Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Former Outlaw’s path set in Sister High School classes
By Chloe Gold
Correspondent
Full-time ceramist and
part-time river guide in
the Grand Canyon, Laura
Campbell developed the tools
for her professions through
her experience at Sisters High
School.
In her junior year
at Sisters High School,
Campbell began participat-
ing in IEE (Interdisciplinary
Environmental Expedition).
Led by Rand Runco, Samra
Spear, and Glen Herron, the
class spotlights nature in three
subjects: Physical Activity
and Outdoor Recreation4
taught by Rand Runco;
English 4 taught by Samra
Spear; and Science 4 taught
by Glen Herron.
At the end of the year-long
course of classes, students
have acquired skills such as
fly fishing, mountain biking,
rock climbing, and no-trace
camping. The highlight of the
course for many students is
the end-of-the-year raft trip.
Upon completing the
course as juniors, many
students will be offered posi-
tions as IEE interns, as Laura
Campbell was in her senior
year. IEE interns are predomi-
nantly seniors who have taken
IEE and found a passion for
the class. Their job mainly
consists of helping to lead the
expeditions.
As the end of the school
year approaches, IEE interns
learn how to guide river-
rafting expeditions for the
annual IEE rafting trip. As
an IEE intern her senior year,
Campbell learned how to
become a river guide, and led
a group of juniors through
their rafting expedition on the
Deschutes River.
Becoming an IEE intern
and leading that year9s raft
trip is where Campbell first
started out as a river guide.
According to Campbell, she
<definitely wouldn9t do [her]
job now if it wasn9t for IEE.=
Inspired by her first raft-
ing trip as a guide, Campbell
currently is a river guide in
the Grand Canyon National
Park, where she has worked
for seven years.
Campbell also studied
PHOTO PROVIDED
Laura Campbell is a professional ceramic artist —a skill she first developed
at Sisters High School.
under Mike Baynes during her
time at Sisters High School.
From Baynes, the art teacher
during Campbell9s time
at Sisters High School,
Campbell learned pottery.
According to Campbell,
the <support that the arts have
in Sisters was really motivat-
ing.= So motivating in fact,
that Campbell became a full-
time ceramist.
Locally, Campbell is a fea-
tured artist at Studio Redfield,
located on East Hood Avenue
in downtown Sisters. In 2016,
Campbell also worked with
Sisters Elementary School
teacher Karen Williams to
help fourth-grade students
create a mural on the fence of
the elementary school along
Highway 20. The mural fea-
tures fish of various sizes,
and merged art with river life
to create a cohesive lesson
for the students. This year,
Campbell donated a piece
entitled <This Land is Our
Land= to Sisters Folk Festival
for its annual <My Own Two
Hands= art auction.
Campbell has had many
other pieces featured in the
art auction for My Own Two
Hands in addition to the
piece she donated this year.
The proceeds of this auc-
tion are distributed to various
music and art programs under
Sisters Folk Festival within
the Sisters School District.
To pursue careers in art and
the outdoors as many students
from Sisters do is something
unique to this community. For
Campbell, being <given the
alternative types of educa-
tion, like learning outside was
great for [her] and how [she]
learns,= she said.
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