Kirsten Campbell

Member since 2022

Kirsten grew up in Washington State and has spent most of her life exploring the mountains and sea of the Pacific Northwest.

During her studies at Western Washington University, she purchased a wooden 32’ William Atkin sailboat to live aboard, and spent years sailing throughout the Puget Sound, the San Juans and Gulf Islands, as well as distant oceans.

Her interest in whittling wood from a young age, and working in a wood shop building yurts developed into a keen desire to take carving courses at PTSW. With her mother hailing from Haines, AK, Kirsten was introduced to the Tlingit art and culture at a young age and fell in love with it. It’s become her passion to bring local Indigenous carvers as well as Northwest Coast Formline artists to the school.

She is working with the Programs Committee and the Equity & Inclusion Committee to acknowledge the land we work and live on here in Port Townsend. This means honoring, celebrating, and educating the tradition, culture, spirit, and art of our local and distant tribes from their own voices.