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Artist Mixer & Karaoke
Join us at Trailhead for an Arts Mixer. Connect with the people in your community creating art, find new collaborations, and share experiences.
After, stick around for some silly karaoke (:
Illumibrate
BYA will be filling out JUMP’s Pioneer Room with an installation of 10-12 sculptures from local Boise artists.
BYA Open Mic
Join BYA for their quarterly Open Mic at Mad Swede Brewing in downtown Boise.
This open mic is for all art forms.
Paint if you want to do a speed painting, play the drums, sing, read your literature, tell a story.
The goal is to share who you are with others.
FREE, 6 PM
Reading + Art Show
Kam Rose and JayLynn Fraye-Rummel
Join Jay and Kam for a reading from Jay’s new published poetry book, Sinew and Sea, at the Lit Room. Kam Rose painted the cover and the original piece will be there that evening.
6 PM at The Lit Room
Open Mic @ Mad Swede
Show us what you got at our famous Mad Swede x Backyard Artists Open Mic. Open to all mediums!
Lit Room After Dark
Come visit the Backyard Artists booth at the Meridian Night market!
Meridian Night Market
Come visit the Backyard Artists booth at the Meridian Night market!
Surel’s place Art Show
Surel’s Place Art Show. Backyard Artists will be the Artists in Residence for the kickoff of Surel’s First Friday series. Reading from 5-5:45 followed by an art show and gallery inside the Surel’s house. FREE.
Live Readings w/ Storyfort @ Ocho’s
This is the Place. Storyfort x BYA Presents: A reading of the heavy hitters that are heading to Storyfort. 5-9 PM. Ocho’s. 21+. FREE, do not need Treefort pass to attend.
Happy Hour Theater @ Storyfort
Happy Hour Theater at Storyfort. FREE, do not need Treefort pass to attend. 4-4:45 PM at Ocho’s. 21+. Three, 10 minute plays read on stage. Playwrights: Katie Andrea, Paris Thompson, and Kirk Reilly.
BYA Open mic nite @ Mad swede
BYA Open Mic Nite 6-9 PM at Mad Swede Brewery downtown Boise. Open to all forms of art. Want to share your work and talk process? Go for it. Never sang before but wanted to? Do it. Flash paint on stage? Sweet.
Habitual Arts Show & Readings W/ No new vintage
No New Vintage x BYA Presents: Habitual Arts Show & Readings. 6-9 PM. Open to all. Executive Producer: Nicole Osborn. Three artists will hang their art in No New Vintage and the racks of clothes will be curated around the artists based on themes and colors of their work. Hannah Cook and Tomas Baiza will share their work from 7:15-7:45 PM. The gallery will be up until Sunday night, March 5th.
Emerging Writers Showcase
Held Decemeber 2022 at The District Coffee House. 9 authors from Boise State’s Undergrad program shared their stories, poetry, and fiction.
Penned: Life and Death
Held December 2022. Since the weather turned, we held the event at CHOW Public Market. There was a tattooist on stage, 3 readers, and a raffle at the end of the show. The tattooist was Kyle Caputo, owner of Crimson Fox Tattoos on Overland, tattooed apprentice-to-be David Micheletti. A camera was set up on the body part and the audience watched this tattoo in real time. Sam Berman read a short story afterward, followed by Katie Dandrea sharing non fiction and Tomas Baiza closing up with fiction.