artist in residence program
our beer. your art. together at last.
APPLICATION FOR 2025 IS CLOSED
Lost Grove’s Artist in Residence program was created to use something we love (beer) to support something else we love (local art). As Idahoans, we see amazing and talented artists coming up in the Gem State and want to be part of supporting them and showcasing their work.
Each year, our brewers create four unique Hazy IPAs for our Robot Series, and this year, we're excited to showcase artwork from our Artist in Residence on all four cans. You'll be able to find these cans at our La Pointe and Hyde Park locations, as well as in convenience and grocery stores throughout the Treasure Valley and Idaho.
HOW IT WORKS...
We encourage artists to submit work they’ve already created out of respect for the time and effort it takes to make art. The selected artist will become a member of the Lost Grove team for the year. The baseline requirement will be to provide artwork for our four Robot Series IPAs by the given deadlines. We also ask that our Artist in Residence create a mural to display in the window next to our kitchen as an original work of their own.
Lost Grove is always looking for additional ways to support the Artist in Residence. Other opportunities may include:
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Displaying and selling art in the taproom
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Holding classes or art shows in the brewery
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Throwing art-focused events
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Participating in Lost Grove events in various creative capacities
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Features on our social media, emails, event posts and blog
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...and open to other creative ideas!
show us what you got...
If you can think of a creative way to visually display your art on a can, we are open to it! Mediums including digital art, painting, photography, and drawing are all great fits.
But if you are an underwater basket weaver and you can figure out a way to showcase your rad creations on a beer label, we want to see it.
COMPENSATION FOR THE ARTIST
Our artist in residence will be paid $400 for each of the four pieces of label artwork and $1,200 over the course of the year. The artist will be paid after each piece of art is submitted. The price of the mural will be negotiable with the owner of Lost Grove after the completion of the project.
The artist will keep rights to their own work and we will be paying for the rights to display the work on the beers for as long as they are in circulation (if the beers were to be re-printed, we would establish fair compensation for a second run) and on related merchandise for 18 months following the beer release.
The artwork will be used on the labels, shared on social media, and can be used to create merchandise related to the beer as well. Artists will retain ownership of their own work.
For additional projects outside of the four labels, we will establish compensation on a case-by-case basis, but will certainly pay the artist for the art and work they create.
In addition to the monetary compensation, artists will have access to reserve the brewery space at no cost to hold events. They will also be regularly featured on our social media, in our email newsletters, and have their information including their name and a link to the blog about their artwork on each of the beers. This blog will introduce the artist and have links to the artist's website and/or social media channels.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants will be asked a handful of questions and asked to submit up to 3 pieces of artwork. A template of the beer label will be provided so if the artist would like, they can submit their artwork as a mocked-up label. They are also free to submit the artwork without using the template, but should still take a look at the dimensions and scale to ensure their art will work well in that given space.
Lost Grove’s general hiring structure is set up to reduce unconscious bias so the selection committee will not see the artist's names, contact information, or identifying information. The committee will only look at the artwork itself and the answers to the questions. Artists must be 21+ years of age. We are currently prioritizing Idaho artists.
beer names and designs
We don’t have the names of our four beers settled on just yet. The names of the beers will be released to the artist well in advance of the art deadlines. We will want to work together to ensure the artwork makes sense with the name of the beer. There is also a possibility that your art might inspire the next beer's name! For the application, focus on submitting art that you think would look excellent on a beer label and we will work through the name together.
