Moments in Transit is a multimedia exhibition, which represents Deborra Bohrer’s love of nature, Idaho and her fascination with automobiles. Through salvaged doors she sourced from vintage cars in Montana and Ketchum as well as at L L&L Classic Auto, one of the largest car yards in the U.S. in Wendell, Idaho, Bohrer has created vignettes on her view of the world and a few key people who are in it. The exhibition, which is comprised of nine doors and car parts and six paintings as well as a video on the making of Moments in Transit, offers a look into an artist and her process in an intimate and telling presentation. The concept of the doors started when Bohrer first found one in an antique shop in Bozeman, Mont. many years ago. In creating Moments in Transit, Bohrer wanted to capture the past as well as show the romance of the automobile. However, she is also using Moments in Transit to show how the West needs to be protected and honored in the issues of the 21st century. Most of Bohrer’s art is impasto painting where she uses a palette knife to place layers upon layers of paint and color to present her subject. A combination of found objects and doors, which are an homage to vintage automobiles, as well as paintings on a variety of subjects from western wild fires and Sandhill cranes to wild horses and sockeye salmon as well as all the characters, Bohrer has discovered while constructing Moments in Transit are all represented in this show.
KETCHUM, IDAHO —Lipton Fine Arts presents new works by Deborra Marshall Bohrer in a solo show for Gallery Walk on Friday, Sept. 1, 5-8 p.m., in Ketchum, Idaho. Marshall Bohrer will be present for Gallery Walk, and her works will remain on exhibition through the end of September. Marshall Bohrer’s work is also on exhibition at The Community Library in Ketchum for its “Art in the Lecture Room” series, which is ongoing.
“In art, as in any profession, knowledge is power,” the great 19th-century American landscape artist Thomas Moran once said. “I must know the geology. I must know the rocks and the trees and the atmosphere and the mountain torrents and the birds that fly in the blue ether above me.” Landscapes, especially Western landscapes, have inspired generations of other artists after Moran, and a good variety of landscapes will greet art lovers on the Sept. 1 Gallery Walk in Ketchum—alongside myriad other works in a variety of media, including sculpture and photography, in realist, impressionist and abstract modes. Art lovers are invited to stroll the 14 participating galleries and enjoy complimentary wine on the last Gallery Walk of summer 2017. 6. Lipton Fine Arts Lipton Fine Arts presents new works by local artist Deborra Marshall Bohrer in a solo show. Marshall Bohrer will be present for the Gallery Walk, and her works will remain on exhibition through the end of September. “I’m inspired at the amount of effort of work that Deborra does to produce a painting,” said Lipton Fine Arts owner Gary Lipton. “Priming, scraping and grinding with power tools and the almighty palette knife with layers upon layers of paint. When looking at the paintings, you can just see so much depth. Her paintings express a stylistic resemblance of love and tenderness.” Marshall Bohrer will show pieces from her Sandhill crane series and others and new works, “Scenes From the Hidden Garden,” inspired by her own gardens. Her fascination with form and figure as well as years of skill and experience allows her to present the elegance of cranes and nature through her own style of painting, which is mostly performed with a palette knife. For more information, call Lipton at 248-561-5120. Read the full article here: https://www.mtexpress.com/arts_and_events/arts/art-lovers-invited-to-wind-down-with-final-summer-gallery-walk/article_a8d2c928-8cef-11e7-b4eb-1ff8ed10e949.html
WaterWays Smithsonian Exhibit at The Sun Valley Museum of History through August 28 KETCHUM, IDAHO – The Community Library announces the presentation of a Smithsonian traveling exhibit on water at the Sun Valley Museum of History. WaterWays is an interactive exhibit that explores water as a critical scientific and cultural resource. The exhibit will be on display until August 28. Admission is free. In addition to the multimedia exhibit designed by the Smithsonian, the Library has created several unique complementary aspects to the exhibit, including a large-scale map of the local watershed, a video oral history project, a display of fine art by local artist Deborra Marshall Bohrer, and locally-created set of word puzzles pertaining to water. “Water is a defining feature in the arid American West, and here in central Idaho, our local waterways include the wild Salmon River, the renowned spring-fed Silver Creek, the freestone Big Wood River, as well as irrigation ditches and the massive Magic Reservoir,” said Jenny Emery Davidson, the Library’s executive director. “This excellent exhibit prompts us to pay attention to these waterways in new and deliberate ways. It’s perfect for here and perfect for this summer.” The Library’s video oral history project, created especially for this exhibit, includes 25 short local video interviews with various locals who have different kinds of relationships with water, such as Kevin Lakey, District 37 Watermaster, and Nick Purdy, Double R rancher. There is a wall-sized satellite image of the Malad river system. And there is a water-inspired artwork by Deborra Marshall Bohrer. There is a water-related locally created word puzzle and a raffle prize drawing. Additional programming in the Lecture Hall of The Community Library will enhance the water- themed exhibit: A Screening of The Milagro Beanfield War, Thursday, July 28, 6:00 p.m. “Slipping Through the Cracks: The Snake River, Its Aquifer, and Idaho’s Water Conflicts” by Kevin Marsh, Professor, ISU, Tuesday, August 2, 6:00 p.m. “How Water Works,” A Panel Discussion on Local Water Issues Wednesday, August 3, 6:00 p.m. A Screening of Chinatown, Tuesday, August 9, 5:30 p.m. LitWalk Video Project, Friday, August 19, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Individuals will be invited to record their own water stories in a video booth at the museum during the Library’s LitWalk festival. The Library’s Sun Valley Museum of History is the second exhibit site in the state, following the Idaho Falls Public Library. Next it will travel to the Idaho Museum of Natural History (Pocatello), Nampa Public Library, The Third Street Gallery in collaboration with the Latah County Historical Society (Moscow) and the Burley Public Library. The Smithsonian “Museum on Main Street” exhibition program was developed to bring exhibitions primarily to smaller communities in America which would not ordinarily have the opportunity to host such an exhibit. In the past fifteen years The Idaho Humanities Council has brought to Idaho Smithsonian exhibitions on American roots music, food and culture, the history of American labor, yesterday’s visions of the future, sports history, barn architecture, the meaning of fences and borders, and more. For more information on Museum on Main Street, see http://museumonmainstreet.org/water/index.html. The Sun Valley Museum of History, located in the Ketchum Forest Service Park on the corner of First and Washington Avenues, is open Tuesday through Saturday, from 1 – 5 pm. Admission is free. For more information, please call (208) 726-3493 ext. 112 or email Mary Tyson mtys on@comlib.org.
