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Governor’s Awards in the Arts 2026

Nominations for Governor’s Awards in the Arts due August 31, 2026.

2027 Annual Grants

Annual Grants for 2027 have been announced!

2026 Annual Grants

Arts Idaho invests nearly $750,000 in grants to 108 arts organizations, schools, and school districts across 31 communities statewide.

2025 Annual Grants

Arts Idaho announces 2025 annual grants to organizations, schools and school districts.

2025 Visual Arts Fellowships

Three Idaho Artists awarded 2025 Visual Arts Fellowships

2025 Folk & Traditional Arts Fellowships

Three Idaho artists awarded 2025 Folk & Traditional Arts Fellowships

2025 Traditional Arts Apprenticeships

Six mentor artists and their apprentices will participate in the 2025 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program.

2024 Performing & Media Arts Fellowships

Three Idaho artists have been awarded Fellowships in Performing and Media Arts:  Jessica Harned, Amy Johnson, and Tracy Sunderland.

2024 Annual Grants

The Idaho Commission on the Arts announced today its Fiscal Year 2024 annual grants, totaling $726,000 to 85 organizations and schools spanning 26 communities throughout the state.

2024 Arts Apprenticeship Awards

The Idaho Commission on the Arts has awarded seven master artists and their qualified apprentices $3,000 each as part of the annual Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.

2024 Literature Fellowships

Idaho writers Megan Freitag, Hannah Rodabaugh, and Sarah Sentilles awarded Literature Fellowships.

Webster named Idaho Writer in Residence

Poet Kerri Webster named state writer for two-year term.

Rosalie Sorrels’ Legacy Exhibit

New exhibit at Albertson’s Library presented by Folk Arts program.

Scam Alert

A person claiming affiliation with Arts Idaho/Idaho Commission on the Arts has been direct messaging artists to commission work.

22 Governor’s Awards in the Arts

The 2022 Governor’s Awards in the Arts awards ceremony will be held Nov. 28, 2022.

Idaho Folklife Collection

The Idaho Commission on the Arts has partnered with Boise State University’s Albertsons Library to create the Idaho Folklife Collection.

2023 Visual Arts Fellowships

Three Idaho artists have been awarded Fellowships in Visual Arts: Dr. Garth Claassen, Caroline Earley, and Stephen Fisher.

2023 Arts Grants Announced

FY23 annual grants made, totaling $645,592 to 81 organizations and schools spanning 27 communities throughout the state.

Traditional Arts Apprenticeships, 2023

Traditional Arts Apprenticeships awarded for rosemaling and saddle making.

Performing | Media Arts Fellowships, 2022

Three Idaho artists have been awarded Fellowships in Performing and Media Arts: Karen Day (filmmaking), Lauren Edson (dance), and Cuream Jackson (aerial straps).

CMarie Fuhrman named Idaho Writer in Residence

Poet and non-fiction author CMarie Fuhrman of McCall has been named Idaho Writer in Residence by the Idaho Commission on the Arts. Fuhrman’s application was…

Literature Fellowships, 2022 awards

3 Idaho writers have been awarded 2022 Literature Fellowships from the Idaho Commission on the Arts

Traditional Arts Apprenticeships, 2022 awards

The 2022 TAAP grants awardees include practitioners in saddlemaking and Mexican dancing.

2022 Annual Arts Grants

Fiscal Year 2022 annual grants for Public Programs in the Arts, Entry Track and Arts Education Projects

2020 Governor’s Awards in the Arts

The biennial awards, established in 1970 by the Idaho Commission on the Arts, bring recognition to Idaho’s exceptional artists, arts organizations, and arts supporters.

Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Awards for 2021

Awards go to six master artists and their qualified apprentices.

Folk & Traditional Artists Awarded 2021 Fellowships

The Idaho Commission on the Arts announces the recipients of the inaugural Folk and Traditional Arts Fellowship: Norma Pintar,
Cary Schwarz, Jenny Williams.

Artists Awarded Fellowships in Visual Arts

Three Idaho artists have been awarded Fellowships in Visual Arts: Joe Casey Doyle, Karen Woods, and Chad Erpelding.

2021 Arts Grants Announced

Fiscal Year 2021 annual grants, totaling $544,000, go to 77 organizations and schools spanning 24 communities throughout the state.

Traditional Arts Apprenticeships Announced

The 2020 TAAP grants awardees include practitioners in Flamenco, Korean, and Mexican dancing; leatherworking, gun engraving and saddlemaking; Nez Perce tule weaving and Japanese Taiko.

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