Enjoy a glass of\nwine as you tour the exhibition with The Center’s curators and gallery\nguid es. Idaho Stories features work by five artists exploring\nIdaho ’s fascinating ties to literary history and considering the state as\na place that has long generated all kinds of stories. Part of The Center's\n BIG IDEA project Idaho Stories\, Oct 20\, 2016–Jan 6\, 2017.
\nEnjoy a glass of\nwine as you tour the exhibition with The Center’s curators and gallery\nguides. Idaho Stories features work by five artists exploring\nIdaho’s fascinating ties to literary history and considering the state as\na place that has long generated all kinds of stories. Part o f The Center's\nBIG IDEA project Idaho Stories\, Oct 20\, 2016– Jan 6\, 2017.
\nNashville-based\nKorby Lenker is a singer\, songwriter\, author\, guitarist and\nmulti-instrumen talist who grew up in Twin Falls as the son of a\nmortician.Korby has perf ormed internationally and has shared the stage with\nsuch legends as Willi e Nelson and Ray Lamontagne\, as well as Nickel Creek\,\nTristan Prettyman \, Susan Tedeschi\, and many others.
He’s had wins\nin the Merlef est folk songwriting contest as well as the Kerrville Folk\nFestival’s e lite New Folk songwriting competition and can often be heard\non legendary Seattle indie rock station KEXP. He is here celebrating the\nrelease of h is 7th album\, Thousand Springs\, which got its start\nlast sprin g in Southern Idaho as Korby recorded base tracks everywhere from\nthe bas ement of the mortuary to a cabin north of Ketchum. While here\, Korby\nwil l be working with students from Wood River High School.
Part of\nTh e Center's BIG IDEA project Idaho Stories\, Oct 20\, 2016 – Jan 6\,\ n2017.
The Center’s commitment to Enhancing Arts\nEd ucation
Korby Lenker will be performing in and working\nwi th local schools as a part of The Center’s ongoing commitment to Artist\ nResidencies. Artist Residencies are supported by Gayle Marie and in part\ ,\nwith funds for International Guitar Night and Las Cafeteras provided by the\nWestern States Arts Federation (WESTAF)\, the Idaho Commission on th e Arts\nand the National Endowment for the Arts.
Nashv ille-based\nKorby Lenker is a singer\, songwriter\, author\, guitarist and \nmulti-instrumentalist who grew up in Twin Falls as the son of a\nmortici an.Korby has performed internationally and has shared the stage with\nsuch legends as Willie Nelson and Ray Lamontagne\, as well as Nickel Creek\,\n Tristan Prettyman\, Susan Tedeschi\, and many others.
He’s had wi ns\nin the Merlefest folk songwriting contest as well as the Kerrville Fol k\nFestival’s elite New Folk songwriting competition and can often be he ard\non legendary Seattle indie rock station KEXP. He is here celebrating the\nrelease of his 7th album\, Thousand Springs\, which got its start\nlast spring in Southern Idaho as Korby recorded base tracks everywh ere from\nthe basement of the mortuary to a cabin north of Ketchum. While here\, Korby\nwill be working with students from Wood River High School.
Part of\nThe Center's BIG IDEA project Idaho Stories\, Oct 20\, 2016 – Jan 6\,\n2017.
The Center’s commitment to E nhancing Arts\nEducation
Korby Lenker will be performing i n and working\nwith local schools as a part of The Center’s ongoing comm itment to Artist\nResidencies. Artist Residencies are supported by Gayle M arie and in part\,\nwith funds for International Guitar Night and Las Cafe teras provided by the\nWestern States Arts Federation (WESTAF)\, the Idaho Commission on the Arts\nand the National Endowment for the Arts.
Start your\nGallery Wa lk at the Center! Locals and visitors alike take in\nthought-provoking exh ibitions\, enjoy wine\, mingle with friends\, and often\nmeet the artists. The visual arts exhibition’s storyline begins in 1885\,\nthe year that poet Ezra Pound was born in Hailey and author/illustrator\nMary Hallock Foote and her husband built their Stone House on the Boise\nRiver. It sp ans the lives of self-taught artist James Castle\, who was born\nin Garde n Valley in 1899 and died in Boise in 1977\, and Ernest Hemingway\,\nwho began visiting Idaho in the 1930s and ended his life in Ketchum in\n1961 . It closes with the 1980 publication of Marilynne Robinson’s\nHouseke eping\, set in a town in northern Idaho. The exhibition features the\nwor k of five artists—two historic\, three contemporary—all responding\nt o Idaho’s landscapes and literature. Part of The Center's BIG IDEA\nproj ect Idaho Stories\, Oct 20\, 2016–Jan 6\, 2017.
Start your\nGallery Walk at the Center! Locals and visitors alike take in\nthou ght-provoking exhibitions\, enjoy wine\, mingle with friends\, and often\n meet the artists. The visual arts exhibition’s storyline begins in 1885 \,\nthe year that poet Ezra Pound was born in Hailey and author/illustrat or\nMary Hallock Foote and her husband built their Stone House on the Bo ise\nRiver. It spans the lives of self-taught artist James Castle\, who w as born\nin Garden Valley in 1899 and died in Boise in 1977\, and Ernest Hemingway\,\nwho began visiting Idaho in the 1930s and ended his life i n Ketchum in\n1961. It closes with the 1980 publication of Marilynne Rob inson’s\nHousekeeping\, set in a town in northern Idaho. The exhibition features the\nwork of five artists—two historic\, three contemporary —all responding\nto Idaho’s landscapes and literature. Part of The Cen ter's BIG IDEA\nproject Idaho Stories\, Oct 20\, 2016–Jan 6\, 2 017.