Eric Mullis

So glad to host these College of Western Idaho Capstone students in the Boise State SUB Fine Art Gallery. We hope to see you in the Fall!

What Makes Us Human: 2026 CWI Capstone Artist Exhibition Celebrate the artistic and academic achievements of College of Western Idaho’s (CWI) Studio Art graduates at the exhibit, What Makes Us Human, on display, beginning Thursday, April 16, at Boise State University’s Student Union Building Fine Arts Gallery. This year’s Studio Art cohort has selected the theme of What Makes Us Human as a reflection of their love of hand-processes, the exploration their identities and lived experience, and as a defiant expression of their joy for life in the face of a world that is increasingly hostile to our shared humanity. The 2025 CWI Capstone Artist Exhibition celebrates the artistic and academic achievements of the following Studio Art graduates: Ahmed Abouzeid, Ali Henslee, Ilene Antonov, Jordan Dunbar, Josie Carver, Kiera Edington, Marcus Hernandez, Bronwyn Hitchcock, Victor Castro, Ellie Wilson, Amalia Thomas, Gracie Kay Sosa, Casey Stitzel, Nalani Roberts, Gloria Pineda, Sadie Meyer, Rachel Mayhew, Natalie Masterson, Avamarie Madrigal, Audrey Ava Larson, Eden Erryn Hunt, Jordan Boswell. The exhibit will run from April 16 – May 11 and can be viewed between 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. daily. In addition, students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to an opening reception Thursday, April 16, from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Opening Reception Thursday, April 16 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Boise State University, Student Union Building Fine Arts Gallery What Makes Us Human April 16 – May 11 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. Boise State University, Student Union Building Fine Arts Gallery CWI’s Studio Art program promotes the development of artistic skills and practice, craftsmanship, and aesthetic discernment. The Associate of Arts degree in Studio Art provides students with a foundational understanding of the history of visual culture, provides opportunities to grow as artists, and prepares students who are interested in transferring to a four–year college or university to complete a bachelor’s degree in Art. Contact Eric Mullis at [email protected] to learn more about the College’s Studio Art program or this year’s exhibit.

We had a wonderful time writing this set of original music for the multimedia installation, “Slow Burn,” by @emuart and @kellycox127 . Not to mention getting to enjoy the @treefortfest !

My___on Mondays Episode 215: Kelly Cox and Eric Mullis are a long-standing collaborative artist team who met on a ceramics field trip in high school in Madison, Wisconsin. Over decades of working together, they have produced work across five states and exhibited nationally and internationally. Their work investigates the dissonance between physical, digital, and psychic space, drawing on the mythologies of architecture, product display, and media spectacle. At the end of their residency at MING, Kelly and Eric met with Matt Bunk during a busy day at Artfort to talk trickery, collaboration, and appropriate responses to a chaotic world. My___on Mondays explores the possessive “My” through narratives, art and sound. Every Monday, we publish a new audio, performance or experimental piece where only one rule applies: the title must begin with the determiner “My”. Listen to the episode at: /my-on-mondays.html @kellycox127 @emuart #boiseartscene #boiseartsandculture

Sunday March 29th, 4-5 pm MING Studios Dew Line Featuring Art by Kelly Cox, Eric Mullis, and Christine Atkinson. Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dew Line is a distinctive suite of songs by Amy Hager and Jacob Mullis of Fort Wilson Riot. The project was conceived and written in response to both the multimedia work Slow Burn—created by Kelly Cox and Eric Mullis—and the recent federal ICE occupation in Minnesota. Blending elements of psychedelic rock, art pop, and folk, the songs explore themes of hope amid disaster, the challenges of parenting in toxic times, and the search for beauty and community within the surrounding chaos. . . . . . . . #artfort #treefort #treefortmusicfest #boise #backrooms

Music by Dew Line with Art by Eric Mullis and Kelly Cox. MING Studios Sunday 4-5 pm Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dew Line is a distinctive suite of songs by Amy Hager and Jacob Mullis of Fort Wilson Riot. The project was conceived and written in response to both the multimedia work Slow Burn—created by Kelly Cox and Eric Mullis—and the recent federal ICE occupation in Minnesota. Blending elements of psychedelic rock, art pop, and folk, the songs explore themes of hope amid disaster, the challenges of parenting in toxic times, and the search for beauty and community within the surrounding chaos.

Catch Grandpa Crump at Ming Friday 3/26 at 4 pm w/ video projection by @goran.faz !

Back Rooms @ Lost Grove Brewing features a pillow-based installation by Megan White (Boise) Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 4 pm – 9 pm Back Rooms 2026 is sponsored by College of Western Idaho.

Back Rooms @ Lost Grove Brewing features a pillow-based installation by Megan White (Boise). Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 4 pm – 9 pm Back Rooms 2026 is sponsored by College of Western Idaho.

MING Studios is happy to have the work of Christine Atkinson on view in the space as part of Back Rooms, a series of art installations curated by Eric Mullis and Kelly Cox, tucked into the hidden corners and forgotten edges of Treefort Fest. Atkinson’s works explore how the land tells a story. Burn scars, wildfire debris, damaged water systems and sites of intense colonial history all weave their way through the photography, installation and sculpture of Atkinson’s practice. These places spread throughout the West are haunted, bearing witness to western expansion and exploitation. Importantly they are not remote but accessible. They are part of the everyday, found on the edges of roadsides, in our county parks and along transit routes. History, ecology, the wilderness, these are all things that are intertwined with our daily lives. By drawing out these stories through her work, Atkinson nurtures the connection of the land and the people who inhabit it. She gives a voice and agency to those who have been forgotten and to stories that have been overwritten. Christine Atkinson was born in Stockton, CA and raised in Northern California. She received her undergraduate degree from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara California and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013. Atkinson has shown work both across the United States as well as internationally. The Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum in Long Beach California, SOIL in Seattle, Monte Vista Projects in Los Angeles, Focus Photo LA and has participated in “Art in Paper New York’’, the London Art Fair, Uniòn in Mexico City and SCOTTY in Berlin Germany. Atkinson recently had a solo show, “Are we here for ourselves alone?” at the Bountiful Davis Art Center, in Bountiful Utah. She is the creator of the ongoing research project “The Native Garden Map”, which is a database of native plant spaces and gardens in the Los Angeles area. Atkinson is a current member of the artist collective, Monte Vista Projects. She lives and works in Los Angeles. catkinson.com BACK ROOMS Open Hours @ MING Studios Friday, March 27 - Sunday, March 29 4-9PM @catkinson03 @emuart @kellycoxclay

Back Rooms @ The Adelmann features projection-based installation by Goran Fazil (Boise) Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 8 pm – 12 am Back Rooms 2026 is sponsored by College of Western Idaho.

Curators of Artfort’s Back Rooms, Kelly Cox and Eric Mullis, present new work developed over the last six weeks at MING Studios during their residency in MING’s Studio Space Residency for Local Artists & Artist Groups. Their installation is on view at MING Studios Friday–Sunday, March 27–29, from 4–9 PM daily. Live performances by Grandpa Crump on Friday and Dew Point on Sunday are inspired by the installations and take place from 4–5 PM each day. Cox and Mullis exhibit alongside Los Angeles–based artist Christine Atkinson. More about Atkinson in a post to follow. BACK ROOMS EXHIBITION Friday, March 27 - Sunday, March 29 4-9PM PERFORMANCE by GRANDPA CRUMP Friday, March 27 4-5PM PERFORMANCE by DEW POINT Sunday, March 29 4-5PM Images Courtesy of Eric Mullis & Kelly Cox @emuart @kellycoxclay @boiseartsandhistory #ahgrant