop class under Michael Carrigan. Kevin is paid by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community for this class.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/neighbors/laconner/scenes.html
Twenty-four foot story pole of the thunderbird, bear and salmon. Western Red Cedar. LaConner Middle School. 1994.
Wind of a Thousand Tales
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"Coyote Legend" as told by Kevin Paul. Wind of a Thousand Tales, local children's theater. Two public readings of this legend. Lincoln Theater, Mount Vernon, Washington. Summer 2000.
Announcements
To invite Kevin Paul to your school, please contact him at: kpaulcarvings@hotmail.com. Kevin is available as a guest speaker, an artist demonstrating his craft, or for a lengthier artist-in-residence. Some schools have sponsored him to carve a "Story Pole" at their school site and when completed, the school owns the carving. At some schools, he participates in a story-time, singing on his hand drum and telling traditional Indian stories.