Art as Activism | Free Adult Group Visits

Bring your group to BAM for an engaging, thought-provoking, and uplifting experience. Adult attendees will engage in activities and conversations while experiencing  Julie Green: The Last Supper.
15 person minimum/30 person maximum
Must be scheduled at least 1 week in advance.

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Free Group Visit Request – Art as Activism

Join textile expert, artist, and curator Seiko Purdue as she discusses the history of Katazome and Katagami (stencil paper) and explains these ancient Japanese techniques. She will share innovations by the Katazome artists whose artworks are on display at the Boise Art Museum. Advance Ticket required.

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Art as Activism | Luma Jasim Performance

Join us for a live, 45-minute encore performance by Luma Jasim in conjunction with the exhibition on display at the Boise Art Museum, Julie Green: The Last Supper. Advance Ticket required.

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Art as Activism | Film Screening

Join us for a film screening of the 2023 prison drama Sing Sing in conjunction with the exhibition on display at the Boise Art Museum, Julie Green: The Last Supper.

Sing Sing is based on the true story of a prison theatre arts program that was transformational for a person who was wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. The theatre arts program gave his life meaning during the time he was incarcerated. Advance Ticket required.

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Tickets – Art as Activism | Luma Jasim Performance

Join textile expert, artist, and curator Seiko Purdue as she discusses the history of Katazome and Katagami (stencil paper) and explains these ancient Japanese techniques. She will share innovations by the Katazome artists whose artworks are on display at the Boise Art Museum. Advance Ticket required.

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Event for the Deaf Community

BAM Welcomes Your Feedback!
Come experience Boise Art Museum’s new ASL videos, designed to better welcome members of the deaf community to the Museum. Learn about select artworks in the exhibition Myths, Fables, and Fortunes: Our Place within the Landscape through ASL interpretation, accessible online with your smartphone.

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Tickets – Art as Activism | Film Screening

Join textile expert, artist, and curator Seiko Purdue as she discusses the history of Katazome and Katagami (stencil paper) and explains these ancient Japanese techniques. She will share innovations by the Katazome artists whose artworks are on display at the Boise Art Museum. Advance Ticket required.

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Lecture: Katazome Today with Seiko Purdue

Join textile expert, artist, and curator Seiko Purdue as she discusses the history of Katazome and Katagami (stencil paper) and explains these ancient Japanese techniques. She will share innovations by the Katazome artists whose artworks are on display at the Boise Art Museum. Advance Ticket required.

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Winter Exhibitions Celebration

Meet visiting artists Tom Kiefer and Hector Dionicio Mendoza as we celebrate our winter exhibitions, including: El Sueño Americano/The American Dream: Photographs by Tom Kiefer; Julie Green: The Last Supper; and Hector Dionicio Mendoza: Geographies of Identity.
Reception | No-host bar

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Artist Talk with Jean LaMarr

**SOLD OUT** For decades, artist and activist Jean LaMarr has been creating paintings, prints, and sculptures that reject the myth of the “vanished American Indian.” Join us in welcoming Jean LaMarr to BAM as she discusses her artworks, influences, and inspirations. Member RSVP or Advance Ticket required.

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Artsy Thursday – Virtual Program

Join BAM as we (virtually) celebrate The Week of the Young Child, along with the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children. Try your own mixed-media project inspired by BAM’s exhibition, “Outside the Lines.”

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**Canceled** Parlor Nights at BAM

Join us for humanities discussions, music of the era, and great art, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. RSVP required. These events are FULL.

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New Docent Meeting

BAM Docents are a vital part of the Boise Art Museum. As docents lead tours for adults and children, greet patrons, and answer questions about exhibitions, they participate in some of the most meaningful interactions the Museum has with the community. The New Docent Meeting is a great opportunity to learn more. BAM invites anyone committed to the arts and the community to consider becoming a docent. Experience teaching and knowledge of art history not required.

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Exhibitions Opening Celebration

Join BAM as we celebrate two new exhibitions with a special preview reception for Impressionism in the Northwest
and Women in American Impressionism: Three Masterworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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POP-UP Donut Day

Be among the first 100 visitors and enjoy a free donut from Guru Donuts and coffee while you visit the exhibition Jae Yong Kim: Donut Ever Forget Me.
Free with the price of admission | BAM Members are FREE

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Artist Talk with Wendy Red Star

Wendy Red Star is an artist of Crow and Irish descent whose work focuses on the historical and contemporary intersection of Native American ideologies and colonialist structures. Red Star incorporates…

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Spring Exhibitions Reception

Join BAM as we celebrate two new exhibitions at the reception for Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts at 25 and the 2019 Boise State University Biennial Faculty Exhibition. Artists will be in attendance to speak with visitors.

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