Sarah McCartt-Jackson
Sarah McCartt-Jackson was Artist in Residence at Catoctin Mountain Park May 1-21, 2019. She is from Lexington, KY where she is currently is a teaching artist for the Kentucky Arts Council. She also offers community workshops for writers of all backgrounds through several organizations including Louisville Literary Arts, Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Fall of the Ohio and others.
During her residency she did a poetry reading at the Delaplaine Arts Center, hiked every trail in the park and interacted with visitors and staff. She put a message board in the Visitor’s Center and on Facebook asking people what they liked most about the park. With that information, she created a collaborative poem Catoctin Mountain. She also produced a poem about the historic Cabin 16 where she stayed during her residency. You can read her poems by clicking HERE.