Amy Westover is an artist working in the Boise area. Her work, Grove Street illuminated was created as the first piece of public art funded by the 1% for art ordinance the city put into place in 2001. Grove Street Illuminated was also one of the first art videos I made in college so I was very excited to get the chance to sit down with Amy and catch up with her about what she's currently working on

Luan (Lu-on) Teed is a freelance illustrator who has an eye for color use and enjoys creating organic linework. Luan graduated from Boise State University where she was able to experiment with various mediums and find what best suited her. While she currently works primarily in the digital world, she enjoys working with pens and markers whenever the opportunity arises.

Owner, designer and artist, Lydia Purcell, creates unique and one of a kind balloon garlands and installations inside her store, Zeppelin Balloons. The store is a specialty balloon and party supply boutique located in Boise Idaho, serving the Treasure Valley area since 2019. She's been in the event planning and party supply business for 7+ years and over the last few years has been perfecting her balloon artistry.

Located in the mountains above Boise, with their studio and fabrication shop next to the house they met in over 30 years ago, Kat and Harry spend their time creating fantastic works of art. After Kat lays out the design, Harry glues and grouts the pieces with epoxy

Ben Konkol is an award winning illustrator working in the Boise, Idaho area. His work has been featured in 3x3 Magazine, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, The New York Times and others. Ben works full time creating art and working on creative collaborations.

Zion Warne is a glass artist living and working in the Boise area. Zion works out of his glassblowing studio on Chinden in Garden City and people are welcome to come and view his gallery or take a class with him almost any day of the week. He's been creating art with glass full time for 25 years and has an incredible ability to work quickly and effortlessly with this molten material.

Jim Turner is the owner of Boise Mosaic Works in Boise Idaho. He runs a commercial mosaic workshop creating pieces to be installed in homes or outdoors, monoliths and garden art. He is amazing at working pieces of glass into colorful works of art. Aside from creating mosaics Jim is also a working musician performing in several local bands performing rock and Irish pub songs.

Wil Kirkman is the owner of Rocket Neon on Myrtle in Downtown Boise. He has been making neon signage ever since he took on an apprenticeship years ago. Wil's work is amazing to see in person and his signs are available for sale or custom ones can be commissioned.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with some of the team at the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra and got to watch them perform their final concert of the 2020-2021 season. When the pandemic hit last year the Boise Philharmonic had to come up with a way to save their season. What they came up with was an innovative solution called the "Digital Stage". I got to have a behind the scenes look at what it takes to put on one of these digital performances, and it is quite an undertaking.

Richard has been referred to as a cardsmith, once you see this video I think you'll agree that he fundamentally recreates these decks of playing cards into unique works of art. Richard (intricuts) has an eye for creative ways of bringing to life the art on these cards. He gets requests to ship his cards to collectors from all over the world.

Sue Latta is a sculptor living and working in the Boise area. You've seen her sign offering welding classes outside the Creative Center right before the connector on Front street. Sue is a prolific artist and amazing mentor to artists starting down their paths. Sue worked with acrylic imagery while I was there and showed me the variety of tools she uses to create her stunning sculptures.

I sat down with Marianna Edwards, an artist and teacher based in Boise, Idaho. Marianna is very interested in exploring her family roots and heritage and pieces of both come through in her artwork. She has recently had a traffic box put up by the city of Boise at Ustick and Cole

William is a oil painter currently working his way through a series of paintings based on how he discovers imagery in things around him. His current work is focused on the form of a rag and the writers/others who have inspired him. William is an art teacher who helps young artists find their path. His art has turned inward as the pandemic has kept most of us isolated and it leads to some amazing results.

Meet Kayla Morgan, a fantastic ceramics artist who creates amazing pieces of pottery with patterns based on natural rocks. Kayla's work is sold under the name Lala's Fresh Pots on Etsy and other local boutique stores.

Matt Wolfe is a Boise based glass artist. His focus is on torch work using Borosilicate glass. Matt runs Sawtooth Glass Project with his wife and together they host classes and sell his amazing creations. Matt specializes in small sculptures and functional items such as glasses and containers.

In my first interview of the new year I sat down with the talented Julie Pegan. Julie is an illustrator and painter whose recent artistic endeavors find her painting on jackets and other clothing. She has an awesome looking portfolio and if you're a bit of a nerd you might even notice some references to nerd culture in her artwork.