Sustenance
An Exhibition About Food by Idaho Artists Organized by the Visual Arts Center and the Treasure Valley Food Coalition
May 11 – May 23, 2012 Visual Arts Center – Gallery Two – Hemingway Western Studies Center
Farm to table dinner with the artists celebrating local food, wine, and art – May 10th 6:30pm $60
Seating limited, for tickets contact Susan Medlin at ssmedlin@peoplepc.com
Opening Reception: May 11, 2012 6-8pm, free and open to the public with free parking in the
Liberal Arts parking lot. Awards announced at 7pm.
Jan Boles
In 2011, the Visual Arts Center and the Treasure Valley Food Coalition invited Idaho artists who have an interest in food issues and a desire to reflect that interest in their work to apply for inclusion in an exhibition called Sustenance. Curator Kirsten Furlong has selected eighteen artworks by thirteen artists or artist groups for the exhibition. The artworks are about ideas related to obesity, food preservation, contemporary farming practices, and links between agriculture and architecture and include stop-motion video, sculpture, printmaking, painting, and photography. Proceeds from the sale of exhibited work will be divided equally between the artist and the Treasure Valley Food Coalition, which will use the funds to undertake Stage II of a local food assessment involving primary research on local food resources.
Idaho artists included in the exhibition:
John and Miranda Anderson (Viola, ID)
Stephanie Bacon (Boise, ID)
David Bazdar, Ben Bibikov, Steve Miler, and Randy Warren (Boise/Meridian, ID)
Jan Boles (Caldwell, ID)
Maria Chavez (Boise, ID)
Cami Ruh Clemo (Boise, ID)
Eli Craven (Boise, ID)
Scott Evans (Pocatello, ID)
Mrs. Mizuta’s Second Grade Class at Washington Elementary (Boise, ID)
Eric Obendorf (Boise, ID)
Jany Rae Seda (Boise, ID)
Rahul Sharma (Caldwell, ID)
Wingtip Press (Boise, ID) (Wingtip Press artists: Matt Bodett, Boise, ID, Mare Blocker, McCall, ID, Katazyna Cepek, Boise, ID, Terra Feast, Boise, ID, Lisa Cheney Jorgensen, Boise, ID, Tara Kennedy, Boise, ID, Amy Nack, Boise, ID, Josh Olson, Boise, ID, Cassandra Schiffler, Boise, ID)
Exhibition sponsored by the Visual Arts Center, the Treasure Valley Food Coalition, the Arts and Humanities Institute at Boise State University, the Boise State University Art Department, Tri-City Meats, Idaho’s Bounty, Jill Simplot and Pam Lemley, Dave Krick and Jami Adams, Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Anita Kay Hardy, Tzo-nah, Gary and Cathy Lyons, Susan and John Medlin, and Skip and Esther Oppenheimer.
About the Treasure Valley Food Coalition:
The Treasure Valley Food Coalition is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes a vibrant local food economy in the Treasure Valley Food Shed of Southwestern Idaho and Eastern Oregon. TVFC is unique in its focus on the food system, connecting what we eat to myriad issues including energy, transportation, health, nutrition, agriculture, education, culture, and jobs.
For more information about the Treasure Valley Food Coalition, please contact Susan Medlin at ssmedlin@peoplepc.com or visit their website at http://treasurevalleyfoodcoalition.org/
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Exhibition hours: Monday -Thursday 10am-5pm Friday 10am-3pm
