Methow Conservancy First Tuesday: North Cascade Glacier Climiate Project

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When: Tuesday, February 3, at 7pm.
Where: Winthrop Barn
Free

Join the Methow Conservancy tomorrow for an event presented in collaboration with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project, and TwispWorks.

Jill Pelto will speak about her work as the Art Director of the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project (NCGCP), which she co-leads with her dad, Science Director Mauri Pelto. For 17 consecutive years, Jill has joined Mauri and a small team to measure changes to the glaciers of the North Cascades. Jill will share stories of change through the lens of her watercolor paintings about glaciers, watersheds, and ecosystems. As Art Director, Jill also brings other artists/creatives into the fold each summer for a backpacking and glacier travel art residency. Two of these artists live in the Methow Valley (Margaret Kingston and Cal Waichler) and will join the event in person. Jill will be tuning in virtually from Bellingham.

Margaret Kingston received a grant in 2025 from the TwispWorks Mary Kiesau Community Fellowship Fund to help support her work with the NCGCP. After Jill's talk, Margaret will give a short overview of her work on the Glacier Climate Project and its connections to both TwispWorks and Confluence Gallery in Twisp.

This event is free and open to the public.

Please note that this First Tuesday event is paired with a show at Confluence Gallery in Twisp. Artwork by 8 different NCGCP residency artists will be featured in a show called Shaped By Ice, running from January 13-February 21, with an opening reception on Saturday Jan. 17, 5-7pm. This show is curated by Margaret Kingston; featuring work by Jill Pelto, Cait Quirk, Emma Mary Murray, Danielle Schlunegger-Warner, Cal Waichler, Claire Seaman, Rose McAdoo and Margaret Kingston.

More info: https://methowconservancy.org/news/entry/first-tuesday-ncgcp-2026

Hope to see you tomorrow!

~ the Methow Conservancy