EXHIBITION YOOTI (TO-DI) - TO RISE IN CULTURE ABSTRACTED Join us for Gallery Hours for Artist-in-Residence Kit Julianto's exhibition with an Artist Talk at 6:00pm (with flute song). BIOGRAPHY Kit Julianto, Yooti, is an enrolled member of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation and a descendent of the Navajo nation. He holds […]
NOTE: Content may not be appropriate for all ages Robinson Moreno (VE/CO) spent his time at Surel's Place working on his animation project "GALAXIA", which is his first animation short film. He explored and experimented with different media and techniques to achieve a fluid ink on paper visual and animation style. “This story came from […]
EXHIBITION AND ART TALK Art talk at 7:30 pm What happens when AI gives you more (or less) than you asked for?Song Lu spent her residency deepening her exploration into the connections between what's generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the bias that comes along with that. At Surel's Place she began a third stage […]
Metamorphilia is a conceptual framework that embraces change. Hybridizing scientific research and creative process, Nina Elder imagines a future where planetary dynamics act as scores for human behavior and we become adept in the flux between life and death, grief and joy, creativity and mourning. Inspired by the story of biologic extinctions and resilience compressed into […]
EXHIBITION & ARTIST TALKThe OmniGripperFriday, August 29th | 7:00pm - 8:30pm Alieh Rezaei has created four fiber-based panels depicting the emergence of bodies and organs from the chest of a mountain. These works are inspired by four monumental tombs carved high into a cliff face in her native Iran. Her research centers on Naqsh-e Rostam, […]
FINAL EVENT & ARTIST TALKBECOMING WHO I ALWAYS WAS: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR OF TRAUMA AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITYMonday, September 29th | 7:00pm - 8:30pm free at Surel's Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City Maja Miłkowska-Shibata will share from her graphic memoir weaving together themes of growing up with a disability, navigating a dysfunctional […]
FLASH SHOW RECEPTION & ARTIST TALKHEAVY WEATHER with Garth ClaassenSaturday, October 4th | 5:30pm - 8:30pm | Artist Talk at 7:00pm free at Surel's Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City ARTIST STATEMENT I work a lot in mixed media and often make pieces that consist of multiple, regular parts. The layout is somewhat […]
ART TALK AND EXHIBITIONTHE SOULS OF RESILIENCEMonday, November 3rd | 6:30pm - 8:30pm This residency is a collaboration with Global Lounge who is supporting music by Classical Queens during the reception beginning at 6:30pm. Art Talk at 7:30pm. free at Surel's Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City During her residency, artist Yidan Guo […]
EXHIBITION & ARTIST TALKBOISE'S BLACK PIONEER: ELVINA MOULTONSaturday, December 6th | 7:00pm - 8:30pmfree at the Idaho Black History Museum: 508 Julia Davis Dr. in Boise Marshall Toomey's paintings explore the Black American world through stories and portraits. He wants his colors to add life, not just color to his stories. During his residency, he will […]
ART TALK AND EXHIBITIONLETTERS ACROSS TIME: LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND STORYTELLINGWednesday, January 28th | 7:00pm – 8:30pm free at Surel's Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City Setareh Ghoreishi's work as a designer and visual artist focuses on language, identity, and storytelling through writing systems—particularly non-Latin scripts. This project explores the intersection of ancient and contemporary writing […]
EXHIBITION & ART TALKBOLD SIMPLICITYFriday, March 27th | 7:00 – 8:30pm free During his residency at Surel’s Place, Hector Beven immersed himself in the parks, riverbanks, and neighborhoods surrounding Garden City and Boise. His practice relies on extended time outdoors, observing light, movement, and the personality of place. He spent long hours sketching and painting along […]
EXHIBIT & ART TALKTRASH PUPPETSThursday, April 30th | 7:00pm – 8:30pmfree at Surel's Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City During his residency at Surel’s Place, Karl Erickson created a series of puppet-sculptures and experimental animations about waste along the Boise River Greenbelt. He collected trash on the shores of the river and assembled […]
