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SUMMARY:Workshop: Color Your Brain\, But Which Color?
DESCRIPTION:$35 | General Registration$25 | Surel’s Place Monthly Sustaining Members (Access with Passcode) \n\n\n\nRegister \n\n\n\nExperiencing writer’s block? Feeling like you are in a rut? Don’t know what to work on next? The issue may not be a lack of material- it could be your process. This workshop will create a space for you to consider not just what but how you enjoy creating.  \n\n\n\nMusician and composer Siobhan Cassidy Robinson will guide you through activities to reveal a direction you want to take when you’re unsure what to create. Whether you are a visual artist\, performing artist\, or a writer- this workshop offers a variety of activities to expand your paths to creativity.  This will also be a networking opportunity to learn from other creatives about what work gets people excited\, what sounds/looks beautiful\, and the stories that inspire. You will find your color personality and what clues that offers for your work. Activities drawn from music\, theater\, and visual art will lead you on a path to color your brain! \n\n\n\nThis programming is supported in part by Creative West and the National Endowment for the Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCover image by Surel MitchellUntitled (Davis Commission)\, acrylic on canvas\, 5′ x 8′\, 2010Commissioned by Julia Davis of Boise\, this was the largest painting Surel ever made. Untitled\, this piece was nevertheless one of Surel’s favorite works\, and it was featured in the 2010 Triennial at The Boise Art Museum.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/workshop-color-your-brain-but-which-color/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250628T180000
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SUMMARY:SUREL’S PLACE GARDEN PARTY FEATURING ANDREW NEMR
DESCRIPTION:SUMMER FUNDRAISING EVENTSUREL’S PLACE GARDEN PARTY FEATURING ANDREW NEMRSaturday\, June 28th \n\n\n\n6:00pm$145  |  Dinner + Wine + Show8:00pm$45  |  Show \n\n\n\nat Surel’s Place: 212 E. 33rd Street in Garden City \n\n\n\nSurel’s Place is honored to host Artist-in-Residence Alumnus ANDREW NEMR (2015) accompanied by local musician Justin Nielsen for an early summer evening performance in the back garden of Surel’s Place. Join us for a world-class tap dance performance or make it a combo – with dinner featuring delicious Puerto Rican food from our neighbors at Wepa and wine by Proletariat Wine Company. Summer in the back garden at Surel’s Place is always magical\, so we hope you’ll join us for this special performance. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nMentored by Gregory Hines\, Andrew Nemr is an international artist\, teacher\, and speaker. His work has crossed music\, dance\, theatre\, film\, and the visual arts\, exploring art as a vehicle for storytelling and community building. Described as “A masterly tapper” by The New York Times\, Andrew is recorded on the Grammy nominated recording Itsbynne Reel by Dave Eggar\, and is the co-founder of the Tap Legacy(tM) Foundation\, Inc. (along with Hines.) Andrew’s work has been recognized with numerous awards\, grants\, fellowships\, and commissions and is the topic of the award-winning documentary short film Identity: The Andrew Nemr Story. He writes regularly at The Notes with Andrew Nemr and considers his highest personal achievement his ability to wiggle his ears. \n\n\n\nThank you to our generous sponsors for this event: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our generous garden sponsors: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGarden Party Digital ProgramDownload
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/surels-place-garden-party-featuring-andrew-nemr/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250624T190000
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SUMMARY:Reading: WATER EYE
DESCRIPTION:The central focus of Ivy Raff’s residency at Surel’s Place has been revisions to her third poetry collection. The titular poem and others meditate on the slower\, more internal movements – like the small water that drips on a boulder for centuries before cracking it – that define our evolving relationship to family and community\, to individual and cultural bodies that live and die out. Much of the “source material” for these pieces root in her own experiences balancing her feminism and pro-Palestine activism with her Eastern European Jewish heritage and identity. Still\, the questions with which this work grapples are cross-cultural. How can those of us who are more of a pariah at home than in the world outside of it find belonging in the communities we forge? The answers loop through lifetimes; our personal struggles are indeed personal\, but not unprecedented. What can our culture’s forgotten past feed us\, when its present seems ill-fit? How can we name ourselves as part of its future? \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY  \n\n\n\nAfter writing poetry privately for two decades\, in 2021 Ivy Raff (Queens\, New York) left a long career in technology and public policy to focus solely on writing. Since then\, she’s written two poetry collections: Rooted and Reduced to Dust and What Remains/Que Queda\, a bilingual English/Spanish translation