Artists-in-Residence
2026-2027
Summer 2026
Butte, MT
Residency Site Partners: Historic Clark Chateau in Butte, Imagine Butte Resource, Butte-Silver Bow Archives
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Megan Karls
Spokane, WA
Violinist
Missoula, MT
Residency Site Partner: Garden City Harvest
Jim Diamondidis
Severna Park, MD
Painter
Residency Site Partner: Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation
Addie Palin
Charlo, MT
Writer / Poet
Anna Moore
Port Townsend, WA
Designer / Maker
Logan Lefler
Arlee, MT
Photographer / Filmmaker
Bison Range
Residency Site Partner: CSKT Bison Range
Catherine Lemblé
Brussels, Belgium
Photographer / Visual artist
Missoula, MT
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Jory Michelson
Bellingham, WA
Poet and Storyteller
Residency Site Partner: Rocky Mountain Gardens
Luna de Jesus Licea
Los Angeles, CA
Painter
Residency Site Partner: Home ReSource
April Werle
Missoula, MT
Narrative Painter
Residency Site Partner: Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum
Arlo Smytheman
Missoula, MT
Visual Artist and/or Illustrator
Flathead Lake
Residency Site Partner: Flathead Lake Biological Station
Tammy West
Austin, TX
Mixed Media Artist
Forest Woodward
Missoula, MT
Photographer
Philipsburg, Montana
Residency Site Partner: Philipsburg Arts Fund, Philipsburg Library
Frederik Daem
Brussels, Belgium
Writer
Residency Site Partner: Missoula Public Library
Anik Kurkjian
Santa Fe, NM
Installation Artist, Sculptor, Site-Responsive Artist
Residency Site Partner: Home Resource
Laura Lovo
Scobey, MT
Media Artist
Fall 2026
Missoula, MT
Lydia McKinney
Charlo, MT
Weaver, Seamstress
Missoula, MT
Residency Site Partner: Emlen Lab
Haley Grunloh
Hamden, CT
Illustrator
Residency Site Partner: Travelers’ Rest State Park
Ian Carstens
Des Moines, IA
Filmmaker, Writer and Curator
Philipsburg, Montana
Residency Site Partner: Philipsburg Arts Fund, Philipsburg Library
Aretta Baumgartner
Atlanta, GA
Puppeteer
Mars Sandoval
Charlo, MT
Multimedia, Pen, Marker + Paint
Residency Site Partner: Moon Randolph Homestead
Sarah McMurry
Columbia, MO
Fiber Artist / Quilter
Jordan Lefler
Arlee, MT
Photographer / Filmmaker
Winter 2026
Spring 2027
Residency Site Partner: Home ReSource
Nina Elder
Gardner, CO
Interdisciplinary
