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SUMMARY:Nervous Theatre: Movement and Space Drop-In Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Nervous Theatre (Bozeman) invites you to join them in their movement practice on Saturday mornings throughout February. Using exercises that explore the building blocks of theatre\, the company’s training breaks movement and storytelling down to their most essential components. Each class in this series will offer you time to get into your physical body and become curious about your relationship to space – bringing particular attention to architecture\, scale\, and spatial relationship. \n\n\n\nAll bodies are welcome. Ages 16 & up.People of varying experience\, backgrounds and demographics are encouraged to participate. \n\n\n\nFree (donations encouraged)
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/nervous-theatre-movement-and-space-drop-in-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Nervous Theatre: Movement and Space Drop-In Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Nervous Theatre (Bozeman) invites you to join them in their movement practice on Saturday mornings throughout February. Using exercises that explore the building blocks of theatre\, the company’s training breaks movement and storytelling down to their most essential components. Each class in this series will offer you time to get into your physical body and become curious about your relationship to space – bringing particular attention to architecture\, scale\, and spatial relationship. \n\n\n\nAll bodies are welcome. Ages 16 & up.People of varying experience\, backgrounds and demographics are encouraged to participate. \n\n\n\nFree (donations encouraged)
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/nervous-theatre-movement-and-space-drop-in-workshop/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Roxanne Everett: Natural Habitats
DESCRIPTION:A chance to meet and learn from January 2023 Artist-in-Residence Roxanne Everett.  \n\n\n\nWhile at Surel’s Place\, Everett worked on a series of paintings that reflect the grasslands\, woodlands\, riparian ecosystems and open canopied forests of Southern Idaho. These paintings include both large scale landscapes and individual species’ studies. She spent time outside daily to make entries in her sketchbook and to take photos — many right along the Greenbelt near Surel’s Place. These reference materials were used in the studio to create larger paintings. Some ecological study was a part of this process in order to focus on representing the Southern Idaho ecosystem\, e.g. painting native plants and not exotic ones! \n\n\n\nThe talk begins at 7:30 p.m.\, with a Q and A and reception to follow. Free.  \n\n\nRoxanne EverettJanuary\nRoxanne Everett\n\n\n\nEverett is landscape painter with a winding forest path of a background. She trained as an architect at the University of Idaho but after several years in that industry returned to school to earn a graduate degree in forest ecosystems management. Working as a National Park Backcountry Ranger for months at a time in remote and sublime locations allowed her to realize how pristine environments were being altered either through human neglect or through bigger problems like climate change. \n\n\n\n“My work is ecosystem based\,” she says. “I paint the natural/native vegetation including vistas\, endemic plants or animals and often address things that threaten the area. … My goal as a painter is to transport viewers into places they may value\, awakening their own previous relationships to the land or inspiring further stewardship. With increasing frequency of large scale disturbances like fire or climate change\, these paintings also serve as future documentation for what we see today and may act as a catalyst for greater care toward our fragile natural resources.” \n\n\n\nWhile at Surel’s Place\, Everett is working on a series of paintings that reflect the grasslands\, woodlands\, riparian ecosystems and open canopied forests of Southern Idaho. These paintings include both large scale landscapes and individual species’ studies. She spends time outside daily to make entries in her sketchbook and to take photos — many right along the Greenbelt near Surel's Place. Several workshop participants were able to join her\, some pictured below\, during this exercise last Saturday for "Sketching on Location." These reference materials are used in the studio to create larger paintings. Some ecological study was a part of this process in order to focus on representing the Southern Idaho ecosystem\, e.g. painting native plants and not exotic ones.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/natural-habitats-exhibition-art-talk/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20230114T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20230114T160000
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SUMMARY:Roxanne Everett: Sketching on Location