which won 2nd place in the Dolors Alberola International Poetry Prize. Her heritage threads through her poetry. The two collections explore how a Bolshevik-influenced Jewish immigrant family in Amerika moves across time. Their granddaughter is a pro-woman\, pro-Palestine writer working with complex individual and cultural histories of trauma\, abuse\, and healing. \n\n\n\nHer individual poems and translations have been published in such noted literary spaces as Ninth Letter\, International Poetry Review\, Electric Literature\, Atlanta Review\, and Aesthetica Creative Writing Award Annual\, among numerous others. Ivy serves creative communities as the Senior Systems Project Manager at MacDowell\, the United States’ first artist residency\, and as a member of the editorial staff at Seventh Wave Magazine. \n\n\n\nIvy holds an MPA in public policy from the City University of New York at Baruch College and a double Bachelors in economics and psychology from Fordham University.  She lives in Morelos\, Mexico with her partner\, the novelist and human rights attorney Jorge Ríos. \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-water-eye/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Writing from the Bottom of the Mind
DESCRIPTION:In this full-day generative writing workshop\, Artist-in-Residence Ivy Raff guides participants to learn or hone the Zen approach to writing as instructed by Natalie Goldberg. With the primary objective of clearing mental clutter and writing from “the bottom of the mind\,” students will first learn the simple and effective concepts of Zen writing practice. We intersperse guided sitting and walking meditations with timed\, prompted writings in pairs. We reconvene the full group to read and listen uncritically to each other’s work. \n\n\n\nOpen to all levels of writers and aspiring writers. Newly-published or prolific\, casual\, or committed\, those who write only in private journals or carefully-crafted work emails…this workshop is perfect for anyone curious about expressing themself with the written word. \n\n\n\nMaterials.  Minimal.  Bring a notebook and fast-writing pen. A cushion for sitting meditation is optional and recommended. Select a boxed lunch from Roots as an add-on or bring your own.  \n\n\n\nWorkshop Schedule: \n\n\n\n\n11:00-11:30 AM – Welcome and introductions. How did you come to be here?\n\n\n\n11:30-11:45 AM – Explanation of Zen writing practice concepts\n\n\n\n11:45 AM-12:15 PM – Guided seated meditation\n\n\n\n12:15-1:15 PM – Break into pairs for a series of short timed writings\n\n\n\n1:15-1:45 PM – Lunch (Add-on available for a box lunch from Roots Zero Waste Market)\n\n\n\n1:45-2:45 PM – Full group reading/listening to each other’s work\n\n\n\n2:45-3:00 PM – Remarks and closing\n\n\n\n\nOptional Extension (available in add-ons for $20 after you register) \n\n\n\n\n3:00-4:00PM – Guided walking meditation on Boise River Greenbelt\n\n\n\n4:00-4:45 PM – Break into pairs for short timed writings\n\n\n\n4:45-5:45 PM – Full group reading/listening to each other’s work\n\n\n\n5:45-6:00 PM – Closing meditation and remarks\n\n\n\n\nPartial Scholarships available upon request to info@surelsplace.org  \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \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-writing-from-the-bottom-of-the-mind/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:READING: Poetry and Pints
DESCRIPTION:READINGPOETRY AND PINTSTuesday\, June 10th  |  6:30pm \n\n\n\nat Oldspeak: 3640 W Chinden Blvd in Garden City \n\n\n\n21+ \n\n\n\nDonate to attend \n\n\n\nSpecial Event: Poetry and Pints \n\n\n\nSurel’s Place is partnering with The Lit Room and gaining special access to Oldspeak on Tuesday\, June 10th at 6:30pm for a private poetry reading from our next artist-in-residence Ivy Raff. Cozy up with a pint of Alliteration Beer (or other NA offerings) and absorb Ivy’s readings from both published and unpublished work in English and Spanish.  \n\n\n\nIvy will be reading from her book Rooted and Reduced to Dust published just last year from Finish Line Press. The book is included in some of the donation levels and Ivy will be available to sign them at the reading.  She will also read from What Remains / Que queda\, a bilingual English/Spanish collection that won the Alberola International Poetry Prize with publication pending. The reading will be followed by a discussion led by The Lit Room’s Cristina Houston. \n\n\n\nHeaven and earth conspire that everything which has been\, be rooted and reduced to dust. \n\n\n\n-Isaac Bashevis Singer \n\n\n\nSo begins Ivy Raff‘s debut poetry chapbook\, which plumbs the depths of movement\, of growth: from one generation to the next\, from Eastern Europe across America\, from sickness to health.  With braided fearlessness and vulnerability\, Raff bridges the past with the heartbreaking tenderness of today. \n\n\n\nObservant\, challenging\, sensuous\, glowing with an undercarriage of mystique\, Raff’s poems are torsos that twist to embrace the universe.  Every muscled line is taut\, knowing its desire and how to hold what it loves in its arms. \n\n\n\n–Jimmy Santiago Baca\, American Book Award-winning author of Martin and Meditations on the South Valley  \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-poetry-and-pints/
