The current artist-in-residence at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will present a public program highlighting her work on Friday at 2 p.m. at the park visitor center on M-72 in Empire.

Margaret Huddy, a watercolor artist from Alexandria, Va., is spending three weeks living in the park, “immersing herself into the natural wonders of the dunes, forests, beaches and the varied cultural landscapes this treasure provides,” according to a National Park Service news release.

Huddy has traveled around the world sketching and photographing great sculptural monuments and has spent many years as a “plein air” painter, where she paints small, quick watercolors of local landscapes. Returning to her studio, she then works on large scale paintings.

Huddy’s one-hour presentation tomorrow is free and open to the public. Works of art by previous artists-in-residence at the Lakeshore will also be on display in the visitor center auditorium.

For more information, call the park visitor center at 326-5134 or visit www.nps.gov/slbe online.