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SUMMARY:Workshop: Relief Printing
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOPRELIEF PRINTINGSaturday\, June 27th | 1:00pm – 4:00pm \n\n\n\n$35  |  Sustaining Member (with Special Passcode)$45  |  General RegistrationPartial scholarships available by request to info@surelsplace.org \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nEach participant will receive a 4 by 4 inch soft carving material\, and Artist-in-Residence Camilla Taylor will teach you how to design a high contrast image\, carve it\, and stamp it. Then\, the participants will use their stamps to create a large-scale pattern\, collaborating with each other on layout and color palette to create a repeating pattern using their own carvings as the design motifs. Participants will go home with a collaborative print and their carving \n\n\n\nBiography: \n\n\n\nCamilla Taylor (CA) was raised in Provo\, Utah\, and is based in Los Angeles\, California. In 2025\, they presented Unkindness at Track 16 Gallery in Los Angeles\, an exhibition examining mystical transformation through destruction. The exhibition included a sculpture that survived the complete burning of Taylor’s home and studio in the Eaton Fire earlier that year\, embedding material endurance and change directly into the work. That same year\, Taylor was a ceramic artist in residence at the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Residency and was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Artist Fellowship.  \n\n\n\nWorking across glass\, printmaking\, metal\, fabric\, and other materials\, Taylor’s practice investigates interiority\, the uncanny. The mortal body recurs as a central motif\, explored both as a literal form and as a site of seduction and repulsion. Works such as Unrelenting\, a cast glass sculpture depicting a human foot subjected to the forces of frostbite\, reflect Taylor’s interest in vulnerability\, endurance\, and the thresholds where the body and mind transform under pressure. \n\n\n\nTaylor has been on faculty at UCLA and Occidental College\, teaching sculpture\, drawing\, and printmaking.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/workshop-relief-printing/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Exhibit & Art Talk: Penitent
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBIT & ART TALKPENITENTSaturday\, July 11th | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nArtist-in-Residence Camilla Taylor focused their residency on a series of drawings referring to the myth of St. Mary of Egypt. She is depicted covered in her own hair after decades of an ascetic life wandering through the desert. Presumably\, even her clothes disintegrated. Rather than decades\, Taylor lost nearly everything in mere moments. All their artwork and possessions at their Altadena home and studio were destroyed in the Eaton Fire of 2025. They recently curated the group exhibit My House Burned Down at the Track 16 Gallery in Downtown LA\, which closed in June\, 2025\, and in a solo exhibition and catalog at Track 16 Gallery in East Hollywood\, Unkindness\, that dealt with themes of atheist mysticism\, which closed in January 2026. \n\n\n\n“This loss and displacement changed the way I make art\,” Taylor says\, “My work became more fragile and more precious.” However\, hair is a theme they’ve used often as a motif in their work. It is a symbol of the body and a material that is both deeply corporeal and also has near magical qualities in many cultures\, controlled in how it’s cut and worn and revealed. Taylor references hair also as a symbol of femininity\, and their own ambivalence towards it. This will be explored in drawings\, prints\, and sculptures referring back to the myth of St. Mary of Egypt\, and the larger corporeal and quasi magical qualities that hair represents. \n\n\n\nAlso available to see by appointment July 11th – 13th by emailing camilla.a.taylor@gmail.com. You may also request a preview PDF.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/exhibit-art-talk-penitent-2/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
DESCRIPTION:LIVE-WORK-CREATE DISTRICTFIRST FRIDAY ART & STUDIO STROLLFriday\, August 7th | 5:30pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nGarden 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. \n\n\n\nMore information about the next First Friday\, is available at The LWC District First Friday Event Page on Facebook. \n\n\n\nSee below to view an interactive Google map of the First Friday participating venues. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSORED BY:
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/first-friday-art-studio-stroll-10/
LOCATION:Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Community Participation,Open Studios
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SUMMARY:Workshop: From Memory to Sinema