CATEGORIES:Reading
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SUMMARY:First Friday Art and Studio Stroll: PROUD
DESCRIPTION: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. \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.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/first-friday-art-and-studio-stroll-6/
LOCATION:Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Community Participation,Installations,Open Studios,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250527T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250527T140000
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SUMMARY:Spring Yard Day
DESCRIPTION:VOLUNTEERSPRING YARD DAY \n\n\n\nTuesday\, May 27th  |  10:00am – 2:00pm \n\n\n\nYou can be a part of this incredible community of artists and art lovers. Volunteers are crucial to the work we do together to support the arts in Idaho. \n\n\n\nWe will be hosting a volunteer gardening day on Tuesday\, May 27th. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Surel’s Place has an assortment of garden tools\, but feel free to bring garden gloves and any tools you think might be helpful. See you there! \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in gardening or other volunteer opportunities please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/spring-yard-day/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Volunteering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250522T190000
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SUMMARY:Metamorphilia: Open Studio and Art Talk
DESCRIPTION:Metamorphilia is a conceptual framework that embraces change. Hybridizing scientific research and creative process\, Nina Elder imagines a future where planetary dynamics act as scores for human behavior and we become adept in the flux between life and death\, grief and joy\, creativity and mourning. Inspired by the story of biologic extinctions and resilience compressed into Boise’s metamorphic rock\, Metamorphilia investigates personal and environmental potentiality.  \n\n\n\nDuring her residency\, Nina asked the land how we can learn from cycles of fracture and transformation. Erosion was her teacher. Granite revealed what endures after disintegration. Explored and expressed through performance\, drawing\, and writing\, Metamorphilia invigorates the mind and body towards the future\, imagines a planet that is dynamic and beyond human control\, yet fosters deep connection and stewardship. As Nina works towards the culmination of this project\, she will share both collections and creations from her residency: photos\, videos\, sculptural props and pseudo-scientific tools.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/metamorphilia-open-studio-and-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:20250429T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250429T200000
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SUMMARY:BFF Block Party for Idaho Gives
DESCRIPTION:IDAHO GIVES EVENT \n\n\n\nBFF BLOCK PARTY \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 29th  |  4:00pm – 8:00pm \n\n\n\nat Lost Grove Brewing: 1026 S. La Pointe St. in Boise \n\n\n\nCome to Lost Grove Brewing in the Lusk District for the 7th Annual BFF Block Party for Idaho Gives. Surel’s Place will be there along with dozens of other Treasure Valley nonprofits. Lost Grove Brewing is donating the money from all beer sales to the Idaho Nonprofit Center\, helping fund future scholarships. Boise Rock School will be showcasing their talents on the stage all evening long. Come have a pint while celebrating community and the good work nonprofits are doing.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/bff-block-party-for-idaho-gives/
CATEGORIES:Community Participation,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Flash Show: Body and Devotion
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Maiyan Linane\, Ashley Larson\, Kamryn Rose\, and Michael Candelaria. \n\n\n\nThis Flash Show is in collaboration with Backyard Artists. Backyard Artists empowers emerging artists in Idaho’s Treasure Valley by providing professional opportunities through community-driven exhibitions\, literary events\, project grants\, and strategic partnerships. \n\n\n\nSchedule:Friday\, April 25\, Opening Reception\, 6pm – 8:30pmSaturday\, April 26\, Gallery Hours\, 12pm – 4pmSunday\, April 27\, Gallery Hours\, 12pm – 4pm
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/flash-show-body-and-devotion-3/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250426T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250426T160000
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SUMMARY:Flash Show: Body and Devotion
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Maiyan Linane\, Ashley Larson\, Kamryn Rose\, and Michael Candelaria. \n\n\n\nThis Flash Show is in collaboration with Backyard Artists. Backyard Artists empowers emerging artists in Idaho’s Treasure Valley by providing professional opportunities through community-driven exhibitions\, literary events\, project grants\, and strategic partnerships. \n\n\n\nSchedule:Friday\, April 25\, Opening Reception\, 6pm – 8:30pmSaturday\, April 26\, Gallery Hours\, 12pm – 4pmSunday\, April 27\, Gallery Hours\, 12pm – 4pm
