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SUMMARY:Exhibit and Art Talk: Trash Puppets
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBIT & ART TALKTRASH PUPPETSThursday\, April 30th | 7:00pm – 8:30pmfree \n\n\n\nat Surel’s Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City \n\n\n\nDuring 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 these objects into puppet-like figures. He then digitized them using 3D scanning processes. These digital “trash-puppets” will sing\, dance\, and tell stories of their unexpected journeys along the river\, personifying the entanglements that bring human-generated material into contact with the more-than-human. \n\n\n\nThe Boise River simultaneously connects and separates (Garden City on one side\, Boise on the other!) and is a powerful nexus for gatherings and departures. What do we bring with us to the river and what do we leave behind–materially\, culturally\, politically? Who handles this material\, and whose stories are told or forgotten in the process? The trash-puppets will act as witnesses of these overlooked narratives\, ultimately revealing evidence of a global system in which nothing is truly separate. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nKarl Erickson (Tennessee) is an Associate Professor of Digital Art at Rhodes College. He received his MFA from California Institute of the Arts and his BFA from Wayne State University. He was raised in the Detroit-area of Michigan. He makes digital animations\, videos\, installations\, and audio/visual performances. His screen-based work takes place in galleries\, museums\, film festivals and music venues. \n\n\n\nKarl’s art is about recognizing the agency of all the other-than-human entities with which we share the Earth. This includes plants and animals\, as well as machines\, “inanimate matter\,” electricity\, waste\, the macroscopic and the microscopic. The complex systems he uses in his art-making\, from photogrammetry to modular synthesizers to data analysis\, are analogous to the complexity of the ecosystem. \n\n\n\nKarl’s animation Know No Now has been screened at the 2023 LINOLEUM Animation and Media Art Festival in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, Chroma Art Film Festival in Miami\, FL (where it won the 2023 award for Best Animation)\, and the 2023 West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival. He has been an artist-in-residence at Hub Feenix in Finland\, The Arctic Circle (twice!)\, Loop Art\, Plyspace\, and Signal Culture. He is a 2025 recipient of a Current Art Fund award from Tri-Star Arts. \n\n\n\nThank you to Karl Erickson’s Residency Sponsors:
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/exhibit-and-art-talk-trash-puppets/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Exhibition & Art Talk: Bold Simplicity
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & ART TALKBOLD SIMPLICITYFriday\, March 27th  |  7:00 – 8:30pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nDuring 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 the Boise River Greenbelt and nearby landscapes\, returning to the studio to translate these studies into larger\, more meditative works. \n\n\n\nThis series of paintings embodies the character of the local environment–both the beauty of the natural landscape and also the energy and spirit Hector encountered in daily interactions with residents. “By emphasizing bold brushwork and expressive simplification\, I want each work to feel alive with the persona of its subject\, whether that be a tree\, river bend\, or overlooked corner of the city.” \n\n\n\nThis show presents the paintings created during Hector’s stay and sparks conversation about how an “outsider” artist perceives and interprets Garden City. His hope is that you recognize familiar places in new ways\, opening dialogue about the unique character of your home environment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to Hector Beven’s Residency Sponsors:
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/exhibit-art-talk-bold-simplicity/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
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SUMMARY:LETTERS ACROSS TIME: LANGUAGE\, CULTURE\, AND STORYTELLING
DESCRIPTION:ART TALK AND EXHIBITIONLETTERS ACROSS TIME: LANGUAGE\, CULTURE\, AND STORYTELLINGWednesday\, January 28th | 7:00pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nat Surel’s Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City \n\n\n\nSetareh 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 systems through typographic experimentation. During the residency\,  Setareh Ghoreishi focused on developing a new body of work centered around a self-invented typeface that blends characteristics of Farsi\, English\, and Cuneiform scripts. This process involves hand sketching and digital font design. The result is a series of typographic compositions that invite viewers to reflect on cultural hybridity and communication. The work investigates how language shapes identity\, preserves culture\, and visually communicates across boundaries. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nSetareh Ghoreishi (Michigan) is deeply rooted in the relationship between language\, culture\, and identity—particularly how these forces intersect through typography. She is a graphic designer and multidisciplinary digital media artist. After receiving her B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Art in Tehran\, Iran\, she migrated to the United States where she currently lives. In her work\, she investigates cultural disparities\, most specifically between the United States and Iran. \n\n\n\n“I am fascinated by the way visual language can act as a vessel for memory\, a tool for storytelling\, and a bridge across cultural and linguistic boundaries\,” Setareh elaborates. “Typography\, for me\, is not just a system of design and letters; it is a living form that carries emotion\, history\, and context.” \n\n\n\nAfter moving to the United States\, Setareh continued her education and acquired an MFA in Graphic Design from Florida Atlantic University and an MFA in Art and Technology from the University of Florida. This led her to make video art installation and use digital technology to explore the role of visual design in the interaction of cultural and social issues. Through the lens of her own experience\, each country’s cultural and social relationships are examined. \n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to Setareh Ghoreishi’s Residency Sponsors:
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/letters-across-time-language-culture-and-storytelling/
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SUMMARY:BOISE'S BLACK PIONEER: ELVINA MOULTON
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & ARTIST TALKBOISE’S BLACK PIONEER: ELVINA MOULTONSaturday\, December 6th | 7:00pm – 8:30pmfree \n\n\n\nat the Idaho Black History Museum: 508 Julia Davis Dr. in Boise \n\n\n\nMarshall 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 work to bring life to a historic event in the black history of Boise. He has chosen Elvina Moulton as his subject\, who is recognized as Boise’s only known Black Pioneer. Elvina was born enslaved in Kentucky in 1837\, walked the Oregon Trail from Missouri to Boise sometime around 1867\, and was a charter member of First Presbyterian Church in Boise in 1878. She will also be featured in an upcoming Women’s Labor History exhibition at the Erma Hayman House in 2026. Join us at the Idaho Black History Museum where Marshall will unveil this new painting. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nMarshal Toomey (California) is an accomplished artist with a career spanning over 40 years as a painter\, illustrator\, and movie animator. He was born and raised in Kansas City\, Missouri but moved to Southern California in the seventies to pursue his artistic career. \n\n\n\nHe worked for 20 years at the Walt Disney Animation Studio with credits including the supervising character lead in the creation of the animation of Rafiki in the The Lion King and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of the Notre Dame. You can see the many films he has worked on at his IMBD profile here. He has also illustrated many books – one of them being the The Lion King book published after the movie.  \n\n\n\nMarshall describes his work as autobiographical. “My own style is blended with traditional techniques to create an enriched view of the life I’ve experienced. I placed myself in the scene along with other characters from my life. I am taking a look at the positives in everyday life; the perspectives\, traditions\, and routines of being outside of the struggles.”
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/exhibition-artist-talk-boises-black-pioneer-elvina-mouton/
LOCATION:Idaho Black History Museum\, 508 Julia Davis Dr.\, Boise\, Idaho\, 83702\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Art Talk and Exhibition: The Souls of Resilience
DESCRIPTION:ART TALK AND EXHIBITIONTHE SOULS OF RESILIENCEMonday\, November 3rd | 6:30pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\nThis 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. \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nat Surel’s Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City \n\n\n\nDuring her residency\, artist Yidan Guo focused on creating new portraits of immigrant and refugee women—rooted in deep connection: she visited Boise’s local immigrant and refugee communities\, conducting heartfelt interviews to infuse her work with their lived experiences. \n\n\n\nAt this event\, you’ll encounter these new\, high-quality portraits alongside existing pieces from her ongoing series Women Who Are Immigrants and Refugees. Together\, the works weave a richer\, more nuanced tapestry of the diverse experiences within our community. \n\n\n\nThis is your chance to engage deeply: explore the exhibition\, hear the stories behind the portraits\, and join Yidan for an intimate art talk. She’ll share her creative process\, the challenges she navigated\, and the profound insights gained through this project—followed by a Q&A where you can dive deeper. \n\n\n\nCome connect with art that honors resilience\, identity\, and the threads that bind our community. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nYidan’s journey as a painter has spanned thousands of miles\, from her birthplace in China to her present home in the US. This migratory experience has deeply influenced her choice of subject matter: women who are immigrants and refugees.  As an Asian immigrant and a woman artist\, there’s a shared bond\, a collective experience of navigating new cultures\, which forms the core of her creative exploration. \n\n\n\nAt the age of 15\, Yidan began eight years of rigorous training at China Central Academy of Fine Arts – the most prestigious art school in China and earned her Bachelor of Art degree in Chinese Painting. In 2005 she earned a master’s degree in Philosophy from Renmin University of China and a MFA from Idaho State University in 2024. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis residency is in collaboration with Global Lounge.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/art-talk-and-exhibit-the-souls-of-resilience/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:"Heavy Weather:" Garth Claassen Opening Reception/Art Talk
