Staff Spotlight – Nathan Hendrickson

More about Nathan
How did you learn about North Star and why did you apply?
– I learned about North Star Camp from my colleague in the FSU MFA program, Michelle Eccles who taught art and was a counselor at North Star for over 8 years. I decided to apply because it sounded like a wonderful opportunity for me to gain experience as a teacher and mentor as well as exercise my skills as a video artist and photographer.
If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
– If I could be any animal, I would probably choose to be a dolphin because they are thought to be one of the most intelligent animals besides ourselves and I think that I could get used to swimming all of the time.
W-hat is your favorite cartoon Character:
– My favorite cartoon character is an absurd tie between Tom and Jerry that results in a cartoonish catastrophe set to Chopin’s Grande Valse Brillante.
What is your dream Job:
– To be a working artist and a tenured professor of visual art at the university level.
If you had a super hero power, what would it be:
– The ability to be in many places at the same time.
What noteworthy/random/menial jobs have you held?
What are your top three movies of all time:
– Sans Soleil, Caltiki the Undying Monsterand Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast
What did you do last summer?
– I worked as a cook and server for a catering company in Louisville, Kentucky and sold a bunch of my paintings and drawings in order to save money to move to Tallahassee, Florida to attend graduate school.
What is a little Known fact about yourself:
– I sometimes pick my nose.
What, if any previous camp/outdoor experiences have you had?
– I love to hike and often go camping in my free time. My favorite place to camp is in Red River Gorge in the Daniel Boone National Forest in east-central Kentucky.