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/flash-show-body-and-devotion-2/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250425T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250425T203000
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SUMMARY:Flash Show: Body and Devotion
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Maiyan Linane\, Ashley Larson\, Kamryn Rose\, and Michael Candelaria.This Flash Show is in collaboration with Backyard Artists. Backyard Artists empowers emerging artists in Idaho’s Treasure Valley by providing professional opportunities through community-driven exhibitions\, literary events\, project grants\, and strategic partnerships. \n\n\n\nSchedule:Friday\, April 25\, Opening Reception\, 6pm – 8:30pmSaturday\, April 26\, Gallery Hours\, 12pm – 4pmSunday\, April 27\, Gallery Hours\, 12pm – 4pm
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/flash-show-body-and-devotion/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250423T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250423T203000
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SUMMARY:Reading: Lineages of Non Consent and Lineages of Pleasure
DESCRIPTION:AIR Amanda Machado will read excerpts from essays and a book project that explore how sexuality and desire connects her to the women of her lineage. In this project\, she explores both the lineage of non consent in her family\, as well as lineages of pleasure\, and the queer elements of all immigrant woman narratives when we think of queerness as an act of bodily autonomy\, rather than only a sexual orientation.  \n\n\n\nThese essays meditate on the question: How do you create a life you’ve never seen before\, and how do you trust that it honors those before you? \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-lineages-of-non-consent-and-lineages-of-pleasure/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250419T130000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Writing Immigrant Queerness
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOPWRITING IMMIGRANT QUEERNESSSaturday\, April 19th  |  1:00pm – 4:00pm \n\n\n\n$25 : Surel’s Place Sustaining Members$35 : General Workshop RegistrationPartial scholarships available on request to info@surelplace.org. \n\n\n\nPeople of color encouraged to attend\, but writers of all backgrounds and levels welcome. \n\n\n\nMax participants: 20 \n\n\n\nAges 15 & up \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION  \n\n\n\nHow do you create a life you’ve never seen before\, and how do you trust that it honors those before you? In this workshop\, writer-in-residence Amanda Machado explores how queer writers and writers of color have used writing as a tool to define the future they desired but could not yet create. In particular\, the class will focus on writing from queer people of color from immigrant families. Through the inspiration of work from Audre Lorde\, Daisy Hernandez\, Ocean Vuong and others\, together we’ll write on prompts that help unearth stories about how queerness and the immigrant experience help us think differently about desire\, respectability\, “the American Dream\,” and family legacy. \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nIn nearly a decade of their work\, Amanda Machado (CA) has focused on writing stories about travel\, outdoor adventure\, and sexuality that center the experiences of queer people and women of color. Recognizing the common erasure of those stories\, she has aimed to use her work\, as writer Matthew Salesses wrote\, to “take responsibility for absence.” \n\n\n\nAs a queer daughter of immigrants from Mexico and Ecuador\, Amanda has always felt split between many places. “I write stories that show how those of us — children of immigrants and displaced people\, queers\, gender-expansive folks — who grow up with our first experiences of home and desire and identity expanding past binaries\, ultimately become the kind of people who want to take in the world intimately\, who view travel as something we naturally must do.” In this next chapter of their work\, she also wants to write more directly about the link between ancestry\, colonization and travel\, how women have used travel to gain agency over their own bodies\, escape violence\, create refuge for themselves\, and redefine who they are.  \n\n\n\nAmanda has a BA in English Literature/Nonfiction from Brown University. Their work has been published in The Atlantic\, Guernica\, The Washington Post\, Adroit Journal\, Slate\, The Guardian\, Sierra Magazine\, among many others outlets.  In addition to their essay writing\, Amanda also is a public speaker and workshop facilitator on issues of justice and anti-oppression for organizations around the world. She is also the founder of Reclaiming Nature Writing\, a multi-week online workshop that centers the experiences of people of color in how we tell stories about the outdoors. \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-writing-immigrant-queerness/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250417T203000
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SUMMARY:Reading: Amanda Machado
