Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Once again I have fallen behind on some of the news concerning the arts in Indy. In an attempt to clean out a selection of my saved emails and press releases, I will post a number of them here in a single post. I will make this the museum edition...
Indianapolis Museum of Art:
J. Nicholas Cameron to join the IMA as Chief Operating Officer-
From the IMA Press Release:
J. Nicholas Cameron has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of the IMA. Cameron has worked at The Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than 30 years, most recently as Vice President for Construction. He will start his new position in Indianapolis on January 4, 2010. In his role at the IMA, Cameron will lead construction and renovation efforts at the main Museum building, including the construction of the new Conservation Science Laboratory; efforts to enhance art storage areas and ongoing gallery renovations. Cameron also will lead efforts to build the Museum’s portfolio of earned income potential with retail sales and event rental.
“We are very fortunate to have found such a skilled museum professional with a keen eye for detail and a proven record of fiscal responsibility. Nick’s vast experience will be an asset to our institution and will add depth to the IMA’s senior management team,” said Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the IMA.
At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cameron successfully completed more than $850 million in construction projects over a 22-year period. He has played a key role with the departments of security, special events, visitor services, exhibition design and building maintenance, among others. He holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut and a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University.
“I am excited to join the staff of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Part of what attracted me to this position was IMA’s outstanding reputation for collection management and technology. I look forward to contributing to these areas and to working on other advancements in the field,” said Cameron.
The duties of Chief Operating Officer were previously filled by the consulting services of Edward George & Associates, LLC (EGA). EGA was retained by the IMA at the beginning of 2006 to improve daily building operations including energy use. Since the beginning of 2006, Jack Leicht, EGA President, and his team have helped the IMA to achieve remarkable improvement in the consistency of the IMA’s internal environment while at the same time dramatically reducing electricity and natural gas usage and other related expenses. Because of their efforts, the IMA will save millions of dollars over the next decade through reduced energy consumption. Through the efforts of EGA, the IMA became the first fine art museum to be recognized by the government, achieving ENERGY STAR certification, for its efforts to become more environmentally responsible.
IMA's 2nd Annual Gala- Coming October 9th, if you are into the black tie affairs, have some deep pockets or at least a good amount of cash on hand, you may want to consider attending this event and help support the IMA.
Eiteljorg Museum:
Five artists named 2009 Eiteljorg Fellows-
From the Press Release:
Nearly three quarters of a million dollars in grants awarded and one of the world’s finest collections of Native contemporary art have earned the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art recognition as a leader in contemporary art.
Today, the Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art cemented that status as it announces the five artists who will join a cadre of 30 previous Fellows as indigenous contemporary artists whose works are infiltrating the mainstream art world.
In its sixth biennium, the Eiteljorg Fellowship program is giving four unrestricted grants of $25,000 each to juried Native artists working in the field of contemporary art, as well as one $25,000 grant to an invited artist based on his influential contributions made over a lifetime.
The 2009 Eiteljorg Fellows (and their tribal affiliations) are:
Invited Artist: Edward Poitras (Gordon First Nations/Métis), Treaty 4 Territory, Saskatchewan, Canada
Jim Denomie (Ojibwe), Shafer, Minn., U.S.
Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band of Choctaw/Cherokee), Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.
Faye HeavyShield (Kainai-Blood), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Wendy Red Star (Crow), Portland, Ore., U.S.
New this year, the Eiteljorg Museum will launch a Web site, www.fellowship.eiteljorg.org, to provide online access to thousands of works by Native artists and to serve as a digital forum for the exchange of ideas.
“The Fellowship is intended to elevate the visibility of Native contemporary art and encourage the voices of Native and First Nations artists in the field,” said Jennifer Complo McNutt, curator of contemporary art and the Fellowship director since its inception ten years ago.
“The new microsite provides a forum for artists, scholars, students, collectors, enthusiasts and anyone who’s curious about Native contemporary art to learn, interact and communicate,” added Complo McNutt.
From Nov. 13, 2009, through Feb. 12, 2010, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis will showcase the works from this year’s class of Fellows in a special exhibition. In conjunction with the exhibition, the museum will publish a catalogue with images, scholarly articles and essays. A gala dinner and public programs will bring the artists to Indianapolis and allow the public to experience contemporary fine art.
The museum also will purchase more than $100,000 in art for its permanent collection from the Fellowship artists.
Since its inception in 1999, the Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art has awarded more than $725,000 in unrestricted grants and added more than 125 pieces of art by 30 Native artists to the Eiteljorg Museum’s permanent collection. As a result, the Eiteljorg is acknowledged to have the finest collection of Native contemporary art in the world.
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art seeks to inspire an appreciation and understanding of the art, history and cultures of the American West and the indigenous peoples of North America. The museum, which opened in 1989, is located in Downtown Indianapolis’ White River State Park. For general information about the museum and to learn more about exhibits and events, call
(317) 636-WEST (9378) or visit www.eiteljorg.org.
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Congratulation should go out to Big Car Gallery and their staff of volunteers. They have just publicly announced they have been awarded a grant for $50,000. A nice and hefty sum they plan on using for a series of community art projects and events over the course of the next year. I had heard word of this a few weeks back but now that it has gone public I thought I would share it with out readers. Rather than attempt to paraphrase their press release, I will simply post it below. But it sounds as if they are making use of these funds in a wonderful manner. I look forward to finding out more about their projects in the coming months. Congrats!
Big Car Press Release:
Thanks to a recently awarded $50,000 grant from the Great Indianapolis Neighborhood Initiatives IMAGINE Big program, Big Car — a locally based non-profit arts collective with a gallery in Fountain Square — will bring a series of eight community art projects to eight different neighborhoods across Indianapolis in 2009-2010.The series, titled Made for Each Other -- http://www.made4.org -- is designed to connect art with the community and engage people of all walks of life in helping create shows, performances and events within the context of Indianapolis neighborhood. Made for Each Other starts with an exhibition at Lafayette Square Mall in October celebrating the rich cultural diversity of the neighborhood, followed in November by a collaborative community art show in Fountain Square connected with the Spirit & Place Festival.Internationally known social practice artist Harrell Fletcher will advise Big Car on the series and will participate as the lead artist on at least one of the eight neighborhood projects. Fletcher, one of the creators of the collaborative project Learning to Love You More (www.learningtoloveyoumore.com), is based in Portland, Ore. Projects in Made for Each Other will bring neighbors together to help with the planning, creating and celebration of each project — bridging gaps between art, artists and art institutions and our neighbors in the community. The artwork will be inclusive, interactive, and dynamic. Most will be temporary, but some — depending on ideas that arise when neighbors and artists collaborate — will likely be longer lasting.“The end result will be bringing the community together and developing a broader audience for art in our city,” said Big Car curator and co-founder Jim Walker who is coordinating the series. “And now, more than ever, is the time to be working hard together to make this happen in Indianapolis.”Projects will take place in urban areas across the city: Southeast (Fountain Square), Near Eastside, Martindale-Brightwood, Near West (Haughville), West Indianapolis (southwest of downtown), Lafayette Square, Crooked Creek (Michigan Road north of 38th Street) and the Binford Boulevard area (northeast).The IMAGINE Big grant covers most of the Made for Each Other project costs but not Big Car staffing and administrative expenses. So Big Car, a 501c3 nonprofit arts organization, is raising dollars through grants and donations to pay for the rest.With major funding cuts, large-scale public art projects — like those create by the Arts Council of Indianapolis through the city’s Cultural Development Initiative — may be less likely for the city in the immediate future. But Big Car’s Made for Each Other series will help continue the momentum created by the Arts Council’s public art projects of the last several years.The series will also take public art in some new and important directions. First, it moves public art from the realm of cultural tourism in downtown locations to community locations in city neighborhoods across the city. For this series, the target audience is no longer visitors. It is people who live nearby. Second, the social nature of these projects will more directly connect members of the community with the final product. The work located in each community will be about these communities in authentic ways. The work will be made based on ideas and input from neighbors engaged in the communities. And the community will be part of the creation and celebration of the projects.“We are calling it Made for Each Other because the projects are just that — made for and by each other in our community,” Walker said. “If it sounds like the title for a romantic comedy that’s just fine. This series is all about exploring a real love for our city and our neighbors — and having fun making art together.”The Made for Each Other series will include work by local and national artists and features partnerships with the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Susurrus, Herron School of Art, Hoosier Environmental Council, Spirit & Place and more. Projects include an environmental art festival at Skiles Test Nature Park, two sculptures, an urban garden, a dance performance at the former Central State grounds, participation in a parade at Lafayette Square mall and interactive and collaborative art shows in temporary galleries across the city.As an example, one of the first shows in the series will feature an installation created with help of Fountain Square community members taking portraits of their neighbors and providing profile information about them. Another portion of this show included in the Spirit & Place Festival will feature incidental photos taken with camera phones by local artists and community members while on walks, shopping, driving, etc.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Indianapolis Art Center
"Street Passion"
recent works by Gayla Hodson
Sept. 11th from 6-9
in conjunction with the "Broadripple Fall Gallery Tour"
Big Car Gallery
PSST! Pass it On animation screening coming
Friday, Sept. 11; Two screenings: 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $5
An international collaboration between animators will screen at Big Car Gallery in Fountain Square on Sept. 11. The show, called PSST! Pass It On 3, is a series of 17 original collaborative short films made by over 175 participants in cities worldwide. This will be PSST!'s first screening in the Midwest.