DESCRIPTION:FLASH SHOW RECEPTION & ARTIST TALKHEAVY WEATHER with Garth ClaassenSaturday\, October 4th | 5:30pm – 8:30pm | Artist Talk at 7:00pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nat Surel’s Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nARTIST STATEMENT \n\n\n\nI work a lot in mixed media and often make pieces that consist of multiple\, regular parts. The layout is somewhat like the panels in a comic book or graphic novel\, and it implies a narrative\, although there is no coherent story arc. Sometimes small printouts of earlier works are collaged onto pieces along with related sketches\, other images\, and simple abstract shapes. I am interested in process\, specifically the exploitation of chance textures that arise during the making of the work.Much of my work explores the tension between flat shapes and modeled forms\, jagged and rounded contours\, strong value contrasts\, and dramatic changes in scale. This sense of struggle and conflict prompted my exhibition title\, Heavy Weather. The bulbous white forms were partly inspired by Alfred Jarry’s King Ubu\, a comically vulgar and satirical play first performed in 1895. The flatter black shapes are partly indebted to Eugene Ionescu’s absurdist play\, Rhinoceros\, of 1950. The former play was probably a critique of imperialism and corruption\, and the latter is considered an allegory of the rise of fascism\, but I have made no attempt to illustrate the plot of either play.The ambiguity of the imagery is not intended to confuse the beholder (although it may do that). Rather\, it is an invitation to viewers to construct their own stories based on what they see in my work. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nGarth Claassen studied art at the University of Natal\, Pietermaritzburg\, South Africa\, earning a BAFA in 1976\, with majors in ceramics\, art history\, and English\, and then a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts. \n\n\n\nIn 1982 Claassen was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study art history at Indiana University in Bloomington\, graduating in 1991 with a doctorate in the history of modern art. During his time at Indiana\, he continued to make ceramic sculpture\, and mixed-media abstract collages. In 1989 he returned to South Africa and taught there for five years. Claassen joined The College of Idaho in 1994. He taught art history\, life drawing\, and painting. His attitude to making art has been deeply influenced by his academic studies and teaching experience. \n\n\n\nClaassen’s work has been included in three Idaho Triennial Exhibitions—1995\, 1998\, 2011\, and he was awarded Idaho Commission of the Arts Fellowships for 2001\, 2009\, and 2023. He has exhibited at the College of Idaho\, the College of Southern Idaho\, the Stewart Gallery in Boise\, the Boise Art Museum\, the Visual Arts Collective in Garden City\, MING Studios in Boise\, the Art Association Gallery\, Jackson Hole\, Wyoming\, the Yellowstone Art Museum\, Billings\, Montana\, and the Prichard Gallery\, University of Idaho. \n\n\n\nADDITIONAL FLASH SHOW GALLERY HOURS:Sunday\, October 5th | 10:00am – 1:00pm
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/heavy-weather-garth-claassen-opening-reception-art-talk/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Becoming Who I Always Was: A Graphic Memoir of Trauma and the Search for Identity
DESCRIPTION:FINAL EVENT & ARTIST TALKBECOMING WHO I ALWAYS WAS: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR OF TRAUMA AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITYMonday\, September 29th | 7:00pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nat Surel’s Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City \n\n\n\nMaja Miłkowska-Shibata will share from her graphic memoir weaving together themes of growing up with a disability\, navigating a dysfunctional home\, and building a career within the healthcare field. The memoir follows her experience as a patient undergoing forearm-lengthening surgeries due to an infection in infancy\, alongside the highs and lows of her professional journey in health sciences\, which took her from Poland to the Netherlands\, across South Asia\, and eventually to the United States. Through this work\, she examines the lasting effects of medical trauma\, the intergenerational impact of addiction\, and the complexities of navigating the healthcare system. \n\n\n\nThe genre of graphic medicine blends the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare\, merging the principles of narrative medicine with visual storytelling. Moved by the power of visual storytelling to capture the complexities of personal experience\, Maja strives for an intimate and authentic account of her journey. Her graphic memoir integrates written narrative with visual storytelling\, including sequential art\, illustrations\, photographs\, and archival documents\, all presented in her own handwriting. \n\n\n\nThe art talk will be followed by a short Q&A and reception. 
