Limited Edition:  Boise Art Museum 75th Anniversary Card

Show your support!  This elegant card commemorates the Boise Art Museum's 75th Anniversary, celebrated throughout 2012!  Boise Art Museum (BAM) opened in 1937 in Julia Davis Park as the Boise Gallery of Art, and was renamed Boise Art Museum in 1988.  BAM is the only collecting art museum in Idaho to hold American Association of Museums accreditation and is among 4% of museums nationwide that have earned this distinction. 

BAM's exhibitions have included the works of historic, nationally recognized artists such as Ansel Adams, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frederic Remington, and Frank Lloyd Wright, in addition to cutting edge art from a broad range of contemporary artists.  Its Permanent Collection focuses on 20th century American art with a long-standing emphasis on artists of the Northwest, American Realism and ceramics.   Be sure to check it out at 670 Julia Davis Drive, across the street from the Main Library. 

Designed by Geoffrey Beard, the elegant black and silver card depicts a stylized image of the exterior of the Museum’s Sculpture Court, and includes the Museum’s 75th Anniversary logo.

Goldfish

A member of the carp family, the goldfish was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated. Some cultures associate them with serenity, wealth and happiness.

Paige Turner

This pop art illustration is from the stock photo disc "Pop Life", by Paul Gilligan. Gilligan's work is inspired by Roy Lichtenstein and comic book artists of the '60s. 

Stonehenge

Various theories have labeled Stonehenge a ritual site, an observatory, a calendrical device, and even the burial place of Celtic kings. Located on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England.

Zoo Boise Tiger

Boisean Monte Stiles took this photo of an Amur tiger at Zoo Boise. Zoo Boise participates in a Species Survival Plan for this endangered species, Panthera tigris altaica.

Keepsies sculpture

Keepsies, the bronze sculpture of three lifesize children playing marbles, was created by renowned sculptress Ann LaRose. It was dedicated in 1987 as a public art piece by the Boise City Arts Commission, and is permanently located in the Grove in downtown Boise. Photo by Karen Bubb.

Books - A Bridge to the World

We don't have electronic rights to this image by Bruno Budrovic.  Ask to see it next time you're in one of our libraries!