Two artists with Midtown connections received funding from the Create Indy Fund, an effort by the City to advance local cultural industries. Musician and digital artist Diop Adisa, who is affiliated with the Kheprw Institute, […more…]
by Marion Simon Garmel “Art,” she said. “There is something in art that cracks that hard shell in a way that a lot of other things are not able to do.” Teresa Vazquez speaking. She […more…]
Artists with the Indy Cultural Corridor Consortium (3CIndy) have begun placing installations along the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors in Midtown. A grouping of purple whirligigs in front of the Concord building at 38th and […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy The art of placemaking recognizes that any given location is much more than its GPS coordinates. According to Partnership for Public Spaces, a New York-based nonprofit organization, “A great public space […more…]
BUTLER ARTS CENTER 4600 Sunset Ave. To find a variety of music options in one location, look no further than the Butler Arts Center. Butler offers a large variety of programming for music, from chamber […more…]
by Jennifer Uebelhack Indianapolis isn’t widely known for its music scene, compared to its Midwestern neighbors Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Nashville, but that doesn’t mean the Circle City is lacking in live music. For many […more…]
by Marion Simon Garmel The idea is to bring art back to Broad Ripple and Broad Ripple back to the artists. “We believe in public art. We believe in Broad Ripple as an enclave for […more…]
by Marion Simon Garmel The Indianapolis Art Center has a lot to celebrate in 2015. It’s the 81st anniversary of its founding as a Works Progress Administration project in 1934. It’s the 46th staging of […more…]
By Thomas P. Healy News of Michael Graves’ death March 12, 2014 in his New Jersey home at the age of 80 generated international commentary on the Indianapolis native’s influence on architecture and design. This […more…]
by Marion Garmel This is not your grandfather’s Indianapolis Museum of Art. It’s not even your father’s IMA. Once it was a three-pavilions-in-one building on a bluff overlooking the White River, with some adjacent houses […more…]