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/becoming-who-i-always-was-a-graphic-memoir-of-trauma-and-the-search-for-identity/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk,Reading
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SUMMARY:Exhibit and Art Talk: The OmniGripper
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & ARTIST TALKThe OmniGripperFriday\, August 29th  |  7:00pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\n\n\nAlieh 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\, a necropolis northwest of Persepolis\, where rock-cut tombs honoring Achaemenid kings (circa 550–330 BCE) embody both historical preservation and political narrative. Reinterpreting these carved facades through a personal lens\, she engages the body as a site of memory and transformation. At the heart of this project is an investigation of materiality: she associates the woolen texture of rock with a Quranic verse that describes mountains turning into carded wool on the Day of Judgment–an image etched into her memory since childhood. This symbolic connection becomes a framework for confronting and resisting recurring cycles of pressure\, as she continuously reshapes carded wool\, reclaiming the repetitive act of needle-felting as a gesture of endurance and transformation. \n\n\n\nThe art talk will be followed by a short Q&A and reception.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/exhibit-and-art-talk-the-omnigripper/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Metamorphilia: Open Studio and Art Talk
DESCRIPTION: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 Boise’s metamorphic rock\, Metamorphilia investigates personal and environmental potentiality.  \n\n\n\nDuring her residency\, Nina asked the land how we can learn from cycles of fracture and transformation. Erosion was her teacher. Granite revealed what endures after disintegration. Explored and expressed through performance\, drawing\, and writing\, Metamorphilia invigorates the mind and body towards the future\, imagines a planet that is dynamic and beyond human control\, yet fosters deep connection and stewardship. As Nina works towards the culmination of this project\, she will share both collections and creations from her residency: photos\, videos\, sculptural props and pseudo-scientific tools.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/metamorphilia-open-studio-and-art-talk/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:hum-ai-n
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION AND ART TALK \n\n\n\nArt talk at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\nWhat 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 in this work. In all these stages\, Song Lu utilizes AI-generated imagery that changes based on different prompts\, highlighting embedded biases. The first stage\, titled Snow Drawing\, challenged the occupational segregation perpetuated by AI algorithms. When she prompted the AI program to generate an image of an artist\, it tended to picture an older white man\, which began Song Lu’s investigation into exposing the narrow\, Western-centric perspective perpetuated within the design. \n\n\n\nAs a result of this first exploration\, Song Lu found “It’s clear that there’s a need for more diversity in the art world\, and this extends to the language we use to describe artists and their work.” The second stage\, Working Women\, explored individual experiences influenced by both Western and Eastern cultures. This stage seeked to underscore the significance of women’s agency and power in society. \n\n\n\nNow\, in this third stage\, “Hum-ai-n\,” Song Lu has delved deeper into AI technology\, referencing official data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Song Lu focuses particularly on two major advancements in their database: the AI chatbot ChatGPT and the AI image generator MidJourney. She uses these tools to dissect and critique the underlying data structures that shape our world\, exploring aspects such as occupation\, race and ethnicity\, place of birth\, cultural background\, educational background\, gender and gender identity\, age\, interests\, and hobbies. Her aim is to discuss what distinguishes “hum-ai-n” from humans and their potential relationship. She also explores how historical data about humans can become biased\, leading to stereotypes\, and how to revise these aspects to create a more diverse representation of human beings. Through visual formats\, Song Lu examines the implications of these technologies on our lived experiences and societal structures.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/hum-ai-n/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Reflection in Process: Galaxia Short Film Experimental
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Content may not be appropriate for all ages \n\n\n\nRobinson 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. \n\n\n\n“This story came from an encounter with the real Galaxia near my home. Me\, a skinny teenager and a fan of underground street culture. She\, a fat woman in a black dress with pale skin and red lips\, always lurking in the dark Caracas nights. A kind soul in sorrow\, whose signature move was to lift her dress and show potential clients her vagina. Hers was the first pussy I saw. Years later\, I have been dealing with the residues of a toxic relationship and the feelings of loneliness in a country in crisis. With this short film I want to explore how this bizarre first experience influenced my ideas about sex and love\,” writes Robinson describing his film. \n\n\n\nRobinson’s sketchbooks and the prints that form the animation sequences created during his residency can be viewed. He will also give a short art talk.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/reflection-in-process-galaxia-short-film-experimental/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20240709T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20240709T190000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20240624T155526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T160848Z
