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DEFYING EXPECTATIONS: YIDAN GUO
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Defying Expectations: Yidan Guo
Essay by Marcia Franklin, Producer
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LOVE AT FIRST FIRE: DELIA DANTE
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GLASS BENDER: WIL KIRKMAN
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Making a Neon Butterfly
Glass Bender: Wil Kirkman Extras
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Making a Neon Butterfly
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Glass Benders - Behind the Scenes
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SARA: A LIFE IN DREAMS AND SYMBOLS
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Introduction to "SARA: A Life in Dreams and Symbols"
SARA: A Life in Dreams and Symbols Extras
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Introduction to "SARA: A Life in Dreams and Symbols"
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Preview of "SARA: A Life in Dreams and Symbols"
UNICORN FARM
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What's Around the Bend? | Unicorn Farm
Organic Architecture is about being in tune with the environment, both inside and out. See what's around the bend, and why the bend is there in the first place, in this excerpt from our full episode called "Unicorn Farm."
REMASTERED: LUPE GALVÁN
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Artist Lupe Galvan describes the themes of one of his paintings, "The Woman of San Pedro."
Remastered: Lupe Galván
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"The Woman of San Pedro"
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The Power of Plein Air Painting
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Sketchbooks: "They're like these little triumphs."
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Creativity is the thing that animates us
MADE TO LAST
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Mike “Hooey” Storch of Donnelly, Idaho braiding a leather hat band. Storch, who sells to high-end hatmakers, says he sometimes can’t keep up with the demand for his work.
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Director Troy Shreve filming Mike “Hooey” Storch of Donnelly, Idaho as he holds up a pineapple knot, his “signature” knot in his hatbands.
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A closeup of a “pineapple knot” being made by Mike “Hooey” Storch of Donnelly, Idaho. The knots are made by braiding two “Turk’s Head” knots together.
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Mr. Storch cuts leather into very fine strips and puts a bevel in them before he starts braiding.
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Mike “Hooey” Storch, a leather braider in Donnelly, Idaho.
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Several finished “pineapple knots” made by Mike “Hooey” Storch of Donnelly, Idaho.
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A handmade hat from the O’Farrell Hat Company in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which includes one of Mr. Storch’s hatbands.
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Mike “Hooey” Storch, a leather braider in Donnelly, Idaho, at work.
PLEASE TOUCH THE ART
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Inside the Stein Luminary 360° | Please Touch the Art
Take a 360° look inside the Stein Luminary on the Boise State University campus.
This is a 360° immersive video and is best viewed with VR goggles. If viewing on a desktop use your mouse to click and drag and explore the video. If viewing on a phone or tablet tilt your device in the direction you want to look. Have fun and enjoy!
LOVE WINS, HATE LOSES
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A new mural, completed in September 2022, shines light on a previously dark tunnel that was previously marred by anti-Semitic graffiti - an act that made national news.
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Portland, Oregon artist Addie Boswell prepares a section of the 8th Street tunnel on the Boise Greenbelt for a new mural that will celebrate inclusion while createid director Troy Shreve captures the moment.
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Volunteers from the Boise community lend their hands to paint a new mural near the Anne Frank Memorial.
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The Eighth Street Tunnel Mural Painting is located along the Boise River Greenbelt.
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Portland mural artist Addie Boswell prepping the surface of the tunnel.
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Boswell's mural includes characters emulating community leaders who stood up for social justice.
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The mural also includes symbols such as the Islam crescent moon and a sunflower.
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Included in the mural are local landmarks such as a giant chestnut tree and the Boise River and Foothills.
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Boswell adding detail to the mural.
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Aerosol Art | Love Wins, Hate Loses
Graffiti-based aerosol muralist Hawk Sahlein is one of the cofounders of a collective of artists known as Sector Seventeen. He goes by the name Elms One in the graffiti art world. Sahlein talks about his earliest influences, his work today and what he hopes people will take away from interacting with his murals.
CLOSER TO GOD
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Greek iconographer Chronis Vichos paints the wall of the sanctuary in the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Pocatello, Idaho.
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Father Constantine Zozos of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Pocatello watches as Greek iconographer George Kordis paints an icon of Moses and the Burning Bush.
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Eyes in a bowl, part of an icon of Saint Paraskevi, who is venerated as a healer of the blind.
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Greek iconographer Maria Panou painting details on an icon.
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The nave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Pocatello, Idaho, where services are held.
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createid director/videographer Andy Lawless climbing a scaffolding to get a good shot.
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Greek iconographer Kanellos Kanellopoulos painting an icon on the wall of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Iconographer Maria Panou mixing paints.
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Greek iconographer Alkis Pappas using a laser level to make sure the icons he’s painting are level.
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An icon of the Pentecost.
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Iconographer Chronis Vichos cutting out an icon that has been painted onto a special material that will be affixed to a ceiling too difficult to paint by hand.
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Several icons that have been painted onto a special material that will be affixed to a ceiling too difficult to paint by hand.
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“Jesus the Pantocrator,” a massive icon of Jesus surrounded by angels and prophets that is a hallmark of the domes in Orthodox churches.
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Greek iconographer Maria Panou. Her colorful shirt is the result of drying her brushes on her clothing while she paints.
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createid producer Marcia Franklin with Greek iconographer Maria Panou.
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Greek iconographer George Kordis painting an icon of Jonah and the Whale.
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A closeup of an icon of Moses and the Burning Bush. In Orthodox Christianity, the Burning Bush is interpreted as being Mary and Jesus. Watch a time-lapse of Mr. Kordis painting this icon in the video next to the photo gallery.
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Master Iconographer George Kordis Time-lapse
Master iconographer George Kordis paints an icon of Moses and the Burning Bush on the wall of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church.
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FLIPPING THE SCRIPT
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Open Arms dancers rehearse at the JUMP building in Boise.
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Marcia Franklin interviews Open Arms Founding Artistic Director Megan Brandel.
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Dancer Hava Fisherman being interviewed.
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Open Arms dancer Gail Hawkins teaching dance in the 1970s. Photo courtesy of Gail Hawkins.
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Open Arms dancers performing at the Morrison Center in Boise.
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Open Arms dancer Heather Marie.
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Open Arms dancer Alice Brown at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial.
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Open Arms dancers on stage at the Morrison Center in Boise.
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Open Arms dancers Heather Marie and Hava waiting to go on stage at the Morrison Center.
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Open Arms dancers rehearsing at the Morrison Center.
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Perspectives I: Strength | Flipping the Script: Open Arms Dance Project
Open Arms Dance Project, an inclusive dance group in Boise, Idaho, performs a dance about physical and emotional strength at the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts. It was choreographed by Meaghan Novoa and Megan Brandel, and performed on April 28, 2022. The group includes members with disabilities and those who identify as able-bodied.