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOPFROM MEMORY TO SINEMASaturday\, August 22nd | 1:00pm – 4:00pm \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n$25 | Sustaining Member (with Special Passcode)$35 | General RegistrationPartial scholarships available by request to info@surelsplace.org \n\n\n\nThe session opens with a two minute excerpt from Artist-in-Residence al’ikens Plancher’s Boat People proof of concept to show how lived experience can be distilled into cinematic language. Participants then complete a brief written exercise\, turning a vivid personal memory into one or two concise sentences. Using pencils\, index cards\, and colored markers\, each participant sketches three images (a beginning\, a middle\, and an end) that capture the memory’s arc. A group discussion follows on how framing\, scale\, and negative space shape emotional tone. In the second hour participants refine their panels\, add single line captions for dialogue or sound\, and place the cards on a communal Story Wall so individual narratives can converse. The final hour is devoted to a walk-through of the wall where each storyteller narrates their sequence and receives guided feedback on clarity\, pacing\, and sensory detail. Everyone departs with a concise visual blueprint that can seed a short film\, graphic narrative\, or written vignette while highlighting shared themes of place\, identity\, and transformation. \n\n\n\nAges 16 and up \n\n\n\nNote: “Sinema” is “cinema” in Haitian Creole and al’ikens Plancher’s artistic brand.  \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY: \n\n\n\nal’ikens Plancher is a writer-director from Port-au-Prince\, Haiti. He began high school at 12 and college at 16\, turning away from a possible diplomatic career to pursue his childhood dream of filmmaking and represent his country through his art.His work spans television and film\, including The Chi (Showtime) and Yellowstone (Paramount)\, and award-winning shorts such as Remnants (HBO Best Short Film)\, Konpa (Tribeca Film Festival)\, and Boat People (Oscar®-qualified).He has spoken at the University of California\, Irvine; Florida International University; Florida Atlantic University; and the Latin American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh. His work is supported by Tribeca Studios\, SFFILM Rainin Grant\, Ragdale\, NALIP\, the Wolfsonian\, Oolite Arts\, Third Horizon\, Surel’s Place\, and is a Creative Capital Awards Finalist.His other interests are spirituality\, relationships\, and food. \n\n\n\nThis programming is supported in part by Creative West and the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/workshop-from-memory-to-sinema/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Reading: Boat People
DESCRIPTION:READINGBOAT PEOPLEThursday\, August 27th | 7:30pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\n$10  |  General Admissionfree  |  Surel’s Place Sustaining Members (with Special Passcode) \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS!\n\n\n\n\nat The Creative Space: 121 E 34th Street in Garden City \n\n\n\nal’ikens Plancher’s residency will conclude with a public staged reading of pivotal scenes from the newly revised draft of Boat People\, performed by local actors. It explores the forgotten history of Haitian refugees detained at Guantanamo Bay in the 1990s. The reading will run about 20-25 minutes and be followed by a moderated discussion that links the film’s historical events to current debates on migration\, belonging\, and civic responsibility. \n\n\n\nCAST:Cassan Francois……….MarieJodeen Revere…………Dr. Talia ClarkLyonel Denis…………….PierreJean-Pierre Vertus……LouisJodi Eichelberger……..TomGordon Reinhart……….The Brigadier GeneralAbigail Wells…………….Narrator \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY: \n\n\n\nal’ikens Plancher is a writer-director from Port-au-Prince\, Haiti. He began high school at 12 and college at 16\, turning away from a possible diplomatic career to pursue his childhood dream of filmmaking and represent his country through his art.His work spans television and film\, including The Chi (Showtime) and Yellowstone (Paramount)\, and award-winning shorts such as Remnants (HBO Best Short Film)\, Konpa (Tribeca Film Festival)\, and Boat People (Oscar®-qualified).He has spoken at the University of California\, Irvine; Florida International University; Florida Atlantic University; and the Latin American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh. His work is supported by Tribeca Studios\, SFFILM Rainin Grant\, Ragdale\, NALIP\, the Wolfsonian\, Oolite Arts\, Third Horizon\, Surel’s Place\, and is a Creative Capital Awards Finalist.His other interests are spirituality\, relationships\, and food. \n\n\n\nThis programming is supported in part by Creative West and the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/reading-boat-people/
LOCATION:The Creative Space\, 121 E 34th Street\, Garden City\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Final Event,Reading
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SUMMARY:Art Spark
DESCRIPTION:COMMUNITY ART PARTYART SPARKSaturday\, August 29th | 11:00am – 7:00pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nat Kleiner Park: 1900 N. Records Ave. in Meridian \n\n\n\nSurel’s Place will be a participating arts organization at the annual Community Art Party: Art Spark! Visit us at the Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park in Meridian for a full-day celebration featuring live music from regional and local bands; tasty eats and drinks; hands-on art stations\, murals\, and chalk art battles; community art booths & artist showcases; and featured dance\, music\, and theater performances. Come say hi while enjoying art\, music\, food\, and fun!
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/art-spark/
CATEGORIES:Community Participation,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20260924T173000
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SUMMARY:OPENING RECEPTION: Illuminated by Fire
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITIONILLUMINATED BY FIRE \n\n\n\nOPENING RECEPTIONThursday\, September 24th | 5:30pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\nGALLERY HOURSFriday\, September 25th  |  by appointment (send request to info@surelsplace.org)Saturday\, September 26th  |  10:00am – 1:00pmSunday\, September 27th  |  10:00am – 1:00pm \n\n\n\nFIRST FRIDAY ART AND STUDIO STROLLFriday\, October 2nd | 5:30pm – 9:30pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nA ceramics exhibition bringing together local talent and international works from the Surel’s Place private collection. \n\n\n\nFEATURING WORKS BY:Kelly CoxRolland FletcherLaurie GoldsteinEric MullisAngela NeiwertSamuel L PadenAda YoelsClementine Zenner
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/illuminated-by-fire/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20260926T100000
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SUMMARY:OPEN HOURS: Illuminated by Fire
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITIONILLUMINATED BY FIRE \n\n\n\nOPENING RECEPTIONThursday\, September 24th | 5:30pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\nGALLERY HOURSFriday\, September 25th  |  by appointment (send request to info@surelsplace.org)Saturday\, September 26th  |  10:00am – 1:00pmSunday\, September 27th  |  10:00am – 1:00pm \n\n\n\nFIRST FRIDAY ART AND STUDIO STROLLFriday\, October 2nd | 5:30pm – 9:30pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nA ceramics exhibition bringing together local talent and international works from the Surel’s Place private collection. \n\n\n\nFEATURING WORKS BY:Kelly CoxRolland FletcherLaurie GoldsteinEric MullisAngela NeiwertSamuel L PadenAda YoelsClementine Zenner
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/open-hours-illumnated-by-fire/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:OPEN HOURS: Illuminated by Fire
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITIONILLUMINATED BY FIRE \n\n\n\nOPENING RECEPTIONThursday\, September 24th | 5:30pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\nGALLERY HOURSFriday\, September 25th  |  by appointment (send request to info@surelsplace.org)Saturday\, September 26th  |  10:00am – 1:00pmSunday\, September 27th  |  10:00am – 1:00pm \n\n\n\nFIRST FRIDAY ART AND STUDIO STROLLFriday\, October 2nd | 5:30pm – 9:30pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nA ceramics exhibition bringing together local talent and international works from the Surel’s Place private collection. \n\n\n\nFEATURING WORKS BY:Kelly CoxRolland FletcherLaurie GoldsteinEric Mullis*Angela NeiwertSamuel L PadenAda YoelsClementine Zenner \n\n\n\n*Eric Mullis is an Assistant Professor of Art at the College of Western Idaho.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/open-hours-illuminated-by-fire/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:First Friday Art & Studio Stroll
DESCRIPTION:LIVE-WORK-CREATE DISTRICTFIRST FRIDAY ART & STUDIO STROLLFriday\, October 2nd | 5:30pm – 9:30pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nGarden 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. \n\n\n\nOur October First Friday specially features the 5-Year Anniversary of Illuminated! where local artists project artwork throughout the District\, lighting up the night from 7:30pm – 9:30pm. Illuminated! offers immersive experiences from artists of all different backgrounds who produce projection and light art for the public to navigate through and explore. \n\n\n\nILLUMINATED! ARTISTS:MJ AVILA-POPEROLAND BECERRAJUSTIN BLAUCHCHRIS CALLORCWI 2D ART CLASS*CWI ART CLUB*CWI ART CLASS*RYAN DONAHUE & BRENTON VIERTEL as:ULTRAPLASTIKGORAN FAZIL*WILLOW SEXTONWILLOW WELLSMEGAN WHITE* \n\n\n\nORGANIZED BY:JOSEPH HASKIN* \n\n\n\n* COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHOfaculty\, students\, and alumni \n\n\n\nAlso experience the Open Studio Scramble from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Travel around to the 6 holes and avoid artistic barriers to getting your ball in the hole. Then bring your card back to Illuminated! at Surel’s Place\, and hold it under the black light to see if you won a prize! \n\n\n\nLOCATIONS FOR MINI GOLF:Surel’s Place – 212 E 33rd StreetsPacePort – 121 E 33rd StreetOldspeak / Visual Arts Collective (grassy patch off of Osage near 36th street)Door #3 – 413 East 37th StreetHoldover House- 3338 N Carr StreetCreate Gallery and Frames (back parking) – 3520 W Chinden \n\n\n\nStarbelly Dancers will also be performing this First Friday. \n\n\n\nMore information about the next First Friday\, is available at The LWC District First Friday Event Page on Facebook. \n\n\n\nSPONSORED BY: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2026 Illuminated! is sponsored by the College of Western Idaho. \n\n\n\nTHE FIRST FRIDAY SEASON IS ALSO SPONSORED BY: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee below to view an interactive Google map of the First Friday participating venues.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/first-friday-art-studio-stroll-11/
LOCATION:Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Open Studios
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SUMMARY:Boise Open Studios Tour: AIR Eli Craven
DESCRIPTION:BOSCO BOISE OPEN STUDIOS TOURELI CRAVENOctober 10th | 10:00am – 6:00pmfree \n\n\n\n\nSurel’s Place honors the legacy of artist Surel Mitchell (a founding member of BOSCO) by offering her home and studio to artists of promise\, and of renown\, for month-long residencies and professionally supported art events. In this inspiring live/work space\, artists of all disciplines are given time and freedom to reflect\, create\, and share their work with the community. This year\, Surel’s Place celebrates its 15th season\, and will have Eli Craven in residence during the BOSCO Open Studios Tour. \n\n\n\n\nBoise 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. Their 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.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/boise-open-studio-tour-air-eli-craven/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Studios
