[6] A partial list of artists whose work has been exhibited at the Museum in recent years includes Cecily Brown, Tina Barney, Emmet Gowin, Ionel Talpazan, Sebastião Salgado, Sheila Hicks, Joyce Kozloff, and George Nakashima.
Notable persons hosted by the Sun Valley Museum of Art include David Sedaris, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz, former U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, activist Gloria Steinem, Henry Louis Gates, Mary Oliver, Barbara Ehrenreich, Terry Tempest Williams, and Maxine Hong Kingston.
Past performing artists have included the Shanghai Quartet, Jake Shimabukuro, Perla Batalla, Martin Hayes, Lura, and the Vienna Choir Boys.
Past performers include Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak, The Wood Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Arlo Guthrie, Rosanne Cash, and Jonny Lang.
The Museum offers a variety of scholarships to local students and teachers, paid for mostly out of proceeds from the annual Sun Valley Wine Auction fundraising event.
[15] Now presented by Altitude Events Group, the festival attracts thousands of visitors and features over a hundred booths of fine arts and crafts, live music, artist demonstrations, and activities for kids.