The Box Gallery presents Sue Latta: Pridefest Exhibition and Reception

Wednesday, March 22nd from 7-10pm join us for the Opening Reception of Sue Latta: Pridefest Exhibition and Reception at The Box Gallery in West Palm Beach. Enjoy the kick-off exhibition and reception during Pridefest of the Palm Beaches featuring renowned artist Sue Latta – a working artist for over 20 years with a BFA in Photography and an MFA in Sculpture. Her work has been collected throughout the United States and Canada, and is included in the Permanent Collection at the University of Nevada Reno, Boise State University, Boise Visual Chronicle, Idaho Shakespeare Festival and numerous private collections. She has done a number of public projects and received grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, the Boise City Arts Commission, ImageArt and the Alexa Rose Foundation. “Steel Sue Latta” is recognized as the “Best Local Visual Artist of of Boise”, Sue and wife Traci Ehlers are of the two Boise couples married in other states who tried to obtain a marriage license in Idaho in a lawsuit to overturn Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage. Ultimately resulting in same-sex couples began marrying in Idaho on Wednesday, October 15, 2014.

Latta has served as an Artist in Residence for the LiveStrong Foundation at the Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center, the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY and the Boise City A.I.R. program. Currently an adjunct professor of art at Boise State University. She also owns The Sculpture Studio, a private teaching studio where she teaches a variety of 3-dimensional disciplines. A tireless, prolific, and accomplished artist, Sue Latta is a consummate craftsman, working seamlessly across a variety of media including photography, metal and wood fabrication, and casting everything from bronze and aluminum to plastic and paper. Her current body of artwork proves that she won’t settle into the tried and true, she is going to continue to push the boundaries of whatever material she’s working with and create work that is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.