UPCOMING EVENTS
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THIRDSPACE QUARTET
Ritual – Introducing Rosie Weiss Sunday, October 13th, 2-4PM [TICKETS] Thirdspace Quartet (3SQ) is proud to introduce a multifaceted and exploratory debut concert season, featuring three concurrent series. Ritual presents classical staples and overlooked gems of the string quartet repertoire. Popcycle is all about crossovers and genre-blending: from pop to folk to jazz and things in between. State of the Art explores innovative and experimental work by living composers, and places emphasis on the performance of work by local composers. 3SQ is excited to present their work in unique spaces throughout Boise. Join Thirdspace Quartet for a program featuring their newest member, violinist Rosie Weiss. This program will highlight Rosie’s diverse musical upbringing and guide you through repertoire that has special meaning to her. From classical works to traditional fiddle music, this program showcases the versatility and strengths of a string quartet. The Thirdspace Quartet Ritual Series showcases classical staples and overlooked gems of the string quartet repertoire. www.thirdspacequartet.com |
PAST EVENTS
ARTIST TALK
Elyse Pignolet & Sandow Birk
Saturday, March 16th, 7PM
Join Los Angeles based artists Elyse Pignolet and Sandow Birk for a discussion on their work, artistic processes and conceptual influences.
Elyse Pignolet & Sandow Birk
Saturday, March 16th, 7PM
Join Los Angeles based artists Elyse Pignolet and Sandow Birk for a discussion on their work, artistic processes and conceptual influences.
“I AM a Woman”, 2019. Elyse Pignolet.
ELYSE PIGNOLET
Elyse Pignolet works primarily in ceramics and her work has been inspired by and dealt with various themes including political and social issues, the dialectic between feminism and misogyny, inequality, and cultural stereotypes. Exploring the boundaries between ceramics, painting and sculpture, Pignolet attempts to place the permanence and traditions of ceramics with the fleeting and transitory nature of the contemporary world.
Imbued with traditional porcelain decoration from around the globe, the vessels in Pignolet’s newest ceramic series contain familiar patterns and motifs but upon closer inspection, we see that the traditional floral patterns are composed with images and text containing politically confrontational, unapologetic messaging; ubiquitous flower patterns have been reimagined to reveal suggestive innuendos and tropes that are all too common in our language and culture, as well as, unsettling and demeaning comments on women, sexual assault and the everyday experience of street harassment.
Elyse Pignolet works primarily in ceramics and her work has been inspired by and dealt with various themes including political and social issues, the dialectic between feminism and misogyny, inequality, and cultural stereotypes. Exploring the boundaries between ceramics, painting and sculpture, Pignolet attempts to place the permanence and traditions of ceramics with the fleeting and transitory nature of the contemporary world.
Imbued with traditional porcelain decoration from around the globe, the vessels in Pignolet’s newest ceramic series contain familiar patterns and motifs but upon closer inspection, we see that the traditional floral patterns are composed with images and text containing politically confrontational, unapologetic messaging; ubiquitous flower patterns have been reimagined to reveal suggestive innuendos and tropes that are all too common in our language and culture, as well as, unsettling and demeaning comments on women, sexual assault and the everyday experience of street harassment.
"The United States' Ninth Invasion of Mexico and the Rise of Northward Migration", 2022. Sandow Birk.
SANDOW BIRK
Los Angeles artist Sandow Birk has built a decades long career creating works and projects that deal with contemporary life and social issues, connecting current topics to threads of Art History. Frequently developed over years into expansive, multi-media projects, themes of his work have expanded over years from the local to the global. Early themes explored inner city violence, graffiti, surfing and skateboarding, then expanded into California-wide topics such as water rights, police brutality, immigration, and incarceration. From there, later projects explored American history, international warfare, the Divine Comedy, and Islam. Several projects have involved the relationship between text and image, including the creation of an illuminated manuscript of the entire Qur’an, in English, as well as working with existing texts. One such project with Arion Press involved creating images to companion “House at Pooh Corner”, by AA Milne.
Los Angeles artist Sandow Birk has built a decades long career creating works and projects that deal with contemporary life and social issues, connecting current topics to threads of Art History. Frequently developed over years into expansive, multi-media projects, themes of his work have expanded over years from the local to the global. Early themes explored inner city violence, graffiti, surfing and skateboarding, then expanded into California-wide topics such as water rights, police brutality, immigration, and incarceration. From there, later projects explored American history, international warfare, the Divine Comedy, and Islam. Several projects have involved the relationship between text and image, including the creation of an illuminated manuscript of the entire Qur’an, in English, as well as working with existing texts. One such project with Arion Press involved creating images to companion “House at Pooh Corner”, by AA Milne.
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DISASTER KARAOKE
Kate Walker Saturday, October 28, 8-9PM Get your glow on for “Disaster Karaoke”, a satirical participatory performance and karaoke event, with songs from recent decades about political and social crises. Come sing about disaster, nuclear anxiety, political apocalypse and imagined utopias! This is a tongue in cheek project that aims to provoke conversation about current thoughts, fears, actions and imaginings of dystopia/ utopia through karaoke performance. Accompanied by a video backdrop mixing nuclear energy instructional video, archival propaganda ads, music videos and storm reporting footage, “Disaster Karaoke” presents a strange blend of joyous anxiety.Recreating a typical karaoke event, curated set lists are available in binders for song requests. The set list includes over ninety "disaster themed" songs such as Prince’s “1999” (1982), Tom Wait’s “The Earth Died Screaming” (1992), Janelle Monae’s “Screwed” (2018) and Lady Gaga’s “Rain on Me” (2020). Disaster Karaoke is a project by artist Kate Walker. The event will be featured during the opening reception of the group exhibition HOLDING WHAT CAN'T BE HELD on Saturday, October 28, 6-10PM. |
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FIELD WORK: a reading + performance
Thursday, MARCH 23, 2023 READING 6-7PM, PERFORMANCE 8PM Field Workers from the Ecogeoglyphic Observatory (EGG) will be reading from works that are situated here in the Snake River Plain. Dave Guiotto will read from his book of poetry and prose: Holocene Trail Guide to the Boise Front; Matthew Kennedy reading from his book The Word Idaho: 1860 -1914, and Teal Gardner reading from Brick Report, thoughts on architecture and construction in Boise and Oaxaca. The reading will be followed by an hour break. At 8:00, Ryan Simmons will be live mixing sound for his video "Tesoro," a haunted 14 mins of real-estate and development marketing footage and sound bytes. [LEARN MORE ABOUT EGG] |
READING & FILM SCREENING: Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Friday, January 20th
DOORS OPEN 7PM, EVENT START 7:30PM
What does the light speak into you?
Please join us for a winter poetry reading, video screening, and conversation with artist Sueyeun Juliette Lee. A former Pew Fellow in the Arts for Poetry, Juliette’s work explores themes of displacement, ecological fragility, grief, and resilience through our relationship to sunlight and land. She will also screen some of her video work, which poaches from traditional Korean dance, and is especially excited to hear about your experiences with Idaho’s winter light and the landscape.
“I am in awe of how light persists across vast and solemn distances to contain a fixed message of beginnings--for in the most dim starlight, we can read the story of elemental origins and a lost home. The body dissipates, but its story persists in the light cast. While writing what would grow into my latest book, Aerial Concave Without Cloud (Nightboat, 2022), I exposed my body to the longest daylight of the summer solstice of Norway, buried myself in the stormy dim starlight of Iceland in winter, and moved meditatively under the green digital sheet of the aurora. I wrote what I received of these solar transmissions on mulberry paper and set them on fire to speak myself to the sky.
I still feel new to considering light, and especially for understanding it in winter. I’m looking forward to being together with creative community at MING Studios and discussing your experiences of January light.”
Juliette has published 5 books of poetry. Her essays on Asian American writing and experimental poetry have appeared with the Poetry Foundation, The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and Cambridge University Press. She works supporting conservation and environmental organizations across western North America.
Sueyeun Juliette Lee grew up three miles from the CIA. Raised by immigrant Korean war survivors and orphans, she currently lives in Denver, Colorado. Her books include That Gorgeous Feeling (Coconut Press, 2008), Underground National (Factory School, 2010), Solar Maximum (Futurepoem, 2015), No Comet, That Serpent in the Sky Means Noise (Kore Press, 2017), and Aerial Concave Without Cloud (Nightboat, 2022). She was a Pew Fellow in the Arts for Poetry in 2013, and has been awarded arts residencies at Casa Libre En La Solana (AZ), UCross Foundation (WY), The Asian Arts Initiative (PA), Kunstnarhuset Messen (Norway), Hafnorborg (Iceland), the University of Connecticut, and Rockland Woods (WA).
She has published numerous essays on Asian American writing and contemporary US experimental poetry, and ran Corollary Press, a chapbook series dedicated to experimental multi-ethnic writing, from 2006-2016. Her video, performance, and installation art have been presented at The Blaffer Museum of Art (TX), Leon Gallery (CO), The Asian Arts Initiative (PA), Artworks Center for Contemporary Art (CO), Chicago’s IN>TIME Performance Art Festival (IL), and Georgia Gallery (CO). Find her at silentbroadcast.com.
Friday, January 20th
DOORS OPEN 7PM, EVENT START 7:30PM
What does the light speak into you?
Please join us for a winter poetry reading, video screening, and conversation with artist Sueyeun Juliette Lee. A former Pew Fellow in the Arts for Poetry, Juliette’s work explores themes of displacement, ecological fragility, grief, and resilience through our relationship to sunlight and land. She will also screen some of her video work, which poaches from traditional Korean dance, and is especially excited to hear about your experiences with Idaho’s winter light and the landscape.
“I am in awe of how light persists across vast and solemn distances to contain a fixed message of beginnings--for in the most dim starlight, we can read the story of elemental origins and a lost home. The body dissipates, but its story persists in the light cast. While writing what would grow into my latest book, Aerial Concave Without Cloud (Nightboat, 2022), I exposed my body to the longest daylight of the summer solstice of Norway, buried myself in the stormy dim starlight of Iceland in winter, and moved meditatively under the green digital sheet of the aurora. I wrote what I received of these solar transmissions on mulberry paper and set them on fire to speak myself to the sky.
I still feel new to considering light, and especially for understanding it in winter. I’m looking forward to being together with creative community at MING Studios and discussing your experiences of January light.”
Juliette has published 5 books of poetry. Her essays on Asian American writing and experimental poetry have appeared with the Poetry Foundation, The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and Cambridge University Press. She works supporting conservation and environmental organizations across western North America.
Sueyeun Juliette Lee grew up three miles from the CIA. Raised by immigrant Korean war survivors and orphans, she currently lives in Denver, Colorado. Her books include That Gorgeous Feeling (Coconut Press, 2008), Underground National (Factory School, 2010), Solar Maximum (Futurepoem, 2015), No Comet, That Serpent in the Sky Means Noise (Kore Press, 2017), and Aerial Concave Without Cloud (Nightboat, 2022). She was a Pew Fellow in the Arts for Poetry in 2013, and has been awarded arts residencies at Casa Libre En La Solana (AZ), UCross Foundation (WY), The Asian Arts Initiative (PA), Kunstnarhuset Messen (Norway), Hafnorborg (Iceland), the University of Connecticut, and Rockland Woods (WA).
She has published numerous essays on Asian American writing and contemporary US experimental poetry, and ran Corollary Press, a chapbook series dedicated to experimental multi-ethnic writing, from 2006-2016. Her video, performance, and installation art have been presented at The Blaffer Museum of Art (TX), Leon Gallery (CO), The Asian Arts Initiative (PA), Artworks Center for Contemporary Art (CO), Chicago’s IN>TIME Performance Art Festival (IL), and Georgia Gallery (CO). Find her at silentbroadcast.com.
An Evening of Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction Readings
Monday, December 12, 2022
DOORS 6:30PM, READING 7PM
Risë Kevalshar Collins, Jacqui Reiko Teruya, Lindsey Appell
Risë Kevalshar Collins is a writer living in Boise. She studies creative writing at Boise State University where she’s served on the editorial staff of Idaho Review. Risë earned an MSW at University of Houston and served as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Texas, Oregon, Washington State, and North Idaho. She earned a BFA in Drama at Carnegie-Mellon University, was a member of the original Broadway production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, worked in repertory theatre, and performed solo at Carnegie Recital Hall. Her play, Incandescent Tones, was produced off-Broadway. In 2020 Risë was featured on the Idaho PBS online series “The 180.” Her op eds have appeared in Idaho Statesman, Boise Weekly, and Blue Review. Her nonfiction appears in Michigan Quarterly Review (“Shabda”) and in The Texas Review (“Zaki: I Rise to Write the Story.” That essay can be read online at http://thetexasreview.org.) Her fiction (“White Bird”) appears in North American Review and is forthcoming in an anthology featuring the work of writers of color who write about rural life; her poetry appears in The Indianapolis Review, Tupelo Quarterly, The Minnesota Review, and ANMLY. Risë is the recipient of an Alexa Rose Foundation award. She is completing of a book-length manuscript.
On Monday December 12th at Ming Studios Risë will host a reading of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the Boise Community. On this night, she has invited two extraordinary writers whom she much admires, Jacqui Reiko Teruya and Lindsey Appell, to also read.
Jacqui Reiko Teruya earned an MFA in fiction at Boise State. She’s been published in The Masters Review, Passages North, and CRAFT. Her Work has been anthologized in Best Small Fiction 2020 and 2021. She teaches fiction at Boise State and at The Cabin.
Lindsey Appell earned an MFA in poetry at Boise State and an MA in British and American Literature at the University of Utah. She was the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Romania in 2015 and will spend the first six months of 2023 in Northern Ireland as a Fulbright scholar at Queens University Belfast and the Seamus Heaney Center.
Monday, December 12, 2022
DOORS 6:30PM, READING 7PM
Risë Kevalshar Collins, Jacqui Reiko Teruya, Lindsey Appell
Risë Kevalshar Collins is a writer living in Boise. She studies creative writing at Boise State University where she’s served on the editorial staff of Idaho Review. Risë earned an MSW at University of Houston and served as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Texas, Oregon, Washington State, and North Idaho. She earned a BFA in Drama at Carnegie-Mellon University, was a member of the original Broadway production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, worked in repertory theatre, and performed solo at Carnegie Recital Hall. Her play, Incandescent Tones, was produced off-Broadway. In 2020 Risë was featured on the Idaho PBS online series “The 180.” Her op eds have appeared in Idaho Statesman, Boise Weekly, and Blue Review. Her nonfiction appears in Michigan Quarterly Review (“Shabda”) and in The Texas Review (“Zaki: I Rise to Write the Story.” That essay can be read online at http://thetexasreview.org.) Her fiction (“White Bird”) appears in North American Review and is forthcoming in an anthology featuring the work of writers of color who write about rural life; her poetry appears in The Indianapolis Review, Tupelo Quarterly, The Minnesota Review, and ANMLY. Risë is the recipient of an Alexa Rose Foundation award. She is completing of a book-length manuscript.
On Monday December 12th at Ming Studios Risë will host a reading of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the Boise Community. On this night, she has invited two extraordinary writers whom she much admires, Jacqui Reiko Teruya and Lindsey Appell, to also read.
Jacqui Reiko Teruya earned an MFA in fiction at Boise State. She’s been published in The Masters Review, Passages North, and CRAFT. Her Work has been anthologized in Best Small Fiction 2020 and 2021. She teaches fiction at Boise State and at The Cabin.
Lindsey Appell earned an MFA in poetry at Boise State and an MA in British and American Literature at the University of Utah. She was the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Romania in 2015 and will spend the first six months of 2023 in Northern Ireland as a Fulbright scholar at Queens University Belfast and the Seamus Heaney Center.
A Reading by Risë & Friends
Thursday, September 22,2022
DOORS OPEN 6:30, READING 7:00-8:30PM
Risë Kevalshar Collins is a writer living in Boise. She studies at Boise State University where she’s also served on the editorial staff of Idaho Review. Risë earned an MSW at University of Houston, and a BFA at Carnegie-Mellon University. She was a member of the original Broadway production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange. Risë’s play, Incandescent Tones, was produced off-Broadway and in repertory theatre. Her op eds have been featured in Idaho Statesman, Boise Weekly, and Blue Review. Her nonfiction was selected as a finalist for North American Review’s Terry Tempest Williams Prize, appears in Michigan Quarterly Review, and is forthcoming in Texas Review; her poetry appears in The Indianapolis Review, Tupelo Quarterly, The Minnesota Review, and is forthcoming in ANMLY. Risë’s fiction appears in North American Review. She has been awarded by The Alexa Rose Foundation.
On Thursday September 22nd at Ming Studios Risë will host a reading as a gift to the Boise Community. She has invited local writers Tomas Baiza and Trisha Miller to read as well. Trisha’s debut poetry book, Where Her Spirit Lands, released in January 2022 from Alden Press. Tomas will read from his upcoming novel, Delivery. Risë will read poetry, fiction, and/or nonfiction.