DESCRIPTION:READINGAMANDA MACHADOThursday\, April 17th  |  7:00pm \n\n\n\nfree  |  venue is ages 21+rsvp at surelsplace.ludus.com \n\n\n\nat Oldspeak Bar: 3640 W. Chinden Boulevard in Garden City \n\n\n\nCome join us for an intimate evening with the current writer-in-residence at Surel’s Place – the talented author Amanda Machado at Oldspeak Bar. Amanda will be reading from one of their acclaimed essays followed by a discussion led by Cristina Houston. Amanda’s work has been published in The Atlantic\, Guernica\, The Washington Post\, Adroit Journal\, Slate\, The Guardian\, Sierra Magazine\, among many others outlets. In addition to their essay writing\, Amanda also is a public speaker and workshop facilitator on issues of justice and anti-oppression for organizations around the world. This is a unique opportunity to meet the author in person! Don’t miss out on this special event – mark your calendars now!BIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nIn nearly a decade of their work\, Amanda Machado (CA) has focused on writing stories about travel\, outdoor adventure\, and sexuality that center the experiences of queer people and women of color. Recognizing the common erasure of those stories\, she has aimed to use her work\, as writer Matthew Salesses wrote\, to “take responsibility for absence.” \n\n\n\nAs a queer daughter of immigrants from Mexico and Ecuador\, Amanda has always felt split between many places. “I write stories that show how those of us — children of immigrants and displaced people\, queers\, gender-expansive folks — who grow up with our first experiences of home and desire and identity expanding past binaries\, ultimately become the kind of people who want to take in the world intimately\, who view travel as something we naturally must do.” \n\n\n\nAmanda has a BA in English Literature/Nonfiction from Brown University. In addition to their essay writing\, Amanda also is a public speaker and workshop facilitator on issues of justice and anti-oppression for organizations around the world. She is also the founder of Reclaiming Nature Writing\, a multi-week online workshop that centers the experiences of people of color in how we tell stories about the outdoors. \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-amanda-machado/
LOCATION:Oldspeak Bar\, 3640 W Chinden Blvd\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250404T203000
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SUMMARY:First Friday Art and Studio Stroll
DESCRIPTION: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. \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.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/first-friday-art-and-studio-stroll-5/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250323T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250323T160000
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SUMMARY:THE SPACE BETWEEN
DESCRIPTION:THE SPACE BETWEEN \n\n\n\nTyler Crabb \n\n\n\nFriday\, March 21\, Opening\, 7pm – 8:30pm   \n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 22\, Gallery Hours\, 1pm – 4pm \n\n\n\nSunday\, March 23\, Gallery Hours\, 1pm – 4pm \n\n\n\nTyler Crabb works as an abstract artist not just to serve his own creativity\, but because he finds it to be a powerful vehicle for others to unleash their imagination. His show “The Space Between Body & Mind” offers viewers an immersive abstract experience that reflects the beauty and mystery of being human.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/the-space-between-2/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250322T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250322T160000
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SUMMARY:THE SPACE BETWEEN
DESCRIPTION:THE SPACE BETWEEN \n\n\n\nTyler Crabb \n\n\n\nFriday\, March 21\, Opening\, 7pm – 8:30pm   \n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 22\, Gallery Hours\, 1pm – 4pm \n\n\n\nSunday\, March 23\, Gallery Hours\, 1pm – 4pm \n\n\n\nTyler Crabb works as an abstract artist not just to serve his own creativity\, but because he finds it to be a powerful vehicle for others to unleash their imagination. His show “The Space Between Body & Mind” offers viewers an immersive abstract experience that reflects the beauty and mystery of being human.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/the-space-between/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250321T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250321T203000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: THE SPACE BETWEEN
DESCRIPTION:THE SPACE BETWEEN \n\n\n\nTyler Crabb \n\n\n\nFriday\, March 21\, Opening\, 5:30pm – 8:30pm   \n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 22\, Gallery Hours\, 1pm – 4pm \n\n\n\nSunday\, March 23\, Gallery Hours\, 1pm – 4pm \n\n\n\nTyler Crabb works as an abstract artist not just to serve his own creativity\, but because he finds it to be a powerful vehicle for others to unleash their imagination. His show “The Space Between” offers viewers an immersive abstract experience that reflects the beauty and mystery of being human.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/opening-reception-the-space-between/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250314T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250314T193000
DTSTAMP:20260503T214513
CREATED:20250224T203720Z
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SUMMARY:Surel's Place Pie Day Pop-Up Party!
