The Common Well by Fort Builder

The Common Well by Fort Builder A Creative League & Coworking Club in Garden City, Idaho

Congratulations to KIRSTEN FURLONG for her newest exhibition TO TALK ABOUT TREES at The Common Well!The stunning show op...
06/09/2026

Congratulations to KIRSTEN FURLONG for her newest exhibition TO TALK ABOUT TREES at The Common Well!

The stunning show opened to a lively crowd on Friday night and will remain open to the public 10am-5pm, Mondays - Fridays and by appointment from through July 24, 2026.

Kirsten Furlong is a multidisciplinary artist whose drawings and installations consider the ecological and poetic bonds humans share with animals and plants on lands that we collectively inhabit.

A limited number of exhibition catalogues are available for purchase in the gallery and online. Follow the link in our bio toorder your copy today. For more information, DM us.

Creation of the works in the exhibition was supported by Alexa Rose Foundation, the School of the Arts at Boise State University, the Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies at Boise State University, the Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment, Chalk Hill Artist Residency program, The Common Well, Gallery One Visual Arts Center and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.


06/05/2026

TONIGHT 6-8PM!

The Common Well will be bursting with the energy of Garden City’s First Friday Art & Studio Stroll taking place all night throughout the Surel L. Mitchell Live-Work-Create District. At The Common Well, you can catch the opening of KIRSTEN FURLONG’s exhibition in our main gallery, ELIZABETH HILTON’s show on the second floor, and wander the studios of our working artists, many of whom are part of our Show & Tell Residency Program that we host in partnership with Alexa Rose Foundation. This event is free and everyone is welcome.

If you’re looking to join our community of artists and entrepreneurs, First Friday is a great opportunity to meet everyone and check out available studio space. Whether you need a table to work at once a week or a full-time studio or office, we have space available for daily, weekly and monthly rental. All utilities are included as well as access to kitchen, meeting rooms, common spaces and more. For a tour or more information, DM us or come by!




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On Friday, June 5th, The Common Well will be bursting with the energy of Garden City’s First Friday Art & Studio Stroll ...
06/04/2026

On Friday, June 5th, The Common Well will be bursting with the energy of Garden City’s First Friday Art & Studio Stroll taking place all night throughout the Surel L. Mitchell Live-Work-Create District. At The Common Well, you can catch the opening of KIRSTEN FURLONG’s exhibition in our main gallery, ELIZABETH HILTON’s show on the second floor, and wander the studios of our working artists, many of whom are part of our Show & Tell Residency Program that we host in partnership with Alexa Rose Foundation. This event is free and everyone is welcome.

If you’re looking to join our community of artists and entrepreneurs, First Friday is a great opportunity to meet everyone and check out available studio space. Whether you need a table to work at once a week or a full-time studio or office, we have space available for daily, weekly and monthly rental. All utilities are included as well as access to kitchen, meeting rooms, common spaces and more. For a tour or more information, DM us or come by!




e.hales

alchemist





katherine



HAPPENING FRIDAY, JUNE 5THKIRSTEN FURLONG: TO TALK ABOUT TREESPlease join us to celebrate artist KIRSTEN FURLONG at the ...
06/04/2026

HAPPENING FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH
KIRSTEN FURLONG: TO TALK ABOUT TREES

Please join us to celebrate artist KIRSTEN FURLONG at the opening of her solo exhibition, To Talk About Trees, Friday, June 5, 2026, from 6-8pm at The Common Well. All are welcome to this free event.

Kirsten Furlong is a multidisciplinary artist whose drawings and installations consider the ecological and poetic bonds humans share with animals and plants on lands that we collectively inhabit.

To Talk About Trees will remain open to the public 10am-5pm, Mondays - Fridays and by appointment from June 8 - July 24, 2026.

A limited number of exhibition catalogues will be available for purchase at the opening. Follow the link in our bio to preorder your copy today. For more information, DM us.

Creation of the works in the exhibition was supported by Alexa Rose Foundation, the School of the Arts at Boise State University, the Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies at Boise State University, the Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment, Chalk Hill Artist Residency program, The Common Well, Gallery One Visual Arts Center and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

IMAGES: Kirsten Furlong, “Holding a Wolf by the Ear” (triptych), 2026, acrylic, colored pencil and ink on paper, 44”x30” each (framed)


KIRSTEN FURLONG: TO TALK ABOUT TREESPlease join us for the opening of KIRSTEN FURLONG’s solo exhibition, “To Talk About ...
05/29/2026

KIRSTEN FURLONG: TO TALK ABOUT TREES

Please join us for the opening of KIRSTEN FURLONG’s solo exhibition, “To Talk About Trees,” next Friday, June 5, 2026, from 6-8pm at The Common Well. All are welcome to this free event.

is a multidisciplinary artist whose drawings and installations, in her words, “consider the ecological and poetic bonds humans share with animals and plants on lands that we collectively inhabit.”