Thursday, September 22,2022
DOORS OPEN 6:30, READING 7:00-8:30PM
Risë Kevalshar Collins is a writer living in Boise. She studies at Boise State University where she’s also served on the editorial staff of Idaho Review. Risë earned an MSW at University of Houston, and a BFA at Carnegie-Mellon University. She was a member of the original Broadway production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange. Risë’s play, Incandescent Tones, was produced off-Broadway and in repertory theatre. Her op eds have been featured in Idaho Statesman, Boise Weekly, and Blue Review. Her nonfiction was selected as a finalist for North American Review’s Terry Tempest Williams Prize, appears in Michigan Quarterly Review, and is forthcoming in Texas Review; her poetry appears in The Indianapolis Review, Tupelo Quarterly, The Minnesota Review, and is forthcoming in ANMLY. Risë’s fiction appears in North American Review. She has been awarded by The Alexa Rose Foundation.
On Thursday September 22nd at Ming Studios Risë will host a reading as a gift to the Boise Community. She has invited local writers Tomas Baiza and Trisha Miller to read as well. Trisha’s debut poetry book, Where Her Spirit Lands, released in January 2022 from Alden Press. Tomas will read from his upcoming novel, Delivery. Risë will read poetry, fiction, and/or nonfiction.
INSIGHT OF YOUTH
EXHIBITION & AUCTION FOR THE ARTS
OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, May 7, 5-8PM
EXHIBITION RUNS May 7 - 21, 2022
Alma Azócar Agurto, Sophie Broderick, Nick Butterfield,
Espi Concepcion, Jake Gonzales, Natasha, Sydnie, Karleigh Wissel
Insight of Youth, Exhibition and Auction for the Arts is an initiative of ISucceed Virtual High School early graduate Jake Gonzales. Jake developed and organized this program to counteract the social and emotional consequences of COVID 19. Produced as a platform for teenagers to ‘express their feelings tangibly through art’, the event offers parents, adults and the broader community an awareness of how local youth have been affected by the pandemic. The exhibition features new work by young Treasure Valley artists in response to the theme ‘What Kids Have Endured during COVID 19’.
Exhibited artworks will be auctioned. Proceeds will support the artists and the grassroots effort Empty Bowls, an international endeavor to fight hunger.
Risë Kevalshar Collins, Lyd Havens,
and Jacqui Reiko Teruya
Thursday, May 19, DOORS 6:00PM READING 6:30PM
You are warmly invited to join writers Risë Kevalshar Collins, Lyd Havens, and Jacqui Reiko Teruya, for an evening of creative nonfiction, poetry, and fiction readings.
This event is offered by Risë as a gift to the Boise community. It is also in celebration of Lyd’s recent graduation from the Boise State BFA Creative Writing Program. Risë further celebrates the publication of her fiction short story, “White Bird,” in the Spring 2022 Issue of North American Review; the publication of poems, “Decrescent Moon” & “Threnody” in Tupelo Review Issue TQ26 , and “Quadruvium” in the Spring 2022 issue of Minnesota Review.
Books and literary journals of our newly published works will be available for purchase following the readings. We look forward to your presence and to your listening.
and Jacqui Reiko Teruya
Thursday, May 19, DOORS 6:00PM READING 6:30PM
You are warmly invited to join writers Risë Kevalshar Collins, Lyd Havens, and Jacqui Reiko Teruya, for an evening of creative nonfiction, poetry, and fiction readings.
This event is offered by Risë as a gift to the Boise community. It is also in celebration of Lyd’s recent graduation from the Boise State BFA Creative Writing Program. Risë further celebrates the publication of her fiction short story, “White Bird,” in the Spring 2022 Issue of North American Review; the publication of poems, “Decrescent Moon” & “Threnody” in Tupelo Review Issue TQ26 , and “Quadruvium” in the Spring 2022 issue of Minnesota Review.
Books and literary journals of our newly published works will be available for purchase following the readings. We look forward to your presence and to your listening.
COMMUNITY ART TALK
w/ Garth Claassen, Richard Young, Bryan Anthony Moore,
Fonda Portales & Goran Fazil
Saturday, April 16, 3-5PM
Join Garth Claassen in a community conversation on topics related to positioning politics in art. As a starting point, Claassen will begin the session with a brief tour of his solo exhibition Nothing to See Here, speaking to the evolution of the work presented and the subjects it addresses. Accompanied by other local artists, the participatory discussion will seek to answer such questions as: How does one make work based on one’s personal experience of political issues while trying to communicate more broadly? Does a degree of ambiguity encourage the viewer’s own creative response to the work and imbue it with a quality of timelessness, or does ambiguity make it susceptible to misinterpretation as world events shift and change? ‘Community Art Talk’ is an informal dialogue that welcomes attendees to contribute to the exchange of ideas and share perspectives.
SKETCHBOOK SHARE
w/ Garth Claassen
Saturday, April 2, 3-5PM
Peek inside the sketchbooks of Garth Claassen in the workshop ‘Sketchbook Share’. Claassen will display several of his own sketchbooks, discuss the role of the sketchbook in relation to his work, and conduct a small-scale demo. Participants are invited to bring along their own sketchbooks and share them with the group! Materials that Claassen commonly uses (Tyvek, Duralar and oil-sticks) will be supplied for participants to experiment with.
ARTIST TALK: Lara Almarcegui
Thursday, January 13, 5PM
ONLINE via ZOOM
Join us Thursday, January 13th at 5PM for a remote artist talk with Netherlands-based artist Lara Almarcegui.
Almarcegui explores the material aspects of land and urban space. Her work draws attention to mineral extraction and mineral rights and the raw materials used in the construction of our cityscapes. Almarcegui will talk about her installation 'Basalt', currently on view at MING Studios, and other works.
The live stream artist talk will take place online via ZOOM here https://boisestate.zoom.us/j/95003799506
We thank the Department of Art, Design, and Visual Studies at Boise State University for hosting this event.
Leena Kela, There is No Planet B (Photo: Jussi Virkkumaa)
Videokaffe: Artist Talk & Film Screening Series
Wednesday, August 18, 6:30PM
This summer, Videokaffe is going on a road trip through the USA. Along their route from NY- LA -NY, they will be stopping at art centers to give artist talks and screen a series of Finnish video art they call “Northern lights.”
Videokaffe has curated a one-and-a-half-hour-long video program of contemporary Finnish video art with works from: Heini Aho, Leena Kela, Essi Kausalainen, Jari Kallio & Antti Jussila aka MSL+ Jaakko Pallasvuo, Annika Dahlsten & Markku Laakso.
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Chokecherry by Lyd Havens:
Release Reading and Celebration
Thursday, August 19; 7-8:30PM
Join us for a night of poetry to celebrate the release of Lyd Havens' new chapbook, Chokecherry, out now from Game Over Books:
In Chokecherry, Lyd Havens gathers their griefs: the sudden death of their uncle when they were a child, losing both of their grandparents in the span of a year, estrangement from a parent, and unrequited love, among others. What follows is a bouquet of visceral, unflinching poems that simultaneously lament and rejoice. Through memory and all its unreliability, the landscapes of their genealogy, and allusions to grief in history and art, Havens explores the toll mental illness and addiction have taken on their family, while still giving thanks for the love that has helped them not only survive, but live. Chokecherry is equal parts mourning and celebration, loss and growth, rage and tenderness.
Local poets Risë Kevalshar Collins and Jacob Robarts will read alongside Lyd. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the end of the event.
All attendees are required to wear a mask.
Lyd Havens’s poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Ploughshares, Poetry Northwest, and Tinderbox Poetry Journal, among others. They are the author of the chapbooks I Gave Birth to All the Ghosts Here (Nostrovia! Press, 2018) and Chokecherry (Game Over Books, 2021), as well as a co-author of I Wish I Wasn't Royalty (Game Over Books, 2020). Lyd will graduate with a BFA in Creative Writing from Boise State University in December 2021.
Risë Kevalshar Collins is a writer working toward a third degree—this one in creative writing—at Boise State University, where she also served on the editorial staff of Idaho Review. Risë earned an MSW in clinical and political social work at University of Houston and served as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Texas, Oregon, Washington State and in North Idaho. She holds a BFA in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University and was a member of the original Broadway production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf by Notzake Shange. Risës play, Incandescent Tones, has been produced Off-Broadway and in repertory theatre. Her op-ed essays have been published in the Idaho Statesman, The Blue Review, Boise Weekly and Arbiter. Recently, she was featured on the Idaho PBS online series “The 180.” Her creative nonfiction was selected as a finalist for North American Review’s Terry Tempest Williams Prize. Risë’s creative nonfiction is featured in the Spring 2021 Emerging Writers Issue of Michigan Quarterly Review and her fiction will appear in North American Review. Risë’s poetry is forthcoming in The Minnesota Review and in The Indianapolis Review.
Jacob Robarts is a writer, student, and consumer of reality television. He was a recipient of the 2020 Glenn Balch poetry award and shortlisted for the Penrose Poetry prize. He lives in Idaho.
Learn more at www.lydhavens.com
Release Reading and Celebration
Thursday, August 19; 7-8:30PM
Join us for a night of poetry to celebrate the release of Lyd Havens' new chapbook, Chokecherry, out now from Game Over Books:
In Chokecherry, Lyd Havens gathers their griefs: the sudden death of their uncle when they were a child, losing both of their grandparents in the span of a year, estrangement from a parent, and unrequited love, among others. What follows is a bouquet of visceral, unflinching poems that simultaneously lament and rejoice. Through memory and all its unreliability, the landscapes of their genealogy, and allusions to grief in history and art, Havens explores the toll mental illness and addiction have taken on their family, while still giving thanks for the love that has helped them not only survive, but live. Chokecherry is equal parts mourning and celebration, loss and growth, rage and tenderness.
Local poets Risë Kevalshar Collins and Jacob Robarts will read alongside Lyd. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the end of the event.
All attendees are required to wear a mask.
Lyd Havens’s poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Ploughshares, Poetry Northwest, and Tinderbox Poetry Journal, among others. They are the author of the chapbooks I Gave Birth to All the Ghosts Here (Nostrovia! Press, 2018) and Chokecherry (Game Over Books, 2021), as well as a co-author of I Wish I Wasn't Royalty (Game Over Books, 2020). Lyd will graduate with a BFA in Creative Writing from Boise State University in December 2021.
Risë Kevalshar Collins is a writer working toward a third degree—this one in creative writing—at Boise State University, where she also served on the editorial staff of Idaho Review. Risë earned an MSW in clinical and political social work at University of Houston and served as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Texas, Oregon, Washington State and in North Idaho. She holds a BFA in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University and was a member of the original Broadway production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf by Notzake Shange. Risës play, Incandescent Tones, has been produced Off-Broadway and in repertory theatre. Her op-ed essays have been published in the Idaho Statesman, The Blue Review, Boise Weekly and Arbiter. Recently, she was featured on the Idaho PBS online series “The 180.” Her creative nonfiction was selected as a finalist for North American Review’s Terry Tempest Williams Prize. Risë’s creative nonfiction is featured in the Spring 2021 Emerging Writers Issue of Michigan Quarterly Review and her fiction will appear in North American Review. Risë’s poetry is forthcoming in The Minnesota Review and in The Indianapolis Review.
Jacob Robarts is a writer, student, and consumer of reality television. He was a recipient of the 2020 Glenn Balch poetry award and shortlisted for the Penrose Poetry prize. He lives in Idaho.
Learn more at www.lydhavens.com
ARTIST TALK / COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
with Elena Gallina
Friday, July 9, 6:30PM
What does beauty mean to you?
How has it been co-opted and commodified through time?
Can we hold it? Chase it? Control it?
Amidst one of the worst summers for civilian casualties in Afghanistan’s history (2019), Elena Gallina flew to Kabul to photograph and interview dozens of women about the role beauty plays in their lives: is it a strength or weakness, a source of power or a means of exploitation?
Join us in a community discussion on topics of beauty with Elena Gallina. Gallina will discuss the themes of her research, fieldwork, and her artistic motivation behind the exhibition The New Woman:
with Elena Gallina
Friday, July 9, 6:30PM
What does beauty mean to you?
How has it been co-opted and commodified through time?
Can we hold it? Chase it? Control it?
Amidst one of the worst summers for civilian casualties in Afghanistan’s history (2019), Elena Gallina flew to Kabul to photograph and interview dozens of women about the role beauty plays in their lives: is it a strength or weakness, a source of power or a means of exploitation?
Join us in a community discussion on topics of beauty with Elena Gallina. Gallina will discuss the themes of her research, fieldwork, and her artistic motivation behind the exhibition The New Woman:
ARTIST TALK & POETRY READING
w/ Bryan Anthony Moore & Dzevad Vrabac
Friday, June 18, 6:30PM
Join us for an artist talk with local artist Bryan Anthony Moore and a poetry reading by Dzevad Vrabac. Moore's solo exhibition Washington B.C. is currently on view at MING Studios. He will discuss the topic 'why painting,' how he positions himself as an artist, and the materilization of his work. Moore is joined by poet Dzevad Vrabac. Vrabac's reading will parallel Moore's, with a focus on 'why poetry.'
ARTIST TALK Chris Adler
Friday, April 30, 6:30-8PM
Local artist, Chris Adler, will discuss his current collaborative exhibition Plants and Animals as well as previous work and experience.
www.theadlerindex.com
SocialDistanceLess (March, 2020)
Özlem Sarıyıldız
Viewable Online January 1 - 5, 2021
SocialDistanceLess is a video-sketch made while passing through COVID19. It is a personal manifestation reflecting on the toxification of the body, and the basic desire to -again- touch the human body.
Özlem Sarıyıldız uses audio-visual materials as her main tools of research and expression. Her work focuses on gender, memory, and the commons; striving to communicate with her audience using the direct beauty of the ruins of life as it is. Sarıyıldız was born in Turkey, and has lived and worked in Berlin since 2017.
utopictures.com
CONNECTIONS:SCREENINGS is a weekly online screening series curated by the artistic direction team of HIER&JETZT:Connections based in Berlin, Germany. The series will feature a new film, by a different artist each week, and be viewable online Fridays & Saturdays for a total of 48 hours.
Learn more about the artist initiative HIER&JETZT:Connections.
SPONDE. Nel sicuro sole del nord /
SHORES. In The Safe Northern Sun
Irene Dionisio
Friday & Saturday, May 29 + 30, viewable online 48HRS
A documentary which tells two stories of compassion and civic virtue on two opposite shores of the Mediterranean, through the correspondence between Mohsen Lihidheb, a postman and intellectual in Zarzis, Tunisia, and Vicenzo Lombardo, a retired cemetery worker in Lampedusa, Italy. While searching on the beach for materials for his Museum of the Memory of the Sea – a true monument to the victims of migration – Mohsen finds a body which he decides to bury with dignity, without thinking twice about it. Vincenzo in Lampedusa shares this same sense of urgency, tending the tombs of the unknown people who he buried in the local cemetery years before. In the wake of the Arab Spring, as sea tragedies grow significantly, Irene Dionisio speaks of a potential dialogue, of deep humanity that contrasts with the obscene of current history. The screenplay won the 2012 Solinas Documentary Prize for Cinema and the SCAM Brouillon d’un rêve filmique bursary. Shores premiered at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence in 2015 where it won the Audience Award.
SHORES. In The Safe Northern Sun
Irene Dionisio
Friday & Saturday, May 29 + 30, viewable online 48HRS
A documentary which tells two stories of compassion and civic virtue on two opposite shores of the Mediterranean, through the correspondence between Mohsen Lihidheb, a postman and intellectual in Zarzis, Tunisia, and Vicenzo Lombardo, a retired cemetery worker in Lampedusa, Italy. While searching on the beach for materials for his Museum of the Memory of the Sea – a true monument to the victims of migration – Mohsen finds a body which he decides to bury with dignity, without thinking twice about it. Vincenzo in Lampedusa shares this same sense of urgency, tending the tombs of the unknown people who he buried in the local cemetery years before. In the wake of the Arab Spring, as sea tragedies grow significantly, Irene Dionisio speaks of a potential dialogue, of deep humanity that contrasts with the obscene of current history. The screenplay won the 2012 Solinas Documentary Prize for Cinema and the SCAM Brouillon d’un rêve filmique bursary. Shores premiered at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence in 2015 where it won the Audience Award.
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Die Kompanie
Friday & Saturday, May 22 + 23, viewable online for 48HRS
DIE KOMPANIE is a participatory performance project that was founded in 2017. DIE KOMPANIE defines itself as a social and artistic living body.
We promote individual emancipation through art and intervention in society. We believe in the possibility of participation and artistic expression of every human being. Our work is collective and interdisciplinary. For us, art is an attitude through which every aspect of life can be considered. DIE KOMPANIE intervenes in public space questioning the borders between art and everyday life, public and private, individual and collective.
