Artists in Residence
The Hope Lutheran Center for the Arts welcomes applicants for our short-term Artist-in-Residence program. Please review the information linked below. Qualified residents will receive a request to interview with Center for the Arts staff.
Court VonLindern
June 2026
Court VonLindern (they/he) is a white, queer, and trans spiritual director, theologian, and facilitator living on the lands of the Salish and Kootenai people in Montana. They provide spiritual care, support, and accompaniment to people seeking to cultivate an authentic relationship with g*d, Spirit, or whatever it is they call the Divine.
Court was raised in the United Methodist Church, and briefly pursued the ordination track in the UMC. He received his Master of Divinity from Iliff School of Theology, and chose to step away from ordination when he realized that they felt called beyond the Church walls and institutions. Court has a long background in creating LGBTQIA+ centered spiritual spaces that honor the inherent dignity and worth of queer and trans beloveds.
You can typically find Court encountering Spirit in lakes, rivers, trees, and in moments of whimsy with their partner, greyhound dog, and tortoiseshell cat.
Will Chiles
May 2026
Born into a log cabin in the Missouri Ozarks, Will Chiles dropped out of school at the age of seven. Most of his early education came from books, music, elders, and the trees and wonders of the forest.
Drawing on the media of gatherings, music, design, ecological restoration, writing, and living land art, Will explores what a flourishing ecosystem of human and non-human relationships could look like. He appreciates the paradoxes of joys and sorrows, solitude and community, faith and doubt, and the answers that a good question provides.
His formal training includes classical music, philosophy, Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, Gordon Music Learning Theory, Victim-Offender Mediation, and Wilderness First Response. He has also worked as a camp counselor, videographer, cook, event producer, carpenter, librarian, janitor, farmer, choral composer, community organizer, touring musician, nature educator, and as co-founder of the experiential themed event creative group, Airglow Studio.
Currently, Will Chiles is the Executive Director of the Sac River Arboretum and the manager of Rockspan Farm, a 250 acre family tree and agricultural research farm in the Missouri Ozarks. Will is also a performing singer-composer and public nature educator.
Andrew Jamieson
August 2025
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Kate Plummer
June 2025
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