DESCRIPTION:Create sketches focused on native vegetation with artist Roxanne Everett \n\n\n\nIn this workshop\, painter Roxanne Everett (Seattle) will lead you in the creation of sketches focused on native vegetation. In addition to warm up exercises\, participants will sit and sketch at several locations along the Greenbelt. Encouraged to capture both a vista plus smaller “singularities” of individual pieces\, attendees will benefit from assistance from Everett with instruction in mark making\, color\, and composition. \n\n\n\nPeople of different backgrounds and demographics are encouraged to participate. Partial scholarships are available by writing info@surelspalce.org. Ages 14 & up. \n\n\nRoxanne EverettJanuary\nRoxanne Everett\n\n\n\nEverett is landscape painter with a winding forest path of a background. She trained as an architect at the University of Idaho but after several years in that industry returned to school to earn a graduate degree in forest ecosystems management. Working as a National Park Backcountry Ranger for months at a time in remote and sublime locations allowed her to realize how pristine environments were being altered either through human neglect or through bigger problems like climate change. \n\n\n\n“My work is ecosystem based\,” she says. “I paint the natural/native vegetation including vistas\, endemic plants or animals and often address things that threaten the area. … My goal as a painter is to transport viewers into places they may value\, awakening their own previous relationships to the land or inspiring further stewardship. With increasing frequency of large scale disturbances like fire or climate change\, these paintings also serve as future documentation for what we see today and may act as a catalyst for greater care toward our fragile natural resources.” \n\n\n\nWhile at Surel’s Place\, Everett is working on a series of paintings that reflect the grasslands\, woodlands\, riparian ecosystems and open canopied forests of Southern Idaho. These paintings include both large scale landscapes and individual species’ studies. She spends time outside daily to make entries in her sketchbook and to take photos — many right along the Greenbelt near Surel's Place. Several workshop participants were able to join her\, some pictured below\, during this exercise last Saturday for "Sketching on Location." These reference materials are used in the studio to create larger paintings. Some ecological study was a part of this process in order to focus on representing the Southern Idaho ecosystem\, e.g. painting native plants and not exotic ones.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/sketching-on-location/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:COUNTERMAP & OUTSIDE WOMEN
DESCRIPTION:Roohi ChoudhryNovember/December\nRoohi Choudhry (NY) writes fiction about outsiders. Most often\, her characters are refugees displaced from the homes they once knew. They may be outsiders as migrants in their adopted countries\, but they were pushed to the fringes before they even left the homes of their birth. They became outsiders as activists\, childless women\, men who raise families alone\, or non-believers. \n\n\n\nDuring her residency at Surel's Place\, Roohi Choudhry continued to develop these themes of people who must find home again on the outside across geographies and generations in her novel-in-progress\, Outside Women. \n\n\n\nTwo women - separated by 100 years - are both displaced from their homes. Hajra is an academic in 1990s Pakistan who witnesses violence in which her brother is implicated. Sita grows up in a close-knit family in 1890s India until natural disasters ravage her village. Through interspersed chapters from the two perspectives\, Outside Women explores the forms of kinship in which outsiders everywhere find refuge. \n\n\n\nSeveral community members participated in a writing workshop where they created "Countermaps." These were also be on display during the final event. Workshop attendees spent an afternoon exploring the familiar streets in the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District and scavenging for stories. They came back to Surel’s Place for writing and map-making prompts that helped them turn their found scraps into story treasure.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/countermap-outside-women/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20221119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20221119T160000
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SUMMARY:STORIES FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD: A SCAVENGER HUNT AND WRITING WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:Where do writers get their ideas? Hint: it’s not just by sitting at a desk. \n\n\n\nscholarships available \n\n\nRoohi ChoudhryNovember/December\nRoohi Choudhry (NY) writes fiction about outsiders. Most often\, her characters are refugees displaced from the homes they once knew. They may be outsiders as migrants in their adopted countries\, but they were pushed to the fringes before they even left the homes of their birth. They became outsiders as activists\, childless women\, men who raise families alone\, or non-believers. \n\n\n\nDuring her residency at Surel's Place\, Roohi Choudhry continued to develop these themes of people who must find home