Dark Progressivism
Directed and Produced by RODRIGO RIBERA D’EBRE
Produced by JAMES L. YI
Friday & Saturday, May 15 + 16, viewable online for 48HRS
From the blood on the streets to the walls of the galleries, Los Angeles artists share their experiences with inner city violence and their use of creativity as a form of redemption. Out of the explosion of the crack epidemic, gangs, vandalism, and stepped up police response during the 1980s, a new urban mentality developed. The community’s reaction to police suppression resulted in criminal artistic expression as a form of rebellion against the social ramifications suffered on the streets and a rupture of previous art styles. Narrated through first-hand accounts by artists, journalists, and academics such as: Defer, Prime, Big Sleeps, Gajin Fujita, Chaz Bojorquez, Chris Blatchford, Hector Tobar, Chuey Quintanar, Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez, Cab, Cryptik, Richard Valdemar and others, this eye-opening documentary tells the story of a local nativist tradition in artwork that helps explain how the dark aspects of the built environment combined with forward-thinking principles have influenced contemporary art. As tattoos, murals, graffiti, and cholo lettering/culture become more mainstream and acceptable to modern society, so does the importance to understand the rich tradition, training, craftsmanship, discipline, scholarship, and trajectory of the dark progressivist art form. Internationally, Los Angeles art and culture is championed for its forward-thinking principles and style, thus, as it gains momentum and artists around the world continue to imitate Los Angeles traditions, it is imperative to demonstrate how it developed.
Directed and Produced by RODRIGO RIBERA D’EBRE
Produced by JAMES L. YI
Friday & Saturday, May 15 + 16, viewable online for 48HRS
From the blood on the streets to the walls of the galleries, Los Angeles artists share their experiences with inner city violence and their use of creativity as a form of redemption. Out of the explosion of the crack epidemic, gangs, vandalism, and stepped up police response during the 1980s, a new urban mentality developed. The community’s reaction to police suppression resulted in criminal artistic expression as a form of rebellion against the social ramifications suffered on the streets and a rupture of previous art styles. Narrated through first-hand accounts by artists, journalists, and academics such as: Defer, Prime, Big Sleeps, Gajin Fujita, Chaz Bojorquez, Chris Blatchford, Hector Tobar, Chuey Quintanar, Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez, Cab, Cryptik, Richard Valdemar and others, this eye-opening documentary tells the story of a local nativist tradition in artwork that helps explain how the dark aspects of the built environment combined with forward-thinking principles have influenced contemporary art. As tattoos, murals, graffiti, and cholo lettering/culture become more mainstream and acceptable to modern society, so does the importance to understand the rich tradition, training, craftsmanship, discipline, scholarship, and trajectory of the dark progressivist art form. Internationally, Los Angeles art and culture is championed for its forward-thinking principles and style, thus, as it gains momentum and artists around the world continue to imitate Los Angeles traditions, it is imperative to demonstrate how it developed.
White Torture – Underground Poetry
Zoltan Kunckel & Lorent Saleh
Friday & Saturday, May 8 + 9, viewable online for 48HRS
In 2014, Lorent Saleh was arrested after being illegally extradited from Colombia. He spent four years, two months and seven days in prison, of which he spent more than two years in isolation in “La Tumba” (The Tomb), the Venezuelan secret service prison in Caracas, five floors underground. In a white cell, exposed to white light 24/7, in loneliness and complete silence, he would lose awareness of time and space. White torture is a sinister type of psychological abuse, leaving no traces of blood, but destroying the minds and souls of the prisoners.
White Torture – Underground Poetry takes us into the intimate soliloquy of a political prisoner in isolation who faces his invisible torturers. Through videos, sounds and the poetry Lorent wrote during his confinement, this film allows us to experience the suffering of political prisoners around the world.
Zoltan Kunckel & Lorent Saleh
Friday & Saturday, May 8 + 9, viewable online for 48HRS
In 2014, Lorent Saleh was arrested after being illegally extradited from Colombia. He spent four years, two months and seven days in prison, of which he spent more than two years in isolation in “La Tumba” (The Tomb), the Venezuelan secret service prison in Caracas, five floors underground. In a white cell, exposed to white light 24/7, in loneliness and complete silence, he would lose awareness of time and space. White torture is a sinister type of psychological abuse, leaving no traces of blood, but destroying the minds and souls of the prisoners.
White Torture – Underground Poetry takes us into the intimate soliloquy of a political prisoner in isolation who faces his invisible torturers. Through videos, sounds and the poetry Lorent wrote during his confinement, this film allows us to experience the suffering of political prisoners around the world.
THE FOLLOWING QUIET IS BROKEN BY CHEERING FROM THE CROWDS, THE BIRDS FLEEING TO THE SKY AND HUGE CLOUDS OF DUST WAFTING SLOWLY AWAY
Irina Novarese
Friday&Saturday, April 17+18,
viewable online for 48HRS
The extensive collection of materials on the history of the NRTS INL* area in Idaho is the starting point of this video essay. Local and national newspaper articles, photos and footage from field research and archival records are linked to create a new "sometimes factual, sometimes fictional" story about the area around the INL facilities. The film focuses closely on the concept of expectation and how this idea is positively and negatively related to various aspects of reality related to the INL area and its history; from the real estate industry (selling ‘a pleasant communal life’ to INL workers in the cities of Arco and in Atomic City) to the dreamlike idea that nuclear energy is safe, to peoples need for employment. The work raises the topics of the history of nuclear research, the increase in nuclear testing during the Cold War, and the philosophy of propaganda, for the public to reflect on. Personal fear and archive materials become part of a dual-screen video in which the viewer can freely link associations and play between the levels of information.
Irina Novarese
Friday&Saturday, April 17+18,
viewable online for 48HRS
The extensive collection of materials on the history of the NRTS INL* area in Idaho is the starting point of this video essay. Local and national newspaper articles, photos and footage from field research and archival records are linked to create a new "sometimes factual, sometimes fictional" story about the area around the INL facilities. The film focuses closely on the concept of expectation and how this idea is positively and negatively related to various aspects of reality related to the INL area and its history; from the real estate industry (selling ‘a pleasant communal life’ to INL workers in the cities of Arco and in Atomic City) to the dreamlike idea that nuclear energy is safe, to peoples need for employment. The work raises the topics of the history of nuclear research, the increase in nuclear testing during the Cold War, and the philosophy of propaganda, for the public to reflect on. Personal fear and archive materials become part of a dual-screen video in which the viewer can freely link associations and play between the levels of information.
REFLECTIONS
Sarah Zeryab
Friday & Saturday, April 10 + 11, viewable online for 48HRS
Throughout the three years Sarah Zeryab lived in Beirut, WhatsApp had been the only means of communication between herself and her parents in Damascus. Sarah receives a voice message from her father singing her a song by Oum Kulthoum. It is through the voice messages exchanged with her parents that Sarah discovers that the war has reversed their roles: the adults have become children, who devour memories of the past.
Meanwhile, she asks herself, “What do my parents look like now?
İSTANBUL MAKAMI / ISTANBUL NOTES
Özlem Sarıyıldız & Yunus Emre Aydın
Friday & Saturday, April 3 + 4, viewable online for 48HRS
Documentary, 69’46”
Turkish and English with English/German Subtitles
2016, Turkey
Istanbul Notes is a cinematographic improvisation with 5 musicians from abroad who fall in love with the Maqam Music (Classical Ottoman Music), and decide to live in Turkey believing that music might best be learned in the lands it was born and performed. Each musician has a different story, but the desire to find their own path intersects their roads. Giving a section from the sound-scape-memories of the recent years of the city and following intertwining stories in pursuit of passion, the film is a modern times fairy-tale in praise of Istanbul and its music; a film about obstinacy, desire, and looking for one’s own raison d’être in flow.
Mead and Read
Friday, January 31, 2020, 6-9PM
Mead and Read will be a celebration and public announcement of the official book title Treasure Valley Reads will be featuring in 2020. This year's title is Meredith May's wonderful memoir, The Honey Bus - A Memoir of Loss, Courage, and a Girl Saved By Bees.
Storyfort and the Idaho Botanical Gardens are collaborating with Treasure Valley Reads to read segments of The Honey Bus, talk about Storyfort 2020 programming, speak to some great pollinator narratives and programs, and help get the word out on all the many things our entities offer.
Books will be available for sale, courtesy of Rediscovered Books. As well, the Treasure Valley Reads program will detail all the many events offered in conjunction with their programming in 2020. This included a keynote reading and narrative presentation on Saturday, March 28th, at Storyfort's Main Stage, The Egyptian Theatre.
readmetv.comreadmetv.com
Big Tree Arts Storyfort Slam Finals
Saturday, January 11, Doors 6:30PM, Show 7-9PM
Boise’s Top 8 poets of the year will compete for glory, honor, a Treefort Wristband and most importantly, a chance to open for Olivia Gatwood at Storyfort 2020!
Poets will present 3 original poems and be scored by a panel of judges picked from the audience! Buy your tickets now and get there early for a chance to be a judge!
boisepoetry.com
What's Mine Is Ours
Thursday & Friday, November 21-22, 5-8PM
An exhibition of works created by One Stone learners who have engaged in an in-depth exploration of the issues around the Yellow Pine Stibnite Mine, a proposed project by Midas Gold to re-open an abandoned open-pit mine in Yellow Pine, Idaho. These students have spent time working toward an understanding of many perspectives of people, places, and flora/fauna that are impacted by the decision to re-open the mine.
onestone.org
Unda Fluxit Release Show
Saturday, November 16th, 8PM
Unda Fluxit's debut cassette, Master of the House, was released in October by Spacecase records. Unda Fluxit is Boise, Idaho-based Huma Aatifi's solo project. The tape features Gavin Swietnicki of Mordecai and artist Elijah Jensen-Lindsey.
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Software Garden, 2018
HD Film (51:00)
Courtesy andriesse-eyck galerie
ARTIST TALK Rory Pilgrim
Friday, June 21, 7PM
Strongly influenced by the origins of activist, feminist and socially engaged art, British artist Rory Pilgrim works collaboratively with others through different methods of dialogue, collaboration and workshops. In a time dominated by digital communication, Pilgrim seeks to explore how we forge new forms of connection from both behind and beyond our screens. Trained classically as a musician and touring in pop bands internationally from 2005-2008, composing music and song writings is a vital part of Rory’s work. Creating connections between activism, spirituality, technology and community Rory works in a wide range of media including film, music video, live performance and drawing.
Friday, June 21st, Pilgrim will discuss his previous work and share about his current collaborative project in progress ‘The Undercurrent.’
Recent solo exhibitions include Between Bridges, Berlin (2019), andriesse-eyck galerie, Amsterdam (2018), South London Gallery, London (2018) and Site Gallery Sheffield (2016). In 2019, Pilgrim opened Images Festival Toronto and presented large scale performances at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
rorypilgrim.com
Friday, June 21, 7PM
Strongly influenced by the origins of activist, feminist and socially engaged art, British artist Rory Pilgrim works collaboratively with others through different methods of dialogue, collaboration and workshops. In a time dominated by digital communication, Pilgrim seeks to explore how we forge new forms of connection from both behind and beyond our screens. Trained classically as a musician and touring in pop bands internationally from 2005-2008, composing music and song writings is a vital part of Rory’s work. Creating connections between activism, spirituality, technology and community Rory works in a wide range of media including film, music video, live performance and drawing.
Friday, June 21st, Pilgrim will discuss his previous work and share about his current collaborative project in progress ‘The Undercurrent.’
Recent solo exhibitions include Between Bridges, Berlin (2019), andriesse-eyck galerie, Amsterdam (2018), South London Gallery, London (2018) and Site Gallery Sheffield (2016). In 2019, Pilgrim opened Images Festival Toronto and presented large scale performances at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
rorypilgrim.com
5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT
Wednesday, May 1, 12-10PM
MING Studios celebrates its 5th anniversary with an evening of readings, performances and presentations showcasing local artists. Join us Wednesday, May 1st as we take a look back at the events, exhibitions and people that have passed through our venue.
READING
Christian Winn, CL Young, Sam Berman, Katherine Kyle, Lyd Havens, K Lange, Ben Chappell, & Migration Theory - Tracy Sunderland, Heidi Kraay, Riley Johnson
MUSIC
Tim Andreae, Dan Costello, Elijah Jensen, & Nick Delffs
MING Studios will be open extended hours, from 12-10PM. Readings and music begin at 6PM. A special thank you to Storyfort.
Wednesday, May 1, 12-10PM
MING Studios celebrates its 5th anniversary with an evening of readings, performances and presentations showcasing local artists. Join us Wednesday, May 1st as we take a look back at the events, exhibitions and people that have passed through our venue.
READING
Christian Winn, CL Young, Sam Berman, Katherine Kyle, Lyd Havens, K Lange, Ben Chappell, & Migration Theory - Tracy Sunderland, Heidi Kraay, Riley Johnson
MUSIC
Tim Andreae, Dan Costello, Elijah Jensen, & Nick Delffs
MING Studios will be open extended hours, from 12-10PM. Readings and music begin at 6PM. A special thank you to Storyfort.
artBus Tour
Thursday, March 28, 6 PM – 9 PM
Meet at the Welcome Hut, the shade structure outside the fence near the front entrance of the Idaho Botanical Gardens at 2355 N Old Penitentiary Rd., and hop on the artBus!
Your pass includes:
The Idaho Botanical Garden's "Land Form Art" showcasing 10 ephemeral works using natural materials by local artists: Elizabeth Dickey, Alek de Dóchas, Dyan Ferren, Michele Lesica, Jennifer Mahlum, Helen McGill, Lisa Pisano, Claire Remsberg, Heather Wright and Ace Zappa.
A visit to Gem Center for the Arts "Lounge at the End of the Universe" including admission to "2417," an immersive art experience and a tour of galleries featuring ceramists and the exhibition "Familial Bodies."
Surel's Place resident artist Matthew Gray Palmer's "Alluvium: Sifting in the sandbox of selfhood."
Last stop, MING Studios' photography exhibition "Lay of the Land" featuring Laurie Blakeslee, Jan Boles, John Francis, John Shinn, Carrie Quinney, and New Catalogue (Jonathan Sadler and Luke Batten).
Food and drinks will be provided along the way!
The bus is generously sponsored by Boise City Parks & Recreation.
Migration Theory - Art That Moves -
A Storyfort Reading and Performance
Thursday, Mar 21, 6PM
Nell Josephine and A Guide to Crying in Public - Reading and Performance
Friday, March 22nd, 6-8PM
Writing The Novel - Storyfort and CWI Present Jamie Ford and Jonathan Evison
Saturday, March 23, 3PM
Storyfort & Treasure Valley Reads, Present - A Reception With Novelist Tommy Orange
Saturday, March 23, 5 PM
ROOT Magazine Boise Launch
Friday, March 22, 3-4:30PM
ROOT Magazine, created by Emily Senkosky, launches in Boise with a 'Treefort' themed issue highlighting what the festival brings out of the City of Trees. ROOTS Magazine supports and showcases the work of local creatives in order to share the discovery of expression.
Learn more HERE
ARTIST TALK: John Shinn
Friday, March 8, 7PM
John Shinn will discuss the influence cinema, genre, and landscape have had on his practice. The presentation will survey past and current projects, including: photographic series, exhibition images, and short films. Shinn lives and works in Boise, ID. He graduated from Boise State University with a degree in Communication, Media Production, and Visual Art.
johnshinn.net
John Francis
ARTIST TALKS:
John Francis & Carrie Quinney
Friday, February 22nd, 7PM
John Francis will talk about images from a body of work that were the result of a photographic journey that began during a 120-minute train ride from Nagoya to Matsumoto, Japan and continued through the Summer of 2018.
John Francis is a photographer who resides in Boise, Idaho. Francis predominantly photographs landscapes and has incorporated the effect of motion into his landscape photography. Using motion as a creative tool for his photography began in Japan in 2009 and became the basis of an ongoing project that includes images from Boise, Idaho. John has had solo exhibitions in Japan, Germany and the U.S.A., and his work has been shown in numerous national and international exhibitions.
johnfrancisphotography.com
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Growing up analog and adapting to a digital world as an adult and emerging artist, Carrie Quinney identifies as a "bridge person", a term video artist Ryan Trecartin has used to describe those who've come of age during the transition from print and television to a world saturated with digital imagery on screens.
From digital video projections to iPhone displays, stock photographs, pixels and .gifs, Quinney will discuss her experimentation with all types of digital imagery and displays in order to interrogate the quality, nature, and purpose of the images we see every day, and how these images affect perception and communication in the digital era.
Carrie Quinney received a MFA from Boise State University in 2018. She lives and works in Boise, Idaho.