Furlong’s exhibition, “To Talk About Trees,” at The Common Well includes monumental and richly detailed works on paper alongside intimate, hand-stitched explorations on felt and linen. The title for the exhibition was inspired by the 1991 poem “What Kind of Times Are These” by American poet and essayist Adrienne Rich, who was reacting to German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s 1939 poem “To Those Who Follow in Our Wake.” Rich and Brecht, each in their own way, were addressing the dark days of our shared human histories. Rich chose to talk about trees, while Brecht posited that a “conversation about trees is almost a crime… For in doing so we maintain our silence about so much wrongdoing.” Furlong, with the viewpoint of a mixed race woman in the American West, examines political and environmental injustices through her art by employing images of flora and fauna that “serve as both emblems of nature and as metaphors for human desires.” Furlong is talking about trees. On June 25th at 6pm, we will host a public conversation in the gallery between Furlong and artist and arts worker Rachel Reichert where they will discuss these two poems and the effect they’ve had on Furlong’s art-making in these times.

Creation of the works in the exhibition was supported by Alexa Rose Foundation, the School of the Arts at BSU, the Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies at BSU, the Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment, Chalk Hill Artist Residency program, The Common Well, Gallery One Visual Arts Center and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.


05/27/2026

“OBJECT LESSONS” CLOSES THURSDAY MAY 28

Gosh, we sure are going to miss this delightful show.
If you haven’t had a chance to see OBJECT LESSONS, our gallery exhibition of new works by artists CORY PEEKE and LYDIA RICCI, this is your last chance. The show closes Thursday, May 28th. It’s been an honor to show the work of these two brilliant artists!

The Common Well is located at 110 W. 31st in Garden City, Idaho and is open Mondays - Fridays, 10am - 5pm. Follow links in bio for a digital preview with a full list of works in the current gallery show and to read an essay about the show by Driek Zirinsky. For a guided gallery tour or an appointment to see the show outside of our regular hours, DM us.




“OBJECT LESSONS” CLOSES THURSDAY MAY 28If you haven’t had a chance to see OBJECT LESSONS, our gallery exhibition of new ...
05/22/2026

“OBJECT LESSONS” CLOSES THURSDAY MAY 28

If you haven’t had a chance to see OBJECT LESSONS, our gallery exhibition of new works by artists CORY PEEKE and LYDIA RICCI, now’s your chance. The show closes next Thursday, May 28th. It’s been an honor to show the work of these two brilliant artists!

The Common Well is located at 110 W. 31st in Garden City, Idaho and is open Mondays - Fridays, 10am - 5pm. Follow links in bio for a digital preview with a full list of works in the current gallery show and to read an essay about the show by Driek Zirinsky. For a guided gallery tour or an appointment to see the show outside of our regular hours, DM us.






IMAGES:
1. Installation view, CORY PEEKE & LYDIA RICCI in Object Lessons, The Common Well, 2026 (photo by Janell Strouse)
2. Lydia Ricci, “This Might Fix Everything,” 2025, 30 years of collected scraps and other found materials, 18 x 24 x 20 in.
3. Lydia Ricci, ”I Know a Better Way,” 2020, 30 years of collected scraps and other found materials, 5 x 6 x 3 in.
4. Lydia Ricci, “11:11,” 2020, 30 years of collected scraps and other found materials, 4 x 6 x 8 in.
5. Lydia Ricci, “They Can Just Push a Button For Ice,” 2022 30 years of collected scraps and other found materials, 5.5 x 5 x 5.5 in.
6. Cory Peeke, “so here we are amidst,” adhesive tapes, found images, charcoal and mixed media on dura-lar, 12.25 x 9.25 in.
7. Cory Peeke, “red sky at morning,” adhesive tapes, found images, charcoal and mixed media on dura-lar, 14.25 x 11.25 in
8. Cory Peeke, “separate ways,” adhesive tapes, found images, charcoal and mixed media on dura-lar, 14.25 x 11.25 in.
9. Cory Peeke, “i carry what you said with me” (detail), adhesive tapes, found images, charcoal and mixed media on dura-lar, 39 x 25 in.

New Works by ELIZABETH HILTONMay 1 - June 26, 2026The Common Well (Second Floor) 110 W. 31st Street, Boise, IdahoOPEN 10...
05/11/2026

New Works by ELIZABETH HILTON
May 1 - June 26, 2026

The Common Well (Second Floor)
110 W. 31st Street, Boise, Idaho
OPEN 10AM-5PM / MON-FRI (or by appt — DM us!)

Images:

1. Elizabeth Hilton, “Flowers in Vase,” 2026, mixed media on panel, 48 x 24 in.

2. Elizabeth Hilton, “Flowers in Vase (detail), 2026, mixed media on panel, 48 x 24 in.

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