Surel's Place

Gretchen Weitemier: Carving Paths — Anticipation and Gratitude
2023-09-23 15:00 - 20:00 (America/Boise) | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
Art inspired by the pandemic, nature and the spiritual experience of Boise artist Gretchen Weitemier. In the gallery at Surel’s Place during Flipside Fest.

Flipside Fest, Day 2
2023-09-23 15:00 - 21:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
Surel’s Place once again hosts a music and arts venue at the 2nd Annual Flipside Fest in the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District. Details to come soon!

First Friday Art and Studio Stroll
2023-10-06 17:30 - 20:30 | Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
Our celebration of arts and artists in the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District.

Sponsored by the Riverside Hotel, The Common Well, Hannah Ball, and Casino Beach, these family-friendly evenings give you a chance to meet Garden City’s artists in their studios and work spaces. Plus, you’ll find hands-on art activities at artKids tables and keep an eye out for roving and pop-up artists and performances throughout the night.

New for 2023: we have eliminated the guest artist fee! We can set you up with a location to show your work, all you need to do is apply!FIRST FRIDAY GUEST ARTIST APPLICATION

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.

First Friday Art and Studio Stroll
2023-12-01 17:30 - 20:30 | Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
Our celebration of arts and artists in the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District.

Sponsored by the Riverside Hotel, The Common Well, Hannah Ball, and Casino Beach, these family-friendly evenings give you a chance to meet Garden City’s artists in their studios and work spaces. Plus, you’ll find hands-on art activities at artKids tables and keep an eye out for roving and pop-up artists and performances throughout the night.

More information about First Friday is available at The LWC District First Friday Event Page on Facebook.

CLICK HERE for an interactive Google map of the First Friday participating venues.

God Bless the USPS
2023-12-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
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.

This 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.

Looking Glass: Flash Show with Star Moxley
2023-12-15 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-12-16 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
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.

FLASH 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

Sewing Juxtaposed: Hillary Bilinski
2024-01-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, Idaho, 83714, United States
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.

DREAM BIG
2024-01-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
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.

Panoply: Exhibition & Artist Talk with Lori Larusso
2024-02-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
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.

“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.

First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
2024-04-05 17:30 - 20:30, 2024-06-07 17:30 - 20:30, 2024-08-02 17:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-04 17:30 - 20:30
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.

womanhood
2024-04-06 11:00 - 18:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
GALLERY HOURS 11:00am – 6:00pm

ARTIST TALK at 4:00pm

How 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.

BIOGRAPHY: 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.

womanhood
2024-04-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
GALLERY HOURS 11:00am – 5:00pm

GALLERY TOUR at 4:00pm

How 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.

BIOGRAPHY: 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.

Surel's Place Fundraising Gala
2024-06-08 18:00 - 21:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
Join us for this celebration, our largest and most popular fundraiser held every other year. At the heart of the event is a silent auction of incredible art made out of Shrinky Dinks (the shrinkable art toy from the 1970s) by dozens of local artists. This year’s event is 70’s-themed, so dress in your best groovy attire or come as you wish to have fun and help Surel’s Place raise vital funds for our 2024 operations! The evening will feature entertainment, party games, a live DJ, dinner by Noodle Monster & dessert by The Tony Cannoli (with a Gala+Dinner Ticket), drinks, etc.

On top of our silent auction, you will be treated with a live auction, which has incredible packages and items that you can only access by coming to the event, such as . . . your own personal concert at your home by Curtis Stigers with dinner courtesy of Ansots, a collection of rare collectible whiskeys, and many more!

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Featured Shrinky Dink Artists:Brecken BirdSuzanne ChetwoodHeather Elizabeth BeeLisa Flowers RossRick FriesenJulia GreenBetty HayzlettSara HillLiz HiltonNicole HitchockDerek & Danielle HurdStephanie InmanShelley JundJaki KatzAshley KennedyLauren KistnerMarianne KonvalinkaSue LattaJerri LiskSusan MadacsiBrigette NelsonMelissa OsgoodLorelle RauNikki RussoCassandra SchifflerKaty ShanafeltJason SieversJessie SwimeleyRachel TeannalachRandy Van DyckApril VanDeGrift

Thank you to our generous sponsors:

Yooti (Yo-di) - To Rise in Culture Abstracted
2024-07-08 17:30 - 20:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
EXHIBITION

YOOTI (YO-DI) – TO RISE IN CULTURE ABSTRACTED

Join us for the Opening Reception for Artist-in-Residence Kit Julianto’s exhibition with an opening honor song (Caylon Hedgepeth) and closing song (Kit Julianto and Caylon Hedgepeth).

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 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.

This 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.

Yooti (Yo-di) - To Rise in Culture Abstracted
2024-07-09 13:00 - 19:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
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 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.

This 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.

