Surel's Place

womanhood
2024-04-06 11:00 - 18:00 (America/Boise) | 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.

First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
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.

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.

Open Hours: Intimate Objects
2024-12-21 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States

Surel's Place Pie Day Pop-Up Party!
2025-03-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
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Are you feeling ins-PIE-red? Good. Join Surel’s Place for a Pie Day Pop-Up Party where a selection of delectable pies made specially with love for Pie Day will be admired and auctioned – and eaten. If a pie catches your eye, you can bid on it. The winners of the pies can take them home, or better yet, share them at the end of the evening with all who gather. It’s a pie celebration, and we hope you’ll join us. In addition, we will have slices of art coming together to form artful pies. See you on 3.14, π Day!

PARTICIPATING PIE MAKERS:Barb CochraneJan JohnsJordyn MarcroftBeth MasonKarla MillerMonica RhodesJocelyn RobertsonDorothy Shue

Featured in the gallery will be a portfolio organized by Wingtip Press titled A Piece of the Pie. This portfolio of prints by 9 Idaho artists was organized in response to the theme of “sustenance” as part of an exhibition organized by the Treasure Valley Food Coalition and Kirsten Furlong at the Visual Arts Center in 2012.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:Mare BlockerMatt BodettLisa CheneyKatarzyna CepekTerra FeastTara KennedyAmy NackJosh OlsonCassandra Schiffler

Additionally, brand new slice shaped artworks will be exhibited by local artists. These artworks will be available for purchase, and a portion of the proceeds goes to support Surel’s Place.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:Adie BartronEve-Marie BergrenHillary BilinskiTilley BubbEvalee CampbellHillary ColtonErin CunninghamAnne ElmoreMarne ElmoreJessica EvettNellie FrizzellJulia GreenAndrew GrothElizabeth HiltonAva HoneyDeborah MartellApril VanDeGrift

Opening Reception: THE SPACE BETWEEN
2025-03-21 17:30 - 20:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
THE SPACE BETWEEN

Tyler Crabb

Friday, March 21, Opening, 5:30pm – 8:30pm

Saturday, March 22, Gallery Hours, 1pm – 4pm

Sunday, March 23, Gallery Hours, 1pm – 4pm

Tyler Crabb works as an abstract artist not just to serve his own creativity, but because he finds it to be a powerful vehicle for others to unleash their imagination. His show “The Space Between” offers viewers an immersive abstract experience that reflects the beauty and mystery of being human.

THE SPACE BETWEEN
2025-03-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, Idaho, 83714, United States
THE SPACE BETWEEN

Tyler Crabb

Friday, March 21, Opening, 7pm – 8:30pm

Saturday, March 22, Gallery Hours, 1pm – 4pm

Sunday, March 23, Gallery Hours, 1pm – 4pm

Tyler Crabb works as an abstract artist not just to serve his own creativity, but because he finds it to be a powerful vehicle for others to unleash their imagination. His show “The Space Between Body & Mind” offers viewers an immersive abstract experience that reflects the beauty and mystery of being human.

THE SPACE BETWEEN
2025-03-23 13:00 - 16:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States

Flash Show: Body and Devotion
2025-04-25 18:00 - 20:30 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
Featuring Maiyan Linane, Ashley Larson, Kamryn Rose, and Michael Candelaria.This Flash Show is in collaboration with Backyard Artists. Backyard Artists empowers emerging artists in Idaho’s Treasure Valley by providing professional opportunities through community-driven exhibitions, literary events, project grants, and strategic partnerships.

Schedule:Friday, April 25, Opening Reception, 6pm – 8:30pmSaturday, April 26, Gallery Hours, 12pm – 4pmSunday, April 27, Gallery Hours, 12pm – 4pm

Flash Show: Body and Devotion
2025-04-26 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-27 12:00 - 16:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
Featuring Maiyan Linane, Ashley Larson, Kamryn Rose, and Michael Candelaria.

This Flash Show is in collaboration with Backyard Artists. Backyard Artists empowers emerging artists in Idaho’s Treasure Valley by providing professional opportunities through community-driven exhibitions, literary events, project grants, and strategic partnerships.

Schedule:Friday, April 25, Opening Reception, 6pm – 8:30pmSaturday, April 26, Gallery Hours, 12pm – 4pmSunday, April 27, Gallery Hours, 12pm – 4pm

"Heavy Weather:" Garth Claassen Open Gallery Hours
2025-10-05 10:00 - 13:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
FLASH SHOW GALLERY HOURSHEAVY WEATHER with GARTH CLAASSENSunday, October 5th | 10:00am – 1:00pm

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 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.

BIOGRAPHY

Garth 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.

In 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.

Claassen’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.

BIENNIAL PARTEE & SHRINKY DINK ART AUCTION
2026-06-06 18:00 - 21:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
FUNDRAISERSUREL’S PLACE BIENNIAL PARTEE & SHRINKY DINK ART AUCTIONSaturday, June 6th | 6:00pm – 9:00pm

$20 | Partee Admission$50 | Partee Admission + Dinner

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Get Ready. We only hold the Shrinky Dink Art Auction every other year, so if you miss it, you’ll have to wait two more years. What is it? It’s our biggest fundraiser that features the artwork of dozens of talented local artists who are asked to use (at first take) the unassuming, crafty, children’s art toy of Shrinky Dinks, which are bake-able, shrinkable plastic sheets. But, (at second take) the art material becomes limitless, elevated, surprising, and utterly creative. The ante always goes up, and this unusual art exhibition is not to miss.

On top of our Shrinky Dink Art Auction, we will parteeee with buskers, a DJ, a tarot card reader, refreshing food and beverages, a photo booth, and more. Dessert will be deliciously provided by a fellow nonprofit organization, Life’s Kitchen. Another festive aspect of the night: a live auction and paddle raise, so look forward to coming together to raise money for Surel’s Place while having a good time and celebrating art and community.

Oh, and the theme this year is Pop Art, so prepare for bold color, nods to popular culture, and soup cans 🙂

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:

P.S. There is an art preview party the night before during the District-wide First Friday Art & Studio Stroll.

OUR SHRINKY DINK ARTISTS:

VIEW THE ARTWORK!

REHAM AARTIMICHAEL BALTZELLNICOLET BARCLAYHEATHER ELIZABETH BEEBRECKEN BIRDJULIE CLEMONSLISA FLOWERS ROSSRICK FRIESENANDREW GROTHELIZABETH HILTONNICOLE HITCHCOCKEMMA HOODSTEPHANIE INMANSHELLEY JUNDLAUREN KISTNERSUE LATTAJERRI LISKDEBORAH MARTELLBRIGETTE NELSONNANCY PANGANIBANEVAN SENDEROWICZJASON SIEVERSGIA STRANGJESSIE SWIMELEYRACHEL TEANNALACHANDREW TRAUBRANDY VAN DYCKWILLOW WELLS

THANK YOU TO OUR MEDIA SPONSOR:
