Blue Galleries at Boise State University

Tonight!

Mosaic: Graphic Design Senior Showcase Introducing MOSAIC! This showcase is an opportunity for students to present their work and to commemorate their time in the Graphic Design program at Boise State. There will be group exhibitions, individual tables for each artist and the chance to see how students are bringing the MOSAIC theme to li...

Just a few more days left for current Boise State University students to enter the 2026 Annual Student Juried Exhibition! Entries of artworks created in the last calendar year are due by May 8th, 2026 at midnight! Link to entry form in the comments.

Our esteemed juror this year is artist and Boise State Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies alum Everett Hoffman.

Everett Hoffman is a cross-disciplinary artist and educator based in Austin, TX. He has taught at several U.S. universities, including the Rhode Island School of Design, Tyler School of Art, and Appalachian State University. In 2024, Everett was a finalist for the Art Jewelry Forum Young Artist Award, where he exhibited with Galerie Platina at Handwerk und Design in Munich, Germany. From 2020 to 2023, he was an artist-in-residence at Penland School of Craft. He also completed a year-long residency at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft (2018-19) and a three-month residency at the Baltimore Jewelry Center (2019). Everett's work has appeared in BmoreArt, Metalsmith, and American Craft. He has contributed writings to Metalsmith and Art Jewelry Forum and has spoken at the JMGA Conference in Perth, Australia, and the Museum of Art and Design during New York Jewelry Week. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach, the Contemporary Craft Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; Sienna Patti Gallery, Lennox, MA; Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; and the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece. He earned his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2018 and his BFA from Boise State University in 2013. Everett’s current body of work examines contemporary forms of protection and iconographic communication, illuminated through the use of lights, sculptural forms, and body adornment.

Boise State University School of the Arts
Boise State Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies

It's the final week to see the Spring 2026 Bachelor of Fine Art Exhibition. The Blue Galleries will be open Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm through this Friday, May 1st, 2026.
Free admission and open to all.

📷by Luan Teed, Boise State University
Boise State University School of the Arts
Boise State Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies

Call for entries for the 2026 Annual Student Juried Exhibition are due May 8th, 2026. Follow the link for information and entry form for your opportunity to show your work at the Blue Galleries!
All Boise State University enrolled students are eligible to enter.
https://www.boisestate.edu/news/2026/04/16/call-for-student-submissions-blue-galleries-2026-annual-student-juried-exhibition

We are so excited to introduce you to the BFA candidates from our Visual Art, Illustration, and Art Education programs at the Boise State Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies during their upcoming Spring 2026 BFA Exhibition.

Opening reception - Friday April 10th 6pm-8pm and exhibition continues through May 1st during regular gallery hours Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm. The galleries will remain closed through 4/10 for exhibition rotation and installations.

Graphic design by BFA Visual Art and BFA Graphic Design candidate Cameron Crites.

Many thanks to everyone who joined us last week during Treefort Music Fest x Boise State University School of the Arts programs and the Blue Galleries artist talks.

+++We are closed through April 10th, 2026 for gallery rotations.+++

Please join us on Friday, April 10th 2026 6pm-8pm for the opening reception of the Spring 2026 BFA Exhibition! We look forward to seeing you then.

Photograph courtesy of the Boise State College of Arts and Sciences of Gallery Director Kirsten Furlong introducing artist Veiko Valencia for his artist talk on March 25th, 2026.

The Blue Galleries are closed this week (March 16-20) for Boise State University Spring Break. We will be open next week with extended hours, a closing reception, and two artist talks! Find us on the Treefort Music Fest schedule and stop by on your way to Julia Davis Park. All of the events related to Treefort on the Boise State campus and in the Center for the Visual Arts are free and open to all (no wristband needed). Happy spring break Broncos and see you next week!

Don't miss the Closing reception and artist talk - Veiko Valencia March 25th 5pm-7pm (artist talk at 6pm)

See Diana Baumbach's exhibition All About Forgetting through March 27th, 2026.
Closing reception March 25th, 2026 5-7pm, appetizers and no-host bar.
📷Photographs of exhibition by Janell Strouse

Veiko Valencia, All About Forgetting, open today 10am-5pm and through March 27th, 2026 during regular gallery hours Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm