URBAN
The art of Jan Boles, Charles Gill,
Michael Miller and Karen Woods

May 18 - September 22, 2013

To celebrate Boise’s Sesquicentennial, Boise Art Museum presents URBAN, an exhibition of Boise City sites by artists Jan Boles, Charles Gill, Michael Miller and Karen Woods.  Over the past decade, these four artists have developed distinctive visions of Boise and bodies of work inspired by the locales of our city.

These four urban-inspired artists use photography and panoramic formats as vehicles for exploring the expansive nature of Boise’s streetscapes. Their spectrum of work ranges from iconic buildings to back alleyways, side roads, automobiles and advertising signs. They record the angles and views that we see every day, but may not have noticed.  From their explorations of the city, the artists have compiled an honest portrayal of Boise buildings and structures, old and new, large and small. Together, the artworks in Urban offer a visual time capsule of Boise.

Works included in the exhibition are on loan from the artists,
the City of Boise and private lenders and drawn from the Museum's Permanent Collection.

William Morris and Alexis Rockman:
The Art of Nature

December 8, 2012 – June 2, 2013

Glass artist William Morris and contemporary painter Alexis Rockman are featured in an exhibition that reflects their individual responses to the beauty of nature.  William Morris’ 38 glass vessels adorned with flora and fauna are paired with Alexis Rockman’s famed grand-scale painting Evolution and other works.  Based on natural history dioramas, Rockman’s paintings served as an inspiration to William Morris in the creation of his elegant vessels.  A film about Morris and the development of his work is being shown, which provides additional insight into the pairing of two of the most accomplished and world renowned American artists of our times.

All works are from
THE GEORGE R. STROEMPLE COLLECTION
A STROEMPLE / STIREK COLLABORATION

Supported in part by OfficeMax Boise Community Fund,
the Robert Lehman Foundation
and the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass,
with additional support provided by Kay Hardy and Gregory Kaslo.

Origins: Objects of Material Culture

February 23, 2013 – January 12, 2014

Origins: Objects of Material Culture features objects from Africa, Papua New Guinea and North America spanning the time period from pre-European contact through present day.  This exhibition encourages audiences to compare and contrast the aesthetics of diverse cultures and the ways these art forms have contributed to our contemporary senses of place, art, community, and identity.

Supported in part by a grant from

with additional support from the Wells Fargo Foundation

Mogollon Culture black-on-white canteen, 900-1150,
clay, pigment,Gift of Wilfred Davis Fletcher