Open Studio: Maja's Comic-Making Journey
2025-09-18 09:30 - 17:30 (America/Boise) | Lake Hazel Library, 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd, Boise, Idaho, 83709, United States
OPEN STUDIOMAJA’S COMIC-MAKING JOURNEYThursday, September 18th | 9:30am – 5:30pm

free

at Lake Hazel Library

Open Zine Studio with Maja Miłkowska-Shibata
2025-09-24 17:00 - 20:00 | Garden City Public Library, 6015 N Glenwood St, Garden City, Idaho, 83714, United States
OPEN STUDIOOpen Zine Studio with Maja Miłkowska-ShibataWednesday, September 24th | 5:00pm – 8:00pm

free

at the Garden City Public Library

Join us for a hands-on evening exploring the art of zines! Maja Miłkowska-Shibata, Artist-in-Residence at Surel’s Place, will guide the participants in creating their own mini comic zines. Discover how this DIY medium can be used for self-expression, storytelling, and community connection. All supplies provided. Parental supervision is required for younger makers.

First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
2025-10-03 17:30 - 21:30 | Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
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.

OCTOBER 3RD HIGHLIGHTS

“Illuminate” projected video art and things that shine in the dark: 7:30pm – 9:30pm.

Surel’s Place

212 E. 33rd Street

In the gallery, Heavy Weather exhibition by Garth Claassen.

Material Mirages Projection artists from the 2025 CWI Sculpture Class:

Ava Madrigal, Gracie Sosa, Sadie Meyer, Bronwyn Hitchcock, Ellie Wilson, Ilene Antonov, Madi Miller, Nalani Roberts, Casey Stitzel, Natalie Masterson, Emily Hall, Josefine Carver

The Tiny House ILLUMINATED!

Material Mirages Projection artists from 2025 CWI Sculpture Class: Eden Hunt, Ali Henslee, Ahmed Abouzeid, Kim Bessette, Kiwi Edington.

The GreenBox

Rhythm Brie Schettle & Megan White ILLUMINATED!

The Holdover House

3338 N Carr Street

Sally Brock, paintings

On loading dock at SGW Designworks – New Venue!

Corner of Clay & 33rd

Vievvs The Band, 7:00pm – 8:00pm ILLUMINATED!

ensemble performs instrumental music set to video

andrew | keys, guitar, style

chuck | vidZARD

john | cello, ·̩̩̥͙＊•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚＊·̩̩̥͙

mike | space gator, clarinet

The Waterfront District

First time in many years!

3640 N Willowbar Ln

Sara Hill (Painting)

Samuel Paden (Pottery)

Sandra Shaw (Painting)

Linda Williams (Painting)

Wade Bollinger (Oil Painting)

Plus a dedication to the Mosaic along the Greenbelt at 6:30pm with artist Reham Aarti

Visual Arts Collective (VAC)

3638 Osage Street

“When the Light is Right”

Recent paintings by

Terry Vineyard – Rick Friesen

Oldspeak

3640 W Chinden Blvd

solo show by Jaime Roberts aka Amended Archives (mixed media highlighting the feminine experience)

Water’s Edge Gallery at The Riverside Hotel

2900 W Chinden Blvd

Main Level

OPUS by Treasure Valley Artists Alliance

New Gallery! The Catwalk

perched above the Event Center and Fireplace Foyer

The Color of Sound, featuring seven local artists whose work explores the intersection of visual art and sound. Each piece invites you to imagine what it might sound like—what rhythm, melody, or tone it might carry.

Ken Levy

Preston Craig

Killi Smith

Irina Mackay

David Rodriguiez

Mary Docktor

Hilary Ackley

The Common Well

110 W. 31st Street

You are invited to wander throughout the building to see all of the many artists in their studios.

Gallery- Luma Jasim: Rage Given Over to Mourning

2nd floor popup- Bex Wilkinson Opening!

Create Gallery & Frames

3520 W Chinden Blvd

Nicole Hitchcock Contemporary Art

206 E 35th Street

Door #3 Artist Collective

413 E. 37th Street

Home to Mosaic Essentials and other artist events.

Zion Warne Studios

3242 W. Chinden Blvd

Glassblowing

sPacePort

112 E. 33rd Street

Jessica Evett

Lala’s Fresh Pots

eC wares

Kim Bennett Porter

Lindsay Rae

Starbelly Dancers ILLUMINATED!

Justin Blauch ILLUMINATED!

Goran Fazil ILLUMINATED! (pictured)

Grandpa Crump (Music)

BOSCO: Boise Open Studios Tour
2025-10-11 10:00 - 18:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
BOISE OPEN STUDIOS TOURYIDAN GUOSaturday & Sunday, October 11th & 12th10:00am – 6:00pm

free

at Surel’s Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City

Boise Open Studios Collective Organization (BOSCO) features over 125 Treasure Valley artists working in painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, printmaking, jewelry, textiles, mosaic, collage, assemblage, digital images, and glass. BOSCO’s main event, the Open Studios Tour, occurs during the first two weekends of October each year, with half of the artists opening their studios on the first weekend and the rest on the second. This event aims to enhance public understanding of the artistic process, foster connections, and build community.

