***We are in the process of rescheduling our February events, so please check back for updates in the coming weeks. Thanks so much for your continued support and flexibility!
***We are in the process of rescheduling our February events, so please check back for updates in the coming weeks. Thanks so much for your continued support and flexibility!
Arts Council Debuts The Whistle Pig Vol. 12 at Hub Plaza
Friday October 16
The Mountain Home Arts Council will release the twelfth volume of Southwest Idaho’s literary journal The Whistle Pig on Friday, Oct. 16, during an open-house event from 5 pm to 7 pm at the outdoor Hub Plaza in downtown Mountain Home on E 2nd N. The Whistle Pig ($15, $10 for back issues), showcases select local writers and artists, and is published annually by the Literary Arts Committee of the Mountain Home Arts Council. The newest Broadside featuring the poem Saturday Morning by Lyndsey Matthews will also debut during the open house. Broadsides ($10, $5 for back issues) are handmade by Tom Bennick of Tail Gate Studio in Mountain Home, then letter-pressed with a Chandler and Price press that is over 100 years old. There will be a focus on safety and social distancing during the open house, and the Arts Council asks that customers please bring exact change or check.
FEATURED WRITERS: Ann Wuehler * Eros Salvatore * Andrea Fisher * John Hiler *
Cynthia R. Henstock * Alan C. Gregory * Kim Monnier * Christine L. Riker * Jan Rogers Wimberley * Sherrie Porter Gregory * Brian S. Orban * Amy R. Alexander * Rebecca Moore * Cameron Fisher * Chris DeVore * Michaela French * Lyndsey Matthews * Janis Woodruff H * Laurice Bentz * Billy Gresick * Beth DeVore * Mary Walker * Hollyann Slack * Torrance DeVore * Shelbi Ward * Danielle Vanderpool * Alexus Kingsley * Danica Trouten * Darla Trouten * Ann Morman * Lucas Saw * Elva Chong * Norah Hansen * Gemma Sturgeon * Caileigh Baumgartner * Giana Eiland * Kennedy Bliss * Samantha Schwartz * Riley Cobb * Guinevere Mills
FEATURED ARTISTS: Jeremiah Watson * Tsang Tseng Tseng * Cynthia R. Henstock * Charlotte Moody-Emerson * Christine L. Riker * Tracey Van Etten * Jennifer DeVore *
Brenda Raub * Ashlyn Alexander * Hunter Delsite * Kamille Bartlett * Ava Balderrama * Breck Franklin * Keira Merryman * Ruby Franklin
The Whistle Pig is also available on Amazon.com or contact the Arts Council at (208) 587-3706 or mh-arts@qwestoffice.net. THE WHISTLE PIG is published annually by the Literary Arts Committee of the Mountain Home Arts Council (www.mharts.org). Contributors—of short fiction, poetry, song lyrics, literary nonfiction, & visual art—are from Elmore County and surrounding areas. Address editorial or other correspondence to MHAC, P.O. Box 974, Mountain Home, ID 83647; (208) 587-3706; literaryarts@mharts.org or mh-arts@qwestoffice.net. MOUNTAIN HOME ARTS COUNCIL MISSION: Mountain Home Arts Council entertains, enriches, and educates the community by promoting and presenting varied artistic and cultural activities.
Mountain Home Arts Council community events and educational outreach programs are supported in part by grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Western States Arts Federation, the Idaho Humanities Council, a state-based partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Whittenberger Foundation, the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, the Mountain Home Air Force Base Officers’ Spouses’ Club, First Interstate Bank, St. Luke’s Foundation, and US Bank Foundation, as well as the generous support of the City of Mountain Home, Hampton Inn/Johnson Brothers Hospitality, Mountain Home News, El-Wyhee Hi-Lites, Winger’s, and other local business and individual patrons.
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Community Canvas
Community Canvas of MoHo, a public art campaign of the Mountain Home Arts Council created by Brenda Raub, Amber Cobos, and Eric Tautfest, is an outdoor gallery giving visual artists an opportunity to be seen by the public and the public the opportunity to view and admire the talents of our local community. We currently have 130 beautiful murals, spanning 5 blocks of downtown Mountain Home. We start painting the second week of June and have a reveal on the 4th of July.
For more information please visit the Community Canvas of MoHo Facebook page or email communitycanvasmoho@gmail.com
Visual Arts Guild
The Visual Arts Guild provides display venues for area
visual artists and assists with their identified needs.
In addition to Community Canvas, these events
feature the work of our local artists!
Meetings: Second Monday , 6:30 pm @ the MH Public Library
Art at the Inn
A social evening at the Hampton Inn. Mingle with local artists.
Art will be exhibited by the Visual Arts Guild and will be
available for purchase. Out of the Box items support the
scholarship program for graduating seniors.
Catered by Smoky Mountain. TBD
Spring Art Show
One of the artists’ favorite shows—The Visual Arts Guild
artists display and sell their art for under $100. This event is
held at the MH Public Library in conjunction with the
Friends of the Library book sale. MAY 7 & 8, 2021
For more information, visit The Guild’s Facebook page:
