Community spotlight profiles
Kirsten Furlong
After twenty years teaching emerging artists how to build a career, Kirsten Furlong has a clear answer for what actually sustains one: relationships. The visual artist, gallery director and arts educator on persistence, purpose, and finding your people in the Treasure Valley arts scene.
OBIE WORLEY, JR.
Twenty years into a career in industrial construction and procurement, Obie Worley, Jr. is still asking a question most managers skip: how are my people actually doing? The Senior Procurement Manager and Materials Lead on leading with excellence and empathy at the same time.
adonis “aj” jones
Twenty-five years in IT operations and global project management, and a military career before that. Adonis "AJ" Jones on building technology infrastructure people can actually rely on — and what the service taught him about leading teams under pressure.
The First One: Wine Tasting 101 at Proletariat
The first First Fridays Boise sold out — and then oversold. Four wines, a loft above the deck at Proletariat, and a conversation with strangers that told us exactly what we'd started.