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A River Out of Time: screening, interactive exhibit and opening reception

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm MST

People paddle a raft down a muddy river in the American West

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, 5 – 8 p.m.
Stein Luminary, Center for Visual Arts

The Stein Luminary presents the one-hour documentary, “A River Out of Time,” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, in the Stein Luminary Museum located in the Center for Visual Arts at Boise State. The film follows a team of scientists, artists and educators who rafted the Colorado River in 2019 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of John Wesley Powell’s Colorado River Exploration Expedition.

Lead scientist, Tom Minckley, a paleo-geologist at the University of Wyoming (co-editor of the resulting book: “Vision and Place: John Wesley Powell and Reimagining the Colorado River Basin”), and lead artist, Pat Kikut, will show several artists’ responses and techniques in an interactive exhibition on the Luminary’s touchscreens.

Additional details:

  • Free and family friendly
  • Light refreshments will be served
  • Part of the Stein Luminary Digital Media in Arts and Sciences Series