again on the outside across geographies and generations in her novel-in-progress\, Outside Women. \n\n\n\nTwo women - separated by 100 years - are both displaced from their homes. Hajra is an academic in 1990s Pakistan who witnesses violence in which her brother is implicated. Sita grows up in a close-knit family in 1890s India until natural disasters ravage her village. Through interspersed chapters from the two perspectives\, Outside Women explores the forms of kinship in which outsiders everywhere find refuge. \n\n\n\nSeveral community members participated in a writing workshop where they created "Countermaps." These were also be on display during the final event. Workshop attendees spent an afternoon exploring the familiar streets in the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District and scavenging for stories. They came back to Surel’s Place for writing and map-making prompts that helped them turn their found scraps into story treasure.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/stories-from-our-neighborhood-a-scavenger-hunt-and-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Idaho
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20221008T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20221008T180000
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SUMMARY:Boise Open Studios
DESCRIPTION:With Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen \nJazz Szu-Ying ChenOctober/November\nJazz Szu-Ying Chen is a Taiwanese artist currently residing in Kaohsiung\, Taiwan. She has exhibited regularly in Europe\, Taiwan\, with one of her biggest solo shows to date at Taipei’s Chini Gallery. She also regularly collaborates with notable medical and electronic music organizations. Jazz’s subjects of focus span over her interest in the beauty and grotesque within the field of anatomy/medical historical imageries\, to Nordic and Chinese mythologies and folklore such as “Classics of Mountains and Seas.”  \n\n\n\nShe manipulates the dissected anatomical imageries and creates tableaus with mythological monsters\, dissected bodies\, and botanical details. The tableaus are meant to tell stories regarding the cultural clashes\, her views on superstition\, reflections from her Taiwanese roots\, and they also function as social commentaries on the currently turbulent contemporary society. In her most recent body of work\, she explores the complicated “love” among familial relationships and contradicting ideas of familial boundaries between eastern and western cultures while using classical symbols such as ouroboros as their carriers. \n\n\n\nShe graduated from Central Saint Martin’s BA Fine Art course in 2013\, and MA Art & Science in 2015.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/boise-open-studios/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Studios
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20221007T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20221007T203000
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SUMMARY:First Friday
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/first-friday/
LOCATION:Idaho
CATEGORIES:Open Studios
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20220928T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20220928T200000
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CREATED:20220922T003813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T162656Z
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SUMMARY:YOUR BRAIN IS A GARDEN
DESCRIPTION:The exhibit and art talk will include selected pages from “Garden” and the companion posters created during the residency.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/your-brain-is-a-garden/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition and Artist Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20220916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20220916T200000
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SUMMARY:OBJECTIONS: A SERIES OF STILL LIVES BY JONATHAN HEWETT
DESCRIPTION:Jonathan HewettSeptember 8th - September 17\, 2022\nOur first Studio AIR of 2022 was Jonathan Hewett\, a 22-year-old artist\, green in his career. He recently graduated from Boise State University with a BFA in Visual Arts with an emphasis in Drawing and Painting. Since Jonathan’s early childhood\, he has always been scribbling\, filming\, or photographing something. Jonathan gains most of his inspiration from the peculiar nature of the human soul. He enjoys exploring the intricacies of metaphysics with painting\, and looks for poetry in all things. In addition to painting\, Jonathan runs Relax Graphix\, a side project where he publishes his more irreverent\, humorous work. \n\n\n\nDuring his residency\, he explored themes pertaining to ontology and rhopography. What’s that? Essentially he is interested in painting everyday objects (rhopography) with a suggestion of what it means to be that object (ontology).  “I am interested in how we form intimate memories and relationships with everyday objects\,” he explains\, “and the strange metaphysical dark matter between a person’s soul and an inanimate object.”
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/objections-a-series-of-still-lives-by-jonathan-hewett/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20220901T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20220901T200000
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SUMMARY:THE SCENT OF MY FATHER
DESCRIPTION:Opal Palmer AdisaAugust\nDiverse and multi-genre\, writer Opal Palmer Adisa (Caribbean) was nurtured on cane-sap and the oceanic breeze of Jamaica. Retired as the Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of West Indies\, Adisa has lectured and read her work throughout the United States\, South Africa\, Ghana\, Nigeria\, Germany\, England and Prague\, and has performed in Italy and Bosnia. An award-winning poet and prose writer Adisa has over sixteen titles to her credit\, including the novel\, It Begins With Tears (1997)\, which Rick Ayers proclaimed as one of the most motivational works for young adults. She has been a resident artist in internationally acclaimed residencies such as El Gounda (Egypt)\, Sacatar Institute (Brazil)\, McColl Center\, (North Carolina) and Headlines Center for the Arts (California\, USA). Opal Palmer Adisa’s work has been reviewed by Ishmael Reed\, Al Young\, and Alice Walker\, who described her work as “solid\, visceral\, important stories written with integrity and love.” \n\n\n\nFor the last 23 years Opal was a distinguished professor at California College of the Arts. She has been a visiting professor at several universities including\, Stanford University\, University of California\, Berkeley and University of the Virgin Islands. Her poetry\, stories\, essays and articles on a wide range of subjects have been collected in over 400 journals\, anthologies and other publications\, including Essence Magazine. She has also conducted workshops in elementary through high school\, museums\, churches and community centers\, as well as in prison and juvenile centers. \n\n\n\nDuring her residency\, Opal worked on a creative nonfiction piece reflecting on her father who passed many years ago. The collection is titled The Scent of My Father and is in three sections: his birth in Cuba; his return to Jamaica and life in Jamaica\, including meeting and marrying her mother; and finally the author explores her relationship with him. Opal led "Writing What Writes You"\, a mixed genre workshop. On August 14th\, 2022 Opal read "The Storytellers Return" on Radio Boise's "The Poetry Show." For her final event at Surel's Place\, Opal read a passage from The Scent of My Father. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYP15OtrPBk&t
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/the-scent-of-my-father/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20220827T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20220827T160000
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SUMMARY:WRITING WHAT WRITES YOU – A mixed-genre workshop
DESCRIPTION:scholarships available \nWriters of all levels and genres are invited to discover hidden sources of creativity.\nThis workshop with Caribbean writer Opal Palmer Adisa is based on the premise that there are stories and poems you need to write\, but they aren’t necessarily the ones you are writing. Opal Palmer Adisa has developed a technique to help you discover these hidden sources of creativity using guided meditation and even some poems from the Caribbean to tease out this premise. Participants will access material we had not known we had in our storage bag. It does not matter whether you’re a poet or a prose writer\, whether you write creative nonfiction or fiction or essay\, this workshop will provide you with an opportunity to find out and write what is writing you. \nOpal Palmer AdisaAugust\nDiverse and multi-genre\, writer Opal Palmer Adisa (Caribbean) was nurtured on cane-sap and the oceanic breeze of Jamaica. Retired as the Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of West Indies\, Adisa has lectured and read her work throughout the United States\, South Africa\, Ghana\, Nigeria\, Germany\, England and Prague\, and has performed in Italy and Bosnia. An award-winning poet and prose writer Adisa has over sixteen titles to her credit\, including the novel\, It Begins With Tears (1997)\, which Rick Ayers proclaimed as one of the most motivational works for young adults. She has been a resident artist in internationally acclaimed residencies such as El Gounda (Egypt)\, Sacatar Institute (Brazil)\, McColl Center\, (North Carolina) and Headlines Center for the Arts (California\, USA). Opal Palmer Adisa’s work has been reviewed by Ishmael Reed\, Al Young\, and Alice