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20261017T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261017T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: FOUND FAMILIES
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOPFOUND FAMILIESSaturday\, October 17th | 1:00pm – 4:00pm \n\n\n\n$35 | Surel’s Place Sustaining Members Registration$45 | General Workshop Registration \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nThis collage workshop with Artist-in-Residence Eli Craven focuses on re-interpreting family image archives through alterations and combinations with additional found and made materials. We explore family photography and portraiture\, the meanings they carry\, and how we can transform them through these added materials. You may use additional materials such as thread\, fabric\, papers\, documents\, wood\, mirrors\, metals\, etc. As we create collages and tell stories\, we will also discuss the meaning behind the combinations of these materials and how images change over time. \n\n\n\nYou are encouraged to bring some of your own materials to work with: copies and test strips\, in addition to originals of photographs intended to use in the workshop. A variety of found photographic images and various sources will also be available. \n\n\n\nPartial scholarships available by request to info@surelsplace.org. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nAlthough currently based in Indiana\, Eli Craven was raised in Idaho. “Returning to Idaho for this project feels appropriate given the origins of my relationship to photography and a return to the subject matter of my childhood\,” Eli says. In his childhood home\, magazines and movies were censored\, select films and TV shows were forbidden\, sexuality and death were seldom discussed. The power images hold was discovered through scrutinizing forbidden magazine collections\, daytime soap operas\, and movies. The impetus of his practice resides in this desire to see\, only to discover nothing shocking. Instead\, seemingly mundane imagery is isolated and fragmented\, presenting a narrative exploring the image’s role in processes of socialization. \n\n\n\nEli left Idaho with a BFA in photography from Boise State back in 2011. He went on to pursue an MFA in photography at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Currently an Associate Professor of Photography at Purdue University\, his work has been widely exhibited and published. Most recently his work has been exhibited at Kant Gallery in Copenhagen\, Denmark; KlompChing Gallery in Brooklyn\, New York; and at the Blue Sky\, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts in Portland\, Oregon.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/workshop-found-families/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20261029T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261029T203000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit & Art Talk: A PLEA FOR TENDERNESS
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBIT & ART TALKA PLEA FOR TENDERNESSThursday\, October 29th | 7:00pm – 8:30pmfree \n\n\n\nIn this project Eli Craven aims to position the viewer as a collaborator or partner in the physical experience of the work. Viewers are invited to alter photographic compositions through a series of kinetic elements and reflective materials\, including sliding wood panels\, hinged doors\, and movable peepholes. The viewer must engage and activate the framing components to reveal the photographic image\, potentially provoking the desire to see what is hidden within. Participation is integral to this project\, with entire scenes rendered incomplete without the viewer’s touch and imagination filling the gaps and visualizing what lies beneath the surface of the photograph\, or behind the veil. \n\n\n\nAlthough the works exist within the canon of photography\, they are sculptural objects that utilize the photograph as part of their construction. Eli’s work started with an obsession for photography and its materials and that fixation remains at the core of his practice. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nEli Craven (IN) was raised in Idaho. He has always felt an undeniable relationship between the subconscious choices in his artwork and the environment in which he was raised. In his childhood home\, magazines and movies were censored\, select films and TV shows were forbidden\, sexuality and death were seldom discussed. The power images hold was discovered through scrutinizing forbidden magazine collections\, daytime soap operas\, and movies. The impetus of his practice resides in this desire to see\, only to discover nothing shocking. Instead\, seemingly mundane imagery is isolated and fragmented\, presenting a narrative exploring the image’s role in processes of socialization.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/exhibit-art-talk-a-plea-for-tenderness/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261106T220000
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SUMMARY:Sugar May's "BAD WOMAN"
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCESUGAR MAY’SBAD WOMANAn all American 1950s Housewife Art Romp! \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, November 6th | 8:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 7th | 8:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nFriday\, November 13th | 7:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 14th | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nFriday\, November 20th | 7:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 21st | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nTickets $10\, Timed EntryFree for Members \n\n\n\nPeep show featuring Burlesque curated by Femme Von Follies. Have a peep for $5!  \n\n\n\nGallery Hours (no live performance):Sunday\, November 15th | 11:00am – 2:00pmArt Talk and Q&A at 2:00pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nStep into the world of Bad Woman\, an exhibition and performance experience by artist Sugar May. The exhibition feels immediately cozy\, and familiar – a step into the dreamy past. But upon closer inspection\, deeper questions and contradictions emerge: sweetness and toxicity\, desire and control\, innocence and complicity. The polished surfaces and playful presentation invite viewers into a familiar world before revealing the tensions that underpin it. \n\n\n\nSugar May’s work examines the intersection of femininity\, consumer culture\, and power dynamics through comics and conceptual mixed media assemblage/sculpture. Working with found objects\, cast resin\, and nostalgic imagery\, she transforms familiar symbols of domesticity and idealized womanhood into sculptural and narrative works that are simultaneously seductive and unsettling. \n\n\n\nDuring ticketed times\, the exhibition includes live performance by Sugar May and burlesque performers curated by Femme von Follies. The red bathroom is expanding into a “red light district” with an entrance to a peep show. You can purchase tokens that open a window for a one-minute private viewing experience of talented burlesque performers which rotates throughout the night. Or\, you can use a token for a piece of cake. Either way- it’s a treat.  \n\n\n\nSugar May will be in all performances. \n\n\n\nThe rotating “Peep Show” cast includes: \n\n\n\nMuff JonesJaye MirageKate E GagaButterscotch BummLucy La PecheSelma SapphireMariposa DevineStella SinVera Holiday \n\n\n\nTicket is your arrival time. The exhibition will be open until 10pm. Tokens\, merchandise\, and art available for purchase at the event as well.  \n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/sugar-mays-bad-woman/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20261107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261107T220000
DTSTAMP:20261023T145814Z
CREATED:20261012T202543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T145814Z
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SUMMARY:Sugar May’s “BAD WOMAN”
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCESUGAR MAY’SBAD WOMANAn all American 1950s Housewife Art Romp! \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 7th | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nFriday\, November 13th | 7:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 14th | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nFriday\, November 20th | 7:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 21st | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nTickets $10\, Timed EntryFree for Members \n\n\n\nPeep show featuring Burlesque curated by Femme Von Follies. Have a peep for $5!  \n\n\n\nGallery Hours (no live performance):Sunday\, November 15th | 11:00am – 2:00pmArt Talk and Q&A at 2:00pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nStep into the world of Bad Woman\, an exhibition and performance experience by artist Sugar May. The exhibition feels immediately cozy\, and familiar – a step into the dreamy past. But upon closer inspection\, deeper questions and contradictions emerge: sweetness and toxicity\, desire and control\, innocence and complicity. The polished surfaces and playful presentation invite viewers into a familiar world before revealing the tensions that underpin it. \n\n\n\nSugar May’s work examines the intersection of femininity\, consumer culture\, and power dynamics through comics and conceptual mixed media assemblage/sculpture. Working with found objects\, cast resin\, and nostalgic imagery\, she transforms familiar symbols of domesticity and idealized womanhood into sculptural and narrative works that are simultaneously seductive and unsettling. \n\n\n\nDuring ticketed times\, the exhibition includes live performance by Sugar May and burlesque performers curated by Femme von Follies. The red bathroom is expanding into a “red light district” with an entrance to a peep show. You can purchase tokens that open a window for a one-minute private viewing experience of talented burlesque performers which rotates throughout the night. Or\, you can use a token for a piece of cake. Either way- it’s a treat.  \n\n\n\nSugar May will be in all performances. \n\n\n\nThe rotating “Peep Show” cast includes: \n\n\n\nMuff JonesJaye MirageKate E GagaButterscotch BummLucy La PecheSelma SapphireMariposa DevineStella SinVera Holiday \n\n\n\nTicket is your arrival time. The exhibition will be open until 10pm. Tokens\, merchandise\, and art available for purchase at the event as well.  \n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/sugar-mays-bad-woman-2/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20261113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261113T220000
DTSTAMP:20261023T145911Z
CREATED:20261012T202953Z
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SUMMARY:Sugar May’s “BAD WOMAN”
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCESUGAR MAY’SBAD WOMANAn all American 1950s Housewife Art Romp! \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, November 13th | 7:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 14th | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nFriday\, November 20th | 7:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 21st | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nTickets $10\, Timed EntryFree for Members \n\n\n\nPeep show featuring Burlesque curated by Femme Von Follies. Have a peep for $5!  \n\n\n\nGallery Hours (no live performance):Sunday\, November 15th | 11:00am – 2:00pmArt Talk and Q&A at 2:00pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nStep into the world of Bad Woman\, an exhibition and performance experience by artist Sugar May. The exhibition feels immediately cozy\, and familiar – a step into the dreamy past. But upon closer inspection\, deeper questions and contradictions emerge: sweetness and toxicity\, desire and control\, innocence and complicity. The polished surfaces and playful presentation invite viewers into a familiar world before revealing the tensions that underpin it. \n\n\n\nSugar May’s work examines the intersection of femininity\, consumer culture\, and power dynamics through comics and conceptual mixed media assemblage/sculpture. Working with found objects\, cast resin\, and nostalgic imagery\, she transforms familiar symbols of domesticity and idealized womanhood into sculptural and narrative works that are simultaneously seductive and unsettling. \n\n\n\nDuring ticketed times\, the exhibition includes live performance by Sugar May and burlesque performers curated by Femme von Follies. The red bathroom is expanding into a “red light district” with an entrance to a peep show. You can purchase tokens that open a window for a one-minute private viewing experience of talented burlesque performers which rotates throughout the night. Or\, you can use a token for a piece of cake. Either way- it’s a treat.  \n\n\n\nSugar May will be in all performances. \n\n\n\nThe rotating “Peep Show” cast includes: \n\n\n\nMuff JonesJaye MirageKate E GagaButterscotch BummLucy La PecheSelma SapphireMariposa DevineStella SinVera Holiday \n\n\n\nTicket is your arrival time. The exhibition will be open until 10pm. Tokens\, merchandise\, and art available for purchase at the event as well.  \n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/sugar-mays-bad-woman-3/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20261114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261114T220000
DTSTAMP:20261023T145953Z
CREATED:20261012T203333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T145953Z
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SUMMARY:Sugar May’s “BAD WOMAN”
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCESUGAR MAY’SBAD WOMANAn all American 1950s Housewife Art Romp! \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 14th | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nFriday\, November 20th | 7:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 21st | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nTickets $10\, Timed EntryFree for Members \n\n\n\nPeep show featuring Burlesque curated by Femme Von Follies. Have a peep for $5!  \n\n\n\nGallery Hours (no live performance):Sunday\, November 15th | 11:00am – 2:00pmArt Talk and Q&A at 2:00pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nStep into the world of Bad Woman\, an exhibition and performance experience by artist Sugar May. The exhibition feels immediately cozy\, and familiar – a step into the dreamy past. But upon closer inspection\, deeper questions and contradictions emerge: sweetness and toxicity\, desire and control\, innocence and complicity. The polished surfaces and playful presentation invite viewers into a familiar world before revealing the tensions that underpin it. \n\n\n\nSugar May’s work examines the intersection of femininity\, consumer culture\, and power dynamics through comics and conceptual mixed media assemblage/sculpture. Working with found objects\, cast resin\, and nostalgic imagery\, she transforms familiar symbols of domesticity and idealized womanhood into sculptural and narrative works that are simultaneously seductive and unsettling. \n\n\n\nDuring ticketed times\, the exhibition includes live performance by Sugar May and burlesque performers curated by Femme von Follies. The red bathroom is expanding into a “red light district” with an entrance to a peep show. You can purchase tokens that open a window for a one-minute private viewing experience of talented burlesque performers which rotates throughout the night. Or\, you can use a token for a piece of cake. Either way- it’s a treat.  \n\n\n\nSugar May will be in all performances. \n\n\n\nThe rotating “Peep Show” cast includes: \n\n\n\nMuff JonesJaye MirageKate E GagaButterscotch BummLucy La PecheSelma SapphireMariposa DevineStella SinVera Holiday \n\n\n\nTicket is your arrival time. The exhibition will be open until 10pm. Tokens\, merchandise\, and art available for purchase at the event as well.  \n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/sugar-mays-bad-woman-4/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20261115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261115T140000
DTSTAMP:20261023T150223Z
CREATED:20261012T203637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T150223Z
UID:6390-1794740400-1794751200@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Open Gallery Hours and Art Talk: Sugar May’s “BAD WOMAN”
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCESUGAR MAY’SBAD WOMANAn all American 1950s Housewife Art Romp! \n\n\n\nGALLERY HOURS (no live performance):Sunday\, November 15th | 11:00am – 2:00pmArt Talk and Q&A at 2:00pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nStep into the world of Bad Woman\, an exhibition and performance experience by artist Sugar May. The exhibition feels immediately cozy\, and familiar – a step into the dreamy past. But upon closer inspection\, deeper questions and contradictions emerge: sweetness and toxicity\, desire and control\, innocence and complicity. The polished surfaces and playful presentation invite viewers into a familiar world before revealing the tensions that underpin it. \n\n\n\nSugar May’s work examines the intersection of femininity\, consumer culture\, and power dynamics through comics and conceptual mixed media assemblage/sculpture. Working with found objects\, cast resin\, and nostalgic imagery\, she transforms familiar symbols of domesticity and idealized womanhood into sculptural and narrative works that are simultaneously seductive and unsettling. \n\n\n\nDuring ticketed times\, the exhibition includes live performance by Sugar May and burlesque performers curated by Femme von Follies. The red bathroom is expanding into a “red light district” with an entrance to a peep show. You can purchase tokens that open a window for a one-minute private viewing experience of talented burlesque performers which rotates throughout the night. Or\, you can use a token for a piece of cake. Either way- it’s a treat. \n\n\n\nFINAL EXHIBITION DATESFriday\, November 20th | 7:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 21st | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nTickets $10\, Timed EntryFree for Members \n\n\n\nPeep show featuring Burlesque curated by Femme Von Follies. Have a peep for $5!  \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\nSugar May will be in all performances. \n\n\n\nThe rotating “Peep Show” cast includes: \n\n\n\nMuff JonesJaye MirageKate E GagaButterscotch BummLucy La PecheSelma SapphireMariposa DevineStella SinVera Holiday \n\n\n\nTicket is your arrival time. The exhibition will be open until 10pm. Tokens\, merchandise\, and art available for purchase at the event as well.  \n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/open-gallery-hours-and-art-talk-sugar-mays-bad-woman/
