Current Exhibitions in the Blue Galleries

2023 Annual Student Juried Exhibition

Boise-based curator/ arts administrator Stephanie Johnson selected work by 25 Boise State University students for the 2023 Annual Student Juried Exhibition at the Blue Galleries.  Each year the gallery offers the opportunity for all enrolled Boise State University students from freshman to graduate level to enter works for review by an esteemed arts professional. This year’s showcase of emerging artists includes video, audio, sculpture, ceramics, art metals, photography, and drawing.

2023 Biennial Faculty Exhibition

Biennial exhibition featuring new work by twenty-eight nationally and internationally recognized artists teaching in the department of Art, Design, and Visual Studies at Boise State University.  This biennial showcases the recent creative projects and research by full time and part time faculty.

The Department of Art, Design, and Visual Studies at Boise State University is a vibrant center of excellence in art and design that educates and prepares students to be innovative, creative problem solvers, critical thinkers and globally-engaged citizens. Working within diverse cultural and visual contexts, we value inclusivity and experimentation, encourage risk-taking, and through our research and practice advance knowledge in our field. The faculty embraces traditional and contemporary approaches toward materials, forms, techniques, and ideas, while always seeking the refinements, innovations, and inversions that allow art to convey meaning and agency. We share with our students the physical and intellectual experience of art and craft and assist them with acquiring the skills and knowledge to practice as artists, art teachers, art theorists and historians, designers, and illustrators.