Walker\, who described her work as “solid\, visceral\, important stories written with integrity and love.” \n\n\n\nFor the last 23 years Opal was a distinguished professor at California College of the Arts. She has been a visiting professor at several universities including\, Stanford University\, University of California\, Berkeley and University of the Virgin Islands. Her poetry\, stories\, essays and articles on a wide range of subjects have been collected in over 400 journals\, anthologies and other publications\, including Essence Magazine. She has also conducted workshops in elementary through high school\, museums\, churches and community centers\, as well as in prison and juvenile centers. \n\n\n\nDuring her residency\, Opal worked on a creative nonfiction piece reflecting on her father who passed many years ago. The collection is titled The Scent of My Father and is in three sections: his birth in Cuba; his return to Jamaica and life in Jamaica\, including meeting and marrying her mother; and finally the author explores her relationship with him. Opal led "Writing What Writes You"\, a mixed genre workshop. On August 14th\, 2022 Opal read "The Storytellers Return" on Radio Boise's "The Poetry Show." For her final event at Surel's Place\, Opal read a passage from The Scent of My Father. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYP15OtrPBk&t
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/writing-what-writes-you-a-mixed-genre-workshop/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20220603T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20220605T150000
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SUMMARY:Flash Show: What We Leave Behind | Andrew Nemr
DESCRIPTION:FIRST FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTION\nFriday\, June 3rd  |  5:30pm – 8:30pm \nOPEN HOURS\nSaturday & Sunday\, June 4th & 5th  |  11:00am – 2:00pm \nCLOSING RECEPTION & ARTIST TALK\nSunday\, June 5th  |  2:00pm \nMany from our Surel’s Place community will remember tap dancer Andrew Nemr‘s residency in 2015 and his performance of Tap Dance: A Love Story at Boise Contemporary Theater in September of that year. But did you know that Andrew also has formal training in the visual arts? This flash show explores the relationship of choice and impact through tap dance\, visual\, sound\, and digital art. This show deconstructs\, and focuses on the many often unseen artifacts of an improvisational tap dance performance. Mr. Nemr actually uses his tap shoes as his tool for creating this visual art and by literally preserving what is left behind from his dancing. The work poses the question\, “What unseen impact do our choices have?” \nDESCRIPTION\nWhat We Leave Behind (WWLB) explores the relationship of choice and impact through tap dance\, visual\, sound\, and digital art. By deconstructing and focusing on the many often unseen artifacts of an improvisational tap dance performance\, What We Leave Behind poses the question\, “What unseen impact do our own choices have?” This\, of course\, brings other important questions to light\, such as\, “How can we see all our choices?” “How do we think about impact?” and more existentially “Can we really know what is good?” These questions speak to the formative relationship between ourselves\, our choices\, our impact\, and the potential for individual\, communal\, and social change. Developed in the inaugural InBreak Residency by Lebanese American tap dancer Andrew Nemr\, What We Leave Behind explores the experience of improvisational tap dancing\, and frameworks of oral traditions and spiritual formation\, to imagine a new way forward towards change for the good. \nAndrew Nemr\nARTIST STATEMENTMy work has always come to life at the intersections. Notably\, Tap Dance itself functions at the intersections of sound\, movement\, and personality. With formal training in the visual arts (School of Visual Arts\, 2001) and apprenticed in tap dance\, my work has explored storytelling\, digital art (including virtual reality)\, physical art\, and music. Fueling every exploration is an ongoing journey through the ways of oral tradition and spiritual formation as they interact with the questions of life. The questions have varied. At different times they may be more reflective (What is happening right now?)\, imaginative (What could be?)\, or existential (What is real?). Regardless\, I have found the vast variety of mediums to be amazing vehicles through which to share my journey of exploration and embody these important questions. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHYSince his residency 7 years ago\, Andrew has been back to perform CELLOSONG in 2018\, and recently danced an interpretation of Lalin composed by Nathalie Joachim for “Ourself Behind Ourself\, Concealed.” He now lives in Boise and uses it as his home base. \n\n\n\nMentored by Gregory Hines\, Andrew Nemr is an international artist\, teacher\, and speaker. His work has spanned the dance\, theatre\, music\, and visual arts worlds\, exploring art as a vehicle for storytelling and community building. Described as “A masterly tapper” by the New York Times\, Andrew has played with Grammy Award winning musicians across multiple genres\, and co-founded the Tap Legacy™ Foundation\, Inc. (along with Hines). Andrew’s work has been recognized with numerous awards including a TED Fellowship\, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts\, and residencies with Google/TiltBrush and TED. Andrew is recorded on the Grammy nominated recording Itsbynne Reel by Dave Eggar\, the DVD Documentary and companion album Tuesdays at Mona’s by Mona’s Hot Four\, and narrates the DanceTime Publications DVD\, Tap Dance History: From Vaudeville to Film. He is the topic of the documentary short film Identity: The Andrew Nemr Story\, and hosts the weekly podcast\, Talking Notes. \n\n\n\nDuring Nemr's residency\, he was interviewed by Frankie Barnhill on NPR.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/flash-show-what-we-leave-behind-andrew-nemr/
LOCATION:Idaho
CATEGORIES:Installations
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SUMMARY:Green Box Installation: The Only Thing We Have Left to Fear | Ted Apel
DESCRIPTION:Open Hours:\nSaturday\, December 11th  |  10:00am – 12:00pm\nSaturday\, December 18th  |  10:00am – 12:00pm\nClosing:\nSaturday\, December 18th  5:30pm – 7:30pm \nsound installation\nmotion lamp\, radio\, light\, sound \nIn 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt began to broadcast a series of radio addresses on policy directly to the American people. These addresses became known as “fireside chats” and continued throughout the three terms of his presidency. In this installation\, a radio plays a mixture of sounds from a forest fire and a fireside chat that has been altered to accentuate only the noisy parts of the speech. Here the message is obscured and reinterpreted in layers of noise. \nDuring the 1930s\, motion lamps were commonly displayed on top or near home radios as a visual accompaniment while listening to the radio. Motion lamps use the heat generated by a light bulb to turn a patterned cylinder of paper. The image appears to move due to the changing light from the moving cylinder. In this piece\, the image is an animated forest fire produced by the “Scene-in-Motion Corporation” in 1931.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/green-box-installation-the-only-thing-we-have-left-to-fear-ted-apel/
LOCATION:Idaho
CATEGORIES:Installations
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SUMMARY:BOSCO Small Works
DESCRIPTION:GROUP EXHIBITION\nBOSCO SMALL WORKS \nOPENING RECEPTION\nFriday\, November 12th  |  5:30-8:30pm \nFIRST FRIDAY ART & STUDIO STROLL\nFriday\, December 3rd  |  5:30pm – 8:30pm\n(in conjunction with the December First Friday Art & Studio Stroll)\n \nCLOSING RECEPTION\nSaturday\, December 18th  |  5:30pm – 7:30pm \nSurel’s Place is pleased to support and host this annual juried show of art by Boise Open Studios Collective Organization (BOSCO) members. The show exhibits a reflective cross-section of the diverse styles of the artists who are members of this important Boise arts organization. \nThis collaboration between Surel’s Place and BOSCO is a natural one. BOSCO is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to promoting and fostering greater understanding of the creative process between artists and the general public\, which of course is echoed by the mission of Surel’s Place. And\, Surel Mitchell was a founding member of BOSCO\, making this show in her home and studio all the more fitting. \nA portion of the proceeds of the show will benefit Surel’s Place. \nFEATURING:\nMARY ARNOLD\nJIM BENNING\nSANDRA BERKSON\nJOHN BERTRAM\nBRECKEN BIRD\nWENDY BLICKENSTAFF\nJULIE CLEMONS\nMATT CIRANNI\nDELIA DANTE\nMARK DAVIS\nKAREN EASTMAN\nCAROL ELLIOTT SMITH\nDYAN FERREN\nLORI FISH\nLISA FLOWERS ROSS\nMICHELLE GRACE\nCAITRIA GUNTER\nBENJAMIN HUNT\nDEREK HURD\nSTEPHANIE INMAN\nJOHN KILLMASTER\nLAUREN KISTNER\nSUE LATTA\nNICA LORBER\nKRIS MANNION\nRACHAEL MAYER\nTRACIE MCBRIDE\nERIK MONCADA\nANGELA NEIWERT\nBONNIE PEACHER\nANNE PETERSON\nLORELLE RAU\nCLAIRE REMSBERG\nDAVID SCOTT\nANNE WATSON SORENSEN\nJILL STOREY\nJESSIE SWIMELEY\nABBIE THOMSON\nCINDI WALTON\nJENNY WILLIAMS \nThank You BOSCO artists!
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/bosco-small-works/
LOCATION:Idaho
CATEGORIES:Installations
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SUMMARY:Green Box Installation: Trouble in the Water | Dyan Ferren
DESCRIPTION:May – June | OPEN HOURS:\nSaturday\, June 12th | 10:00am – 12:00pm\nSaturday\, June 19th | 10:00am – 12:00pm\nSaturday\, June 26th | 10:00am – 12:00pm\nat: the Green Box – now located on 34th Street next to the Urban Gallery\n\nARTIST STATEMENT\nIn April\, I participated in the Idaho Rivers United cleanup on the section of the Boise River that flows through the Live-Work-Create District here in Garden City. I create art out of trash collected on beaches and in the water to help educate the public about this monumental ‘trouble’ in our oceans\, rivers\, and lakes\, worldwide. Each year\, 8 million metric tons of plastics enter our oceans (Ocean Conservancy) and it is estimated that 150 million metric tons are currently circulating in the ocean gyres.\n\nIn the Green Box\, I display some of the trash taken from the river along with more of my marine art set in a ‘gyre’ of real beach trash (including fishing floats and nets.)\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nDyan Ferren is a self-taught artist who creates hangable assemblage sculpture from natural and manmade discarded materials and found objects. Originally from New Jersey\, she moved to coastal Alaska in 1985 and credits the wild and beautiful surroundings in that state for generating her passion to create 3D work for the following three decades until moving to Idaho in 2015. It is important to Ms. Ferren to create art that serves as a handsome visual messenger to encourage people to reduce\, reuse\, and recycle materials to minimize the impact on the environment and improve the health of our planet. In addition\, she also conducts workshops and exhibits teaching about recycling and the problem of pollution in our waterways and oceans around the world.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/green-box-installation-trouble-in-the-water-dyan-ferren/
LOCATION:Idaho
CATEGORIES:Installations
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SUMMARY:MEAGHAN NOVOA\, CAITLIN CULLEN\, MEGAN BRANDEL\, and OPEN ARMS DANCE PROJECT
DESCRIPTION:SCREENINGS\nDANCE FILM NIGHT\nJune 11th – June 27th \nSee these dance films in the place they were created! We will set up an intimate screening room inside Surel’s Place for you to enjoy. Featuring work choreographed and created at Surel’s Place and in the Live-Work-Create District within the last year. One-hour appointments available for 1 to 6 people. \n\n“So Much Hope” by Open Arms Dance Project\n“Box Me Inside/Outside the Box” by Megan Brandel\n“G(host)” by Meaghan Novoa and Caitlin Cullen\n\nWatch a preview from “G(host)” by Meaghan Novoa and Catilin Cullen:
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/meaghan-novoa-caitlin-cullen-megan-brandel-and-open-arms-dance-project/
LOCATION:Idaho
CATEGORIES:Installations
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SUMMARY:Shawn Solus\, Insects and Engines
DESCRIPTION:April 15th – April 25th \nShawn Solus is a multi-disciplinary artist making work that moves between sculpture\, drawing\, video\, and sound art. He utilized the space at Surel’s Place to develop and record a video and sound installation and performance piece focused on the intersection of human and non human ecologies. Specifically themed by the juxtaposition of “insects and engines\,” Mr. Solus created a visual and aural tapestry from field recordings and video footage captured around Surel’s Place\, the Boise River\, and surrounding Garden City. \nShawn SolusMarch\nShawn Solus is a multi-disciplinary artist making work that moves between sculpture\, drawing\, video\, and sound art. He will utilize the space at Surel’s Place to develop and record a video and sound installation and performance piece focused on the intersection of human and non human ecologies. Specifically themed by the juxtaposition of “insects and engines\,” Mr. Solus will create a visual and aural tapestry from field recordings and video footage captured around Surel’s Place\, the Boise River\, and surrounding Garden City. \n\n\n\nOriginally from Salt Lake City\, Mr. Solus has maintained a lifelong passion for artistic practice. He studied music and visual art Salt Lake Community College before moving to Southeastern Idaho where in 2015 he earned his Bachelor of Art in painting and sculpture from Idaho State University. He moved to Boise in 2015 after being accepted to Boise State University Master of Fine Art Program. In 2018\, he graduated with an MFA focused in installation and sound. He has exhibited locally and regionally in several group and juried exhibitions as well as having three solo shows. This residency fits into his current work exploring issues related to infrastructure and ecology\, envisioning a future coexistence with non humans – including insects. \n\n\n\nVIRTUAL ARTIST TALKSHAWN SOLUSSaturday\, March 27th  |  2:00pm \n\n\n\nThis artist talk was presented via Facebook Live on the Surel’s Place page. Solus shared some of the source material and processes used during his residency in preparation for his next installation piece\, “Insects and Engines.”
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/shawn-solus-insects-and-engines/
LOCATION:Idaho
CATEGORIES:Installations
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