About Big Car
As a 501c3 nonprofit, Big Car sparks creative ideas and completes cultural projects and events that make Indianapolis a better place. Our mission is to bring art to people and people to art.
Based in Indianapolis and formed in 2004, Big Car is a collective of more than 30 visual artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who work together to explore the notions of people and place and the unique aspects of community that connect them. The collective includes the board and staff of the nonprofit arts organization.
What we do:
Engage. Educate. Enrich.
Through our CreateIndy initiative, Big Car is teaming up with community groups and cultural organizations to provide kids and adults access to art and beauty in neighborhoods most lacking in these. Our projects engage people from idea to creation to celebration - sharing with them the joy of making art together.
Entice. Entertain. Excite.
We challenge and surprise audiences with our visual art, public art, literary, musical, film and performance events - at Big Car Gallery and elsewhere. We work with IMA, Spirit & Place, Indiana History Center, iMOCA, Central Library, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and many others who share our passion for this city.
On tap for 2011:
This year we'll work with at least four neighborhoods with CreateIndy projects, program regular shows at Big Car Gallery in Fountain Square and the Made for Each Other community art space on the Near Eastside, open a new space in the Lafayette Square area, help the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library with design and displays, release a limited edition album by the local band Beat Debris on vinyl, produce the 48 Hour Film Project, exchange gallery shows with artists in Detroit, perform 2011 Fluxus events here and in cities across the country, and launch Tour de Art - an ambitious citywide event that blends bicycling with art and beer.
Contact Big Car:
1043 Virginia Ave.Suite 215
Indianapolis, IN 46203
(317)450-6630
Big Car media info:
Download the Big Car media kit (1.4mb)
Download a hi-res version of the Big Car logo: (for approved print ONLY)
.ai - download (300kb)
.psd - download (436kb)