Meet the six conservation-minded artists featured at the 2024 SweetHEART Party & Auction. Heartbeat of Payette “My process is to start with random paint applied in interesting patterns, but without initial intention, using brushes, rags and spray bottle,...
Request for Artist Proposals: 2024 BIG HEART Project Description: Payette Land Trust is looking for an artist to bedazzle/embellish/paint/beautify/decorate the third annual Big Heart – a large unpainted heart sculpture – in the theme of “Conserving the Heart of...
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIG HEART & PAYETTE LAND TRUST Q: What is the Big Heart? A: A four-foot tall 3D heart decorated with the artist’s concept of the wilderness, agricultural and cultural aspects of the “Heart of Idaho”. The project aims to promote awareness of...
2024 SweetHEART Party & Auction Saturday, February 10 6:00-10:00pm Shore Lodge, McCall This event is the signature Valentine event in the McCall area, featuring a live auction, raffles, carving station, heavy hor d'oeuvres, chocolate and whiskey tasting. The event...
Payette Land Trust invites Valley & Adams County high school students to submit their artwork for the Second Annual Conserving the Heart of Idaho Student Art Contest! WHAT YOU DO: Create a design you will paint on a 12-inch three dimensional fiberglass heart. The...
PLT is thrilled to announce a fun community shindig that celebrates the many ways nature and art come together. Rooted in PLT's core mission to conserve the scenic, agricultural, recreational, historic, and wildlife character of the region, this event promises to...
Payette Land Trust is pleased to announce the inaugural PLT Shindig Saturday, September 16, 2023 at the Glass House, McCall Exhibition & Sale of Original Art by Premiere Idaho Artists Who Celebrate and Honor Nature Through Their Work! Supporting Land Conservation...
We are excited to announce the addition of a shuttled float on the North Fork Payette River prior to the Conservation Day BBQ this year! Enjoy a leisurely paddle from the City of McCall's Riverfront Park (Sheep Bridge) to the Payette Riverwalk Alliance Property off...
PLT BIG HEART Artist, Claire Remsberg painted blobs and drips on the BIG HEART, creating a background for images to emerge with help from the community. As people found images of "Conserving the Heart of Idaho" within the blobs and drips she sketched them in directly...
Background: In 2022 Payette Land Trust launched the Conserving the Heart of Idaho program. PLT board member, Michael Eck, first dreamed up the idea, specifically the BIG HEART, after seeing the Hearts in San Francisco event, a fundraiser for the San Francisco General...