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here! \n\n\n\nAre you feeling ins-PIE-red? Good. Join Surel’s Place for a Pie Day Pop-Up Party where a selection of delectable pies made specially with love for Pie Day will be admired and auctioned – and eaten. If a pie catches your eye\, you can bid on it. The winners of the pies can take them home\, or better yet\, share them at the end of the evening with all who gather. It’s a pie celebration\, and we hope you’ll join us. In addition\, we will have slices of art coming together to form artful pies. See you on 3.14\, π Day! \n\n\n\nPARTICIPATING PIE MAKERS:Barb CochraneJan JohnsJordyn MarcroftBeth MasonKarla MillerMonica RhodesJocelyn RobertsonDorothy Shue \n\n\n\nFeatured in the gallery will be a portfolio organized by Wingtip Press titled A Piece of the Pie. This portfolio of prints by 9 Idaho artists was organized in response to the theme of “sustenance” as part of an exhibition organized by the Treasure Valley Food Coalition and Kirsten Furlong at the Visual Arts Center in 2012. \n\n\n\nPARTICIPATING ARTISTS:Mare BlockerMatt BodettLisa CheneyKatarzyna CepekTerra FeastTara KennedyAmy NackJosh OlsonCassandra Schiffler \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, brand new slice shaped artworks will be exhibited by local artists. These artworks will be available for purchase\, and a portion of the proceeds goes to support Surel’s Place. \n\n\n\nPARTICIPATING ARTISTS:Adie BartronEve-Marie BergrenHillary BilinskiTilley BubbEvalee CampbellHillary ColtonErin CunninghamAnne ElmoreMarne ElmoreJessica EvettNellie FrizzellJulia GreenAndrew GrothElizabeth HiltonAva HoneyDeborah MartellApril VanDeGrift
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/surels-place-pie-day-pop-up-party/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250304T203000
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SUMMARY:Art Exhibition: In a Frame Whose Moment... / در قابی که گاهش…
DESCRIPTION:Artist in residence Ainaz Alipour created textile pieces depicting scenes of beauty\, prayer\, pleasure\, and unconditional self-love. Inspired by archival photos\, traditional Iranian sewing patterns\, and painting\, this project offers a tender and intimate portrayal of Iranian women\, countering their historically misunderstood depictions in Western media. \n\n\n\nAt the core of Ainaz’s studio practice is the exploration of the relationship between digital and tangible forms and their role in creating hyperreality. Over the years\, she has collected an archive of Iranian families’ home videos that capture the everyday lives of Iranian women. She used still images from these videos to create textile panels using embroidery\, fabric collage\, and appliqué techniques. The artwork is installed at a high elevation\, with the fabrics extending down to the ground\, among other pieces.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/art-exhibition-in-a-frame-whose-moment-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%db%8c-%da%a9%d9%87-%da%af%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%b4/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250215T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250215T160000
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SUMMARY:Embroidering Traditional Techniques and 2D Animation
DESCRIPTION:Artist in residence Ainaz Alipour will introduce you to her traditional Iranian embroidery techniques and how this can be integrated with 2D animation\, emphasizing cultural representation and self-expression. You will receive hands-on practice with basic stitches and patterns from northern Khorasan. Using these skills\, you will create a small textile panel. Then\, the participants will work together to create a small collaborative animation project integrating your embroidered piece.   \n\n\n\n$45 guest \n\n\n\n$35 sustaining member \n\n\n\nRegister Here \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \n\n\n\nAinaz Alipour (b. Iran) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores the interplay between textile traditions and contemporary artistic expression\, emphasizing cultural representation in art and its potential to challenge power structures. Drawing from Iranian cultural imagery\, she creates installations that integrate soft sculptures\, utilizing local sewing crafts and embroidery techniques from northern Khorasan. Alipour’s work focuses on the dynamics and politics of bodies\, engaging viewers through tactile fabric-based forms that challenge colonial representations and assert the presence and agency of marginalized bodies. Her multimedia installations have been recognized and awarded\, with curated screenings at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center and exhibitions at the Ringling Museum of Art and the Mattie Kelly Art Center. \n\n\n\nAinaz Alipour received her MFA in Studio Arts from the University of South Florida; her MA in Animation and Film from Trabiat Modares University in Tehran\, Iran; and a BFA in Printmaking from the Tehran University of Art.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/embroidering-traditional-techniques-and-2d-animation/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250203T203000
DTSTAMP:20260503T214513
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SUMMARY:hum-ai-n
