** 2025 Harriman Park retreat ***
The Harriman retreat has been canceled for 2025 to focus on artists programming at Idaho Art Lab. Please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to be notified about 2026. We are only leading 1 retreat, offered through the Yellowstone Institute, with lodging in Yellowstone Park's Lamar Valley.
Learn more about your hosts, Daniel & Kara Hidalgo, here.
Harriman Park Info: Leaders | Lodging Info
___ About our past retreats at Harriman Park ____
Harriman Park is located less than 40 miles from Yellowstone National Park, offering over 20 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and equestrian use. Artists, Daniel & Kara Hidalgo, are your hosts and will be offering guidance as well as cooking for you. This is a stay & play retreat with painting sessions happening within a short walk from your cabin. Participants will stay in one-room cabins with either a Queen bed or two Twin beds and a bathroom, dorm fridge, desk and chair. Right next to the cabins is the conference / dining room with a bathroom and the commercial kitchen where we'll all gather to eat. All meals are provided.
WHAT IS INCLUDED? Lodging (some private cabins, some shared cabins, each with a private bathroom, dorm sized fridge and covered porch) and all meals in the retreat's common area dining room. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to/from the airport (Idaho Falls, Idaho is 1.25 hr away or Jackson Hole, WY is 2.75 hrs away) to/from the cabins at Harriman State Park of Idaho.
SMALL GROUP RETREAT (not a workshop)
There are usually 7 - 10 art participants total, including the leaders.
INSTRUCTION
There will be NO formal lectures or instruction. Your leaders are there to offer guidance and advice, if you need it, as you paint. You are always welcome to paint alongside them! This is mostly about people painting together for camaraderie and sharing the experience of creating art on location, en plein air. At lunchtime, we'll do a Show & Tell peer critique where you'll have opportunities to learn from all the artists. See the link to Peer Critiques at the bottom of this page to learn more.
MORE ABOUT HARRIMAN PARK
There are so many wonderful things to paint at Harriman State Park:
- paint the historic cabins and ranch buildings that surround you
- walk or drive over to Silver Lake to paint (Trumpeter Swans gather here!)
- stroll over to the Henry's Fork of the Snake River
- bike the 6.9 mile Thurmon Creek Loop to paint the lake, creek and evergreen forest
- watch the horse drive that takes place each night as Dry Creek Outfitters moves the horses to open pastures, or even enjoy one of their trail rides
What else is nearby?
- Yellowstone National Park (38 miles to the West Yellowstone entrance)
- Henry's Lake State Park (25 miles away)
- Mesa Falls Scenic Byway (Idaho Highway 47) starts 12 miles from the Ranch
- Big Springs Nature Trail (20 miles away)
- Island Park Golf Course (17 miles away)
This Retreat is your chance to network and learn from other artists as well as the leaders. For more information about Harriman State Park of Idaho, visit https://visitidaho.org/things-to-do/state-parks/harriman-state-park/
To see more in our Flickr album, click here (opens in a new window).
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Notes from your hosts Cancellation Policy Packing & Planning Supplies List No Toxins Notification Peer Critiques Activity Level Newsletter Sign Up Sponsors / Swag