2025 Sponsors and Partners

Backyard Artists works with community partners to continue to bring our events, publications, and awards to you.

If you are interested in partnering, please fill out the information below!

Money raised from sponsors fund:

  • Specific events

  • Backyard Artists awards

  • Operation Costs

Backyard Artists is open and wanting of sponsors to direct their money where they see it most impactful.

  • The Lit Room is a woman-owned, independent bookstore featuring BIG stories from small presses. Opening its first brick-and-mortar in 2023 in the Treasure Valley, The Lit Room connects you with dynamic, inclusive, and enriching texts that you’ll want to share with family and friends. They also host the Boise Banned Book Club, a monthly book club that talks about books….nicely. Follow them at @thisroomislit and @boisebannedbookclub on social media and buy books online from them today!

  • City of Boise and Boise City Department of Arts & History awarded Backyard Artists with the 2024 Catalyst Grant for $2,000 for our Illumibrate event with JUMP as well as the 2025 Annual Grant for $4,000 for the publication of Paper Plane Press.

2024 Sponsors and Partners

  • Open Letter Collective is an Idaho non-profit organization focused on providing quality education in printmaking, book arts, and independent publishing. The collective seeks to educate the public about media literacy and the benefits of independent print media in a digital world. Open Letter's goal is to provide meaningful, hands-on experiences for people to interact with printing and book-making processes to create their own media. Through teaching these skills, they honor the history of the printed word as a powerful tool for human expression and interaction that can lead to discourse and social change. 

    https://www.openletterboise.org/

    Instagram: @Openlettercolletive

  •  Edward’s donated a $25 gift card and a flower basket to Paper Plane Press Volume 1 Launch Party that was raffled off during a Paper Plane toss with the crowd.

    Edwards Greenhouse & Flowershop is a family owned business serving the Treasure Valley since 1930 and operates year-round.

    Find their website here.

  • The Garden donated two event tickets for Paper Plane Press Volume 1 Launch Party that were raffled during the paper plane toss with the crowd.

    Our mission is to grow our community by connecting people, plants, and nature. We believe that the Treasure Valley and the State of Idaho deserves a place to gather and experience nature together.

    Find their website here.

  • True North Yoga donated an 8 class pass to Paper Plane Press Volume 1 Launch Party to be raffled off during the paper plane toss with the crowd.

    Sign up for a class today!

  • Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence strives to protect and support people who face acute risks and impacts of gender violence - like women, girls, and gender-oppressed people who may be transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, 2 Spirit, and/or Muxes peoples — as well as acute risks and impacts of systemic oppression — like those who are targeted by racism, transphobia, heterosexism, xenophobia, ableism, religious prejudice, classism, and other forms of oppression.

    In our focus, we acknowledge the historical arch of violence and oppression (macro), but we also recognize how history shapes and is shaped by the individual (micro).

    Paper Plane Press Volume 1 Launch Party was hosted at the Linen Building

    Find their website here.

  • No New Vintage is a woman owned co-op vintage clothing store on 8th street.

    They donated the Linen Building to BYA for use during Paper Plane Volume 1 Launch Party after their No New Vintage Market.

    No New also outfitted co-founders and editors of the publication, Sophia Huebner and Blake Hunter.

    Instagram: @nonewvintage

    Market Instagram: @nonewvintagemarket

  • Melissa Wind Frazier is a Farmer-Florist providing and arranging flowers for special events and weddings, weekly subscriptions, and flower pop-ups and bouquet orders.

    Melissa outfitted Paper Plane Press Volume 1 Launch Party with its flowers, going above and beyond.

    Instagram: @theoutdoorflorist

  • Evermore created each book of Paper Plane Press Volume 1 and we look forward to continue partnering with them.

    Description:

    Evermore Prints is NOT your ordinary printer. We are a specialty studio catering primarily to Fine Artists & Photographers. With a one-on-one approach in a hands-on environment we team up with local artists and photographers to help make their visions a reality.

    Our primary goal is to be a one stop solution for all of your scanning and reproduction needs.

    We would love to get to know you, if you haven’t been in before and want to get started please call and schedule a new client consultation. No obligations and free of charge, you have nothing to loose!

    Find their website here.

  • JUMP invited Backyard Artists to their Illumibrate event in March where BYA outfitted the Pioneer Room in a Dreamscape with a floating brain, suspended sculptures, and performance dancers.

    Check the video out here!

    Find JUMP’s website here.

  • skincare • wellness • quality food • community events • travel • fashion & friendships in Boise, Idaho 🦋🌞

    Dear.Boise sponsored a portion of BYA’s JUMP event that covered the material costs of Jennifer Anderson to create her REM crocheted sleep cycles.

    Click here for Instagram!

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All Sponsorships are Tax Deductible

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