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An upcoming art exhibition will highlight the unique landscape of Idaho Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness from the perspective of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Artists in Residence. Join BLM and three Idaho artists on First Thursday, June 4 at the 44th Street Wineries (Cinder, Coiled and Telaya) located at 107 E. 44th Street in Garden City. Meet the artists and view artwork inspired by their experiences in Idaho Wilderness from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. At 5:30 p.m., oil painter JanyRae Seda, photographer Scott Carter and writer Annie Lampman will give short presentations describing their work and experiences while completing the residency. The exhibition will feature oil paintings inspired by Seda float of the scenic Bruneau River, as well as photographs and a reading from Carter and Lampman, who backpacked through the Owyhee Canyonlands. The Artist-in-Residence program invites artists to spend a week absorbing their surroundings, creating art in response to the experience, and then sharing their vision and techniques with visitors. It also promotes awareness of the exceptional places protected within the BLM National Conservation Lands. Artists are selected on the basis of both artistic merit and public outreach proposals. Their presentations provide opportunities for learning and dialogue about the value of preserving public lands. Participants donate digital copies of completed artwork to the BLM for future use in posters, exhibitions and interpretive programs. Local Treasure Valley artist Seda learned the art of oil painting at the Art Institute of Chicago and has participated in many art shows throughout the West, seeking out unique landscapes and wildlife to paint. Landscape photographer Scott Carter passion for capturing the enormous beauty of the outdoors derives from growing up in California Sierra Nevada Mountains and in his exploration of Idaho wild areas over the past 34 years. Annie Lampman has a Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing and teaches writing at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Her essays, poetry, and fiction have been published in a variety of magazines and journals. The Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness features unique rhyolite pinnacle formations known as hoodoos, cold-water streams, and canyons ranging in height from 250 to over 1000 feet. This remote and rugged landscape has outstanding opportunities for solitude, very low levels of human impacts, and primitive recreational opportunities. The Bruneau-Jarbidge River System flows north from the mountains of northern Nevada through the basalt and rhyolite canyons of the Owyhee Uplands to the Snake River in southern Idaho. Nearly 40 floatable miles of the Bruneau River are designated as wild and scenic. Learn more about the BLM Artist in Residence Program