Yooti (Yo-di) - To Rise in Culture Abstracted
2024-07-10 13:00 - 19:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
EXHIBITION

YOOTI (YO-DI) – TO RISE IN CULTURE ABSTRACTED

Join us for Gallery Hours for Artist-in-Residence Kit Julianto’s exhibition with closing song (Kit Julianto and Caylon Hedgepeth).

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 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.

This 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.

Daren Kendall: Across the Threshold
2024-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
EXHIBITION

Artist in Residence Daren Kendall will present Threshold, a sculptural exhibition and live event developed while in fellowship at Surel’s Place. Kendall’s artistic practice reflects the connection between sculpture, architecture, and place, as he gives form to the relationships and experiences cultivated while working on location. Often in collaboration with other artists, musicians, and dancers, his physical structures and instruments facilitate conversation and create a space to work and play. Drawings, models, and images provide interpretive scores and scripts to communicate the ineffable character and qualities of his experience. Recent artist residencies and collaborative events include, ArteSumapaz Artist Residency, Cundinamarca, Colombia; and Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia dell’Arte, Florence, Italy.

Laurie Shapiro: Meditated Landscape
2024-10-12 10:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-13 10:00 - 18:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
Open Studio

Laurie Shapiro creates all-encompassing, visually stimulating installations using a layering technique that combines painting, screenprinting, sewing, and sculpture. The environments created transport viewers into psychedelic womb-like environments: handcrafted, vibrant, and filled with patterns and colors that invite interaction and meditation. While at Surel’s Place, Laurie created various pieces using mixed media textiles and painting techniques. As a hard-of-hearing artist, she used her own mediation techniques to engage with the landscape of Idaho, creating new pieces that reflects her experiences and observations. Laurie is eager to engage with the community and share her work reflecting the natural beauty and diversity of Idaho. Laurie will also have prints and other work available for purchase.

Free

OPENING RECEPTION: Tenacious Collage | DREWCO
2024-10-18 17:30 - 20:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
FLASH EXHIBITION

Utilizing the best in synthetic adhesive technology, Tenacious Collage is a bold collection of two dimensional sculpture. Each piece is painstakingly created from layers of woven material, cut and carved into dynamic, colorful pieces. From the makers of the wildly popular Paint-O-Matic 2000, Tenacious Collage blends an urban vibe with a well crafted modern look.

DREWCO addresses the absurdities as Andrew Groth navigates the liminal spaces, yet resists the temptation to take anything too seriously. He is an artist, musician, avid cyclist, animal fan, and child of the 80s who enjoys poking fun at things, at life, at art, at his art, and especially at himself. He earned an AA in Liberal Arts and a BFA degree with an Emphasis on Painting. His work has been shown in several group exhibitions. He is one of the most recent members of Boise Open Studios and he continues to be an active member in the Treasure Valley arts community.

Free

Open Hours: Tenacious Collage | DREWCO
2024-10-19 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States

Closing Night: Tenacious Collage
2024-11-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
In addition to some wine and cheese to accompany the jazz at Jazz Night with Rob Scheps: The Music of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter, we also have the artwork of Andrew Groth in the gallery. This will be the closing night.

Utilizing the best in synthetic adhesive technology, Tenacious Collage is a bold collection of two dimensional sculpture. Each piece is painstakingly created from layers of woven material, cut and carved into dynamic, colorful pieces.

DREWCO initially specialized in questioning artistic commodification, but has since expanded its product lines to include examples of moody ambivalence, moral ambiguity, societal contradictions and even challenging antiquated traditions. Andrew Groth navigates the liminal spaces, yet resists the temptation to take anything too seriously. He is an artist, musician, avid cyclist, animal fan, and child of the 80s who enjoys poking fun at things, at life, at art, at his art, and especially at himself.

First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
2024-12-06 17:30 - 20:30
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.

More information is available on The Live-Work-Create GC Page on Facebook.

See below to view an interactive Google map of the First Friday participating venues.

Opening Reception: Intimate Objects
2024-12-20 17:30 - 20:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, Idaho, 83714, United States
INTIMATE OBJECTSVEIKO VALENCIA

Opening Reception:Friday, December 20th | 5:30PM – 8:30PM

Open Hours:Saturday, December 21st | 1:00PM – 4:00PMSunday, December 22nd | 1:00PM – 4:00PM

free

The object is the subject. Physical reference points, receivers of light, generators of shadow- objects, though physical, define the positions we occupy in the world of ideas. An object is also a concept.

Veiko Valencia was born in Peru and has lived in Boise, Idaho, since 2007. He studied at a traditional Art School, Carlos Baca Flor, in Arequipa, Peru. Later, Valencia obtained his BFA in Painting and Drawing and his MFA in Visual Arts from Boise State University. He is a current recipient of the Alexa Rose residency.
