Idaho artist Yidan Guo aims to make her watercolor paintings as rich in color and substance as oil paintings, and is gaining acclaim for her works. We follow Guo as she researches and paints two portraits for her series on immigrant women and learn more about how her own immigrant experience informs her art.
Award-winning artist Delia Dante, owner of FireFusion Studio in downtown Boise, has honed her metal and glass enameling craft for over two decades. A welder and sculptor, Delia combines modern technology with traditional craftsmanship, most recently incorporating 3-D prints and electroplating. A teacher by nature, Delia leads classes for the community and hopes people become “Metalheads” like her.
Fred Choate is one of Idaho's most recognizable and beloved landscape painters. In this piece, he shares how he started painting, and what it does for him.
Marcia Franklin talks with playwright Samuel D. Hunter about his work, including “The Whale,” which was adapted into a movie with Brendan Fraser, who won an Academy Award. The two also discuss the role of Idaho in his works, and the importance of the humanities.
Visit three of the artists who opened up their studios in October, 2023 for "BOSCO," an annual event in Boise, Idaho, put on by the Boise Open Studios Collective Organization. Over two weekends, visitors were able to drop by nearly 100 studios to see artists at work and to purchase art.
Education coordinator Megan Mack from the Moscow Contemporary art gallery talks about a few of her favorite works in the "Timescape(s)" group exhibition for emerging Pacific Northwest artists.
She traveled around the country for decades as Idaho's most celebrated folk musician. But for Rosalie Sorrels, “way out in Idaho" was always home. Sorrels passed away in 2017 at the age of 83. Now a new exhibit of her memorabilia is on display at Albertsons Library at Boise State University. It's part of a joint project between the Idaho Commission On The Arts and Boise State Special Collections and Archives.
They've heard all the jokes about their name, and even have a few of their own! But rug hookers take their art form very seriously, and spend countless hours perfecting it, including dying their own wool. Recently, the Treasure Valley Rug Hookers in Boise, Idaho held its biggest exhibition yet, showcasing nearly 100 rugs from all over the country that re-imagined the "Golden Age of Illustrated Fairy Tales."
Open Arms Dance Project, an inclusive dance group in Boise, Idaho, performs a dance about physical and emotional strength at the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts. It was choreographed by Megan Brandel and Open Arms dancers, and performed on April 28, 2022. The group includes members with disabilities and those who identify as able-bodied.
Go behind-the-scenes in this Emmy award-winning piece about Open Arms Dance Project in Boise as it rehearses for its biggest concert ever, and then performs. You’ll also meet some of the members of this inclusive, multi-generational company, which includes dancers with disabilities and others who identify as able-bodied.