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SUMMARY:Yooti (Yo-di) - To Rise in Culture Abstracted
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION \n\n\n\nYOOTI (TO-DI) – TO RISE IN CULTURE ABSTRACTED \n\n\n\nJoin us for Gallery Hours for Artist-in-Residence Kit Julianto’s exhibition with an Artist Talk at 6:00pm (with flute song). \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nKit 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 a BFA in Studio Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts of Santa Fe\, New Mexico (2010) and a MFA in Secondary Education from Grand Canyon University (2018). He teaches Art\, grades Pre-K to 12th at the Owyhee Combined Schools in Elko County School District. He believes in empowering youth to express themselves through different mediums such as painting\, watercolor\, pottery\, drawing and art foundations in school and through workshops. Other outlets of using his artistry and culture are by presenting Native American workshops on how to play the Native flute\, singing and hand drum making. His works reflect upon Native American culture\, music\, tradition\, and storytelling\, through various mediums\, vibrant colors\, and texture. His works of art have been shared throughout many Native and non Native communities\, galleries\, and gatherings. \n\n\n\nThis programing is supported in part by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF)\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the Idaho Commission on the Arts. Special thanks to Indigenous Idaho Alliance\, the Riverside Hotel\, and First Interstate Bank.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/yooti-yo-di-to-rise-in-culture-abstracted-2/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20240407T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20240407T170000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20240314T214030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T214031Z
UID:2992-1712487600-1712509200@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:womanhood
DESCRIPTION:GALLERY HOURS 11:00am – 5:00pm \n\n\n\nGALLERY TOUR at 4:00pm \n\n\n\nHow does the nation you are in determine your gender role? What specific notions of masculinity and femininity within the construct of nationhood determine this? Perhaps an artist from outside the United States is best able to help our community explore these questions. Polish artist Karolina Majewska’s sculptural work explores objectification and repression around the politics of the body. “The process of casting my body has given me the perspective to self-observe and accept the mortality of my physical form\,” she says. During her residency at Surel’s Place\, she will create intimate\, imperfect self-portraits using casting techniques to build installations that are also metaphors for the body of a woman. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY: Karolina Majewska Freeing is a visual artist based in Warsaw\, Poland. She holds an MFA in Photography\, Video\, and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York (2017) and an MFA in Painting from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (2014). Karolina’s recent work explores the fragility and organic qualities of the human body. Her installations feature natural materials such as wax\, wood\, and clay. Karolina’s work has been exhibited in Poland\, Germany\, Italy\, Lithuania\, Austria\, Cyprus\, Switzerland and the United States. She has participated in conferences and talks related to her practice during Manifesta 12; Rixc\, Art and Science Festival\, Open Field Conference\, and more.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/womanhood-2/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk,Open Studios
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20240406T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20240406T180000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20240314T213627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T214136Z
UID:2989-1712401200-1712426400@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:womanhood
DESCRIPTION:GALLERY HOURS 11:00am – 6:00pm \n\n\n\nARTIST TALK at 4:00pm \n\n\n\nHow does the nation you are in determine your gender role? What specific notions of masculinity and femininity within the construct of nationhood determine this? Perhaps an artist from outside the United States is best able to help our community explore these questions. Polish artist Karolina Majewska’s sculptural work explores objectification and repression around the politics of the body. “The process of casting my body has given me the perspective to self-observe and accept the mortality of my physical form\,” she says. During her residency at Surel’s Place\, she will create intimate\, imperfect self-portraits using casting techniques to build installations that are also metaphors for the body of a woman. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY: Karolina Majewska Freeing is a visual artist based in Warsaw\, Poland. She holds an MFA in Photography\, Video\, and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York (2017) and an MFA in Painting from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (2014). Karolina’s recent work explores the fragility and organic qualities of the human body. Her installations feature natural materials such as wax\, wood\, and clay. Karolina’s work has been exhibited in Poland\, Germany\, Italy\, Lithuania\, Austria\, Cyprus\, Switzerland and the United States. She has participated in conferences and talks related to her practice during Manifesta 12; Rixc\, Art and Science Festival\, Open Field Conference\, and more.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/womanhood/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk,Open Studios
