Join SVMoA and the Hunger Coalition for a Community Workshop on Portraiture and Self-Representation at our annual Día de los Muertos Celebration! Participants are invited to bring objects and wear clothing that represents who they are and how they want to be seen. A photographer will take portraits of families, friends, and individuals, inviting sitters to express themselves as they participate in the creation of a collective portrait of the Wood River Valley. We’ll have Polaroid cameras on hand for participants to photograph each other with, too. Everyone will receive a copy of their portrait to take with them.

Join Louise Dixey, Cultural Resources Director at the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, and Velda Racehorse, Archivist at the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, for a conversation on Danish American photographer Benedicte Wrensted, who made portraits of many members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in her photography studio in Pocatello, Idaho, at the turn of the 20th century. This Lecture is part of SVMoA’s Portraits of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Past & Present Exhibition.

The stems, leaves, and flowers of plants are essential to their functions: making their own food and providing it to other living things, building healthy soil, cleaning and filtering water, and providing shade. They also create beautiful shapes, lines, and patterns. Participants will apply ink to native plants gathered from the Sawtooth NRA, lay paper over the plants, and use pressure to make beautiful botanical monotype prints. All materials are provided but participants are welcome to bring their own native plants. Age & ability: all ages and levels; beginners welcome! This workshop takes place from 2–4pm at the Museum in Ketchum About the Instructor Rebecca Schultz is the 2024 Sawtooth National Recreation Area Artist-in-Residence. Schultz creates mixed media works–including paintings, prints, installations, and public art–that cultivate a sense of wonder for the complex ecosystems surrounding us and reflect on humanity’s precarious relationship with the more-than-human world.

Experience the magic of printing from a hand carved block using a printing press! Learn how to create a simple color relief print to make a series of prints. Design your own block using images provided by the instructor or your own photos and drawings. Learn proper print registration, how to use carving tools safely, different ways to print and what types of inks to use. No prior drawing or printing skills are required. Each participant will leave with a small edition of prints that can be framed, made into cards or used as gifts. All printmaking supplies will be provided in this workshop. Age & ability: 16+, all levels, beginners welcome This is a one-day workshop, 10am–3pm, at the Hailey Classroom.