NEWS RELEASE: Idaho Conservation League begins search for Artist in Residence
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Contact:
Lexi Black-Spalding, Community Engagement Associate, (208) 345-6933 x 302
Idaho Conservation League begins search for Artist in Residence
Boise, ID — The Idaho Conservation League (ICL) is looking for its next Artist in Residence. Idaho artists with a love of Idaho’s environment—from emerging talents to established names—are encouraged to apply.
ICL’s residency program explores the confluence of artistic expression and environmental conservation. Beginning over a decade ago with Boise landscape artist Rachel Teannalach, this annual residency now looks for its tenth artist to help speak to new audiences about the power of artistry in considering the places, resources, and species that ICL works to protect throughout Idaho.
The 2026/2027 Artist in Residence will join ICL in June of 2026 and complete their residency with an exhibition at ICL’s annual conference, Wild Idaho!, a year later in May of 2027. The artist will receive a modest stipend to cover materials and travel expenses. Throughout the residency, the artist is expected to collaborate with ICL in developing art relevant to ICL’s mission of protecting Idaho’s air, water, land, and wildlife. In exchange, the artist will benefit promotionally from regular presence in ICL’s digital and print communications and at ICL-sponsored events.
Applications open on March 16, 2026. Applying artists should work in two-dimensional mediums. Artists are asked to send in 5 examples of past work that best demonstrate their relationship to Idaho’s environment (approximately 10 x 14 inches at 72 dpi in JPEG format) and short written responses to application questions, all of which can be found on ICL’s Artist in Residence webpage. Applications are due by March 31, 2026.
A selection committee will review the applications and choose an artist with whom to work. Selection will be based on artists’ work quality, artistic relevance to ICL’s work, and commitment to Idaho’s environment. Artists will be notified of acceptance, or otherwise, by mid-May 2026.
Please submit applications to Lexi Black-Spalding (lblack@idahoconservation.org), Community Engagement Associate, via this Google Form.
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ICL’s mission is to create a conservation community and pragmatic, enduring solutions that protect and restore the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the land and wildlife you love.