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:20261120T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261120T220000
DTSTAMP:20261023T150342Z
CREATED:20261012T203922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T150342Z
UID:6393-1795203000-1795212000@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Sugar May’s “BAD WOMAN”
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCESUGAR MAY’SBAD WOMANAn all American 1950s Housewife Art Romp! \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, November 20th | 7:00pm – 10:00pmSaturday\, November 21st | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nTickets $10\, Timed EntryFree for Members \n\n\n\nPeep show featuring Burlesque curated by Femme Von Follies. Have a peep for $5!  \n\n\n\nStep into the world of Bad Woman\, an exhibition and performance experience by artist Sugar May. The exhibition feels immediately cozy\, and familiar – a step into the dreamy past. But upon closer inspection\, deeper questions and contradictions emerge: sweetness and toxicity\, desire and control\, innocence and complicity. The polished surfaces and playful presentation invite viewers into a familiar world before revealing the tensions that underpin it. \n\n\n\nSugar May’s work examines the intersection of femininity\, consumer culture\, and power dynamics through comics and conceptual mixed media assemblage/sculpture. Working with found objects\, cast resin\, and nostalgic imagery\, she transforms familiar symbols of domesticity and idealized womanhood into sculptural and narrative works that are simultaneously seductive and unsettling. \n\n\n\nDuring ticketed times\, the exhibition includes live performance by Sugar May and burlesque performers curated by Femme von Follies. The red bathroom is expanding into a “red light district” with an entrance to a peep show. You can purchase tokens that open a window for a one-minute private viewing experience of talented burlesque performers which rotates throughout the night. Or\, you can use a token for a piece of cake. Either way- it’s a treat.  \n\n\n\nSugar May will be in all performances. \n\n\n\nThe rotating “Peep Show” cast includes: \n\n\n\nMuff JonesJaye MirageKate E GagaButterscotch BummLucy La PecheSelma SapphireMariposa DevineStella SinVera Holiday \n\n\n\nTicket is your arrival time. The exhibition will be open until 10pm. Tokens\, merchandise\, and art available for purchase at the event as well.  \n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/sugar-mays-bad-woman-5/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20261121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261121T220000
DTSTAMP:20261023T150419Z
CREATED:20261012T204138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T150419Z
UID:6395-1795287600-1795298400@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Sugar May’s “BAD WOMAN”
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCESUGAR MAY’SBAD WOMANAn all American 1950s Housewife Art Romp! \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 21st | 7:00pm – 10:00pm \n\n\n\nTickets $10\, Timed EntryFree for Members \n\n\n\nPeep show featuring Burlesque curated by Femme Von Follies. Have a peep for $5! \n\n\n\nStep into the world of Bad Woman\, an exhibition and performance experience by artist Sugar May. The exhibition feels immediately cozy\, and familiar – a step into the dreamy past. But upon closer inspection\, deeper questions and contradictions emerge: sweetness and toxicity\, desire and control\, innocence and complicity. The polished surfaces and playful presentation invite viewers into a familiar world before revealing the tensions that underpin it. \n\n\n\nSugar May’s work examines the intersection of femininity\, consumer culture\, and power dynamics through comics and conceptual mixed media assemblage/sculpture. Working with found objects\, cast resin\, and nostalgic imagery\, she transforms familiar symbols of domesticity and idealized womanhood into sculptural and narrative works that are simultaneously seductive and unsettling. \n\n\n\nDuring ticketed times\, the exhibition includes live performance by Sugar May and burlesque performers curated by Femme von Follies. The red bathroom is expanding into a “red light district” with an entrance to a peep show. You can purchase tokens that open a window for a one-minute private viewing experience of talented burlesque performers which rotates throughout the night. Or\, you can use a token for a piece of cake. Either way- it’s a treat.  \n\n\n\nSugar May will be in all performances. \n\n\n\nThe rotating “Peep Show” cast includes: \n\n\n\nMuff JonesJaye MirageKate E GagaButterscotch BummLucy La PecheSelma SapphireMariposa DevineStella SinVera Holiday \n\n\n\nTicket is your arrival time. The exhibition will be open until 10pm. Tokens\, merchandise\, and art available for purchase at the event as well.  \n\n\n\nThis is an 18+ event.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/sugar-mays-bad-woman-6/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20261205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261205T160000
DTSTAMP:20261030T135316Z
CREATED:20261026T223506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261030T135316Z
UID:6430-1796475600-1796486400@surelsplace.org
SUMMARY:Workshop - Voices as Harmony: Music as Language