The Gradient
First Thursday 2/7 (3-9PM) w/ Performances at 5 & 7PM
Friday 2/8 (3-9:30PM) w/Performance at 8PM
Saturday 2/9 (3-9:30PM) w/Performance at 8PM
Sunday 2/10 (12-3PM) w/Performance at 1:30PM
With work by: Sean Dahlman, Jonnie Pedersen, Ashton Jenicek, Seth Graham, Garth Claassen & more...
With the gracious help of Boise City Department of Arts and History, we will be presenting a multimedia performance project featuring film, dance, and live musical performance. The piece explores the relationships between technology and nature, as well as the creation and destruction of art.
The somatic embodiment and building of these art pieces, along with their destruction, is manipulated by the artists and modern technology. Layers of disparate yet interlocking rhythms and limbs, airy melodies, and lush textures phase through each other, creating a dense, flowing environment in which the performers and audience will move through.
The innovative scope of this event illuminates the contemporary culture that seeks to further push the artistic boundaries that exist in Boise. The performance will emphasize the importance of using different artistic mediums in a collaborative setting to create a haunting and beautiful portrait of humanity.
First Thursday 2/7 (3-9PM) w/ Performances at 5 & 7PM
Friday 2/8 (3-9:30PM) w/Performance at 8PM
Saturday 2/9 (3-9:30PM) w/Performance at 8PM
Sunday 2/10 (12-3PM) w/Performance at 1:30PM
With work by: Sean Dahlman, Jonnie Pedersen, Ashton Jenicek, Seth Graham, Garth Claassen & more...
With the gracious help of Boise City Department of Arts and History, we will be presenting a multimedia performance project featuring film, dance, and live musical performance. The piece explores the relationships between technology and nature, as well as the creation and destruction of art.
The somatic embodiment and building of these art pieces, along with their destruction, is manipulated by the artists and modern technology. Layers of disparate yet interlocking rhythms and limbs, airy melodies, and lush textures phase through each other, creating a dense, flowing environment in which the performers and audience will move through.
The innovative scope of this event illuminates the contemporary culture that seeks to further push the artistic boundaries that exist in Boise. The performance will emphasize the importance of using different artistic mediums in a collaborative setting to create a haunting and beautiful portrait of humanity.
Grand Slam/Storyfort Regional Qualifier
Friday, January 25, 2019, 7– 9:30PM
This year, Storyfort at Treefort Music Festival will be hosting a team regional slam! To help decide which 4 poets will represent our fair city of trees at the regional, there will be a grand slam on Friday, January 25 at MING Studios. Come watch 8 of the best poets in Boise duke it out for a spot on the team!
All ages | $7 for online tickets | $10 at the door
Doors open at 6:00 PM, and the show will start at 7:00
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READING: Tom Pickard
Friday, October 19, 7PM Born in 1946, Tom Pickard grew up in the working-class suburbs of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Fiends Fell (Flood Editions, 2017), Winter Migrants (Carcanet, 2016), Ballad of Jamie Allan (Flood Editions, 2007), and The Dark Months of May (Flood Editions, 2004). In addition to his poetry, he has compiled several books of oral history, Jarrow March (Allison & Busby, 1981) and We Make Ships (Secker & Warbourgh, 1989). He has also directed and produced a number of documentary films for British television on the subject of shipbuilding and “work,” as well as a film on Roy Fisher, Birmingham’s What I Think With. |
READING: Sandra Simonds
Friday, October 26, 7:30PM Sandra Simonds is the author of six books of poetry: Orlando, (Wave Books, 2018), Further Problems with Pleasure, winner of the 2015 Akron Poetry Prize from the University of Akron Press, Steal It Back (Saturnalia Books, 2015), The Sonnets (Bloof Books, 2014), Mother Was a Tragic Girl (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2012), and Warsaw Bikini (Bloof Books, 2009). Her poems have been published in the New York Times, the Best American Poetry 2015 and 2014 and have appeared in many literary journals, including Poetry, the American Poetry Review, the Chicago Review, Granta, Boston Review, Ploughshares, Fence, Court Green, and Lana Turner. In 2013, she won a Readers’ Choice Award for her sonnet “Red Wand,” which was published on Poets.org, the Academy of American Poets website. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida and is an Associate professor of English and Humanities at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia. |
No-No Boy
Tuesday, October 16, 7PM
No-No Boy is a multimedia concert performed by Julian Saporiti and Erin Aoyama. Taking inspiration from interviews with World War II Japanese Incarceration camp survivors, his own family’s history living through the Vietnam War, and many other stories of Asian American experience, Saporiti has transformed his doctoral research at Brown University into folk songs in an effort to bring these stories to a broader audience. Alongside Aoyama, a fellow PhD student at Brown whose family was incarcerated at one of the 10 Japanese American concentration camps, No-No Boy aims to shine a light on experiences that have remained largely hidden in the American consciousness.
nonoboyproject.com
READING: C.Violet Eaton & Sara Nicholson
Friday, October 12, 7:30PM
A poetry reading given by Sara Nicholson and Chris Violet.
Sara Nicholson and Chris Violet Eaton are both graduates from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. They are married and live in Arkansas. Sara's books The Living Method and What the Lyric is are both from The Song Cave. Chris's work includes Some Habits (Omnidawn) and Quartet (Ahsahta).
The Not-Creepy Gathering for People Who Are Single and Want to Fall In Love
Saturday, October 6, 6-8:30PM
Are you a nice person
who just wants to meet another nice person?
This event is for you!
Wanna know what it would look like if an artist came up with an antidote to cruise-y bar scenes and soulless dating apps?
Come find out!
"What if I'm gay?"
That's great!
This event is not just for straight people.
"Aw, I do want love, but I'm too old."
No you're not!
This event draws adults of all ages.
Are you scared?
It's okay. Me, too.
Let's be scared together.
This structured, participatory event is all about connection. It's fun. And surprising. And weird! And real. People come not to judge or be judged. They come to connect -- meaningfully and genuinely.
Bring a notebook!
Get Tickets
Saturday, October 6, 6-8:30PM
Are you a nice person
who just wants to meet another nice person?
This event is for you!
Wanna know what it would look like if an artist came up with an antidote to cruise-y bar scenes and soulless dating apps?
Come find out!
"What if I'm gay?"
That's great!
This event is not just for straight people.
"Aw, I do want love, but I'm too old."
No you're not!
This event draws adults of all ages.
Are you scared?
It's okay. Me, too.
Let's be scared together.
This structured, participatory event is all about connection. It's fun. And surprising. And weird! And real. People come not to judge or be judged. They come to connect -- meaningfully and genuinely.
Bring a notebook!
Get Tickets
On The Tracks:
A conversation with two anti nuclear activists.
Tuesday, September 25, Doors Open 6:30PM,Talk Begins 7PM
A conversation between two anti nuclear activists who have been protesting the existence of nuclear weapons, nuclear power and battling the movement of nuclear waste across state lines for decades. Beatrice Brailsford: The Snake River Alliance, Idaho Chuck David: The Rocky Flats Truth Force, Colorado.
Beatrice Brailsford and allies resourcefully tracked trains coming from the eastern United States carrying heavy casks full of the Navy’s Nuclear Waste. They waited on the Benton Street Overpass in Pocatello, Idaho bearing witness to trains headed for storage at the Idaho National Laboratory. Brailsford joined the Snake River Alliance staff in 1989, participated in countless anti nuclear actions and is currently the Nuclear Programs Director for the Snake River Alliance. Chuck David is a member of the Rocky Flats Truth Force, a grass-roots non-violent anti-nuclear group formed during protests at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant in Colorado during the late 1970’s. Known for blocking the tracks in and out of the weapons plant the group was successful in shutting it down and infamous for their protests on the tracks at other nuclear sites across the U.S.
Fiction Reading with Mitch Wieland
Thursday, Sept 13th, 6PM
Boise State Professor Mitch Wieland will read from his new novel set in Japan in the aftermath of Fukushima Daiichi. Excerpts from the novel have appeared in The Missouri Review, and received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the Idaho Commission on the Arts, and the Boise State Arts and Humanities Institute.
Our Radioactive Backyard
Thursday, September 6, 7PM
Join Beatrice Brailsford of the Snake River Alliance on Sept. 6th, 7pm at MING studios for an in depth look at our radioactive backyard. After many years of gross mismanagement of its radioactive nuclear waste, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has spent the last 25 years and more than 9 billion dollars engaged in a process of "cleaning up" its mistakes, including more than 5 million cubic feet of plutonium contaminated waste that was buried in unlined pits, directly above the Snake River Aquifer. Beatrice Brailsford was one of the activists there at the beginning and she has been following the clean-up process ever since. She will bring us up to date on the latest from the site and the continuing challenges presented by these incredibly toxic and volatile substances. She will address the present political climate in regard to the problem of "spent" fuel and the very real threat of Idaho becoming a de facto storage site for 1000's of metric tons of highly radioactive waste.
DARK PROGRESSIVISM
SCREENING Friday, July 27, 8PM
Join MING Studios in viewing a screening of "Dark Progressivism" (dir. Rodrigo Ribiera D'Ebre) featuring Jose "PRIME" Reza, and his influential contemporaries of the LA graffiti scene. This film explores the social and cultural context of Los Angeles that "resulted in criminal artistic expression as a form of rebellion against the social ramifications suffered on the streets and a rupture of previous art styles." (www.dark progressivism.com)
Artbus Tour: Ride to Residencies
Thursday, July 26, 6-9PM
Meet at the Boise City Shuttle in parking lot of the Idaho Botanical Gardens,
2355 N Old Penitentiary Rd., Boise, 83712
MING Studios - Surel's Place - The James Castle House, an evening of exploration visiting Boise's artist in residency programs. The tour will begin at the Idaho Botanical Garden where we will visit with MING's resident, Korean artist Han Seok Hyun and preview the sculpture he is installing entitled "Reverse-Rebirth." Next a stop at MING Studios for refreshments, small-bites, and a chance to explore the studio. Then off to Surel's Place to meet artist-in-residence Sandra Luckett, visiting from Arkansas,and preview her installation "Annihilation and Regeneration.'' We will also have the opportunity to visit former Artist-in-Residence from Washington Clarissa Callesen's "Fertile Remnants" alongside more drinks and nibbles. Next up, The James Castle House's inaugural resident Keiran Brennan Hinton, a Toronto-born artist based out of New York. You will get a special behind-the-scenes tour of the artist's studio and work-in-progress for his upcoming show “Standing Still.” Back on the bus to the Idaho Botanical Garden, but we will be using transit time between venues for artist presentations and insights from the program coordinators of all three residencies. The bus is generously sponsored by Boise City Parks & Recreation.
Thursday, July 26, 6-9PM
Meet at the Boise City Shuttle in parking lot of the Idaho Botanical Gardens,
2355 N Old Penitentiary Rd., Boise, 83712
MING Studios - Surel's Place - The James Castle House, an evening of exploration visiting Boise's artist in residency programs. The tour will begin at the Idaho Botanical Garden where we will visit with MING's resident, Korean artist Han Seok Hyun and preview the sculpture he is installing entitled "Reverse-Rebirth." Next a stop at MING Studios for refreshments, small-bites, and a chance to explore the studio. Then off to Surel's Place to meet artist-in-residence Sandra Luckett, visiting from Arkansas,and preview her installation "Annihilation and Regeneration.'' We will also have the opportunity to visit former Artist-in-Residence from Washington Clarissa Callesen's "Fertile Remnants" alongside more drinks and nibbles. Next up, The James Castle House's inaugural resident Keiran Brennan Hinton, a Toronto-born artist based out of New York. You will get a special behind-the-scenes tour of the artist's studio and work-in-progress for his upcoming show “Standing Still.” Back on the bus to the Idaho Botanical Garden, but we will be using transit time between venues for artist presentations and insights from the program coordinators of all three residencies. The bus is generously sponsored by Boise City Parks & Recreation.
ART TALK: Han Seok Hyun
Saturday, July 21, 7PM
Current artist-in-residence Han Seok Hyun will speak about his previous work, as well as, his current work in progress in Boise. Over the last few weeks Han has been working on his large scale, permanent sculpture, entitled Reverse-Rebirth at Idaho Botanical Garden. Come meet the artist and learn more about his work.
ART TALK Alek de Dóchas:
The Queer Body of Earth
Friday, July 13, 6PM
Alek de Dóchas will speak on the progression of their research, the culmination of their thesis, sociopolitical & philosophical hypotheses, and how these elements translate into their studio practice.
Alek de Dóchas, based out of Boise, ID and Portland, OR works in a combination of ceramic sculpture, video, performance, and installation. De Dóchas attended Pacific Northwest College of Art and Boise State University, graduating with a BFA in Visual Art. De Dóchas' current studio practice explores eco-philosophies and environmental issues as well as their own intersectional identity as a queer brown artist in the United States.
alekdedochas.com
Mazahua Embroidery Workshop
Monday, July 9, 5:30-7:30PM
Learn the miniature embroidery technique of the indigenous Mazahua of Mexico. Mother & daughter, Enriqueta Calixtro & Dulce Cenobio, are the 2018 World Village Fest Artists in Residence.
The embroidery technique that Enriqueta & Dulce use is done with two needles, as they simultaneously work with two different tones of thread. Most of the designs come from the patterns that the family has created over generations.
Sumi Ink Workshop by PRIME & Screening of "Dark Progressivism"
WORKSHOP Saturday, June 23, 2:30-4PM
SCREENING Saturday, June 23, 7PM
THE WORKSHOP:
Don't miss this opportunity to work with legendary LA Graffiti artist, Jose "PRIME" Reza. PRIME is in Boise for a limited time, currently in-residence at MING Studios. In this workshop, you will learn PRIME's innovative, stylized technique for painting with Sumi ink, which translates the ancient medium of Sumi ink through contemporary gestures. Using brushes to manipulate ink, PRIME will demonstrate his personal approach to graffiti lettering, and give participants the chance to try their hand at the craft. Workshop fee covers all materials.
THE FILM:
Join MING Studios in viewing a screening of "Dark Progressivism" (dir. Rodrigo Ribiera D'Ebre) featuring Jose "PRIME" Reza, current MING Studios resident, and his influential contemporaries of the LA graffiti scene. This film explores the social and cultural context of Los Angeles that "resulted in criminal artistic expression as a form of rebellion against the social ramifications suffered on the streets and a rupture of previous art styles." (dark progressivism.com)
WORKSHOP Saturday, June 23, 2:30-4PM
SCREENING Saturday, June 23, 7PM
THE WORKSHOP:
Don't miss this opportunity to work with legendary LA Graffiti artist, Jose "PRIME" Reza. PRIME is in Boise for a limited time, currently in-residence at MING Studios. In this workshop, you will learn PRIME's innovative, stylized technique for painting with Sumi ink, which translates the ancient medium of Sumi ink through contemporary gestures. Using brushes to manipulate ink, PRIME will demonstrate his personal approach to graffiti lettering, and give participants the chance to try their hand at the craft. Workshop fee covers all materials.
THE FILM:
Join MING Studios in viewing a screening of "Dark Progressivism" (dir. Rodrigo Ribiera D'Ebre) featuring Jose "PRIME" Reza, current MING Studios resident, and his influential contemporaries of the LA graffiti scene. This film explores the social and cultural context of Los Angeles that "resulted in criminal artistic expression as a form of rebellion against the social ramifications suffered on the streets and a rupture of previous art styles." (dark progressivism.com)
Project FLUX: sentences.
Friday June 8 & Saturday June 9, 8PM
Can beauty be found buried behind concrete and steel, veiled from the rest of society? College of Southern Idaho instructor Shane Brown and Project Flux director Lydia Sakolsky-Basquill venture into the Idaho State Penitentiary to teach creative writing workshops to inmates. Explore how the introduction of creativity and artistic expression will affect the lives of these men fettered by iron bars and the deeds of their pasts. The works the inmates create—poetry, scripts, memoirs, short stories—will be displayed and translated into choreography performed by Project Flux Dance.
The Not-Creepy Gathering for People Who Are Single & Want Love
Sunday, June 3, 6-8PM
Wanna know what it would look like if an artist came up with an antidote to cruise-y bar scenes and soulless dating apps?
Come find out!
This structured, participatory event is all about connection. It's fun. And surprising. And weird! And real. People come not to judge or be judged. They come to connect -- meaningfully and genuinely.
Abraham Smith & Scott McWaters
Saturday, May 19, 7PM
Writers Abraham Smith and Scott Mc Waters will be presenting selections from their recently published book, 'Tuscaloosa Kills' (Sporkpress, Spring 2018).
Abraham Smith is the author of four poetry collections: Ashagalomancy (Action Books, 2015); Only Jesus Could Icefish in Summer (Action Books, 2014); Hank (Action Books, 2010); and Whim Man Mammon (Action Books, 2007). In 2015, he released Hick Poetics (Lost Roads Press), a co-edited anthology of contemporary rural American poetry and related essays. His creative work has been recognized with fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. Presently, he is at work upon a poetry manuscript about cranes--birds whose song and stature electrify him. Destruction of Man (Third Man Books) and Tuskaloosa Kills (Spork Press) came out this April. He lives in Ogden, Utah, where he is Assistant Professor of English at Weber State University.
Scott McWaters has had fiction appear in Caketrain, Carolina Quarterly, New Orleans Review, NANO Fiction, Relief Quarterly, Denver Quarterly, Pindeldyboz, Madison Review, The Florida Review, Quarter After Eight, Rio Grande Review, Yemassee, among others. McWaters is an alumnus of the Capstone, as well as being in his fifteenth year as an Instructor in the English Department at the University of Alabama.
Saturday, May 19, 7PM
Writers Abraham Smith and Scott Mc Waters will be presenting selections from their recently published book, 'Tuscaloosa Kills' (Sporkpress, Spring 2018).
Abraham Smith is the author of four poetry collections: Ashagalomancy (Action Books, 2015); Only Jesus Could Icefish in Summer (Action Books, 2014); Hank (Action Books, 2010); and Whim Man Mammon (Action Books, 2007). In 2015, he released Hick Poetics (Lost Roads Press), a co-edited anthology of contemporary rural American poetry and related essays. His creative work has been recognized with fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. Presently, he is at work upon a poetry manuscript about cranes--birds whose song and stature electrify him. Destruction of Man (Third Man Books) and Tuskaloosa Kills (Spork Press) came out this April. He lives in Ogden, Utah, where he is Assistant Professor of English at Weber State University.
Scott McWaters has had fiction appear in Caketrain, Carolina Quarterly, New Orleans Review, NANO Fiction, Relief Quarterly, Denver Quarterly, Pindeldyboz, Madison Review, The Florida Review, Quarter After Eight, Rio Grande Review, Yemassee, among others. McWaters is an alumnus of the Capstone, as well as being in his fifteenth year as an Instructor in the English Department at the University of Alabama.
Castadiva. A mental health crisis in Bel Canto.
Friday, May 18, 7:30PM Doors Open
There is a reason why day time television shows are called soap OPERAS. The story lines can be heart wrenchingly romantic, side-eye preposterous, and WTF ridiculous. However, well over a century before there was a Maria la del Barrio, there was Angelina in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, and even Erica Cane's story lines pale in comparison to the absurdity of what was going on on stage during what is now referred to as opera's Bel Canto period.
In this one-person, gender bending performance, Latinxs, Mario and La Castadiva, combine some of the most melodic and dramatic Bel Canto pieces to bring their audience a thoughtful but comical storyline about the mental health issues that arise when someone is just not that into you.
This performance marks both Mario's and La Castadiva's final public performance in Idaho, as they will be relocating to Mexico City
CWI Studio Art Graduates Group Show
Friday, May 11, 6-9PM & Saturday, May 12, 3-6PM
In it's first year, the Studio Art Program at the College of Western Idaho promotes the development of artistic skills and practice, craftsmanship, and aesthetic discernment. Students graduate with an Associate Degree in Studio Arts. Through the program students are encouraged to expand their understanding of visual arts and history while learning the foundations of art in various techniques and materials.
Four students from CWI's first graduating class will exhibit their work: Maelyn Palmer (Painting), Tiffany Makres (Textile/Drawing), Wendy Heaton-Storks (Painting), and Benjamin Stringham (Animation).
Artifacts and Artifiction: Curating an Imaginary Life
Tuesday, May 8, 6-9PM
MING Studios will host the one-night exhibition, Artifacts and Artifiction: Curating an Imaginary Life on May 8, 2018 from 6-9 pm. This exhibition is the culmination of a course held at One Stone high school in Boise this spring. Each student in this course invented a character whose life was centered on a real "historical epicenter". Through the crafting of believable artifacts that could have belonged to this person during their lifetime, the students tell their stories in the language of memories, totems, and ephemera. Ranging from the pressed flowers of a prairie notebook set in the 1860's, to music reviews by a rabid Metallica fan, circa 1985, the works presented by the students in this show are full esoteric detail. Join us for a transportive evening, guided by the creative effluence of these inspiring young artists.
Tooth & Bristle Reading Series
Saturday, May 5, 7-9PM
Join Boise's creative writing community in supporting first and second-year poets and fiction writers from Boise State University's MFA program.
Still from 'The Dragon Is The Frame' by Mary Helena Clark
FIRST FRIDAY FILM SCREENING:
3 Contemporary Female Filmmakers
Friday, May 4, 7-9PM
What binds us? What makes us feel as though we know someone we've never met? Makes us miss someone who's left? On Friday, May 4, MING Studios presents a trio of short films that explore connection. In one, a strong connection has been lost, leaving a feeling of being adrift. Another, a connection never able to be fulfilled due to an absence. In the last, an unlikely connection reveals an unexpected inner power and strength.
Films to be screened: 'The Dragon is the Frame' by Mary Helena Clark, 'Silk Tatters' by Gina Telaroli, and 'A Million Miles Away' by Jennifer Reeder.
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3 Contemporary Female Filmmakers
Friday, May 4, 7-9PM
What binds us? What makes us feel as though we know someone we've never met? Makes us miss someone who's left? On Friday, May 4, MING Studios presents a trio of short films that explore connection. In one, a strong connection has been lost, leaving a feeling of being adrift. Another, a connection never able to be fulfilled due to an absence. In the last, an unlikely connection reveals an unexpected inner power and strength.
Films to be screened: 'The Dragon is the Frame' by Mary Helena Clark, 'Silk Tatters' by Gina Telaroli, and 'A Million Miles Away' by Jennifer Reeder.
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LEFTOVERS VIII
First Thursday, May 3, 3-9PM
Leftovers VIII Silent Auction benefits the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force. The exhibition includes over 100 hand pulled prints from around the world. Now in it's 8th year, this event has exhibited internationally and premiers in Boise during May, First Thursday, 2018.
Reading: Bhanu Kapil
Friday, April 20, 7:30PM
"Under what conditions does newness enter the world? " Bhanu Kapil put this question to her students after the first of four intensive weekend workshops at MING Studios in the spring of this year, where poets in the BSU MFA program embarked into a poetic space within the embrace and illumination of Kapil's teaching. She writes to her students, before meeting them for the first time: "Dear poets, I do not know what will become of us but I have a deep trust in what will happen when we are together, and when we are apart. "
Read the blog for this workshop as it unfolds HERE.
Visit Bhanu's blog HERE.
Bhanu Kapil's sojourns in Boise will conclude with an April 20th public reading of her work at MING Studios.
Reading: Megan Levad & Dan Lau
Friday, April 6, 7:30PM
Poet Megan Levad returns to Boise to read from her new collection, What Have I to Say to You, which has been praised as "the kind of book one happily reads over and over," "an uninhibited and thoroughly pleasurable reading," and "a wonderful human accomplishment."
A former Surel's Place Artist-in-Residence and recent MacDowell Fellow, Megan Levad is the author of Why We Live in the Dark Ages and What Have I to Say to You. Her poems have appeared in Poem-a-Day, Tin House, Granta, Fence, and the Everyman’s Library anthology Killer Verse, among other publications. Megan also writes song lyrics; her first opera, Kept, with Kristin Kuster, premiered in May 2017.
Dan Lau is a Chinese American poet from Queens, New York. A Kundiman fellow, he is the recipient of scholarships and grants from The Fine Arts Work Center at Provincetown, Queer Cultural Center, and San Francisco Arts Commission. His poems have been published in Generations, Cape Cod Review, Gesture, RHINO, CRATE, Colorado Review and others.
Co-sponsored by The Cabin's Ghosts & Projectors, and by Surel's Place
Friday, April 6, 7:30PM
Poet Megan Levad returns to Boise to read from her new collection, What Have I to Say to You, which has been praised as "the kind of book one happily reads over and over," "an uninhibited and thoroughly pleasurable reading," and "a wonderful human accomplishment."
A former Surel's Place Artist-in-Residence and recent MacDowell Fellow, Megan Levad is the author of Why We Live in the Dark Ages and What Have I to Say to You. Her poems have appeared in Poem-a-Day, Tin House, Granta, Fence, and the Everyman’s Library anthology Killer Verse, among other publications. Megan also writes song lyrics; her first opera, Kept, with Kristin Kuster, premiered in May 2017.
Dan Lau is a Chinese American poet from Queens, New York. A Kundiman fellow, he is the recipient of scholarships and grants from The Fine Arts Work Center at Provincetown, Queer Cultural Center, and San Francisco Arts Commission. His poems have been published in Generations, Cape Cod Review, Gesture, RHINO, CRATE, Colorado Review and others.
Co-sponsored by The Cabin's Ghosts & Projectors, and by Surel's Place
208 Ensemble: Open Rehearsal Series
In a unique partnership with MING Studios, Boise's own 208 Ensemble will put their rehearsals on display. You are invited to explore the dynamic process of how the group brings pieces of innovative chamber music to life and sculpts them for performance. They'll deconstruct pieces, examine their elements, and put them back together. They'll discuss strategies, the way they want something to sound and feel, and why the composer wrote what they wrote. The rehearsal sessions are relaxed, visitors are welcome to come and go as they please. Feel free to ask questions, learn back stories of repertoire and composers, relax with a book, or doodle your impressions of the music.
Entrance is free and open to the public.
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First Friday Film Screening:
Mother, by Vsevolod Pudovkin
Friday, March 2, 7PM
Join MING Studios in a screening of Mother, Vsevolod Pudovkin's groundbreaking 1926 feature. Along with fellow countrymen Eisenstein and Vertov, Pudovkin was an important voice in furthering film technique and theory.
Synopsis of Mother: "It's the story of a woman who naively fails to understand why her beloved son is risking his life as a trade union activist in tsarist Russia. Only when he is sentenced to penal servitude does she finally realize the necessity for revolution, joining a mass demonstration against the prison."
(https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/aug/31/artsfeatures1)
Free entrance with donations gratefully accepted.
Wild West Win & You're In Poetry Slam!
Saturday, February 3, 7PM
For the second year in a row, Boise is hosting a Win & You're In regional poetry slam! Teams from Boise, Salt Lake City, Spokane, and Oakland will compete for a guaranteed spot at the 2018 National Poetry Slam, happening in Chicago from August 13th to August 18th. This is an incredible opportunity to hear poetry (both individual and group pieces) from different cities, and support the art of slam in a regional way!
All Ages & Free Entrance
Kids Workshop
Saturday, January 20, 1-4PM
MING Studios is saying goodbye to Irina Novarese's exhibition, ONE SHOT, with a daytime kid-focused activity, in addition to an evening reception.
Join us between 1 & 4 PM on Saturday, January 20 at MING Studios, where we will be visualizing relationships using a spider-mapping exercise that echoes the method used by the artist in uncovering and organizing the narratives that comprise ONE SHOT.
BSU MFA Reading Series
Friday, January 19, 7:30PM
The Tooth & Bristle Reading series gives first and second-year students from Boise State's MFA in Fiction and MFA in Poetry programs the chance to share their work with Boise's literary and artistic community. Five first and second-years will read from their work.
Ghosts & Projectors presented by The Cabin featuring Zachary Schomburg, Emily Ruskovich, Kathryn Jensen
Friday, December 8, 7PM
On October 31, 2017, The Cabin announced that it will be adopting the successful Ghosts & Projectors reading series for its upcoming 2017-18 season. Ghosts & Projectors is a reading series that pairs emerging, innovative, and experimental writers with writers from the Treasure Valley. Since its founding in 2011, Ghosts & Projectors has welcomed poets such as Eileen Myles, Kate Greenstreet, CA Conrad, Cathy Park Hong, and Bhanu Kapil thanks to the support of the Boise City Department of Arts & History. Under the direction of The Cabin, the series will continue to focus on bringing poets to our community as well as emerging fiction and nonfiction writers, graphic novelists, and writers that fall outside the mainstream. This season will be sponsored by Boise State University.
The Cabin will launch the series with Mammother author Zachary Schomburg of Portland, Idaho author Emily Ruskovich of Idaho City, and poet Kathryn Jensen of Boise on Friday, December 8th. Tickets are $3 for Cabin members and students and $5 for the general public.
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PARTICIPATIVE ARTIST TALK:
Irina Novarese
Friday, November 27, 7PM
MING Studios' current artist in residence Irina Novarese continues her collection of research resources with a public artist talk and participatory dialog with the Boise community. Her solo exhibition ONE SHOT, opening on November 11th, examines the fact and fiction of a historical picture taken in Idaho entitled All Female Survey Crew, dated 1918. Novarese will speak about a selection of her previous related works and the progress of her research and exhibition production thus far. Attendees will be asked to become part of the final ONE SHOT by offering their personal associations and thoughts about the historical image.
irinanovarese.de
Irina Novarese
Friday, November 27, 7PM
MING Studios' current artist in residence Irina Novarese continues her collection of research resources with a public artist talk and participatory dialog with the Boise community. Her solo exhibition ONE SHOT, opening on November 11th, examines the fact and fiction of a historical picture taken in Idaho entitled All Female Survey Crew, dated 1918. Novarese will speak about a selection of her previous related works and the progress of her research and exhibition production thus far. Attendees will be asked to become part of the final ONE SHOT by offering their personal associations and thoughts about the historical image.
irinanovarese.de
Film Screening:
Houses Without Doors
by Avo Kaprealian
Saturday, October 21, 7PM
From the balcony of his family’s apartment in Aleppo’s Midan district, Avo Kaprealian began chronicling daily life on the streets, capturing the sense of foreboding rapidly approaching with the violent conflict engulfing the country. Once in a while, the father breaks his silence to reprimand his son for endangering the entire family. In contrast, the mother avails herself to the camera, recounting events and divulging emotion without reserve. Midan’s residents are mainly descendants of survivors of the Armenian genocide, who fled their homes in modern-day Turkey to settle in Aleppo.
As the armed conflict hits their street, Kaprealian’s lens turns inward to record the family’s quotidian life and how they cope with shelling, snipers and power cuts. For Armenian-Syrians, whose memory is deeply etched with the tragedy of forced exile, the prospect of leaving their homes and lives behind to escape death echoes like an ancestral trauma being relived. Kaprealian invokes the history of cinema to incarnate his family’s agonizing present and transforms an archive of the imaginary into one of lived experience, stitching together ruptures in modern history and providing condolence for grief.
Syria/Libanon 2016 – 90 Min.
AVO KAPREALIAN Born in Aleppo, Syria in 1986. He studied in the Dramaturgy and Theatrical Studies Department of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. Following his debut film, the experimental JUST TWO STEPS TOO (2012, 4 min.), MANAZIL BELA ABWAB is Kaprealian’s first feature documentary.
This film is brought to MING Studios in collaboration with KIN*K, a monthly Berlin film event curated by Irina Novarese & Marco Pezzotta.
Film Screening:
Shores - In the Safe Northern Sun
by Irene Dionisio
Friday, October 20, 7PM
A documentary which tells two stories of compassion and civic virtue on two opposite shores of the Mediterranean, through the correspondence between Mohsen Lihidheb, a postman and intellectual in Zarzis, Tunisia, and Vicenzo Lombardo, a retired cemetery worker in Lampedusa, Italy. While searching on the beach for materials for his Museum of the Memory of the Sea – a true monument to the victims of migration – Mohsen finds a body which he decides to bury with dignity, without thinking twice about it. Vincenzo in Lampedusa shares this same sense of urgency, tending the tombs of the unknown people who he buried in the local cemetery years before. In the wake of the Arab Spring, as sea tragedies grow significantly, Irene Dionisio speaks of a potential dialogue, of deep humanity that contrasts with the obscene of current history.
The screenplay won the 2012 Solinas Documentary Prize for Cinema and the SCAM Brouillon d’un rêve filmique bursary. Shores premiered at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence in 2015 where it won the Audience Award.
This film is brought to MING Studios in collaboration with KIN*K, a monthly Berlin film event curated by Irina Novarese & Marco Pezzotta.
Imitations - Transparent 2017 | photograph | 84cm x 119cm | © Uli Westphal
ARTIST TALK: Uli Westphal
Thursday, October 19th, 7PM
From crop production to supermarket psychology, the work of German artist Uli Westphal investigates the origins of our food and its transformation through the food industries. Westphal is especially interested in how misconceptions and ideologies influence our perspectives on nature and consumption.
MING Studios opened in 2013, with a solo exhibition by Westphal, entitled Cornucopia. Since his exhibition in Boise he has traveled to and exhibited in over 12 countries worldwide including: South Korea where he worked with local farmers, Cuba where he went fishing on a makeshift Styrofoam raft, Brazil where he met with a local chef specializing in native Amazonian species, and Czech Republic where he collaborated with the food waste activists group Zachraň jídlo. Currently, Westphal has work on view at Trapholt Museum for Modern Art & Design in Kolding, Denmark.
Thursday, October 19th, Uli Westphal will to return to MING Studios to discuss previous and recent works, and share some of his experiences from working out in the field.
uliwestphal.com
Big Tree Arts presents:
Hurricane Relief Show & Poetry Slam
Thursday, October 12, 6:30-9:30PM
Big Tree Arts presents a very special poetry slam & fundraising event.
The poet who places 1st will win a spot on Boise's Win & You're In team, which will compete against other high profile teams from the Pacific Northwest and beyond at a competition in February. A Win & You're In is a competition in which 2 to 4 slam teams gather to compete in a four round slam. The team that places first is guaranteed a spot in the 2018 National Poetry Slam in Chicago.
Throughout the evening donations will be collected to raise money for the areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, including a $5 cover at the door.
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Ephemera, Betsy Hinze
First Thursday, September 7, 5-9PM
Betsy Hinze, 'The Wondersmith' is an artist who creates free interactive events all over the Pacific Northwest. She engages with lucky strangers in unique ways, from hiding invitations in books to leaving “messages-in-a-bottle” washed up on the seashore to be discovered. Those who stumble upon her hidden invites are rewarded with a sensory experience that includes: hand-crafted serving vessels, foraged ingredients, and artful ceremony that centers around a specific theme or goal.
Ephemera celebrated a collective Pacific Northwest late summer nostalgia. The guests who attended this event secured their places by gathering clues on a city-wide scavenger hunt of nostalgic places, then enjoyed an ice cream party celebrating days long past. An installation of tidepool-inspired glass and ceramic vessels set the scene. Guests foraged berries and other toppings from the vessels to top their sundaes, which featured ice cream flavors like “s’mores over a campfire.” As they ate their sundaes out of handmade shell bowls and barnacle-encrusted cups, they worked on an installation featuring poetic interpretations of their nostalgic memories. The collective installation is on view tonight for First Thursday - stop by to take part in the installation and meet the artist.
First Thursday, September 7, 5-9PM
Betsy Hinze, 'The Wondersmith' is an artist who creates free interactive events all over the Pacific Northwest. She engages with lucky strangers in unique ways, from hiding invitations in books to leaving “messages-in-a-bottle” washed up on the seashore to be discovered. Those who stumble upon her hidden invites are rewarded with a sensory experience that includes: hand-crafted serving vessels, foraged ingredients, and artful ceremony that centers around a specific theme or goal.
Ephemera celebrated a collective Pacific Northwest late summer nostalgia. The guests who attended this event secured their places by gathering clues on a city-wide scavenger hunt of nostalgic places, then enjoyed an ice cream party celebrating days long past. An installation of tidepool-inspired glass and ceramic vessels set the scene. Guests foraged berries and other toppings from the vessels to top their sundaes, which featured ice cream flavors like “s’mores over a campfire.” As they ate their sundaes out of handmade shell bowls and barnacle-encrusted cups, they worked on an installation featuring poetic interpretations of their nostalgic memories. The collective installation is on view tonight for First Thursday - stop by to take part in the installation and meet the artist.
Thomas Paul & Friends / Ana Lete LIVE
Saturday, August 26, 2017, 7:30PM Join Thomas Paul and Friends as they present a selection of songs from his entire discography, focusing on lesser-performed deep cuts and showcasing new material. The show will begin with a set from emerging Boise folk artist Ana Lete. Ana Lete Thomas Paul |
WORKSHOP: Papermaking for Fine Art Production Wednesday, September 20, 5:30-8PM MING Studios is happy to announce the return of professional paper artist, Tom Bennick. Bennick will host a new workshop focused on papermaking for fine art production. Bennick will demonstrate and explain the tools and materials used in the process of making paper, as well as, the many ways handmade paper can be applied to fine art applications, including printmaking and encaustic. |
PRINT BOISE 2017 First Thursday, August 3rd, 5-9PM Print Boise 2017 is an installation of hand-pulled inked impressions taken from historic Boise architecture, artifacts, streets and sidewalks. Wingtip Press hosted a series of public walking tours exploring a variety of Boise’s historic sights, hearing tales of the past from city historian Amy Pence-Brown and creating the distinctive ink on paper impressions on exhibit at Ming Studios. The PRINT BOISE program is a collaboration of Wingtip Press and Preservation Idaho funded by a grant from Boise City Department of Arts and History. |
ARTIST TALK: Bryan Anthony Moore Friday, July 7, 6:30PM Local artist Bryan Moore will discuss his work, focusing on his influences, process and concepts. In addition, a short time-lapse film of the creation of his large scale work, My Fingers are Long and Beautiful, will be shown. Moore's presentation will conclude with a Q&A session with visitors. www.bryananthonymoore.net |
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare May 19, 20, 26, 27, & 28, 7PM May 21 & 29, 2PM Boise Bard Players presents a streamlined, no-frills telling of William Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing". In this Elizabethan Romantic Comedy, when soldiers of Messina return victorious, love is in the air. The young Claudio falls for the governor, Leonato's, daughter, Hero and asks his friend and commander Don Pedro to help him win her heart. However, not everyone is interested in love. Benedick, Claudio's friend, and Beatrice, Hero's cousin, both rant against love and each other, while Don John, the conniving brother of Don Pedro, conspires to ruin the pending nuptials. Armed with little more than Shakespeare's text and a desire to tell a story, the Boise Bard Players 12-actor cast invite your imagination to turn the blank space of MING Studios into the love-crazed world of Messina in "Much Ado About Nothing". |
Artist Talk: Goran Fazil Friday, May 12, 6PM Goran Fazil is a visual artist born in former Yugoslavia. Through his work Goran tries to question preconceived historical ideals in order to open up a dialogue with the viewer regarding our understanding of our human condition in the present. Through variety of subject matter, the main theme of war as reoccurring social phenomena is presented in Fazil’s work. Goran uses variety of mediums in order to engage the viewer. Through various contemporary approaches such as fragmentation, appropriation, installation, and recently animation, Goran creates works that challenge the viewer’s conception of the past and encourage the viewer to think of their own history and their understanding of the present. Goran currently resides in Boise and teaches at College of Western Idaho. This artist talk will follow the development of Goran's work from the past ten years in which various mediums and concepts will be discussed. Particular attention will be given to the process of animation which is present in his current work. goranfazil.com |
 Laurel McDonald
LEFTOVERS Vll International Print Exchange & Auction May 4-7, 2017 Leftovers VII is the seventh in a series of print exchanges sponsored by Wingtip Press, a Boise based community printmaking studio. Artists from around the world produced an edition of hand pulled fine prints using “leftover” scraps of paper. One print from each edition will be auctioned off to support local nonprofit The Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force. |
3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT Monday, May 1, 2017, 6-10PM MING Studios, International Artist in Residency Program and Contemporary Art Center, celebrates its third year with an evening filled with a variety of performances and presentations. The May 1st event will showcase local musicians, writers, and dancers. Previous MING Studios Artist in Residence, Wytske van Keulen (NL), will present her work. Amy Nack of Wingtip Press will demonstrate the printmaking technique frottage. MING Studios was founded in 2014 by Director Jason Morales, and has since hosted artists from around the world, as well as, collaborated with local creatives to produce special events and exhibitions. Join MING Studios in celebrating the start of its fourth year and the creativity of the Boise community. Participating Artists, Writers, Dancers & Musicians include: Wytske van Keulen (NL), Thomas Paul, Elena Tomorowitz, LED, Amanda Ranth, Jason Morales, Project Flux, Kyla Davidson, Kathleen Williams, Bronwyn Leslie, Wingtip Press, and more. |
Big Tree Arts - Final Poetry Slam Friday, April 14, 7PM That time of year has come again! Big Tree's Annual Final Slam is here and ready to blow your socks off. This will be a competitive showcase like never before, with local finalist poets competing to qualify for our National Team. |
Second Saturday Workshop:
Japanese Bookbinding April 8, 1:00-3:30PM Japanese Stab binding is a simple and beautiful bookbinding technique for assembling individual pages. Blank mulberry paper will be provided along with beautiful hand printed papers –or bring your own small prints, drawings or paper memorabilia to personalize your book. We will bind two books during the workshop and you will leave with materials to produce an additional book at home. |
Artist Workshop: Jose PRIME Reza Saturday, March 25th, 12 – 2PM We invite you to experience a workshop by Prime. It will consist of a letter form that was mostly only found in Los Angeles. Featured in the documentary, Dark Progressivism, Jose “Prime” Reza is one of the original members of the Kill 2 Succeed (K2S) graffiti crew. He is considered one of the most influential artists in the history of Los Angeles public wall writing. www.arteunlimited.com/prime Prices: Limited seats available, $100 per person, includes supplies & MING Artist membership For tickets and additional infomation contact MING Studios: [email protected], (208) 972-9028 |
Circular Collagraphs
Second Saturday Workshop, March 11, 1-3:30PM Join Wingtip Press at MING Studios for an afternoon of circular collagraph printing inspired by City Shields, one of Louise Levergneux's works currently on display in her solo exhibition Incessant Journey. Participants will create circular collagraph artwork. A collagraph print is made from a rigid surface (plate) collaged with a variety of low profile textures. The collaged plate is sealed, inked and run through an etching press as either a relief or intaglio print. Various inking, printing and registration techniques will be taught. Drawing skills are not required and the process can be enjoyed by all ages. |
Artist Talk: Garth Claassen Thursday, February 23rd, 7:30PM Garth Claassen's imagery relates to arguments about the need for, or futility of, constructing border walls. His work is not a commentary on specific events or policies; instead it alludes, sometimes satirically, to the persistence throughout history of concerns with territoriality, and the perils of a siege mentality. Garth Claassen's talk will cover aspects of his work from about 2007 until the present, with an emphasis on how he arrives at and develops imagery through sketching, preliminary studies, and the process of painting or drawing. View the Facebook Event |
Second Saturday Workshop:
Exquisite Embossments Saturday, February 11, 1-3:30PM Create exquisite prints with blind-embossing and simple inking techniques on Wingtip Press’ portable etching press. Participants will craft a temporary plate using mat board, card stock, glue and X-acto knives. This versatile process can be used on its own or for creating subtle layers in a variety of your artwork. |
John Shinn, Malad Gorge State Park 1
Closing Night Fundraising Dinner:
HOLDING WHAT CAN'T BE HELD Friday, February 3rd, 6-9PM Dine amidst the art and meet the artists of this compelling exhibition. Enjoy the DJ stylings of "The Professor" Jonathan Sadler, a glass of wine, and a spectacular dinner prepared by Wild Plum. Selected exhibition pieces will be available for auction or purchase. Proceeds will support Holding What Can’t Be Held 2017. |
Slammed Hearts Performance Slam Poetry, Open Mic, and Silent Auction Friday, February 10, 6:30-10PM Experience slam poetry firsthand, as well as opportunities to perform your own pieces. At Slammed Hearts, poets will present authentic poems headlining themes of adoration, defeat, desire, and even heartbreak. Subsequently, there will be a silent auction featuring donations from businesses in Idaho. Big Tree Arts is a local nonprofit organization that arranges events for Idaho’s literary and performance poetry community. |
Storyfort & Death Rattle Writers Festival present: Christian Winn W/Josh Booton, Jam Hale, & Griffin Ray Birdsong Wednesday, February 1st, 7:45-9:30PM This reading features poetry from Josh Booton, Jam Hale, Griffin Ray Birdsong, and fiction from Idaho's Fiction Laureate Christian Winn. Christian Winn is the 2016-2019 Idaho Writer in Residence. He is a fiction writer, poet, and teacher of creative writing living and working in Boise, Idaho. His work has appeared in McSweeney's, Ploughshares, Gulf Coast, The Chicago Tribune's Printer's Row Journal, and elsewhere. His debut collection, NAKED ME, is recently out from Dock Street Press who will be publishing his second collection, What's Wrong With Me is What's Wrong With You, in early 2017. Death Rattle Writers Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the Northwest and Treasure Valley together in a joyous celebration of the literary arts in Idaho. Storyfort features events with authors from the Boise, the Northwest, and beyond, and will take place during the four days of the Treefort Music Fest, March 20-23rd, 2014. Storyfort and its events are sponsored by Boise City Department of Arts and History. 
LAYERS: Grant Olsen ARTIST TALK January 12, 7:30PM The digital work of local artist Grant Olsen is composed of layers. Sometimes up to 50 layers of various color, light, and image modulators end up shaping the final image. During Olsen's artist talk at MING Studios he will uncover his digital process, layer by layer, of a single artwork. The artist welcomes viewers to ask questions throughout the duration of his presentation. Grant Olsen's work has been shown in galleries and public spaces throughout the United States including Boise, Ketchum, Los Angeles and Manhattan. Olsen received a fellowship in Visual Arts from the State of Idaho in 2005. His work was displayed in the Boise Visual Chronicle 2002, Idaho Triennial Exhibition 2004, and the Modern Art Show 2014. |
Lydia Havens, Survive Like the Water with Kate Lange, Emily Herbster & Alex J. Fox POETRY READING & BOOK LAUNCH Thursday, January 26, 6:30PM In her debut poetry collection, Lydia Havens explores how mental illness, grief, and abuse have correlated in her own life, and in the patterns she observes in the rest of the world. Divided into four thematic parts, Survive Like the Water describes trauma using everyday occurrences and objects, and asks necessary questions about healing as a lifelong process. Lydia Havens is a poet currently living in Boise, Idaho. She is the co-founder and former Executive Poetry Editor of Transcendence Magazine, and the founder of Sapphic Swan Zine, a small publication for LGBT+ women and gender nonconformists. Her work has previously been published in Winter Tangerine, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, and Words Dance, among other places. Lydia is the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam Youth Champion, and the author of three self-published chapbooks. Survive Like the Water, published by Rising Phoenix Press, is her first full-length collection. She currently works as a teaching artist for Big Tree Arts Inc. 
Ghosts & Projectors. a poetry reading series presents Ed Skoog
Friday, December 2, 7:30PM On Friday, December 2nd, Ghosts and Projectors and Ming Studios present a reading by poet Ed Skoog. Currently based in Portland, OR, Ed's poems have been featured in recent issues of The New York Times Magazine, Harper's Magazine, and last year's Best American Poetry, selected by Sherman Alexie, as well as NPR––just to name a few. His third, and most recent, full-length collection, "Run The Red Lights," will be released by Copper Canyon Press in November. Joining Ed to read this evening will be local poets Diana Forgione & Colin Johnson. |
National Book Award Winner: Robin Coste-Lewis Friday, November 11, 7:30PM Robin Coste Lewis is an electrifying new voice in poetry whose first collection, Voyage of the Sable Venus, won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2015. Both tender and arresting in her poetry, Lewis is also an astute cultural critic, alert to the complexities of race and the black female voice. Voyage of the Sable Venus is a meditation on the black female figure through time. In the center of the collection is the title poem, “Voyage of the Sable Venus,” an amazing narrative made up entirely of titles of artworks from ancient times to the present—titles that feature or in some way comment on the black female figure in Western art. The collection presents a new understanding of biography and self and is a thrilling testament to the complexity of race—a full embrace of its pleasure and horror, in equal parts. 
Our Radioactive Backyard Saturday, November 5, 7PM Join Beatrice Brailsford of the Snake River Alliance for an in-depth look at our radioactive backyard. The presentation will bring you up to date on the on-going cleanup efforts at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as well as raise awareness among Idahoans regarding the potential threat of increased shipments of radioactive waste. The lecture will serve as an introduction to the December 17 opening of Holding What Can’t Be Held, an exhibition in which a group of eight local and international artists who have visited the INL will be presenting their work related to their experiences at the facility. |
Project Flux meets Contrappunto Saturday, November 12th & Sunday, November 13th, 8PM Set in the harsh landscape of a burnt forest, Project Flux dancers will explore nature's cycles of life and death in their new collaborative work with multimedia artist Giuseppe Lucari and his work Contrappunto (Counterpoint). Lucari's piece brings the charred remains of wildfire to MING Studios to invoke contemplation of current events by juxtaposing nature and imitation, beauty and desolation. Project Flux dancers, through structured improvisation and the accompanying counterpoint music, will magnify the emotions of Lucari's work and explore its more dynamic elements. The audience will have the opportunity to become part of the collaboration through open and unstructured seating, allowing those desiring a direct connection to the work to literally place themselves within it. projectfluxdance.com 
Papermaking Workshop: Ashes to Abaca Second Saturday, November 12, 1-3:30PM Join Wingtip Press at MING Studios for an afternoon of mark making inspired by “Contrappunto”, the current work from MING Artist-in-Resident Guiseppe Licari, with paper maker Tom Bennick and Cassandra Schiffler. Ashes to Abaca: Participants will be provided raw pulp and ash remnants for the use of making paper. We’ll explore techniques to produce richness by adding inclusions of remnants salvaged from the devastating Pioneer Fire used by Guiseppe Licari in his burnt forest installation. A sense of adventure and willingness to experiment is all that is required! |
Alan Heathcock: From the Smoldering Forest
Wednesday, November 2, 7PM
The mystery and isolation of the woods are one of Alan Heathcock's greatest inspirations. In a unique and exciting melding of the arts, a one-time opportunity, come hear Heathcock, an internationally acclaimed author, read a story of withered woodlands and intrigue in the burned forest visual-artist Giuseppe Licari has installed in Ming Studios from trees salvaged from the Pioneer Fire.
In Contrappunto (Counterpoint), Sicilian artist Giuseppe Licari addresses the rapid and tempest after effects of forest fires with a life size, site specific installation portraying the devastation of a burnt forest contrasted by the ready-made confines of the gallery setting.
Artist Talk:Thomas Westphal
Thursday, October 20th, 7:30PM ``Man only plays when he is human in the full sense of the word, and he is only completely human when he is playing.´´ –Friedrich Schiller From the world of sports to the origins of child’s play, Helsinki-based German artist Thomas Westphal investigates the phenomenon of play and its implications on culture and society. Westphal uses a variety of artistic media to draw parallels between methods of play and human nature. His body of work surpasses the rulebooks and limitations of the playing field. The work addresses human inter-connectivity, language, and the social landscape. Westphal will speak about his works Dionysia, Elevated Jam, Live Wire, Yo, Bro and others at MING Studios Thursday, October 20th, 7:30PM. thomaswestphal.blogspot.de |
Whitman (and Wine) for the Modern Writer
Saturday, October 22, 7PM Join Elena Tomorowitz for a writing workshop to talk about Whitman, his influence on poetry through the generations, America, and how we can adapt his methods into a modern milieu. Apply these concepts and do some writing. Open to writers and non-writers! Elena Tomorowitz has a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from The University of Southern Mississippi's Center for Writers and an MFA in poetry from Cleveland State University. She is a writer, instructor of ethics and diversity, and managing director of a nonprofit, Big Tree Arts. She lives in the mountains of Boise, Idaho. |
Printmaking Workshop: Smoke Signals
2nd Saturday, October 8th, 1-3:30PM
“There is but little of all the vast forest area of this country which does not bear, either in actual scars and charcoal or in the manner and composition of its growth, the marks of fire...” Gifford Pinchot 1899
Join Wingtip Press at MING Studios for an afternoon of mark making inspired by “Contrappunto”, the current work from MING Artist-in-Residence Guiseppe Licari, with instuctor Amy Nack.
Smoke Signals: Participants will be provided blank sheets of fine cotton rag paper and directed through a series of mark-making exercises using soot, smoke, fire and water to alter the paper. We’ll explore layering techniques to produce surface richness and a range of value. Sign your favorite piece from the day and we’ll make it frame-ready for you by dry mounting it to reclaimed paperboard. We’ll also collaborate to create a larger piece to commemorate the workshop. A sense of adventure and willingness to experiment is all that is required!
Printmaking Workshop: Charred Impressions
Saturday, September 10, 1-3PM
Join us at Ming Studios for an afternoon of printmaking inspired by “Contrappunto”, the current work from Ming Artist-in-Resident Guiseppe Licari.
Charred Impressions: Markmaking and the Landscape of Wildland Fire taught by instructor Amy Nack of Wingtip Press.
Wildland forest fires impact the beauty and harmony of our landscape. In this workshop we will create impressions of natural and manmade artifacts to represent our own relationship to the burning of Idaho forests using ink on paper and fabric.
*Participants are encouraged to bring objects for creating impressions. Workshop participants can also take home their final products once the workshop is complete.
Prices: Members: $20, Non Members: $25
Children under 15 years of age: $15
Artist Talk: Giuseppe Licari
Thursday, September 8, 7:30PM
MING Studios' current Artist in Residence, Sicilian artist Giuseppe Licari, will speak about his previous work, including his most recent project and publication Schlak, which took place in Luxembourg. Licari's work addresses and re-configures the relationship between the man-made environment and natural landscapes through site-specific installations, public interventions, and performances. While in Boise, Licari will develop new work for his upcoming solo exhibition Contrappunto, a timely installation that spotlights the giant wild fires that rampage the northwest.
This project & cultural exchange was made possible thanks to the generous support of Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam and the Boise City Department of Arts & History.
www.giuseppelicari.com
208 Ensemble
Celebrating the Centennial of the National Parks Service
Friday September 2nd & September 3rd, 8PM
208 ensemble introduces its third concert season with contemporary chamber music celebrating the National Parks Service. This concert features music by David Biedenbender, Alex Shapiro, John Luther Adams, and Mason Bates that was written for or inspired by the landscape of the American West.
Created in 2014 by cellist Jake Saunders and composer David Biedenbender, 208 ensemble brings progressive chamber music by some of the most innovative composers writing today to Boise, Idaho. Its members are dedicated to cultivating enthusiasm in Boise for a brand of music that exists where the refinement of classical performance meets the visceral energy of a rock concert.
208 ensemble is a dynamic, multi-instrumental contemporary music ensemble. Cellist Jake Saunders, violinists Geoffrey Hill and Kate Jarvis, violist Emily Jones, and pianist Betsi Hodges represent some of the highest caliber classical musicians in Idaho. These core members have received training from top institutions throughout the country, and currently serve principal positions in the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra, the Opera Idaho orchestra, and contribute regularly to the Boise Baroque Orchestra, LED, Classical Revolution: Boise, and the Boise Philharmonic String Quartet. Since its debut in November 2014, 208 ensemble has been a featured artist at Treefort Music Fest 2015 and 2016, and has presented featured programs at the Sapphire Room, MING Studios, RadioBoise, Cinder Wines, and the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts. 208 ensemble frequently collaborates with local artists, including Dr. Linda Kline Lamar, Jeffrey Barker, Thomas Paul, Brian Vance, Lindsay Edwards, Matthew Tutsky, and Bill Kloppenburg. In February 2015, the ensemble shared the stage with international touring artist Emily Wells.
208ensemble.com
Celebrating the Centennial of the National Parks Service
Friday September 2nd & September 3rd, 8PM
208 ensemble introduces its third concert season with contemporary chamber music celebrating the National Parks Service. This concert features music by David Biedenbender, Alex Shapiro, John Luther Adams, and Mason Bates that was written for or inspired by the landscape of the American West.
Created in 2014 by cellist Jake Saunders and composer David Biedenbender, 208 ensemble brings progressive chamber music by some of the most innovative composers writing today to Boise, Idaho. Its members are dedicated to cultivating enthusiasm in Boise for a brand of music that exists where the refinement of classical performance meets the visceral energy of a rock concert.
208 ensemble is a dynamic, multi-instrumental contemporary music ensemble. Cellist Jake Saunders, violinists Geoffrey Hill and Kate Jarvis, violist Emily Jones, and pianist Betsi Hodges represent some of the highest caliber classical musicians in Idaho. These core members have received training from top institutions throughout the country, and currently serve principal positions in the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra, the Opera Idaho orchestra, and contribute regularly to the Boise Baroque Orchestra, LED, Classical Revolution: Boise, and the Boise Philharmonic String Quartet. Since its debut in November 2014, 208 ensemble has been a featured artist at Treefort Music Fest 2015 and 2016, and has presented featured programs at the Sapphire Room, MING Studios, RadioBoise, Cinder Wines, and the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts. 208 ensemble frequently collaborates with local artists, including Dr. Linda Kline Lamar, Jeffrey Barker, Thomas Paul, Brian Vance, Lindsay Edwards, Matthew Tutsky, and Bill Kloppenburg. In February 2015, the ensemble shared the stage with international touring artist Emily Wells.
208ensemble.com
Death Rattle Workshop Series:
The Elements of Horror
with instructor Diana Forgione
First Thursday, August, 4th, 7PM
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form – HP Lovecraft
For beginning to intermediate writers, this workshop draws on the primal elements in which Horror Fiction percolates within the human condition. Diana Forgione will navigate writers in through the three archetype genres utilized to create a foreboding atmosphere. Writers will be introduced to techniques and exercise reflecting their own instincts in the environment of the unknown.
Diana Forgione is the co-founder, host, and organizer of the Death Rattle Writers Festival, a freelance writer and poet, and a judge and workshop instructor for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. She has an MFA in creative writing, is a member of the Writers Guild of America and performs her poetry at literary events across Idaho. She is currently refining an anthology of poetry for publication.
The Elements of Horror
with instructor Diana Forgione
First Thursday, August, 4th, 7PM
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form – HP Lovecraft
For beginning to intermediate writers, this workshop draws on the primal elements in which Horror Fiction percolates within the human condition. Diana Forgione will navigate writers in through the three archetype genres utilized to create a foreboding atmosphere. Writers will be introduced to techniques and exercise reflecting their own instincts in the environment of the unknown.
Diana Forgione is the co-founder, host, and organizer of the Death Rattle Writers Festival, a freelance writer and poet, and a judge and workshop instructor for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. She has an MFA in creative writing, is a member of the Writers Guild of America and performs her poetry at literary events across Idaho. She is currently refining an anthology of poetry for publication.
A HomeGrown Theatre Original Production
Every Man Shift (For All the Rest)
by Chad Ethan Shohet and Dakotah Brown
HGT’s summer cult-‐classic returns! A last hurrah backpacking trip goes awry for four friends when a mysterious treasure map surfaces, catapulting them into an adventure chock full of mysterious creatures, powerful magic, and a PBR-‐swilling mountain woman, the four friends must learn to live together or die alone. A raucous celebration of friendship, family, growing up, and sprites.
Shows: July 15th & 16th, July 21st‐23rd, July 28th‐30th 8PM, Nightly
Film Still, Naïmé Perrette, 2016
Movies & Soup: Friday, July 8th, 7PM
with films by Ed van der Elsken and Naïmé Perrette As part of her exhibition Wytske van Keulen has organized an evening with Movies and Soup, presenting films by Dutch photographer and filmmaker Ed van der Elsken and French artist Naïmé Perrette. Though produced in different times, respectively 1972 and 2016, both films, in their own way, show a personal portrait of extraordinary individuals. naimeperrette.com edvanderelsken.nl |
Wild Plum Private Dinner @ MING Studios Thursday, July 7th 2016 Welcome: 6:30 PM appetizers and drinks Exhibition Tour: 7PM Sous Cloche viewing Dinner: 7:30 PM MING Studios is pleased to invite you to a unique dinner experience as Wytske van Keulen's exhibition 'Not Somewhere Else, But Here' comes to a close. MING Studios has partnered with their friends at Wild Plum to host this event. Wild Plum specializes in local, seasonal and organic foods prepared from scratch. The setting of the dinner will be intimate, the conversation personal, and the food delectable. MING Studios would be delighted to have you share this evening with us! Cost: $35 per person for Members, $45 for non-members |
Thomas Paul 'Singalongs' LIVE
Wednesday, June 29th, 7PM Thomas Paul is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter from Boise, Idaho. Regarded as one of the region’s most versatile, gifted musicians, Paul’s output as a bandleader/solo artist and in-demand sideman and session performer covers a wide range of genres, including garage rock, lounge blues, alt-country and folk. www.thomaspaulmusic.com |
Yardsss & Wrtch Live Performance
Saturday, June 11th, 7PM Concert featuring collective record label roster artists Yardsss (Portland) and Wrtch (Chicago). Experimental, orchestral noise & audio/visual performances. www.selfgroup.org/yardsss www.selfgroup.org/wrtch |
Still from Death in Port Jackson Motel, Ed van der Elsken
Movies & Soup
Friday, June 3rd, 7PM
with films by Ed van der Elsken & Naïmé Perrette
As part of the exhibition Wytske van Keulen will organize an evening with Movies and Soup, presenting films by Dutch photographer and filmmaker Ed van der Elsken and French artist Naïmé Perrette. Though produced in different times, respectively 1972 and 2016, both films, in their own way, show a personal portrait of extraordinary individuals.
Death in Port Jackson Hotel is a film portrait of the Australian artist Vali Myers. Van der Elsken got acquainted with her in post-war Paris. His pictures of her resulted in the pictorial history A love affair in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Eighteen years later Vali pays a visit to the photographer on his farm in Edam. Van der Elsken films her while she brings back memories looking at photographs that are shown to her. She talks about OD victims, suicides and her opium addiction. He also films her in his kitchen while she is making the drawing Death in the Port Jackson Hotel. And finally he films her in a valley near Naples, where she leads a secluded life with her 19-year-old boyfriend.
The preview film by Naïmé Perrette portrays James McCullough, a young painter active as a musician in the Melbourne punk scene. He works night shifts as an undertaker, removing corpses and delivering them to the Forensic Mortuary. The film looks at the way the different aspects of his life affect each other, questioning the balance between control and vulnerability. The daily presence of the camera in his house reveals his identity by engaging him in a constant shift between a performative attitude and self-reflexive moments. His sensitive observations of the unclothed corpses he handles echo his own feelings of being probed by the filmmaker.
Naïmé Perrette
naimeperrette.com
A preview film by Naïmé Perrette, 2016
Ed van der Elsken
edvanderelsken.nl
Film title: ‘Death in Port Jackson Hotel’, 1972
Friday, June 3rd, 7PM
with films by Ed van der Elsken & Naïmé Perrette
As part of the exhibition Wytske van Keulen will organize an evening with Movies and Soup, presenting films by Dutch photographer and filmmaker Ed van der Elsken and French artist Naïmé Perrette. Though produced in different times, respectively 1972 and 2016, both films, in their own way, show a personal portrait of extraordinary individuals.
Death in Port Jackson Hotel is a film portrait of the Australian artist Vali Myers. Van der Elsken got acquainted with her in post-war Paris. His pictures of her resulted in the pictorial history A love affair in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Eighteen years later Vali pays a visit to the photographer on his farm in Edam. Van der Elsken films her while she brings back memories looking at photographs that are shown to her. She talks about OD victims, suicides and her opium addiction. He also films her in his kitchen while she is making the drawing Death in the Port Jackson Hotel. And finally he films her in a valley near Naples, where she leads a secluded life with her 19-year-old boyfriend.
The preview film by Naïmé Perrette portrays James McCullough, a young painter active as a musician in the Melbourne punk scene. He works night shifts as an undertaker, removing corpses and delivering them to the Forensic Mortuary. The film looks at the way the different aspects of his life affect each other, questioning the balance between control and vulnerability. The daily presence of the camera in his house reveals his identity by engaging him in a constant shift between a performative attitude and self-reflexive moments. His sensitive observations of the unclothed corpses he handles echo his own feelings of being probed by the filmmaker.
Naïmé Perrette
naimeperrette.com
A preview film by Naïmé Perrette, 2016
Ed van der Elsken
edvanderelsken.nl
Film title: ‘Death in Port Jackson Hotel’, 1972
Preston Swirnoff +
Tim Andreae +
Joshua Emery Blatchley
Tuesday, May 17, Music starts at 8PM
Preston Swirnoff San Diego-based musician and composer Preston Swirnoff will play music from his new solo project ‘Haunted Sea Songs of Bahia’ - dark, eerie Brazilian folk ballads about the power of the ocean, disappearing fishermen, and lost love.
Features versions of songs from the 1940’s by the legendary Dorival Caymmi, played on classical guitar and sung in Portuguese, along with Swirnoff’s instrumental originals. Preston’s background in punk, acid folk, and midnight jazz all come through in these mesmerizing, otherworldly sea shanties. The album will be released in 3 volumes on vinyl/digital beginning May 2016.
prestonswirnoff.com
prestonswirnoff.bandcamp.com
Opening Music by:
Tim Andreae Boise-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, rooted in the blues and folk traditions and gifted with a thoughtful, meditative approach to verse and poetry.Often experimental, he employs a wide array of uncommon instruments as a means to achieve his singular musical vision, one that is timeless, contemplative and transcendental. gemstate.bandcamp.com/?undefined
Joshua Emery Blatchley Hailing from Southern California, Vin Du Select Qualitite recording artist Joshua Emery Blatchley masterfully combines American vernacular and Indian folk traditions on solo steel string acoustic guitar. While nestled comfortably in the kicking mule and takoma linage, Blatchley attempts to elevate the guitar soli genre by rendering familiar themes into expanded compositions like a fleeting memory brought forward. joshuaemeryblatchley.bandcamp.com/releases
Tim Andreae +
Joshua Emery Blatchley
Tuesday, May 17, Music starts at 8PM
Preston Swirnoff San Diego-based musician and composer Preston Swirnoff will play music from his new solo project ‘Haunted Sea Songs of Bahia’ - dark, eerie Brazilian folk ballads about the power of the ocean, disappearing fishermen, and lost love.
Features versions of songs from the 1940’s by the legendary Dorival Caymmi, played on classical guitar and sung in Portuguese, along with Swirnoff’s instrumental originals. Preston’s background in punk, acid folk, and midnight jazz all come through in these mesmerizing, otherworldly sea shanties. The album will be released in 3 volumes on vinyl/digital beginning May 2016.
prestonswirnoff.com
prestonswirnoff.bandcamp.com
Opening Music by:
Tim Andreae Boise-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, rooted in the blues and folk traditions and gifted with a thoughtful, meditative approach to verse and poetry.Often experimental, he employs a wide array of uncommon instruments as a means to achieve his singular musical vision, one that is timeless, contemplative and transcendental. gemstate.bandcamp.com/?undefined
Joshua Emery Blatchley Hailing from Southern California, Vin Du Select Qualitite recording artist Joshua Emery Blatchley masterfully combines American vernacular and Indian folk traditions on solo steel string acoustic guitar. While nestled comfortably in the kicking mule and takoma linage, Blatchley attempts to elevate the guitar soli genre by rendering familiar themes into expanded compositions like a fleeting memory brought forward. joshuaemeryblatchley.bandcamp.com/releases
Orlando Adapted by Sarah Ruhl Directed by Matthew Kolsky Featuring: Ellen Campbell as Orlando, with Edie Grace Dull, Ashley Ann Howell, Danielle Lyon, Erika Kristan Lootens-Bill, Samantha McAllister and Shannon Twenter Part love letter to Vita Sackville-West, part exploration of the art of biography, ORLANDO is one of Woolf's most popular and recognizable works, the fantastical biography of a poet who first appears as a 16-year old boy at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, and who by the end is a married woman in the 20th Century. Sarah Ruhl's adaptation lifts right from the novel's text and mixes Woolf's prose with Ruhl's musically tinted style, presenting a delicious romp through gender, love and time. April 27-30 (Wed-Sat), 8pm May 4-7 (Wed-Sat), 8pm Doors open at 7pm 
BOISE_TIC*_ACTION
Sunday, April 10, 7PM A TIC* multi-layered performance mixing, texts, visuals & live actions. Created & Performed by NICOLE PEYRAFITTE With guest Artists: Poet, PIERRE JORIS & Guitarist, CHRIS NORRED |
Leftovers VI
International Print Exchange & Auction Leftovers VI is the sixth in a series of print exchanges sponsored by Wingtip Press, a Boise based community printmaking studio. Artists from around the world produced an edition of prints using “leftover” scraps of printmaking paper to be auctioned off at the Leftovers silent auction. Proceeds will benefit local nonprofit The Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force. Join Wingtip Press and the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force at MING Studios for refreshments & entertainment Friday (Apr 22), 5-10pm Learn More EXHIBITION HOURS: Thursday & Friday (Apr 21-22), 3-10pm Saturday (Apr 23), 9am-12pm SILENT AUCTION: Friday (Apr 22), 3-10pm Saturday (Apr 23), 9-10am 
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Logan Hone's Similar Fashion
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Logan Hone’s Similar Fashion is a Los Angeles-based quartet drawing from elements of New York’s Downtown scene of musicians (such as John Zorn, Tim Berne, Claudia Quintet), contemporary classical music, and indie rock. Similar Fashion combines these elements through the lens of Logan’s distinctive compositional sound. Exploring elements of intricate composition, collective improvisation, and a unique instrumentation, this band has a completely modern take on avant-garde jazz. Learn More |
Project Flux
January 14, 15, 16 @8PM Project Flux and MING Studios celebrate their second collaboration, this time inspired by MING's February installment: The Museum of Broken Relationships. Join Project Flux dancers Lydia Sakolsky-Basquill, Bayley Brooks, Selby Jenkins, Evan Stevens, and Jem Wierenga as they transform the space January 14-16, 2016. |
Tru
January 6th, 7th & 8th at 8PM
Frankly Frankie Productions is proud to present the one man play, Tru, written by Jay Presson Allen, produced by special arrangement with Samuel French. Staring Adam Toothaker as Truman Capote and directed by Anne McDonald, Tru will play at MING Studios January 6-8. Tru offers a glimpse into the narcissistic existence of Truman Capote as he wrestles with the consequences and social backlash of high society from his published words.
“Adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote, Tru takes place in the writer's New York City apartment during the week before Christmas 1975. An excerpt from Capote's infamous novel Answered Prayers has recently been published in Esquire and the author's friends, recognizing the characters as thinly veiled versions of themselves, have turned their back on the man they once considered a close confidant. Alone and hurting, Capote soothes himself with pills, alcohol, and chocolate truffles while musing about his checkered life and career.” - Samuel French
Adam Toothaker and Anne McDonald first collaborated on Samuel Beckett’s, An Act Without Words in 2013. Adam received his MFA in performance at UC Davis. Anne earned her BA in Theater at Boise State. She is a founding member of the Red Light Variety Show and the driving force behind Frankly Burlesque. This is her directorial debut and the first non-burlesque show under her production company, Frankly Frankie Productions. Tru is their second collaboration.
Tickets: $10 pre-sale or $15 at the door.
January 6th, 7th & 8th at 8PM
Frankly Frankie Productions is proud to present the one man play, Tru, written by Jay Presson Allen, produced by special arrangement with Samuel French. Staring Adam Toothaker as Truman Capote and directed by Anne McDonald, Tru will play at MING Studios January 6-8. Tru offers a glimpse into the narcissistic existence of Truman Capote as he wrestles with the consequences and social backlash of high society from his published words.
“Adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote, Tru takes place in the writer's New York City apartment during the week before Christmas 1975. An excerpt from Capote's infamous novel Answered Prayers has recently been published in Esquire and the author's friends, recognizing the characters as thinly veiled versions of themselves, have turned their back on the man they once considered a close confidant. Alone and hurting, Capote soothes himself with pills, alcohol, and chocolate truffles while musing about his checkered life and career.” - Samuel French
Adam Toothaker and Anne McDonald first collaborated on Samuel Beckett’s, An Act Without Words in 2013. Adam received his MFA in performance at UC Davis. Anne earned her BA in Theater at Boise State. She is a founding member of the Red Light Variety Show and the driving force behind Frankly Burlesque. This is her directorial debut and the first non-burlesque show under her production company, Frankly Frankie Productions. Tru is their second collaboration.
Tickets: $10 pre-sale or $15 at the door.
Tooth & Bristle Reading
Friday, December 4th, 7PM Tooth and Bristle is a reading series curated by the Boise State MFA program featuring current and past students of the program. Sam Campbell, Nolan Turner, Timmy Griffith, and Ashley Barr will read. learn more Art Workshop for Epilepsy Awareness
Saturday, November 21, 3-6PM November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. MING Studios welcomes The Epilepsy Foundation of Idaho, who will host an art workshop to raise awareness of the condition affecting 1 in 100 adults, and 1 in 20 children. (Ages 10-adult) Please RSVP by emailing [email protected] epilepsyidaho.org |
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Death Rattle Hum First Thursday, November 5, 7:30-9PM MING Studios' Courtyard The inaugural reading of Death Rattle Writers Festival's new reading series called 'Death Rattle Hum' features Joshua Walters and Nora Cooper. ''The Death Rattle mission is to not only cultivate opportunities for aspiring writers, but to create a chance to be inspired by the experience of others. The DRWF celebrates the written and spoken word in their many forms and gives equal opportunity to all members of our society.'' |
Amanda Ross-Ho Artist Talk
Thursday, October 15th, 6PM Ming Studios Los Angeles based artist Amanda Ross-Ho works in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and installation. Ross-Ho’s work has been shown in major museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. She was included in the 2008 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Please join us for this great opportunity to see and hear Amanda Ross –Ho talk about her work. |
Ghosts & Projectors. a poetry reading series. presents:
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WORKSHOP:
Native Color - Natural Dyeing with Boise's Dye Plants
Thursday, September 17, 5:30-9:30PM
***Second date added Friday, October 2nd, 5:30-9:30PM
From Black-eyed Susans to Maple Tree Leaves and RabbitBrush Blossoms, learn to use local dye plants to produce natural dye colors. MING Studios’ current artists in residence, Kathrin Niemann and Kristen Cooper, will demonstrate how to extract dye from plant material and introduce a variety of dyeing techniques, such as, eco-printing, painting with natural dyes, and Shibori (an ancient Japanese method of folding and clamping fabric to make patterns). Learn how to pre-treat vegetable and animal fibers for dyeing, and how various mordants and modifiers alter plant color.
Native Color - Natural Dyeing with Boise's Dye Plants
Thursday, September 17, 5:30-9:30PM
***Second date added Friday, October 2nd, 5:30-9:30PM
From Black-eyed Susans to Maple Tree Leaves and RabbitBrush Blossoms, learn to use local dye plants to produce natural dye colors. MING Studios’ current artists in residence, Kathrin Niemann and Kristen Cooper, will demonstrate how to extract dye from plant material and introduce a variety of dyeing techniques, such as, eco-printing, painting with natural dyes, and Shibori (an ancient Japanese method of folding and clamping fabric to make patterns). Learn how to pre-treat vegetable and animal fibers for dyeing, and how various mordants and modifiers alter plant color.
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Boise Film Festival was established to celebrate films from around the world. The festival offers a platform for international artists, as well as Idaho natives, to showcase their talents, and serve as a new portal for rising talent.
Boise Film Festival, Screenings at MING Studios:
Saturday, September 26 10:30am The Sheriff (Short Film) and The Black Sea 1:00pm Seeking Truth in the Balkans 3:00pm The Healing Song (short) and How to be Cute and Break Hearts Sunday, September 27 10:30am Short Film Program 12:00pm Resurrecting McGinn(s) 2:00pm The Dollhouse (Short) and Day of Youth 3:30pm The Morning After |
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Artist Talk with Judas Arrieta Friday, August 7, 6-8PM Skatedeck Art Workshop with Judas Arrieta Saturday August 8, 9AM-1PM workshop supported by JART Skateboards jartskateboards.com
Zuretzako Written and Directed by Javi Zubizarreta Film Screening Friday, August 7, 9PM When life repeats itself, we'll do anything to change our destiny. We'll toil and sacrifice for our families, without asking the cost on our children. To support his family in the Basque Country, Joaquin must herd sheep alone in America. Burning suns and blistering winds have made him a quiet, distant man. When his son joins him herding, years of separation and sacrifice come to a head. Together, they must battle the mountains,isolation, and each other. The first American-made Basque-language film, Zuretzako is based on the life of filmmaker and Princess Grace Award-Winner Javi Zubizarreta's own grandfather. Starring Zubizarreta's father and brother in the title roles, Zuretzako tells the story of the sacrifices that fathers make and the toll they take on their sons. |
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Boiseland Judas Arrieta Opening Reception, Friday, July 24, 6-8PM Exhibitions Runs July 24th - August 22, 2015 Basque artist Judas Arrieta is MING Studios’ current artist in residence. His solo exhibition Boiseland opens July 24th, coinciding with Boise’s 2015 Jaialdi Festival. The title Boiseland refers to the status Boise holds in Basque Country. Having grown up in Euskal Herria, Arrieta understood Boise as a legendary place forged by pioneers. He was told stories of shepherds and lonely farmers who roamed boundless green meadows, climbed huge cliffs and crossed wild mountains. As Arrieta blatantly puts it, ''For any self-respecting Basque, Boise, Idaho, is a place of history and encounter, an almost mythical place, a kind of Basque Atlantis that you need to visit before you die.'' In Boiseland, Arrieta takes us all on a journey to a parallel reality, creating an alternative representation of Boise where legends ``live together´´ with the mix of experiences he encounters during his residency. www.judasarrieta.com Exhibition Events: Friday, August 7, 6-8PM Artist Talk with Judas Arrieta Saturday August 8, 9AM-3PM Skatedeck Art Workshop |
39 Rooms Film Festival presents:
Basque Short Films
July 30 - August 1
Thursday July 30th
Abuztua - dir. by Pello Gutierrez / Atxarte - dir. by Karlos Martinez Bordoy /
Taba, The Game on the Table - Nadala Fernandez / Oiartzun - dir. by
Julen Agirre Elgibar / El Buen Mal - dir. by Jokin Urruticoechea
Friday July 31st
Colera - dir. by Aritz Moreno / Hubert Le Blonen asken hegaldia - dir.
by Koldo Almandoz / Una Hora, Un Paso - dir. by Aitor Iturriza, Bernat Gual /
Hotzanak, For Your Own Safety - dir. by Izibene Oñederra /
Zarautzen erosi zuen - dir. by Aitor Arregi - 16 min.
Saturday August 1st
Democracia - dir. by Borja Cobeaga / Soroa - dir. by Asier Altuna /
Zela Trovke dir. by Asier Altuna / Sailor's Grave - dir. by Isabel Herguer / El Chofer - Khuruts Begoña
Basque Short Films
July 30 - August 1
Thursday July 30th
Abuztua - dir. by Pello Gutierrez / Atxarte - dir. by Karlos Martinez Bordoy /
Taba, The Game on the Table - Nadala Fernandez / Oiartzun - dir. by
Julen Agirre Elgibar / El Buen Mal - dir. by Jokin Urruticoechea
Friday July 31st
Colera - dir. by Aritz Moreno / Hubert Le Blonen asken hegaldia - dir.
by Koldo Almandoz / Una Hora, Un Paso - dir. by Aitor Iturriza, Bernat Gual /
Hotzanak, For Your Own Safety - dir. by Izibene Oñederra /
Zarautzen erosi zuen - dir. by Aitor Arregi - 16 min.
Saturday August 1st
Democracia - dir. by Borja Cobeaga / Soroa - dir. by Asier Altuna /
Zela Trovke dir. by Asier Altuna / Sailor's Grave - dir. by Isabel Herguer / El Chofer - Khuruts Begoña
Mercury, Film Still
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Holding What Can't Be Held
Closing Reception, Saturday, July 18, 2015, 7PM The project, Holding What Can’t Be Held, asks viewers to step inside a paradox. Located outside Idaho Falls, on the ancestral lands of the Shoshone Bannock tribes, and directly above the Snake River Aquifer, the INL is rich in material for contemplation. After all, how do you hold what can’t be held? How do you tell a story that will last a hundred thousand years? For the Closing Reception, MING Studios will host a second screening of the short film "Mercury" by local Boise filmmaker Zach Voss, and host live music performance by special guests (to be announced). More about the exhibition Friday, July 17, 2015, 7PM INL: Our Radioactive Backyard The Idaho National Lab (INL) was established in 1949 and covers 890 square miles of eastern Idaho’s high desert plain, one of the most beautiful parts of our state. Beneath it, sixty years of nuclear contamination threatens the sole source of drinking water for 300,000 Idahoans downstream. Hazards have been created and accumulated and are now being cleaned up. It’s a story, filled with juxtapositions, that can be told in many different ways and from many different perspectives. Beatrice Brailsford, (Nuclear Program Director, Snake River Alliance) will present "Our Radioactive Backyard", followed by a screening of short film "Mercury" by local Boise filmmakers Proud of You |
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Friday, July 10, 2015, 7PM Personal journeys through the nuclear complex: a chance to share. In October 2014, the Snake River Alliance invited visual artists to join our tour of the environmental cleanup projects at the INL. The artists came from across southern Idaho. Some were fairly familiar with the US nuclear weapons complex, while others learned they lived near an almost alien place. None left untouched. Out of that long, challenging day, they have produced works of art probing the beauty and the peril of what they saw. For this Open Discussion, Snake River Alliance and MING Studios invites Artists and Community members to share their experience and process. 
Traces
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Holding What Can't Be Held Opening Reception, First Thursday, July 2nd, 6-10PM Exhibition Runs July 2nd - July 18th, 2015 A group exhibition in collaboration with the Snake River Alliance. An exhibition of site-specific works that focus on the radioactive "clean-up" sites at the Idaho National Laboratory. www.snakeriveralliance.org More about the exhibition 
Aventurine June 3, 2015, 7PM Aventurine is the musical performance project of Rachel Hays. Originally from Boise, she is now based in Brooklyn. After debuting at SXSW earlier this year Aventurine has been playing interactive shows exploring narrative in a variety of mediums. At MING Studios she will present an interactive comic songbook.
MING Studios resident artist Marijn van Kreij presents two evenings of international films and local music.
Jeroen Eisinga, The Idiot (1999), Still
First Thursday, April 2, 2015
First screening at 6:30PM with films from Dutch artist Jeroen Eisinga. At 7pm Boise's own 208 ensemble will play. At 8pm a film from British artist Rory Pilgrim. 
Erik Wesselo, Backward (1997), Still
Friday, April 3, 2015
First screening at 6:30 with films from Dutch artist Erik Wesselo and French artist Laure Prouvost. At 7pm music from Bijoux & Lionsweb. At 8pm, screenings continue with more shorts from Wesselo & Prouvost. Ghosts & Projectors presents
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