Surel
Mitchell

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Surel Mitchell
Boise (Garden City), ID

Education          Pennsylvania State University, PA
                        Palomar College, CA
                        Boise State University, ID   BFA

Awards and Grants

2005       Quick Funds Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2004       Quick Funds Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2002       Awarded commission Boise City Visual Chronicle Permanent Collection
2000       Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts
Fellowship, Idaho Commission on the Arts
Kennedy Center Travel Grant  , Washington, D.C.
Professional Assistance Idaho Commission on the Arts Sudden Opportunity Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts and the National  Endowment for the Arts
1997      Sudden Opportunity Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts
1996      Technical Assistance Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005       Boise Open Studio Exhibit
2003       Boise Open Studio Exhibit
2000       Legends & Legacy, j. Crist Gallery, Boise, ID
1997       Flower, j. Crist Gallery, Boise, ID
1991       Romero De Martinez Gallery, Boise, ID
1988       Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005       Introductions, Jcrist Gallery, Boise, ID
2004-05   Idaho Triennial Juried, Boise Art Museum
2005       BOSCO Exhibit Boise Art Museum, June
2004       Juried, International Arts Festival-vsa, Washington, DC
2004       Bosco exhibit Boise Art Museum, Boise ID
2004       Booker’s Dozen, juried Artist’s Book Traveling Exhibit, Idaoho Center for the
Book
2003       Invitational Annual, Basement Gallery,, Boise, ID
2003       Boise Open Studio Collective Tour Exhibit, Boise Idaho
2001       Visual Considerations of an Unspeakable Moment-9/11/01 Boise State University, Boise, ID
2001       4 State Fellowship Exhibit, Millennium Art Center, Washington, DC
2000       Visual Arts Fellowship Traveling Exhibition, Prichard Art Gallery,
Moscow, ID & Boise State Univ., Boise, ID
1997       The More the Merrier III, j. Crist, Boise, ID
1996       The More the Merrier II, j. Crist, Boise, ID
             A Rose is a Rose is a Rose:  A Summer Salon, j. Crist, Boise, ID
1995      Very Special Arts Juried, Traveling Exhibit, Seattle, WA
National Small Works Juried Exhibition, Boise State University, ID
1993      Paine Weber Gallery, Juried Show, New York, NY
            VSA Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Washington, DC
            Bacardi Gallery, Juried Show, Miami, FL
            WomanSpeak, Invitational, Transition Gallery, Idaho State University,
1991      Idaho Biennial, Juried Show, Boise Art Museum, ID
1990      Spirit of the West, Juried Show, Boise, ID
            Allied Arts, Juried Exhibition, Richland, WA
1989      IBM Madison Ave. Gallery, Juried Group Show, New York, NY
            Stewart Gallery Invitational, Boise, ID
1988      Peer Group Exhibit, Governor’s Awards, Boise, ID
1987      Call to Rise, Juried Show, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
1986      Northwest ‘86,  Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA

Bibliography
Chris Schnoor, “Idaho Triennial…”Art Week, April, 2005
Chris Schnoor,” Idaho, NY”,, Boise Weekly, January12 2005 p. 16
Dana Oland, “Art and Healing” Idaho Statesman, August 26, 2001, p. B1
Clutter, Tyrus. “Best and Brightest,”  Boise Weekly, March 23-29, 2000, p. 18.
Flagg, Marianne. “artists on tour,” The Idaho Statesman, March 10, 2000, p.1E.
“8 Days Out”, Boise Weekly, March 9-15, 2000, p.19.
Ronayne, Diane. “Mitchell’s art evokes legacy of Jewish heritage,” The Idaho Statesman,February  2000
“Best Bets.” Scene, The Idaho Statesman, February, 22, 2000
Schnoor, Chris. “Home is Where the Art Is,”  Boise Magazine, Spring 1999, p. 95.
Flagg, Marianne. “Home studio turns artist’s dream into reality,” The Idaho Statesman, January 17, 1999, p. E6.
“8 Days Out,” Boise Weekly, May 8-14, 1997, p. 15.
“Best Bets,” Scene, Idaho Statesman, May 9, 1997, p.2.
 Schnoor, Chris.  “Holiday Hors d’Oeuvres,” Refelx Magazine, February 1996, p. 17.
The Strength of the Mind, 1996 National Art Show for Artists with Epilepsy and Other             Disabilities, Catalog, November 1996, p. 16.
Boise State University National Small Painting, Sculpture, New Forms Exhibition, Catalog, March 1995, p.1
Duda, S.  “Art makes me sick:  Dealing with toxic art supplies,” Boise Weekly,             January 1995, p. 18.
“Artist Profile,” Women’s Times, Sun Valley, ID, July 1994.
Boise Weekly, June 1994.
The Idaho Statesman, June 1994.
“The Creative Will,” Pomegranate Art Books, November 1993, p. 24.
1994 Project Rembrandt Calendar, Pomegranate Publisher, 1993.
Boise Magazine, April 1991, Cover.
Spearman, Will.  “An artistic affair:  Bold, vibrant colors strengthen abstract works by Surel Mitchell,” The Idaho Statesman, August 2, 1991, p. 11.
Centennial Biennial: Contemporary Idaho Art, Boise Art Museum Catalog,, April 1990, p. 38.
Boise Magazine, September 1988.
Boise Magazine, March 1988, pp. 50-51.

Professional Experience
2005       Take one Picture Pilot Project, Adams SchoolB oise School District
2005       Art teacher, Work and Learn Program, Boise School District
2004       Juror, Voices and Visions, Boise State University, ID
2004       Visual Arts Committee, Boise City Arts Commission
2004       Boise Art Museum, studio class for kids at risk
2003       Art teacher, Work and Learn Program ( Snap Shots), Boise, school district
2003       Set designer, Stop Kiss,Boise Contemporary Theater, ID
2003       Boise Art Museum teacher Studio class for Kids at risk
2003       Art teacher, Work and Learn program (Snap Shot) Boise, School district
2003       Juror, Art in the Airport mural project
2002       Art in the Schools teacher, YMCA program for Kids at risk, Franklin School, Boise, ID
2002       Art teacher, Work and Learn Program (Snap Shots) Boise, School District
2002       Juror, Public Works Project, Bois City Arts Commission
1994-2003 Appointed, Boise City Arts Commission
1996       Juror, Wings, Boise City Arts Commission
1994       Juror, Spring Run Plaza (sculpture), Boise, ID
1993       Juror-Idaho Advertising Design Exhibition
             Selected-Idaho Artist in Education Residency, Idaho Commission on the Arts
1991       Guest speaker on Art Breaking, WBAI Radio, Manhattan, N.Y.
             Slide presentation, Boise Art Museum
10 years docent at Boise Art Museum
8 years Board of Directors, Boise Art Museum