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July 2023
SPARK on the Circle
We have returned with an even more transformational SPARK on the Circle this year. The entire southwest quadrant of Monument Circle is closed to traffic and has become a park with lots of seating, shade, food and drink, and opportunities to socialize and get creative in the middle of the city. SPARK, which is always free to enjoy, is open every day 11 a.m. until dusk until Nov. 3. Sept. 5, 12-1pm- Lunch Break Live with Scrapper and Skeleton Sept. 6,…
Find out more »August 2023
Brian DePauli: Not Sorry We’re Closed
Not Sorry We’re Closed is an exhibition inspired by and questions American society’s live-to-work mentality, and is comprised primarily of hyper-realistic oil paintings. DePauli’s pieces preserve and draw attention to objects and scenes from the lighter side of daily life: a worn bicycle seat, a chimney on the grill in summer, a homemade skate ramp in a fenced-in backyard, a ballcap lying in the garden proclaiming “RETIRED, No Phone! No Fax! No Stress! No Worries!” The surface meaning of these…
Find out more »Justin Cooper-Archetypes
"In 2015 — after over a decade of painting and art making — I asked myself what brought me to want to create in the first place. Thinking back to my childhood, it was probably directly linked to enjoying playing with plastic blocks and how excited I was to get my hands on a grid-lined sketchbook. I would design my own toys and sketch out the floor plans for houses, cars and symmetrical objects. As I looked back, I started…
Find out more »September 2023
Night Market at Lockerbie featuring live performance by Clint Breeze and Funkhouser
Join us at Lockerbie Marketplace — a lovely greenspace next to Needler’s Fresh Market. Purchase goods from local artisans, enjoy local food by Herts BBQ and live music by Funkhouser and Clint Breeze Music from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Sun King beer and chilled wine are also available for purchase at the pop-up beer garden located right off the Cultural Trail on Alabama Street. All events are free at 320 N New Jersey Street in the greenspace right off the Cultural…
Find out more »Her Addiction-An Empty Place At The Table: Book reading with Mary Sexon
Join us and author Mary Sexson for a reading of her new book of poetry "Her Addiction, An Empty Place at the Table." "The book is a collection of poems that came to be written in response to the family problem of addiction. I feel that the poems are a chronicle of the fear, shame, and anger we went through as a family, during the years of our daughter’s active drug use and addiction. I wrote these poems over the…
Find out more »Lunch at Lockerbie Place
Join us at Lockerbie Marketplace on Thursday, August 28 from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm in the downtown greenspace next to Needler’s Fresh Market for artist-led activities like our Post Card Project, WQRT DJ mix, food by That Vegan Food Truck, and games like Ping pong, foosball, and giant Jenga. All events are free at 320 N New Jersey Street in the greenspace right off the Cultural Trail.
Find out more »Sylvia Thomas: VIGIL Book Release
Join us for a reading and music performance from poet, activist and artist, Sylvia Thomas. In 2016, Sylvia began performing her spoken word in Indianapolis. She performed at a few open mics and showcases. From then on, she began to feature at different spots all over the state and the Midwest. In 2018, her words took her to Copenhagen, Denmark as a poet for Winter Pride. After her trip to Europe, she wrote a collection of poems for her debut…
Find out more »October 2023
Kaila Austin- Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural
As the United States continues to face its history of enslavement, oppression, and exclusion of Black Americans in museums and other arenas of power and recognition, "Process as Practice: Reimagining the Lost Hardrick Mural" is impactful and unique. The exhibit is part of an ongoing partnership between artist Kaila Austin; the Norwood community on the southeast side of Indianapolis, and the family of Indiana’s Harlem Renaissance painter, John Wesley Hardrick (1891-1968). Over the last three years, Austin worked with the…
Find out more »GOLDEN MYST: Tarot Art Show by Daniela Martín del Campo & Gloomy Zauros
Arte Mexicano en Indiana and Big Car Collaborative are partnering to present the works by Mexican Daniela Martín del Campo & and Colombian Artist Gloomy Zauros. GOLDEN MYST represents a unique visual and spiritual experience, where chromatic limitation becomes a window to reflection and contemplation: the deep black of the ink, the shimmering gold and the immaculate white of the paper. GOLDEN MYST is the artistic dialogue between two talented creators: Daniela Martín del Campo, outstanding Mexican children’s book illustrator,…
Find out more »First Friday Night Market
Join us again for this upcoming First Friday for a wonderful evening in Garfield Park. We are celebrating local artists, musicians, food trucks and vendors by featuring them in our night market. Come check out our creative endeavors here around Cruft Street, where you will have the opportunity to purchase local goods from amazing artists and food vendors here at the Tube. During the winter months, the Night Market is held inside Tube Factory artspace. In the fall, spring, and…
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