createid, an Emmy award-winning "digital now" production of Idaho Public Television, celebrates the unique talents of Idaho creators with lively online video pieces and social media posts. 

Lifting Legacies: Sculptor Benjamin Victor

Go behind the scenes with master sculptor Benjamin Victor as he creates a bronze statue of “Teacher in Space” Christa McAuliffe. Victor, who lives in Idaho, was commissioned by the state of New Hampshire to memorialize McAuliffe, who died in the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. We watch the process from clay to bronze, and see the sculpture being installed.

Lifting Legacies: 
Sculptor Benjamin Victor

Go behind the scenes with master sculptor Benjamin Victor as he creates a bronze statue of “Teacher in Space” Christa McAuliffe. Victor, who lives in Idaho, was commissioned by the state of New Hampshire to memorialize McAuliffe, who died in the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. We watch the process from clay to bronze, and see the sculpture being installed.

Defying Expectations: 
Yidan Guo

Idaho artist Yidan Guo aims to make her watercolor paintings as rich in color and substance as oil paintings, and is gaining acclaim for her works. We follow Guo as she researches and paints two portraits for her series on immigrant women and learn more about how her own immigrant experience informs her art.

Archie B. Teater: 
A Life in Painting

Art historian and former director of the Sun Valley Museum of Art, Kristin Poole, shares her deep knowledge of the life and works of Idaho artist Archie B. Teater. While giving a tour of the exhibit of his paintings she curated for the Hagerman Historical Museum, we learn how Teater, a plein air painter with a love for Idaho's rugged landscapes, found a home for his artistic passions among the Grand Tetons of western Wyoming. 

createid Conversation: 
Samuel D. Hunter

Marcia Franklin talks with playwright Samuel D. Hunter about his work, including “The Whale,” which was adapted into a movie with Brendan Fraser, who won an Academy Award. The two also discuss the role of Idaho in his works, and the importance of the humanities.

Love at First Fire: Delia Dante

Award-winning artist Delia Dante, owner of FireFusion Studio in downtown Boise, has honed her metal and glass enameling craft for over two decades. A welder and sculptor, Delia combines modern technology with traditional craftsmanship, most recently incorporating 3-D prints and electroplating. A teacher by nature, Delia leads classes for the community and hopes people become "Metalheads" like her.

Somos México Lindo 
(We are México Lindo)

Since 2003, Ballet Folklórico México Lindo has connected Mexican Idahoans through Folklórico dancing, a centuries-old multicultural artform. To non-Mexican Idahoans, the group’s performances provide a significant source of Mexican representation. To the dancers, the group is not just a dance studio, but a center for belonging, where people come together to embrace their shared Mexican identity.