Boise Gets New AiR Artists
September 18, 2012
CONTACT | KAREN BUBB, PUBLIC ART MANAGER,
208.433.5677, KBUBB@CITYOFBOISE.ORG
WEB ADDRESS | WWW.BOISEARTSANDHISTORY.ORG
8th Street Marketplace
Artists-in-Residence
Congratulations to New Fellows for September-March 2013
Residencies
Boise- The 8th Street Marketplace Artist in Residence (AiR) program selects emerging and established artists for six-month residencies in donated commercial office spaces in downtown Boise. AiR is housed in the 8th Street Marketplace at BoDo, in the Mercantile and Northrup buildings, and at the Renewal "Underground" at 8th and Fulton.
In August a selection panel of community business and arts leaders selected new artists for the September-March 2013 residency. The new fellows are:
Mercantile Building, 8th and Broad, East side of 8th Street
- Mary Lantz, mixed-media visual artist
Northrup Building, 8th and Broad, West Side of 8th Street
- Abby Christensen, mixed-media conceptual visual artist
- Pam Demo, mixed-media paper collage artist
- Tyler Bush, mixed-media sculptor/performance artist
Renewal Underground, 517 S. 8th Street between Myrtle and Fulton
- TBA
The City ofBoise's Department of Arts and History, in partnership with property owners Ephriam Greenwall, G. Square Companies, and the Boise Weekly, administers and co-sponsors the program. The selections are made based on the strength of the artist's work samples and letters of interest. The panelists chose artists who would engage the spaces and audiences differently.
Artists will share their work with the public during First Thursday studio tours. October 4th will be the first First Thursday for the new batch of fellows. The public is invited to view their works from 5-8pm in their studio spaces.
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