Each film is made in three parts, with different teams working consecutively on the beginning, middle and end. Taking the inspiration for its process from the Surrealist technique of Exquisite Corpse and the children's game of telephone, the PSST! films bring together diverse artists, directors, designers and animators to combine their work in an experimental format that encourages creativity and rewards the sharing and mixing of ideas.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Penrod Art Festival
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: On the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
Tickets: $12 Advance Purchase, $15 Day of Show (and all to a great cause!) Kids 10 and under are FREE!
- Participating MARSH Supermarkets
- The National Bank of Indianapolis Locations
- Hubbard & Cravens
- The Indianapolis Museum of Art
- Borders
Welcome to the 43rd year of The Penrod Arts Fair! Known as one of the largest single day art fairs in the United States, this year's fair promises to be one of the best ever.
On Saturday, September 12th, 2009, we'll have a record 300+ artists in addition to six stages of entertainment, more than 50 arts-related non profit organizations, an extensive children's area and plenty of food and beverage. All this on the beautiful grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art... everything you need for Indiana's Nicest Day!
We look forward to seeing you at this year's fair!
ART vs. ART - Paint Day
Registrations are starting to stream in as artists rev up for their shot at the Butler Scion $3,500 Grand Prize. Make sure you guarantee your spot by pre-registering online. The entry fee is $15.
This year's Paint Day takes place on Saturday, September 12, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We're at the Stutz Business Center on 1030 N. Capitol Ave. (map) It's a big building, so be sure to enter on the Capitol Ave., B Building entrance. (Please note the change of location and time!)
You'll have just four hours to paint your entry with the materials we provide. (Full rules here.) The public is invited to watch our artists paint free of charge.
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
Well artists, it is once again time for the Efroymson Contemporary Art Fellowship applications. It is easily one of the most impressive awards for artists in our region. If you are not aware of the grant or would like to read up on the requirements, you should check out the link below. Now is your opportunity. If you feel that you and your work are a match for this fellowship, then I would suggest getting your materials together as soon as possible. Do not wait till the last minute. Good Luck...
Fellowships for Contemporary Visual Artists in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio
Central Indiana Community Foundation (Indianapolis , IN)
Central Indiana Community Foundation (Indianapolis , IN)
Applications are due October 2, 2009
Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) is now accepting applications for contemporary visual artists that reside in Indiana and select counties in Kentucky and Ohio.
The Efroymson Family Fund, a donor advised fund of CICF, will be awarding (5) $20,000 unrestricted awards to contemporary visual artists age 25 and older that work in the following mediums or disciplines: painting, printmaking, sculpture (materials used can include glass, video, metal, wood or textile), installation art (materials used can include glass, video, metal, wood or textile), photography or new media (computer generated still image or 3-D art). Applicants must provide proof of age and residency in Indiana, or select Kentucky or Ohio counties.
Eligibility Requirements
- Contemporary visual artists age 25 and over
- Must be a resident of Indiana or select counties in Kentucky or Ohio. Documentation proving full-time residency as of September 2008.
