Current Exhibitions in SUB Galleries

Breaking the Mold

Showcasing the Creative Work of Veterans and Those Actively Serving

February 26 – April 9, 2023

This exhibition, curated by Mandee Snowden-Edmonds, US Army veteran, celebrates the creativity and maker spirit of those who have or are currently serving in one of the six branches of the US Armed Forces. Often seen by others as stoic soldiers, veterans and those actively serving can often feel invisible, ignored, and misunderstood, labeled with descriptions that do not seem apt to themselves. The work in Breaking the Mold signifies how these individuals dream of a future in a different kind of service, to themselves as students and as whole human beings, to their families, and to their communities. We honor their choices to serve, and we are thankful they have chosen Boise State as the university at which they will continue to make their dreams realized.

Exhibition Location: Student Union Fine Arts Gallery, Boise State University

Exhibition Reception: Thursday, April 6, 2023 4:30 – 6:30 PM. Reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Your Southpaw Mirror

Works by Jorge Ovando

January 8 – May 7, 2023

Jorge Ovando emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic a self- proclaimed artist. Proving that time to practice, a safe space to experiment and a desire to find his own style, Ovando reminds his viewers that we can all be creative if we only persist. “As a ‘Southpaw’ (left handed boxer) artist, I painted and painted and painted, never giving up until I finally found my southpaw style.” Guided by the art of Mexico as his cultural map, his early art making skills were formed in the early 1990s as a Southern California graffiti artist. Today, his prolific career finds him painting in the Treasure Valley, Idaho.

Exhibition Location: Student Union Trueblood Pop Up Gallery, Boise State University

Exhibition Reception: March 2, 2023, 5 – 7 p.m. Reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

The Student Union Building Fine Arts Gallery and Trueblood Pop Up Gallery is located at 1700 University Drive on the second floor of the Student Union Building. Admission is free to all. Parking is available for an hourly fee in metered spaces and in the Lincoln and Brady Garages.

2020-2022 Virtual Tours Give You Access

Covid kept us apart for a couple of years, and we missed you during that time. In case you missed the 2020-2022 Exhibition Seasons, you can still access them through virtual tours. If you would like to visit exhibitions from these seasons, please follow the links below:

New Narratives: 2022 CWI Student Capstone Collection: CWI Capstone
Lo Que Ha De Venir/What is About to Come: Works by Veiko Valencia: Veiko Valencia Virtual Tour
The Art and Legacy of Dr. Louis A. Peck, Jr.: Louis Peck Virtual Tour
Passengers: Works by Ann Porter: Ann Porter’s Passengers
From the Collections: Portraits: University Portraits
Long Term Vision: Works by Luma Jasim: Luma Jasim Virtual Tour.
Emerging: CWI Capstone Collection: CWI Capstone
Drive to Town: Tricia Florence Virtual Tour
Postal Outliers: Postal Outliers Virtual Tour
Character Development, paintings by Michael Chambers: Michael Chambers Virtual Tour
Hostile Terrain 94: Hostile Terrain 94 at Boise State
Things We Do, photography of Colin Hicks: Colin Hicks Virtual Tour
Objects of Resilience, quarantine works by Boise State Drawing 1 students: Objects of Resilience Virtual Tour

Exhibiting in the Student Union Building

Student Union Fine Arts Gallery

Located on the second floor of the SUB above the main staircase

Student Union Fine Arts Gallery, Boise State University, is located at 1700 University Drive on the second floor of the Student Union Building. Admission is free to all students, staff, and community members. Parking is available for an hourly fee in metered spaces and in the Lincoln and Brady Garages.

Trueblood Pop Up Gallery

Located on the second floor of the SUB adjacent to the Trueblood Room

The Trueblood Pop Up Gallery is located at 1700 University Drive on the second floor of the Student Union Building. Admission is free to all students, staff, and community members. Parking is available for an hourly fee in metered spaces and in the Lincoln and Brady Garages.

Sustainability Center Student Art Gallery

Located on the first floor of the SUB at the entrance between the Atrium and the food court

The Sustainability Center Student Art Gallery is located at 1700 University Drive on the second floor of the Student Union Building. Admission is free to all students, staff, and community members. Parking is available for an hourly fee in metered spaces and in the Lincoln and Brady Garages.

Goran Fazil, Hegelian Constructs, mixed media, 2008

SUB Art Collection

The Student Union Permanent Art Collection was established to introduce students, faculty, staff and community members to a wide range of artwork from multiple traditions and periods in art history. Encompassing work from various artists with unique backgrounds and cultures, and employing numerous media, the collection creates a diverse mixture of style, content and subject matter. Read more about these collections.

Our mission is to create a sense of home for students to study, to meet friends, to make connections, and we believe that art should be an integral part of that shared experience. So we have made available several collections–through commissions, through generous gifts–in the Student Union Building.

We do this through several avenues–commissioning work, buying work, and accepting gifts of work.

When you purchase work from the Student Union Fine Art Gallery or the Trueblood Pop Up Gallery, you support the fund to buy new art for the Student Union. Artists agree to a 40% commission; this commission is directed to a Foundational account that serves as a savings account from which we can purchase works of art.

If you would like to add to the student experience at the Student Union Building through a gift of artwork from your own collection, please contact Fonda Portales, University Art Curator and Collections Manager, at fondaportales@boisestate.edu.

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Do You Want to Exhibit in the SUB?

Each year, the University Art Curator opens a call for proposals to exhibit in Student Union Galleries. If you are an artist, maker, or think you would like to be one, please consider the Student Union Building Fine Art Galleries and seek out our current calls for proposals.

Calls for Proposals

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Past Exhibitions in the Student Union

Each year, the Student Union Building exhibits 12 shows between the Fine Arts Gallery and the Trueblood Pop Up Gallery. We understand that in this wonderfully creative city, you have many opportunities to visit exhibitions throughout town. If you have needed to skip some of the exhibits at the Student Union Building, we have a list of artists who have shown in the recent past.

Past Exhibitions in the SUB