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20240226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20240226T203000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20240126T220621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240225T031210Z
UID:2907-1708974000-1708979400@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Panoply: Exhibition & Artist Talk with Lori Larusso
DESCRIPTION:Lori Larusso’s ongoing bodies of work include stand-alone paintings and site-responsive works – modular pieces that are organized and arranged to form painting installations of various sizes. She collects photo documentation\, social media posts\, advertisements\, and other ephemera and curiosities that reflect the visual texture of her physical and digital surroundings and often prompt the imagery in her installations. Lori elaborates: “The significance of cake. Roses by the dozen. Eco takeout. Cash and Carry. These are fragments in the panoply of consumables\, customs\, stories\, and assumptions that shape a life.” While at Surel’s Place\, she will continue her research and create new paintings. \n\n\n\n“I have no doubt that the landscape of Boise will play a meaningful role in my continued process\, even after my residency is complete\,” Lori wrote when applying for the residency. Some of these new works may be exhibited later this year in Dallas\, Palm Springs\, and Nashville.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/panoply/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20240120T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20240120T190000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20240109T195058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T195059Z
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SUMMARY:DREAM BIG
DESCRIPTION:Claire Remsberg is creating a new painted wall piece using imagination and public engagement on a large panel of un-stretched canvas. Volunteers from the public will be encouraged to sketch using charcoal as they find narratives in the under-painted patterns. Artistic skills are not essential to participate. Claire will build on these ideas to develop the painting. Her working title for the piece is Dream Big. This final event will be a presentation of the culminating artwork.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/dream-big-4/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20240107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20240107T190000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20231227T234925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231227T235053Z
UID:2782-1704646800-1704654000@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Sewing Juxtaposed: Hillary Bilinski
DESCRIPTION:As a textile fabric artist\, Hillary Bilinski seeks to push the medium of sewing from craft into visual fine arts. She sees her work as an addition to the conversation and movement from quilting as utilitarian décor to skillful\, thought-evoking art. Her residency will focus on the manifestation of two wall-panel quilt designs made of all cotton and linen fabric and finished with Japanese Sashiko hand-quilting.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/sewing-juxtaposed/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20231217T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20231217T160000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20231212T221013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T221014Z
UID:2759-1702818000-1702828800@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Looking Glass: Flash Show with Star Moxley
DESCRIPTION:STAR MOXLEY has worked as an artist all her adult life within the professional fields of theatre and visual art. Collage is just another form of fiber\, which has been central to all of her endeavors. This new work demonstrates why her current boutique\, Crazy Neighbor\, has received national accolades for its unique perspective. Looking Glass gives a glimpse of how Moxley sees the world. \n\n\n\nFLASH SHOW OPEN HOURSFriday\, December 15th  |  5:30pm – 8:30pmSaturday\, December 16th  |  1:00 pm – 4:00pmSunday\, December 17th  |  1:00pm – 4:00pm  |  Artist Talk at 2:00pm
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/looking-glass-flash-show-with-star-moxley-3/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20231216T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20231216T160000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20231212T220728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T220759Z
UID:2757-1702731600-1702742400@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Looking Glass: Flash Show with Star Moxley
DESCRIPTION:STAR MOXLEY has worked as an artist all her adult life within the professional fields of theatre and visual art. Collage is just another form of fiber\, which has been central to all of her endeavors. This new work demonstrates why her current boutique\, Crazy Neighbor\, has received national accolades for its unique perspective. Looking Glass gives a glimpse of how Moxley sees the world. \n\n\n\nFLASH SHOW OPEN HOURSFriday\, December 15th  |  5:30pm – 8:30pmSaturday\, December 16th  |  1:00 pm – 4:00pmSunday\, December 17th  |  1:00pm – 4:00pm  |  Artist Talk at 2:00pm
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/looking-glass-flash-show-with-star-moxley-2/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20231215T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20231215T203000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20231212T220450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T220451Z
UID:2753-1702661400-1702672200@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Looking Glass: Flash Show with Star Moxley