- Recipients must reside in Indiana, Ohio or Kentucky during the duration of the one year fellowship
Geographic Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must prove that they have resided in one of the following counties since September 2008:
Indiana: Any of Indiana’s 92 counties
Kentucky (Louisville Metro):Boone, Braken, Bullitt, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Henry, Jefferson, Kenton, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Pendleton, Shelby, Spencer, or Trimble county
Ohio (Cincinnati metro):Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton or Warren county
Applicants must meet all of the basic eligibility criteria at the time the application is due. Recipients of the 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship are not eligible to apply.
Complete guidelines and application materials are available on the Central Indiana Community Foundation website at www.cicf.org.
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Well folks, its that time of the year again. The September, Fall kick off to the art gallery season. While we may have lost one of the key galleries in the city this summer, this autumn looks to be moving forward. I have been busy this past few weeks preparing for a show of my own work that opens this Friday at MarX Gallery in Covington, KY so I unfortunately will not be out and about for the First Friday festivities and events. For those of you who are up for a short road trip and want to check out my show this Friday, I have posted the show and gallery information at the bottom of this post. I also helped to organize the show that opens at Mt. Comfort this Friday, so I would like to give that show a thumbs up. I have curated Chicago based artist, Adam Ekberg, in a show in the past and have long enjoyed his works. It should be a good show. Then again, there seems to be a number of good things lined up this weekend. Here are some of them. Hope all have a good time this weekend and at least make it out to one or more events. Enjoy.
Mt. Comfort (a space for champions):
(Adam Ekberg, The view through my window, 2007,
image Courtesy of Thomas Robertello Gallery Chicago)
"Signs of life"
recent photographs by Adam Ekberg
September 4th - September 25th, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, September 4th, 5 pm - 11 pm
Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, Noon - 5 pm and by appointment
Mt. Comfort (a space for champions) is pleased to open the fall gallery
season with an exhibition of work by Chicago based artist Adam Ekberg. This
exhibit will present a selection of recent photographs by the artist. The
exhibition opens with a reception on Friday, September 4th from 5 until 11pm
and continues through September 25th, 2009.
Adam Ekberg uses large and medium format cameras as well as video to
document performances, constructions and lens-based phenomena; his images
function as traces of a presence. The photographed interventions range from
very simple gestures to elaborate stagings; what they have in common is an
implied trace. This residual presence is established through a host of
different strategies - juxtaposing banality with the phenomenal this body of
images explores the activation of environments through gesture and lens
fallibility.
This exhibition was made possible with the help and collaboration of the
artist and Thomas Robertello Gallery Chicago.
Adam Ekberg currently lives and works in Chicago. He graduated with an MFA
from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently an
instructor of photography at both SAIC and the Hyde Park Art Center. Ekberg
is currently represented by Thomas Robertello Gallery in Chicago, has
exhibited extensively across the country and has works in the collections of
the Cleveland Clinic, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the
Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, IL.
Mt. Comfort (a space for champions)
1651 English Ave. (corner of State and English)
Indianapolis, IN 46201
(317) 522-6857
Big Car Gallery:
September's show: your collages
Friday, Sept. 4 , 6-11 p.m. at Big Car
Big Car's First Friday opening features the products of our collaborate collage party on Aug. 28. Lots of people showed up at Big Car, made great collages and attached them to the gallery walls. Come check out their work and add your own as part of IDADA's First Friday gallery tour.
[Of note, Big Car Gallery has a number of events planned for this month, more on those events later.]
For more information visit, www.bigcar.org.
ArtBox Gallery:
“Format”
New paintings by
Caleb Weintraub,
Andrew Winship, and
William Denton Ray.
This exhibit features three local narrative painters working
in a genre best described as “Fairy Tale gone Bizarro.”
Although these artists share this common theme, the show
examines their contrasting approaches to the format. The
works range from extemely large canvases, to miniatures,
and skewed picture planes.
Exhibition dates: Sept 4th, 2009 – Sept 30th, 2009
Opening reception will be Friday, Sept. 4th from 5:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Exhibition location: ARTBOX in the Stutz 2 building.
217 West 10th Street suite 125, Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-955-2450,
www.artboxindy.com
gallery hours Tues.-Fri. 11-5 and by appt.
