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'Steel Medicine:' A Dose of Margaret Jacobs at the Boise Art Museum

• By Hayden Seder
"From early on, story-telling and making have been an integral part of my life, and I see my family's lineage built into my work."
• Tags: Visual Art, Boise Art Museum

Stories to Tell: Boise Art Museum Exhibits Native American Art

• By Lex Nelson
Ceramics and Textiles from the Southwest and Cowgirls and Indians offer different perspectives from Native American artists.
• Tags: Arts News, art, Arts, Boise, family, Idaho, Boise Art Museum, Ceramics and Textiles from the Southwest, Cowgirls and Indians, Sarah Sense

Donuts and Designs: Previewing 'Indulge,' BAM's 2019 Art of Fashion Show

"Their designs will be over-the-top and indulgent!"

• By Brian Millar
This year's sold-out event is Saturday, April 27.
• Tags: Visual Art, Boise Art Museum

Treasure Valley Reads Kicks Off at Exclusive Boise Art Museum Preview

• By Harrison Berry
Tommy Orange, the author of this year's Treasure Valley Reads title, There There, will appear at two Storyfort events on Saturday, March 23.
• Tags: Lit, Boise, Books, Culture, Literature, Treasure Valley Reads, Boise Art Museum

Guru Donuts Brings Art to the Table with its Donut Ever Forget Me-inspired Donut

• By Lex Nelson
Guru plans to collaborate with BAM once a month until Kim's exhibition leaves town in July.
• Tags: Food News, Art, Boise, Culture, Downtown, Eats, food, Donut Ever Forget Me, Boise Art Museum, Guru Donuts, vegan

BAM's Donut Ever Forget Me Exhibition Looks Good Enough to Eat

• By Lex Nelson
BAM will host an exhibition preview party for Donut Ever Forget Me on Friday, Jan. 18, at 5:30 p.m.
• Tags: Arts News, Art, Arts, Boise, Culture, Idaho, Boise Art Museum, Donut Ever Forget Me, Jae Yong Kim

Boise Art Museum Introduces New U.S. Citizens Membership Program.

• By George Prentice
BAM officials said the program "demonstrates its commitment to global inclusion" and, by inviting new U.S. citizens to become members of the museum, program helps "develop a deeper sense of self and community."
• Tags: Citydesk, Boise Art Museum

Through the Looking Glass: Boise Art Museum Shows Off a Glass Wonderland

• By Lex Nelson
Contemporary Glass will run through Sunday, Feb. 3.
• Tags: Arts News, Art, Arts, Boise, Downtown, Boise Art Museum, Contemporary Glass, glass

Boise Art Museum: Guardians of the Gallery

• By Lex Nelson
Matteo Pugliese's The Guardians, which kicks off with an opening party on Thursday, Aug. 9, at Boise Art Museum, will run through Jan. 6, 2019.
• Tags: Visual Art, Art, Boise, Downtown, Boise Art Museum, The Guardians, Matteo Pugliese

New Boise Art Museum Exhibitions Pay Homage to Cercle et Carre

• By Lex Nelson
Cercle et Carre, or “Circle and Square,” falls somewhere between a secret club and the start of a major movement within modernism.
• Tags: Visual Art, Art, Arts, Boise, Downtown, Cercle et Carre, Pierre Daura, Pierre Daura: Fifty Fifty, abstract, Boise Art Museum

Cercle et Carre and the International Spirit of Abstract Art

Boise Art Museum, runs through Sunday, Oct. 7

• By Lex Nelson
• Tags: Visual Art, Boise Art Museum

Best Local Art Gallery 2018

Freak Alley

• By BW Staff
• Tags: BOB Arts & Entertainment, Freak Alley Gallery, Boise Art Museum, Visual Arts Collective

Best Local Festival 2018

Treefort Music Fest

• By BW Staff
• Tags: BOB Arts & Entertainment, Boise Art Museum, Camel's Back Park

