Free In Idaho! (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
No, that’s not a picture of a tea party. We went down to Boise this afternoon for “Art In The Park”, the annual arts and crafts and festival food event that the Boise Art Museum does every September. It’s a great end of the summer gathering in the park, under the trees, in one [...]
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 13/05/2009
BOISE, ID.- The life and contributions of John S. Takehara, an internationally recognized ceramic artist and Professor Emeritus of Art, Boise State University, will be celebrated Sunday, May 17, in the New Grand Ballroom of the University's Student Union Building at 2:00 p.m. Professor Takehara died of natural causes on April 1, 2009.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 04/05/2009
BOISE, ID.- Boise Art Museum presents the work of Idaho artist James Castle (1900-1977), in an exhibition entitled Tying it Together, through September 27, 2009.
gmtPlus9 (-15) (Free subscription) | 22/04/2009
New Work by John Taylor at Garde Rail Gallery in Seattle, WA. "...Fresh from his solo exhibition at the Boise Art Museum last spring, John Taylor returns to Garde Rail Gallery with a show of new work. The show will feature several of John's ship sculptures, as well as pieces that see the work moving into exciting new directions." More Works by John Taylor at his personal site.
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 01/03/2009
Seattle, WN - Fresh from his solo exhibition at the Boise Art Museum last spring, John Taylor returns to Garde Rail Gallery with a show of new work. The show will feature several of John’s ship sculptures, as well as pieces that see the work moving into exciting new directions. On exhibition through 28th March, 2009.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
BOISE, ID.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) will feature an installation by Idaho artist Garth Claassen, March 14 – May 31, 2009, entitled Bloated Floaters, Snouted Sappers, and the Defense of Empire.
Slog (Free subscription) | 03/02/2009
At museums that are relatively off the grid, on-the-grid artists can be free. At Boise Art Museum right now is a new installation by Stranger Genius winners Lead Pencil Studio —whose latest Seattle installation Retail/Commercial , an homage to an empty retail space made with materials from January liquidation sales , opens tomorrow night . At "> The Art Gym at Marylhurst University ,...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
BOISE, ID.- A public premiere/unveiling of a new limited-edition print by renowned artist Faith Ringgold will take place at the Boise Art Museum at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. The event is hosted by the Idaho Black History Museum. The limited-edition prints will be made available for
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
BOISE, ID.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) announced the purchase of the painting AMERICAN INFAMY #2 – an important new work of art by nationally renowned artist, Roger Shimomura. Comprising four panels, the large-scale work (72” x 120”) recalls the artist's internment with his family in Idaho's Camp Minidoka (near Twin Falls), during World War II. The painting, depicting daily life
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
BOISE, ID.- “Melanie Fales, Interim Executive Director and Curator of Education for the Boise Art Museum (BAM), has been promoted to Executive Director,” Amy McDevitt, president of the Museum's Board of Trustees, announced today.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
BOISE, ID.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) is proud to present an exhibition of original photographs by Ansel Adams, America's best known photographer, February 28 through May 24, 2009. The work in this exhibition follows the transition of Adams' art from pictorialism to straight photography and provides a fresh look at this celebrated master of the American landscape. The collection
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
BOISE, ID.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) is proud to support the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the loan of eleven artworks to their major exhibition James Castle: A Retrospective. The exhibition features 275 color wash pieces, constructions, and handmade books by Idaho artist James Castle (1899–1977), whose first museum exhibition was presented at Boise Art Museum in the
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
BOISE.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) announces the first solo museum exhibition by Idaho photographer Susan Valiquette. Her work was last shown at BAM in the 2004 Idaho Triennial exhibition, which was juried by Arthur C. Danto, one of America's most inventive and influential art critics and philosophers. Valiquette's Portraits of Courage consists of 20 black and white portraits of Idaho
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
BOISE.- Boise Art Museum has been selected to receive a gift of fifty works of art from New York collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, with the help of the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The gifts are part of a national gifts program entitled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
BOISE.- Boise Art Museum (BAM) announces a new exhibition featuring two photographic series by artist An-My Lê, on display November 29, 2008, through March 1, 2009. The exhibition examines two modern military conflicts: the war in Vietnam and the current war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her series Small Wars (1999-2002) depicts men who spend weekends in the forests of Virginia,
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