Entrance and parking on 900 block of Senate Ave.
Stutz Gallery:
"Appropriating Nature"
Two of the city’s most talented, emerging artists will be exhibiting some of the work they’ve produced during their year-long Stutz Residency. As the 2008-2009 Stutz Residents, Mark Pack and William Denton Ray were awarded free studio space and utilities in the Stutz Building for one year.
The exhibition, “Appropriating Nature,” opens Sept. 4 at Stutz Art Space at noon with a public reception at 5 p.m. It runs through Sept. 25.
Pack’s work is contemporary and abstract. He references nature in a more archeological way, building his paintings in layers, then incising and drilling out 'specimens' that allude to the fossils and rock displays that might be found in a natural history museum. Ray’s work is stylized and detailed. He takes natural forms and figures and gives them a sleek, urban look that’s often described as whimsical, energetic and primitive.
About Mark Pack
Pack, 31, is a contemporary painter who defines his artistic process as one of cultivation rather than manufacture. He received is BFA in Painting from Northern Illinois University in 2001 and his MFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004, graduating with honors. Since then, Mark has been in numerous juried exhibitions, including a group show at the University of Mary Washington that was juried by Dr. Jonathon Binstock, curator of contemporary art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
About William Denton Ray
Ray, 35, is a mixed media artist and graphic designer who utilizes graphic and traditional methods to create unique visual experiences. He studied art at the Columbus College of Art and Design, the University of Indianapolis and Herron School of Art at IUPUI. His work was honored as Best in Show at Allotropy and he was commissioned by the Arts Council of Indianapolis to produce a picture window in the Chase Building. He is active in the local arts community, participating regularly in such events as Oranje, Masterpiece in a Day and Visual Fringe. He is the senior designer at ExpoDesign.
Harrison Center for the Arts:
"Mythellaneous"
September 4, 6-10pm - The Harrison Center and Emberwood Center present Mythellaneous. In Gallery No. 2 - the Myths of Addiction with work by Austin Dickson, Elyce Elder, Mike Mayer, Mark Alan Miller and Kipp Normand. In the Harrison Gallery, Medical Myths with work by Jeremy Efroymson, Austin Dickson and Erin K. Drew. In Hank & Dolly's Gallery - Growing Spaces, new work by Maren Bell. Open Studio Night.
September 4, 6-10pm - The Harrison Center and Emberwood Center present Mythellaneous. In Gallery No. 2 - the Myths of Addiction with work by Austin Dickson, Elyce Elder, Mike Mayer, Mark Alan Miller and Kipp Normand. In the Harrison Gallery, Medical Myths with work by Jeremy Efroymson, Austin Dickson and Erin K. Drew. In Hank & Dolly's Gallery - Growing Spaces, new work by Maren Bell. Open Studio Night.
AV Framing Gallery:
"Colourform"
a retrospective of works by Darrell L. Anderson
Over a decade ago, Darrell L. Anderson relaxed from the exhibition schedule in order to concentrate on his artwork, his method, and how these two disparate parts of an artist’s career collide. Like smashing an atom, Anderson found his freedom in what he calls “colour form”.
It is work based on layers, alway
It is work based on layers, alway
wUG LAKU Studio and Garage:
"A little Madness"
Lydia Burris
Catherine Burris
Opening Reception, September 4th, 6pm-9pm
OUT OF TOWN SHOWS:
SoFa Gallery (Bloomington, IN):
The Canary Project: Works on Climate Change 2006-2009
Opening! Friday, September 4
Lecture by Edward Morris and Susannah Sayler
"33 Provocations on Climate Change"
5:30pm Radio/TV 251
Performance by Joshua Kit Clayton
"Focus Softens Circles"
7:00 pm SoFA Gallery
Reception: 7:00 - 9:00 pm SoFA Gallery
recent works by :
Scott Grow . Indianapolis . Indiana
Jeffrey Cortland Jones . Cincinnati . Ohio
Joe Saunders . Nashville . Tennessee
Douglas Witmer . Philadelphia . Pennsylvania
i decree today is simply an exhibition about the current state of abstract painting.
September 4 – 25
MarX Gallery
520 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 41011
Opening reception : Friday . September 4 from 6 to 10p
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