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Great Basin National Park opens applications for 2027 Artist-in-Residence program
News Release Date: October 27, 2026
Contact:Great Basin National Park Public Affairs
- Great Basin National Park, in partnership with the Great Basin National Park Foundation, is accepting applications for its 2027 Artist-in-Residence program.
For nearly two decades, the program has invited painters, writers, musicians and other creatives to immerse themselves in one of the nation's most remote and inspiring landscapes.
"Artists help us see the Great Basin through new perspectives," said Aviva O'Neil, executive director of the Great Basin National Park Foundation. "Their work connects people in new ways to the Park's vast landscapes, rich history, sense of solitude and more."
Meghan Catherine Dragon, a 2025 Great Basin National Park artist-in-residence, said art can inspire people to engage more deeply with the natural world.
"I want my work to inspire people to get outside and to look a little closer at some of the things they normally just walk by," Dragon said. "Art can help open people's eyes to new things. It can inspire people's own creativity. And it can highlight the beauty of the natural world and show why we want to keep it, preserve it and protect it."
Marko Bajzer, a 2023 Great Basin National Park artist-in-residence, emphasized the role artists play in connecting people with national parks and conservation.
"There are artists' fingerprints all over the stories of many national parks," Bajzer said. "The more you can reframe things in different ways - through literature, through visual arts, through music - the more you can connect with the concept of conservation and the idea of the parks."
Three artists will be selected for the 2027 program: one for a summer residency, one for a fall residency and one alternate. One residency is reserved for an artist who lives in Nevada or Utah.
Selected artists will receive camping accommodations or lodging during their two- to three-week residency.
Application deadline: Oct. 30, 2026
How to apply: Application instructions and full program details are available at: https://opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/18084/CAFE
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