BAKER CITY — Eight artists will exhibit work when “Our Wild Heritage” opens Saturday, Nov. 9 at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center with a reception from 2-4 p.m.

This group show out of Boise showcases the work of Claire Remsberg, Laurel MacDonald, Mary Arnold, Jessie Swimeley, Jill Storey, Lawrence Manning, Betty Mallorca and Stephanie Inman.

“Our Wild Heritage” will be on display through Feb. 2. The center, 22267 Highway 86, is now on a winter schedule and is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The artists

Claire Remsberg grew up in the Puget Sound and moved to Idaho over 32 years ago to experience a quieter place, different wild spaces, and more dramatic seasons. She studied fine art and industrial design at the University of Washington and has exhibited widely in the Northwest, has received numerous awards, and is a licensed architect. In addition to wildlife, water, land and garden, Remsberg features creatures from musings and dreams.

Laurel MacDonald is a Boise artist whose primary medium is printmaking, specifically hand-printed, hand-colored linocuts. She enjoys carving the linoleum, printing and coloring the final image. She has exhibited widely for the last 15 years winning numerous awards and honors.

Mary Arnold is an Idaho-based conservation artist passionate about painting the wildlife, geology and panorama of the land in an expressionistic style and a mission to connect humanity to nature. She attended the University of Texas in Austin, where she studied French and Spanish and achieved an MBA. She studied with multiple fine instructors privately and has won numerous grants and awards for her art across Idaho.

Jessie Swimeley is an Idaho-based experimental photographer exploring the world as a full-time artist since 2017. With the process of historical photographic cyanotype, used by historical botanists to capture their most fragile subjects, Swimeley alters the pH of the cyanotype emulsion to create new and surprising colors and patterns.

Jill Storey lives in Boise and works primarily in pastels and paints a variety of subjects including portraits, landscapes and urban settings. She earned her BFA at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, and continues to hone her art through workshops and life drawing. Her award-winning work has been included in numerous juried and curated exhibitions and is held in private collections across the country.

Lawrence Manning is a visual artist whose work builds upon his career as a professional photographer. His fine art photography is abstract and impressionistic, often rendering his subjects in an altered state of reality. He began taking photographs in Africa where he was in the Peace Corps. Later, he won the US Postal Service contest for the best photograph of the American flag commemorating the tragic events of 9/11 and became the image for the official stamp.

Betty Mallorca studied fine art and graphic design in Santa Monica, California. And after working in the nonprofit arts sector in Los Angeles, she moved to Boise and began organizing the Nampa Art Collective — an inclusive non-profit group of artists, business owners, and community members dedicated to creating and facilitating art and culture in their city. After founding the collective in 2012 and serving as president, it merged with the Treasure Valley Artists Alliance in 2017.

Stephanie Inman is a designer who thrives on new challenges and collaborations in public art and graphic design. Her background is in architecture but feels all art and design disciplines are interconnected. Using materials like steel and aluminum, she partners with local craftsmen to bring her public art installations to life. Her recent personal work includes creating miniature historic buildings — farmhouses, barns, cottages — and has made over 150 little buildings, some of which will be at the center. Stephanie received her bachelor’s of architecture from the University of Oregon.