Join us as we celebrate the opening of Boise Art Museum’s two new exhibitions.
Reception | No-host bar
Exhibition Opening Celebration
Art as Activism | Free Adult Group Visits
August 15, 2025
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.
Art as Activism | Luma Jasim Performance
August 12, 2025
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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>Exhibition Opening Celebration
April 16, 2025
Join us as we celebrate the opening of Boise Art Museum’s new exhibition, James Castle: Perspectives
Reception | No-host bar
Exhibition Opening Reception: Here We Have Idaho
February 19, 2025
Join us as we celebrate the opening of Boise Art Museum’s new exhibition, Here We Have Idaho: Material Matters | S. A. Jones and Astri Snodgrass.
Reception | No-host bar
Event for the Deaf Community
March 7, 2024
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.
Winter Exhibitions Celebration
June 16, 2023
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
Artist Talk with Jean LaMarr
March 17, 2023
**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.
Read More >>Artsy Thursday – Virtual Program
April 9, 2020
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.”
Read More >>**Canceled** Ballet & Brushstrokes: 19th-century Costumes and Art
February 26, 2020
Join BAM and Ballet Idaho for a collaborative, one-night-only event, showcasing turn-of-the-century American Impressionist paintings and Victorian-style costumes from Ballet Idaho’s lavish, all-new production of The Nutcracker. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Read More >>Opening Celebration: The 2020 Idaho Triennial
February 14, 2020
Come celebrate the artists and artworks featured in The 2020 Idaho Triennial. Meet the artists as you enjoy a special after-hours viewing of this exhibition. Reception | No-host bar
Read More >>**Canceled** Parlor Nights at BAM
January 9, 2020
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.
Read More >>Exhibitions Opening Celebration
June 4, 2019
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.
POP-UP Donut Day
April 4, 2019
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
Artist Talk with Wendy Red Star
January 17, 2019
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…
Read More >>Spring Exhibitions Reception
October 25, 2018
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.
Read More >>Annual Members’ Appreciation Party
April 18, 2017
A Free BAM members-only reception | Join BAM members, trustees, and staff, as we celebrate the Museum and thank our many donors, contributors and volunteers.
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