DESCRIPTION:STAR MOXLEY has worked as an artist all her adult life within the professional fields of theatre and visual art. Collage is just another form of fiber\, which has been central to all of her endeavors. This new work demonstrates why her current boutique\, Crazy Neighbor\, has received national accolades for its unique perspective. Looking Glass gives a glimpse of how Moxley sees the world. \n\n\n\nFLASH SHOW OPEN HOURSFriday\, December 15th  |  5:30pm – 8:30pmSaturday\, December 16th  |  1:00 pm – 4:00pmSunday\, December 17th  |  1:00pm – 4:00pm  |  Artist Talk at 2:00pm
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/looking-glass-flash-show-with-star-moxley/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20231206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20231206T203000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20231110T181513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T181613Z
UID:2639-1701889200-1701894600@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:God Bless the USPS
DESCRIPTION:Mary Welcome is using her time in residence to expand the creative research already spanning over a decade in “God Bless the USPS\,” a performative endurance research project which she began with a spontaneous photo of the post office in her hometown of Palouse\, Washington in 2012. By meticulously photographing and archiving post office buildings across the country (with special attention to remote\, rural\, and neighborhood posts)\, she is building a vernacular map of our communications commons as a nation. She thinks of them like “a fingerprint of the place.” Surel’s Place gives her an opportunity to explore\, research\, interview\, and photograph post offices across Boise\, Ada\, Elmore\, Canyon\, and Gem counties. \n\n\n\nThis research manifests across mediums\, though most conservatively as a digital archive and mapping project. Mary is interested in the character of the USPS commons of southern Idaho: their stewardship\, their stories\, and their futures. The way this research is presented on this night will be specific to our community. The portraits and interviews may shift mediums\, taking shape as exhibitions\, performances\, installations\, sound recordings\, publications\, postcards\, advocacy tools\, and more. She is adding these Idaho post offices to over 2\,000 she’s already captured\, but there are still nearly 18\,000 left to go.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/god-bless-the-usps/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20231106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20231106T203000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20231025T191427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T191618Z
UID:2532-1699297200-1699302600@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Merging Bodies and Land
DESCRIPTION:Willow Wells is creating a hand drawn animation to use as a large-scale projection over a panoramic display of drawings. Her inspiration came from the surrounding environment and the local narratives that rise from it which she developed from extensive plein-air studies at the beginning of the residency. Using the landscape\, she morphs the local plant life into figural forms creating a visual experience that highlights the connection between people and nature. By utilizing life and memory drawing\, storytelling\, and animation programs- she elevates traditional art processes and contextualizes them into a contemporary media mindset. Turning her still landscapes into time-based drawing allows her to explore themes of sex and gender in new and innovative ways.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/merging-bodies-and-land/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20230610T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20230610T203000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20230520T215859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230520T220207Z
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Powell: Caged
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Powell’s work is comprised of abstract shapes and patterns. During the pandemic\, she largely focused on creating small paintings because of limited studio space and a desire for easily portable materials. She is using the residency at Surel’s Place to explore how her individual works of art can exist on a larger scale\, focusing on two larger canvases. This continued expansion is fitting since this work developed during one of the most constricting situations imaginable: while she was immobilized during an illness. Experiencing physical limitations\, she instinctively began to draw and abstract the shape of her own body to reconnect with it and to reclaim it. \n\n\n\nAn overlying skeletal structure often accompanies these forms\, but they entered Elizabeth’s work from a surprising source.  \n\n\n\n“On a quest for plain\, utilitarian underwear\, I was pulled into the abyss of online shopping\,” she says. “I am fascinated by over-the-top lingerie\, which is both impractical and outlandish. I am intrigued by the way the fabric forces women’s bodies into geometric shapes\, as if they are packaged into a smaller container.”  \n\n\n\nIt was after this when the cage or net-like imagery became a part of the work\, informed by her studies in gender inequality and its expression in form\, pattern and color. \n\n\n\nFree. \n\n\nElizabeth PowellMay - June\nElizabeth Powell is a painter and printmaker in Burlington\, Vermont.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe earned her MA and MFA in Printmaking and Painting from the University of Iowa in 2020 and a BA in Economics and Fine Arts from the University of Vermont in 2016. She has a keen interest in color theory\, patterning\, and the morphology of shapes as psychological representations of femininity.  \n\n\n\nHaving extensively studied gender inequality in her economic studies\, Powell explores the way the same sociological differences that lead to a systemic economic imbalance between men and women\, present themselves in visual taste for form\, pattern\, and color.Since finishing her MFA\, Powell has had solo shows in Iowa and upstate New York and is looking forward to her 2023 solo exhibition with Kishka Gallery in White River Junction\, Vermont.  \n\n\n\nPowell has attended residencies with BreckCreate in Breckenridge\, Colorado; InCahoots in Petaluma\, California; and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos\, New Mexico. \n\n\n\nDuring her residency\, Powell led a workshop on the creation of hand printed linocuts focused on pattern. \n\n\n\nPowell exhibited her work and gave an artist talk at the end of her residency. Her work wass comprised of abstract shapes and patterns. During the pandemic\, she largely focused on creating small paintings because of limited studio space and a desire for easily portable materials. She used the residency at Surel's Place to explore how her individual works of art can exist on a larger scale\, focusing on two larger canvases. This continued expansion is fitting since this work developed during one of the most constricting situations imaginable: while she was immobilized during an illness. Experiencing physical limitations\, she instinctively began to draw and abstract the shape of her own body to reconnect with it and to reclaim it. \n\n\n\nAn overlying skeletal structure often accompanies these forms\, but they entered Elizabeth's work from a surprising source. "On a quest for plain\, utilitarian underwear\, \n\n\n\nI was pulled into the abyss of online shopping. I am fascinated by over-the-top lingerie\, which is both impractical and outlandish. I am intrigued by the way the fabric forces women’s bodies into geometric shapes\, as if they are packaged into a smaller container." It was after this\, the cage or net-like imagery became a part of the work\, informed by her studies in gender inequality and its expression in form\, pattern\, and color.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/elizabeth-powell-caged/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20230130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20230130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20230105T221321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230124T210845Z
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SUMMARY:Roxanne Everett: Natural Habitats
DESCRIPTION:A chance to meet and learn from January 2023 Artist-in-Residence Roxanne Everett.  \n\n\n\nWhile at Surel’s Place\, Everett worked on a series of paintings that reflect the grasslands\, woodlands\, riparian ecosystems and open canopied forests of Southern Idaho. These paintings include both large scale landscapes and individual species’ studies. She spent time outside daily to make entries in her sketchbook and to take photos — many right along the Greenbelt near Surel’s Place. These reference materials were used in the studio to create larger paintings. Some ecological study was a part of this process in order to focus on representing the Southern Idaho ecosystem\, e.g. painting native plants and not exotic ones! \n\n\n\nThe talk begins at 7:30 p.m.\, with a Q and A and reception to follow. Free.  \n\n\nRoxanne EverettJanuary\nRoxanne Everett\n\n\n\nEverett is landscape painter with a winding forest path of a background. She trained as an architect at the University of Idaho but after several years in that industry returned to school to earn a graduate degree in forest ecosystems management. Working as a National Park Backcountry Ranger for months at a time in remote and sublime locations allowed her to realize how pristine environments were being altered either through human neglect or through bigger problems like climate change. \n\n\n\n“My work is ecosystem based\,” she says. “I paint the natural/native vegetation including vistas\, endemic plants or animals and often address things that threaten the area. … My goal as a painter is to transport viewers into places they may value\, awakening their own previous relationships to the land or inspiring further stewardship. With increasing frequency of large scale disturbances like fire or climate change\, these paintings also serve as future documentation for what we see today and may act as a catalyst for greater care toward our fragile natural resources.” \n\n\n\nWhile at Surel’s Place\, Everett is working on a series of paintings that reflect the grasslands\, woodlands\, riparian ecosystems and open canopied forests of Southern Idaho. These paintings include both large scale landscapes and individual species’ studies. She spends time outside daily to make entries in her sketchbook and to take photos — many right along the Greenbelt near Surel's Place. Several workshop participants were able to join her\, some pictured below\, during this exercise last Saturday for "Sketching on Location." These reference materials are used in the studio to create larger paintings. Some ecological study was a part of this process in order to focus on representing the Southern Idaho ecosystem\, e.g. painting native plants and not exotic ones.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/natural-habitats-exhibition-art-talk/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20220928T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20220928T200000
DTSTAMP:20260531T230515
CREATED:20220922T003813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T162656Z
UID:86-1664391600-1664395200@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:YOUR BRAIN IS A GARDEN
DESCRIPTION:The exhibit and art talk will include selected pages from “Garden” and the companion posters created during the residency.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/your-brain-is-a-garden/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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