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION AND ART TALK \n\n\n\nArt talk at 7:30 pm \n\n\n\nWhat happens when AI gives you more (or less) than you asked for?Song Lu spent her residency deepening her exploration into the connections between what’s generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the bias that comes along with that. At Surel’s Place she began a third stage in this work. In all these stages\, Song Lu utilizes AI-generated imagery that changes based on different prompts\, highlighting embedded biases. The first stage\, titled Snow Drawing\, challenged the occupational segregation perpetuated by AI algorithms. When she prompted the AI program to generate an image of an artist\, it tended to picture an older white man\, which began Song Lu’s investigation into exposing the narrow\, Western-centric perspective perpetuated within the design. \n\n\n\nAs a result of this first exploration\, Song Lu found “It’s clear that there’s a need for more diversity in the art world\, and this extends to the language we use to describe artists and their work.” The second stage\, Working Women\, explored individual experiences influenced by both Western and Eastern cultures. This stage seeked to underscore the significance of women’s agency and power in society. \n\n\n\nNow\, in this third stage\, “Hum-ai-n\,” Song Lu has delved deeper into AI technology\, referencing official data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Song Lu focuses particularly on two major advancements in their database: the AI chatbot ChatGPT and the AI image generator MidJourney. She uses these tools to dissect and critique the underlying data structures that shape our world\, exploring aspects such as occupation\, race and ethnicity\, place of birth\, cultural background\, educational background\, gender and gender identity\, age\, interests\, and hobbies. Her aim is to discuss what distinguishes “hum-ai-n” from humans and their potential relationship. She also explores how historical data about humans can become biased\, leading to stereotypes\, and how to revise these aspects to create a more diverse representation of human beings. Through visual formats\, Song Lu examines the implications of these technologies on our lived experiences and societal structures.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/hum-ai-n/
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:20250201T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250201T160000
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SUMMARY:Lunar New Year Celebration
DESCRIPTION:SCALES OF CODESaturday\, February 1st  |  10:00am – 4:00pm \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nat JUMP: 1000 W. Myrtle Street in Boise \n\n\n\nThe year of the snake is upon us! Artist-in-Residence Song Lu connected with the Idaho Chinese Organization and will be participating in their Lunar New Year Celebration at JUMP on Feb 1st. The Idaho Chinese Organization is a local nonprofit that promotes cultural experiences and community unity in the Treasure Valley. In addition to helping with a calligraphy writing activity\, Song will be featuring her latest collaborative AI-generated video art piece\, Scales of Code\, created with her artist friend Fan Yu as part of their collaborative art practice\, OHuo. \n\n\n\nThis collaborative video art piece uses over 30 materials to explore the theme of a “snake.” The dynamic changes in snake scales symbolize the interplay of natural order and geometric aesthetics. Combining Chinese folk arts\, Western fine arts\, and everyday elements with AI-generated animations\, the work blurs the boundaries between the virtual and real\, giving traditional art contemporary significance and technological vitality.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/lunar-new-year-celebration/
LOCATION:Jump Boise\, 1000 W Myrtle St\, Boise\, Idaho\, 83702\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20250125T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20250125T160000
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CREATED:20241226T193839Z
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SUMMARY:Walk with Artificial Intelligence: Envisioning a Collaborative Future in Our Community
DESCRIPTION:Artist-in-Residence Song Lu delves into the fascinating history and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, with a particular focus on its intersection with the art field. She’ll lead participants in an exploration of how AI originated\, its evolution over time\, and its profound impact on various aspects of our lives. By examining the connections between AI and art\, this workshop aims to uncover the underlying issues and ethical considerations associated with this cutting-edge technology. Through engaging discussions and interactive activities\, participants will gain a deeper understanding of AI’s role in shaping our world and expand their imagination about this innovative tool while also critiquing the numerous issues behind it. \n\n\n\nAges 15 & up \n\n\n\n$35 \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nPartial scholarships available upon request \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBiography \n\n\n\nEven during her childhood in her homeland of China\, Song Lu knew she had a passion for making things no one had seen before. This inspired her to pursue a career as an artist and move to New York to obtain an MFA in Photography\, Video\, and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts\, where she graduated in 2021. \n\n\n\n“There is nothing else in the world that compares to the feeling of creating something from scratch and seeing it come to life before my very eyes\,” she writes. Lu’s art explores the multiple dimensions of memory\, emotion\, and relationships\, with a focus on personal consciousness in the context of social experience. Working across a variety of visual media\, including photography\, video\, 3D animation\, and artificial intelligence-generated images\, Lu’s work breaks down the traditional boundaries of the familiar\, while reinterpreting and redefining them in a playful way. By presenting the intricate connections between things\, she provides the viewer with multiple perspectives on the world around them. \n\n\n\nSong Lu’s work has been shown in various art exhibitions and screenings in different cities and regions\, including ZAZ 10 TS in New York\, Flatiron Project Space in New York\, UNTITLED Art Fair in Miami\, Breeze Art Fair in Seoul\, PHOTOFAIR Shanghai in Shanghai\, Advance Art Museum in Changsha\, CICA Museum in South Korea\, UNFOLD Art Book Fair in Shanghai\, Unlimited Edition Seoul Art Book Fair in Seoul\, and others. Song Lu is also one of the “20 exciting artists to watch\,” as chosen by the editors of Art in America magazine in the 2024 Fall Talent Issue.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/walk-with-artificial-intelligence-envisioning-a-collaborative-future-in-our-community/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20241222T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20241222T160000
