Packing for a Residency

How do you pack for a four week residency? Fortunately Ed was going too, so I could fill two checked bags, but I packed and repacked our bags, weighing them several times so they wouldn’t exceed the 50 pound limit. Other artists told me they took unstretched canvas or paper, but I packed 35 wood panels, mostly unsupported pieces of door skin. Most of my paint I brought in recycled plastic film cannisters plus sketchbooks and pencils and conte sticks. When I packed all of it I wondered if I would be able to use it all, but it was so exciting to unpack and to realize all I have to do here is paint. What a luxury! I remember when I was 21 and traveled around Southeast Alaska with a duffle bag of day camp supplies.