Photo courtesy of Doug Clarke.
This program is supported by Nevada Humanities’ generous donors and the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.
To celebrate America 250 and the 5th anniversary of Sagebrush to Sandstone, the Humanities Center at Great Basin College and Nevada Humanities are teaming up for a creativity hike at the Lamoille-Talbot Trail in Lamoille Canyon. Using Joy Harjo’s American Sunrise and Nevada Humanities Sagebrush to Sandstone, leaders Katie Karnehm-Esh, Doug Clarke, and Christie Osborne will lead participants on a creative experience of nature and the difference between living on the land versus living with it. Participants will be able to pick the duration of their hike. Bring hiking boots, water, and either a journal, sketchbook, or your camera (or all of the above). Come ready to tap into your creativity and experience one of Nevada’s wild places in a new way.
This workshop is open to participants of all ages and skill levels.
Space for this event is limited and registration in advance is required.
Christie Osborne holds a master's degree in US History and is a published academic writer. She contributed to Haywood County: Portrait of a Mountain Community (2010), which won the Willie Parker Peace History Book Award and the President's Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians. She has spent her life in the mountains, from the Berkshires in Massachusetts to the Smokies in North Carolina to the Rockies in Colorado to the Sierra in California. She now makes her home at the base of Lamoille Canyon with her two Australian shepherds, Lola and Leevi. She's also an occasional poet and essayist, publishing work on her Substack, Human; Naturally. https://cosborneloves.substack.com/
Katie Karnehm-Esh, Ph.D, is the Humanities Center Coordinator at Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada, as well as a writer, educator, and editor. An Ohio native, she did her graduate work in creative writing at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and taught undergraduate English in Indiana for sixteen years before relocating to Nevada. She has been a participant at Vermont Studio Center, Kenyon Review Writers Workshops and Breadloaf Environmental Writer Workshops; recently she was awarded a Fulbright to Queens University, Belfast, for the 2027 year. Her writing has been published in literary journals such as Fourth Genre, The Whale Road Review, and The Englewood Review. She is currently working on a creative nonfiction book about the US national parks.
Doug Clarke is a long-time resident and active community member in the Elko area, known for his involvement in outdoor and recreational activities. He is an administrator for the Elko Outdoor Adventure Club. He has also served in the role of Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) Coordinator for the USDA’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (Mountain City Ranger District).