Heather Carson Exhibit Lights Up Boise Art Museum

• By McKenzie Young
“Her work speaks to the fundamentals of art and engages with art history, while at the same time being incredibly imaginative and fresh.”
• Tags: Visual Art, Art, Arts, Boise, Sculpted Light, Heather Carson, lights, Boise Art Museum

First Curate, then Create

BAM Art of Fashion Show spotlights exhibit-inspired materials

• By Brian Millar
Drawing from Consider the Source, BAM challenged artists and designers to create wearable works of art with wood, paint, metal, paper, glass and clay.
• Tags: Arts News, Art, Arts, Boise, Community, Downtown, Entertainment, fashion, Art of Fashion Show, Boise Art Museum, Melanie Fales, Kellie Levesgue, Isidoro Almaraz, Ben Losinski, Lady Teavana Delicious

BAM Art of Fashion Show: Material

Boise Art Museum, Saturday, April 21

• By Brian Millar
• Tags: Visual Art, Boise Art Museum, Art of Fashion, arts

Boise Art Museum Showcases Heather Carson's Sculpted Light

• By Lex Nelson
For local modern art junkies, Carson's showcase may be a bright spot in the final days of winter—in more ways than one.
• Tags: Visual Art, Art, Arts, Boise, Sculpted Light, Boise Art Museum, light, sculpture

Maps Guide Viewers to New Ideological Territory in the Boise Art Museum Exhibit, Mapping the Present

• By Lex Nelson
“Artists rip, slice and carve maps; they weave, burn and stitch maps. Artists’ maps are usually less about presenting the world as we know it and more about creating their unique vision of the world and inviting visitors to imagine their own.”
• Tags: Arts News, Arts, Boise, Culture, Downtown, maps, Boise Art Museum, Mapping the Present, Leo Berk, Simon Brett, Tracey Bush, Julie Cockburn, Jane Dixon, Jane Hammond, Chris Kenny, William Kentridge, David Kroll, Jena Scott, Georgia Russell, Jason Wallis-Johnson

Deadlines Approach for Treasure Valley Calls to Artists

• By Lex Nelson
Got art? The City of Boise wants to know.
• Tags: Arts News, art, Arts, Boise, Community, Culture, Idaho, Film, calls to artists, Sun Valley, Boise Weekly, Zoo Boise, Wassmuth Center, Ketchum, BOSCO, James Castle House, Marsing, Alexa Rose Foundation, traffic boxes, Department of Arts & History, Boise Art Museum

Boise Art Museum: Jo Hamilton’s Knots in Time Features Portraits in Crochet

• By Lex Nelson
Hamilton's creations have more in common with sweaters than the paint-on-canvas artworks hanging in most museums.
• Tags: Visual Art, art, Arts, Boise, Boise Art Museum, Jo Hamilton, Knots in Time, textile art, crochet

Best Local Art Gallery

• By BW Staff
• Tags: BOB Arts & Entertainment, best of boise, best of boise 2017, boise art museum, freak alley, visual arts collective, vac

Cheryl Shurtleff Remembered at Boise Art Museum

A retrospective of the late local artist's work opens later this month

• By Christopher Schnoor
• Tags: Visual Art, Boise Art Museum

First Thursday: Identity-Inspired Art

Thursday, Sept. 7 at Boise Art Museum

• By Lex Nelson
• Tags: 1st Thursday, Boise Art Museum

BAM Summer Exhibitions Opening Party

Friday, Aug. 11

• By Lex Nelson
• Tags: Visual Art, Boise Art Museum

Idaho Commission on the Arts Announces Grant Recipients

• By Harrison Berry
Several Boise arts organizations were awarded grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts.
• Tags: Arts News, art, Arts, Boise, Culture, Entertainment, music, Theater, money, grants, arts, humanities, Boise Art Museum, Ballet Idaho, Big Tree Arts, The Cabin, literature, Boise, Idaho, Idaho Commission on the Arts