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A field guide of small, emerging, & unconventional residencies, made by artists for the creative com

09/18/2026

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08/24/2026

Our trip has come to a close! We are now back in our respective homes, getting back into the groove of everyday life. Our 2-week trip across Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana was so amazingly beautiful, between the landscape, the residencies, and the people we met.

Thanks to everybody who was a part of this adventure!

Next up, we will be compiling all our photos and interviews, creating profiles for each space and making them into our seventh book!

Thanks for following along and we hope you find inspiration

08/10/2026

Our final visit of the trip was with a budding residency - a seed of an idea between a group of friends all doing different, cool things who have collaborated in the past, present and future. We got to sample some of these pieces on our visit, which felt like an extended hang with an instant community —

Jaimie hosted a beautiful dinner on what happened to be Alicia’s birthday and we stayed in the future residency apartment (a little bit north of Missoula)

We gathered again in the morning at the multi-faceted Hand Me Down, a cafe in Sčilíp, MT Hand Me Down Coffee Shop

We perused the poetry selection at the Please, Poetry library in Missoula Please, Poetry Library

This stop was an exploration of dreaming into what a creative group of friends can do when they pool their resources into a common idea… Let’s see where it goes!

08/06/2026

Artist Wilderness Connection | Great Bear & Bob Marshall Wilderness areas, Montana

This residency is *literally* off the beaten path. Artists are placed in cabins throughout “capital W Wilderness,” meaning that they are off-grid, historic cabins 5-15 miles from the nearest trailhead. A partnership between a couple national forests, the Glacier Art Museum, and the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, artists are given free horse packing services and stay in the cabins for 1-2 weeks. Themes are wilderness and wilderness management - many painters attend, but also writers, quilters, and more.

Though we had a great conversation with the residency’s organizers at the ranger station and camped in the Flathead National Forest that night, we were unable to visit the cabins in person! Due to this, the first photos in this series were taken by recent resident Ginny Lefler and subsequent photos & journal entries are from past resident log books.

Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation Flathead National Forest Glacier Art Museum (Hockaday)

08/02/2026

IT’S ALICIA’S BIRTHDAY TODAY!! We are on the road and here are some highlights of our time together so far:

Alicia is good at gardening, she picks up toads, she has beautiful friends who love her, she likes to eat snacks and look pensively at nature, she likes to read in bushes and trees, safety is not accident, she’s really good at paddleboarding and loves sunsets, she’s a fan of pie and makes friends with marmots

Love our adventures together! Join me in celebrating this gem! 🎉🎉🎉🥰

07/31/2026

Open AIR | Missoula, MT

A unique model, Open AIR is a place-based residency that embeds artists within collaborative partner organizations all around Montana. Housed in a beautiful home close to downtown Missoula, the artists-in-residence spend their days in their studio at the selected partner site. We happened to arrive on the final day of a six-week residency and got the chance to bop around Missoula to four of this session’s host sites, which included a 120+ year-old homestead, a community garden organization, a reuse store, and a botanical garden and butterfly house. It was so inspiring to see how each of the artists connected with their host sites, became integrated into the community, and how that all reflected into the art created during the residency. Many thanks to the four artists-in-residence and Open AIR for letting us camp in their backyard for a couple of nights!

07/30/2026

Sawtooth NRA AIR | Sawtooth NRA, Idaho

A collaboration between the Sun Valley Museum of Art and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, this residency combines professional artistic support with the endless splendor of public lands. Residents have a private space in National Forest housing with park staff on the scenic byway, giving a great chance to interact with the inner workings of the park. The residency is 2 weeks long with a stipend of $750 and opportunities for teaching workshops and exhibiting artwork. Residents often explore deep into the 750,000+ acres, which includes jagged alpine mountains, beautiful lakes, hot springs, and wide meadows.

Sun Valley Museum of Art

07/30/2026

James Castle House | Boise, ID

James Castle was a prolific artist born in 1899, on a farm about 50 miles south of the city before eventually moving to the site where the current artist residency is housed. Castle was born deaf and was a self-taught artist— making art with anything he could find, including soot from the fireplace and his own spit. An incredibly unique artist, James Castle’s house is now preserved as a historic site, museum, and residency space. Artists, performers, curators, and writers are invited to respond to his work, practice, and house as part of a free (and stipended!) two-month or two-week residency. Thanks to Mónica, Kristen and CL who gave us a fascinating tour about James Castle and the residency program!

07/30/2026

Deer Songs Residency | Huston, Idaho

This residency is just at its beginning! We had the pleasure of having dinner with the facilitators, a bountiful partner farm Peaceful Belly farmer Josie , and several community members who have done pilot residencies in this first season. Definitely keep an eye out, because this residency is gorgeous and so comfortable. 40 minutes west of Boise in an agricultural area, it can be a quiet space for creation/rest/research or an active community space. We experienced both, and loved it.

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07/28/2026

Surel’s Place | Garden City, ID

In honor and memory of the artistic legacy of Surel Mitchell, this residency in the heart of a live-work-create district (named after Surel herself) invites artists from all over the world to make art, find inspiration, and engage with the local community. Artists are welcomed for a free one-month residency in Surel’s artistically-designed home, filled with paintings, books, artifacts, and light. Artists have the freedom to use the time as they need, while still being given plenty of opportunities to connect with local businesses, artists, the nearby Boise River and its green belt, and the very supportive staff!

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