First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
December 5 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm MST
Garden City’s Surel L. Mitchell Live-Work-Create District is bustling with artists, artisans, and creative, artisanal businesses. Come to our neighborhood on the river as much as you can, but especially during our First Friday Art & Studio Stroll. You’ll find many locations open during the event, including artist studios, restaurants, and businesses featuring art events. In addition, there will be special events at many locations, including exhibits, readings, and performances.
More information about the next First Friday, is available at The LWC District First Friday Event Page on Facebook.
See below to view an interactive Google map of the First Friday participating venues.
PARTICIPATING VENUES AND ARTISTS
212 E. 33rd Street
In the gallery, work by Marshall Toomey. Surel’s Place will also be visited by the Krampus Krawl around 7:15pm.
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The Holdover House
3338 N Carr Street
The Surley Mermaid
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3433 W Chinden Blvd
ARTcadia- artist installations in hotel rooms!
Room 1: Andrew Groth & Gia Strang
Room 3: Ace Zappa
Room 16: Brie Schettle
Room 17: Sam Archide
Room 18: Becka Schrinsky
Room 29: Susan Lasater, Veiko Valencia, and Rebecca Evans
By Bike Locks: Megan White
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Visual Arts Collective (VAC)(21+)
3638 Osage Street
“Listening to the Last Light or Golfing on the Moon”
Neon Master, Wil Kirkham retrospective
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3640 W Chinden Blvd
solo show by scientific illustrator Jay Rasgorshek
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*Brittney Gehrig, Verre Boise Stained Glass
*Susan Madacsi, Madacsi Studios, will have a fused glass activity
*Mandy Riley ClayWorks
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Water’s Edge Gallery at The Riverside Hotel
2900 W Chinden Blvd
Main Level
Reception for our Featured Artists Retrospective. Appetizers available and a Scavenger Hunt throughout the gallery.
2nd level
Rena Vandewater as our Artist of the Month
Catwalk
the reception for the artists in our Catwalk Series, Treasures of Time
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110 W 31st Street
Gallery- Matthew Thorley, Anatomy of Fatigue
2nd floor popup- Susan Madacsi, The Incineration Project Opening!
Many of the artists who work at The Common Well will be in their studios so you can meet them and see what they’re working on. Studio artists and writers include Brecken Bird, Kristen Edwards, Lori Fish, Rolland Fletcher, Teal Gardner, Elizabeth Hilton, Mary Kancewick, Matthew Kennedy, Amber Lawless, Aurora Stone Mehlman, Caitria Mir, Clare Remsberg and Katherine Shaughnessy.
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Black Moon New Venue!
3709 W Chinden Blvd
Artist Shelley Jund
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3520 W Chinden Blvd – First Friday Venue
4pm Demo with Richard Serros
5pm Demo with Thomas Van Stein
5pm Talk with Katinka
6:30pm Interview with Randy Rasmussen