Art in Baker, Nevada

 Baker, Nevada, a tiny hamlet of 150 people on the edge of the Nevada-Utah border, hosts a surprising amount of art for its size. It helps greatly that Baker is the gateway to Great Basin National Park, and the park and Great Basin National Park Foundation have a robust Artist-in Residence program. 

A good place to start your Art Walk in Baker is at the Great Basin Visitor Center. Check out the "Great Basin Triptych: by Kirsten Gjerdset, Darwin Lambert Artist in Residence in 2012, featuring water life, surface life, and cave life. I love all the detail. Just below these paintings is a beautiful wood and metal "Great Basin Table" by Joe Norman, Darwin Lambert Artist in Residence in 2011.

But wait, there's more! Across from the visitor center desk look up and see the gorgeous stained glass window, "Great Basin National Park Panorama" by Kay Malouff, Darwin Lambert Artist in Residence in 2008.

It's a short walk into "downtown" Baker from the visitor center, where you can see this beautiful night sky mural with views of Wheeler Peak and bristlecone pines done by Baker resident Kelly Eichler. 

Across the street, at the Bristlecone General Store, is the "Ring of Fire Eclipse" mural done by Jamie Vincek. This was such a fun event in Baker, and it's cool that we get to remember it this way. (Here's a blog post from that eclipse.) 

At the adjacent Stargazer Inn is one of local resident Donna Kuiper's quilt square paintings-so beautiful!

Behind the Bristlecone General Store, there's a new community/visitor art project each year. Here's the one from 2025:

Not all the art is super obvious--this one is in on main street (Highway 487) next to Soulfood Studios, a local non-profit working to do workshops and share art. How cool!

Down near the gas station is a sign painted by Jamie Vincek: "All Roads Lead to Baker,, Nevada." 

Check out the back side, too!

And guess what? There's still more art being added to the community! A Nevada Arts Council grant is making this bat by talented Meghan Dragon (a previous Arstist in Residence) possible. It's located between the Baker Community Church and Baker Hall (the big pink building in town).

Sometimes it can be hard to have much culture in a remote, tiny town, but we are very fortunate here. 

Here's hoping that the art scene continues to flourish!