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOPVOICES AS HARMONYSaturday\, December 5th | 1:00pm – 4:00pm \n\n\n\n$45 \n\n\n\nMusic is a language you already speak—even if you’ve never played an instrument or sung a note. Join us at Surel’s Place with Artist-in-Residence Kara Yannon for an immersive\, deeply interactive 3-hour workshop that flips traditional music education on its head. Forget rigid lectures and complex music theory; here\, we feel the music first and understand it second. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy Attend This Workshop? \n\n\n\n\nZero experience required: This space is built for everyone\, from absolute beginners to seasoned creatives. (12 and up)\n\n\n\nInteractive & participatory: You won’t just sit and listen. You will move\, chant\, reflect\, and create.\n\n\n\nCommunity-centered: Connect with neighbors through shared sound\, storytelling\, and spontaneous collaboration.\n\n\n\nReal-time creation: Watch and participate as a live musical composition emerges directly from the voices in the room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat We Will Explore Together \n\n\n\n\nPart 1: ImmersionDive straight into the music. Wrapped in a soothing drone foundation\, we will explore modal tonal environments through gentle movement\, chanting\, humming\, and call-and-response.\n\n\n\nPart 2: ReflectionTranslate sound into emotion and imagery. We’ll capture our experiences by answering intuitive prompts and sharing stories with our neighbors.\n\n\n\nPart 3: Musical ConversationWatch your spoken reflections turn into song. We will layer our written words rhythmically over a drone\, creating complex\, beautiful group harmonies in real time.\n\n\n\nPart 4: Translation & AffirmationWe will close by looking at the themes we built together. You will leave with a deep affirmation that music is a universal language rooted in human connection.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPartial scholarships available by request to info@surelsplace.org.  \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nKara Yannon (MO) is a songwriter and music teacher from the Midwest whose artistic voice has grown at the intersection of composition and education. For her\, sound-making has always been a playground. Growing up\, she was constantly singing and humming\, trying things\, getting them wrong\, and crafting sounds outside the box just to see if they would fit. Mentors along the way fostered that spontaneous creation\, and her brain that’s always in motion found its footing through playing with sound. Writing songs began as a personal practice\, a way of shaping feeling into melody\, but teaching reshaped how she understood music entirely. \n\n\n\nAs a choir director in an independent school\, she spends her days watching young people encounter harmony for the first time. Again and again\, she has seen that the most transformative moments happen not when students are analyzing music\, but when they are immersed in it: listening\, imitating\, and responding instinctively. It is the same way she first learned to sing\, through immersion and experimentation by ear\, and discovering that there was a name and a framework for it opened up her whole world. \n\n\n\nThat realization led her to study Gordon’s Music Learning Theory and to rethink both her teaching and her songwriting. She began to approach music as a language learned through immersion and exchange rather than correction and performance. Like any language\, it starts with babbling\, and that experimentation is the path forward. Her compositional process shifted accordingly: many of her pieces now grow from spontaneous vocal exploration\, communal humming\, and spoken rhythm\, later shaped into structured songs. \n\n\n\nKara is especially interested in collaboration\, including intergenerational spaces\, but her central focus is inviting those who do not consider themselves musical to enter composition through shared creation. She wants people to feel what she felt in choir: that alone we are powerful\, but in harmony and collaboration\, we are unstoppable. Her work continues to evolve from this belief: that music belongs to everyone\, and that fluency begins with listening together.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis project is supported in part by a grant from the City of Boise’s Department of Arts & History.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/workshop-voices-as-harmony-music-as-language/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20261217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20261217T203000
DTSTAMP:20261030T135353Z
CREATED:20261026T223743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261030T135353Z
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SUMMARY:Harmonic Conversations: A Community-Inspired Performance
DESCRIPTION:PERFORMANCEHARMONIC CONVERSATIONSThursday\, December 17th | 7:00pm – 8:30pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nHow are we all collectively linked through the language of music?Join us at Surel’s Place for a unique\, fluid\, and deeply resonant performance that answers this question explored by Artist-in-Residence Kara Yannon. Grounded in modal harmony and vocal layering\, this event is the culmination of a creative residency dedicated to exploring how we can create together using what is already present in our community.This performance is not set in stone—it is directly shaped\, informed\, and breathed into life by the collective voices and reflections gathered during the residency. It is a true celebration of accessibility\, listening\, and shared authorship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n✨ What You Will Experience \n\n\n\n\nResidency Original Compositions: Hear live performances of original musical works composed during the residency\, directly inspired by community sound baths in different modes.\n\n\n\nImmersive Vocal Looping: Experience live vocal looping that builds and layers intricate harmonies in real time\, recreating deep\, enveloping tonal environments.\n\n\n\nVoices of the Community: Listen to recorded fragments from our community workshops (shared with participant permission)\, weaving the authentic sounds of our community into the music.\n\n\n\nProjected Visual Documentation: Follow the artistic arc of the residency (Immersion → Language → Pattern → Composition) through projected documentation of notation sketches\, written phrases\, recurring thematic words\, and reflections gathered during the sessions.\n\n\n\n\nTo bring the process full circle\, the evening may include a brief live immersion moment\, inviting you\, the audience\, directly into the communal music-making process before the final performance concludes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis project is supported in part by a grant from the City of Boise’s Department of Arts & History.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/harmonic-conversations-a-community-inspired-performance/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Final Event,Performance
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