DTSTAMP:20260503T214513
CREATED:20241125T220037Z
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SUMMARY:Open Hours: Intimate Objects
DESCRIPTION:INTIMATE OBJECTSVEIKO VALENCIA \n\n\n\nOpening Reception:Friday\, December 20th | 5:30PM – 8:30PM \n\n\n\nOpen Hours:Saturday\, December 21st | 1:00PM – 4:00PMSunday\, December 22nd | 1:00PM – 4:00PM \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nThe object is the subject. Physical reference points\, receivers of light\, generators of shadow- objects\, though physical\, define the positions we occupy in the world of ideas. An object is also a concept. \n\n\n\nVeiko Valencia was born in Peru and has lived in Boise\, Idaho\, since 2007. He studied at a traditional Art School\, Carlos Baca Flor\, in Arequipa\, Peru. Later\, Valencia obtained his BFA in Painting and Drawing and his MFA in Visual Arts from Boise State University. He is a current recipient of the Alexa Rose residency.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/open-hours-veiko-valencia-2/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20241221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20241221T160000
DTSTAMP:20260503T214513
CREATED:20241125T215924Z
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SUMMARY:Open Hours: Intimate Objects
DESCRIPTION:INTIMATE OBJECTSVEIKO VALENCIA \n\n\n\nOpening Reception:Friday\, December 20th | 5:30PM – 8:30PM \n\n\n\nOpen Hours:Saturday\, December 21st | 1:00PM – 4:00PMSunday\, December 22nd | 1:00PM – 4:00PM \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nThe object is the subject. Physical reference points\, receivers of light\, generators of shadow- objects\, though physical\, define the positions we occupy in the world of ideas. An object is also a concept. \n\n\n\nVeiko Valencia was born in Peru and has lived in Boise\, Idaho\, since 2007. He studied at a traditional Art School\, Carlos Baca Flor\, in Arequipa\, Peru. Later\, Valencia obtained his BFA in Painting and Drawing and his MFA in Visual Arts from Boise State University. He is a current recipient of the Alexa Rose residency.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/open-hours-veiko-valencia/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20241220T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20241220T203000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Intimate Objects
DESCRIPTION:INTIMATE OBJECTSVEIKO VALENCIA \n\n\n\nOpening Reception:Friday\, December 20th | 5:30PM – 8:30PM \n\n\n\nOpen Hours:Saturday\, December 21st | 1:00PM – 4:00PMSunday\, December 22nd | 1:00PM – 4:00PM \n\n\n\nfree \n\n\n\nThe object is the subject. Physical reference points\, receivers of light\, generators of shadow- objects\, though physical\, define the positions we occupy in the world of ideas. An object is also a concept. \n\n\n\nVeiko Valencia was born in Peru and has lived in Boise\, Idaho\, since 2007. He studied at a traditional Art School\, Carlos Baca Flor\, in Arequipa\, Peru. Later\, Valencia obtained his BFA in Painting and Drawing and his MFA in Visual Arts from Boise State University. He is a current recipient of the Alexa Rose residency.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/opening-reception-veiko-valencia/
LOCATION:Surel’s Place\, 212 E. 33rd Street\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:BLAC Water Rabbit Mural Opening & Dedication
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the newest mural in the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District during this opening celebration and dedication. Artist statements will be available inside with a dedication at 1:30pm.Created by artists from the Black Liberation Arts Collective @blac_boise: Carnessa Lynn @carnessalynn\, Kiara Bell @_a.kiara\, and Mungo Ligoya @mungowona. The mural is based on the Chinese Zodiac Water Rabbit\, a symbol of rebirth and ambition. These first time muralists were mentored by Black Cat Sign Company @blackcatsignco. The project was made possible by the support of Together Treasure Valley\, Surel’s Place\, the Garden City Placemaking Fund\, and Roots Zero Waste Market.
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/blac-water-rabbit-mural-opening-dedication/
LOCATION:Roots Zero Waste Market\, 3308 W Chinden Blvd\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
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SUMMARY:strikethrough 48: a performance installation
DESCRIPTION:Artist-in-Residence Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş presents an evening-length installation on the three-dimensionality of erasure poetry and its cross pollination with the disciplines of dance\, animation\, sound\, and scenic design.  \n\n\n\nOriginal poems of Surel’s Place workshop participants will be displayed and opportunities will arise for attendees to strikethrough portions of text to create new ones. What remains of the poems will change the landscape of the space… \n\n\n\nThe installation will culminate with a solo performance in response to “strikethrough 48\,” an erasure poem about ending one’s life in a country flooding with natural beauty but drought-ridden when it comes to services for the mentally ill. In collaboration with Taipei based animators Jade Lien & Irene Lin\, whose “drawn-on-film” technique will be projected at intervals throughout the evening\, along with ambient sound by Salt Lake City based composer Michael Wall. \n\n\n\nA talk-back at 8pm will discuss the impact of interactive media and how both language and dance can be malleable and ephemeral in their attempts to touch the hearts and minds of those who encounter them.  \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://surelsplace.org/event/strikethrough-48-a-performance-installation/
LOCATION:The Common Well\, 110 W 31st St\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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