First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
October 2 @ 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm MDT
LIVE-WORK-CREATE DISTRICT
FIRST FRIDAY ART & STUDIO STROLL
Friday, October 2nd | 5:30pm – 9:30pm
free
Garden City’s Surel L. Mitchell Live-Work-Create District is lively with artists, art studios, and businesses year-round, but especially during free First Friday events. It’s a great way to explore the local art scene, with exhibitions, readings, and performances at various locations.
Our October First Friday specially features the 5-Year Anniversary of Illuminated! where local artists project artwork throughout the District, lighting up the night from 7:30pm – 9:30pm. Illuminated! offers immersive experiences from artists of all different backgrounds who produce projection and light art for the public to navigate through and explore.
ILLUMINATED! ARTISTS:
MJ AVILA-POPE
ROLAND BECERRA
JUSTIN BLAUCH
CHRIS CALLOR
CWI 2D ART CLASS*
CWI ART CLUB*
CWI ART CLASS*
RYAN DONAHUE & BRENTON VIERTEL as:
ULTRAPLASTIK
GORAN FAZIL*
WILLOW SEXTON
WILLOW WELLS
MEGAN WHITE*
ORGANIZED BY:
JOSEPH HASKIN*
* COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO
faculty, students, and alumni
Also experience the Open Studio Scramble from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Travel around to the 6 holes and avoid artistic barriers to getting your ball in the hole. Then bring your card back to Illuminated! at Surel’s Place, and hold it under the black light to see if you won a prize!
LOCATIONS FOR MINI GOLF:
Surel’s Place – 212 E 33rd Street
sPacePort – 121 E 33rd Street
Oldspeak / Visual Arts Collective (grassy patch off of Osage near 36th street)
Door #3 – 413 East 37th Street
Holdover House- 3338 N Carr Street
Create Gallery and Frames (back parking) – 3520 W Chinden
Starbelly Dancers will also be performing this First Friday.
More information about the next First Friday, is available at The LWC District First Friday Event Page on Facebook.
SPONSORED BY:
2026 Illuminated! is sponsored by the College of Western Idaho.
THE FIRST FRIDAY SEASON IS ALSO SPONSORED BY:
See below to view an interactive Google map of the First Friday participating venues.