IDAHO FALLS — A local museum is offering free memberships to all families providing foster care as a way to let children experience the “healing and transformative power” of the arts.

The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho launched a new initiative called Foster the ARTs on Nov. 1. It’s available to families in eastern Idaho.

“It’s a way of saying thank you to them because they are providing such an incredible service and also making the arts more accessible to those kids in their homes,” said Amy Thompson, development director at the museum.

Thompson helped launch the idea. She said her family spent six years participating in the foster care program before moving to Idaho Falls from Maine.

“We had really great experiences exposing the kids that were in our care to the arts when we lived in M

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