Join us at Surel’s Place to see the work of our Artist-in-Residence Yidan Guo. Yidan’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.

At 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.

BOSCO OPEN STUDIOS TOUR

BOSCO: Boise Open Studio Tour
2025-10-12 10:00 - 18:00 | Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, 83714, United States
BOISE OPEN STUDIOS TOURYIDAN GUOSaturday & Sunday, October 11th & 12th10:00am – 6:00pm

free

at Surel’s Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City

Boise Open Studios Collective Organization features over 125 Treasure Valley artists working in painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, printmaking, jewelry, textiles, mosaic, collage, assemblage, digital images, and glass. Our main event, the Open Studios Tour, occurs during the first two weekends of October each year, with half of the artists opening their studios on the first weekend and the rest on the second. This event aims to enhance public understanding of the artistic process, foster connections, and build community.

Join us at Surel’s Place to see the work of our Artist-in-Residence Yidan Guo. Yidan’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.

At 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.

BOSCO OPEN STUDIOS TOUR

First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
2025-12-05 17:30 - 20:30 | Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
Garden City’s Surel L. Mitchell Live-Work-Create District is bustling with artists, artisans, and creative, artisanal businesses. Come to our neighborhood on the river as much as you can, but especially during our First Friday Art & Studio Stroll. You’ll find many locations open during the event, including artist studios, restaurants, and businesses featuring art events. In addition, there will be special events at many locations, including exhibits, readings, and performances.

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

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

PARTICIPATING VENUES AND ARTISTS

Surel’s Place

212 E. 33rd Street

In the gallery, work by Marshall Toomey. Surel’s Place will also be visited by the Krampus Krawl around 7:15pm.

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The Holdover House

3338 N Carr Street

The Surly Mermaid

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Arcadia Hotel

3433 W Chinden Blvd

ARTcadia- artist installations in hotel rooms!

Room 1: Andrew Groth & Gia Strang

Room 3: Ace Zappa

Room 16: Brie Schettle

Room 17: Sam Archide

Room 18: Becka Schrinsky

Room 29: Susan Lasater, Veiko Valencia, and Rebecca Evans

By Bike Locks: Megan White

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Visual Arts Collective (VAC)(21+)

3638 Osage Street

“Listening to the Last Light or Golfing on the Moon”

Neon Master, Wil Kirkman retrospective

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Oldspeak

3640 W Chinden Blvd

solo show by scientific illustrator Jay Rasgorshek

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Madacsi Studios

*Brittney Gehrig, Verre Boise Stained Glass

*Susan Madacsi, Madacsi Studios, will have a fused glass activity

*Mandy Riley ClayWorks

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Water’s Edge Gallery at The Riverside Hotel

2900 W Chinden Blvd

Main Level

Reception for our Featured Artists Retrospective. Appetizers available and a Scavenger Hunt throughout the gallery.

2nd level

Rena Vandewater as our Artist of the Month

Catwalk

the reception for the artists in our Catwalk Series, Treasures of Time

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The Common Well

110 W 31st Street

Gallery- Matthew Thorley, Anatomy of Fatigue

2nd floor popup- Susan Madacsi, The Incineration Project Opening!

Many of the artists who work at The Common Well will be in their studios so you can meet them and see what they’re working on. Studio artists and writers include Brecken Bird, Kristen Edwards, Lori Fish, Rolland Fletcher, Teal Gardner, Elizabeth Hilton, Mary Kancewick, Matthew Kennedy, Amber Lawless, Aurora Stone Mehlman, Caitria Mir, Clare Remsberg and Katherine Shaughnessy.

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Black Moon New Venue!

3709 W Chinden Blvd

Artist Shelley Jund

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Create Gallery & Frames

3520 W Chinden Blvd

4pm Demo with Richard Serros

5pm Demo with Thomas Van Stein

5pm Talk with Katinka

6:30pm Interview with Randy Rasmussen

First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
2026-04-03 17:30 - 20:30 | Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
Garden City’s Surel L. Mitchell Live-Work-Create District is lively with artists, art studios, and businesses year-round, but especially during free First Friday events. It’s a great way to explore the local art scene, with exhibitions, readings, and performances at various locations.

On April 3rd, The Backyard Artists will be hosting a community collage night at Surel’s Place.

You can tour the event with our program director, Jodi Eichelberger, by bike on a special First Friday artBike tour. Register at https://surelsplace.ludus.com

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.

SPONSORED BY:

First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
2026-06-05 17:30 - 20:30 | Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District, 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
LIVE-WORK-CREATE DISTRICTFIRST FRIDAY ART & STUDIO STROLLFriday, June 5th | 5:30pm – 8:30pm

free

Garden City’s Surel L. Mitchell Live-Work-Create District is lively with artists, art studios, and businesses year-round, but especially during free First Friday events. It’s a great way to explore the local art scene, with exhibitions, readings, and performances at various locations.

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.

SPONSORED BY:
