Boise Gets New Artists-in-Residence

Boise- The 8^th 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 8^th Street Marketplace at BoDo, in the Mercantile and Northrup buildings, at the Renewal "Underground" at 8^th and Fulton, and in a new location on 8^th Street at 801 Main Street, suite 103, just off the Grove Plaza.

In January a selection panel of community business and arts leaders selected new artists for the residency fellowships. The selected artists are:

Northrup Building, 8th and Broad, West Side of 8th Street

• Kelly Thomas Rule, painter
• Mike Landa, photographer, designer, printmaker
• Joe Kimmel, painter

Renewal Underground, 517 S. 8th Street between Myrtle andFulton

• Sean Kelly, painter, graphic illustrator

Wells Fargo Center Retail Bldg, 801 Main Street, Suite 103 near Grove Plaza

The City of Boise's Department of Arts and History, in partnership with property owners Ephriam Greenwall, G. Square Companies, Oppenheimer Development Corporation, 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. April 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.