Susan Mumma, artist

In addition to her support of the arts through the Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Festival and the Seldovia Arts Council, the Institute for Education and the Arts, the FAR-West Folk Alliance, and her own Crazy Crow Productions, Susan Mumma is herself an accomplished artist and musician.

Fine art

From the realistic to the fanciful, Susan's work is inspired by the world around her, and Seldovia provides plenty of inspiration. About her work in watercolors, stained glass, and other more ephemeral media, Susan says:

I believe that the arts are integral to keeping balance and sanity in our human world. They help us to reflect upon the natural world. Art helps us to communicate to others in ways much deeper than words alone can do. Music sheds lightness and wholeness and order on our experience while the visual arts and drama give our interpretation of it. Art should be the rule rather than the exception to everyday experience.

Susan has taken Master's-level training at the University of Oregon in teaching the creatively gifted and talented, and is a former arts teacher for K-12 at Susan B. English School in Seldovia. She also participates in numerous art workshops in a variety of media sponsored by the Seldovia Arts Council.

You can view more of Susan's work in her gallery.

Music

Susan is a regular at the annual This is where the cover image of your CD goesAlaska Midnight Sun Song Camp as well as attending annual gatherings sponsored by the FAR-West Folk Alliance, Acoustic Alaska Guitar Camp (where she has worked with Doug Cox, Rick Brooks, and Mike Dowling) and Aloha Music Camp (with Kaola Beymer and Mark Nelson). She has also taken classes or workshops with, among others, Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, Ann Rabson, Jeff Muldaur, Hawkeye Herman,David Francey, and Shane Simpson.

This love of music also informs her own work as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. You can hear Susan's work on her latest CD, Music, My Muse. Listen to a sample: "I Am Here" (3MB mp3 file download). For more information on purchasing Susan's CD or arranging for her to perform, email her.