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SUMMARY:Dear Black Girl with Tamara Winfrey Harris
DESCRIPTION:A public reading and discussion around the book “Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters About Stepping Into Your Power.”\n\nTamara Winfrey-Harris is a writer who specializes in the ever-evolving space where current events\, politics and pop culture intersect with race and gender. She says\, “I want to tell the stories of Black women and girls\, and deliver the truth to all those folks who got us twisted—tangled up in racist and sexist lies. I want my writing to advocate for my sisters. We are better than alright. We are amazing.”\nTamara is the author of two books: The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2015) and Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters On Stepping Into Your Power (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2021). The award-winning Sisters\, now in its second edition\, has been optioned by Wise Entertainment and Gabrielle Union’s production company I’ll Have Another to be turned into a dramedy for television.\nTamara’s work has been published in media outlets\, including including The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, Cosmopolitan\, New York Magazine and The Los Angeles Times. And her essays appear in The Lemonade Reader: Beyonce\, Black Feminism and Spirituality (Routledge\, 2019); The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery (Wayne State University Press\, 2018); Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest (Black Belt Publishing\, 2020); and other books.\nTamara is co-founder of Centering Sisters\, LLC\, an organization that unapologetically addresses the needs and issues of Black women and girls; and the Black Women’s Writing Society\, a monthly virtual space for Black femme creatives. She is also a certified yoga teacher who focuses her work on the healing and well-bring of her sisters.\nTamara is a native of Gary\, IN\, and a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha\, Sorority\, Inc. She graduated with a BA degree from the Greenlee School of Journalism at Iowa State University.\n\nMade possible by Mr. and Mrs. Craig E Von Deylen and Laurel S Judkins with additional support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/dear-black-girl-with-tamara-winfrey-harris/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:conference,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Social Alchemy Symposium- Imaginary Cities\, The Arts and Healing
DESCRIPTION:The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\n\nEach day is themed and focused on single days. The symposium is free to attend either virtually or in person. Donations are appreciated and can be made via the registration link.\nDiscounted lodging is available at the New Harmony Inn (details below). Attendees are welcome to join any parts of the conference in person\, online\, or both. Registration is required to support communication and feedback.\n\nWednesday\, April 13\n8-10am central time – Mini-tours on the hour. Jump in either in person or on-line with artist led tours of various New Harmony landmarks! Check out the Harmonist Labyrinth\, a wunderkammer in the Workingmen’s Institute\, The Wabash River\, the Roofless Church and more.\n\n10-10:50 am central time\nOpening conversation:\nUtopian literature/writing in New Harmony featuring Susan Neville\, Matthew Graham\, Adrian Matejka.\n\n11 am-noon central time\nUtopic cultural projects conversation – visual art\, music & movement featuring Artist and musician\, Oreo Jones\, Visual artists\, Docey Lewis\, Big Car Co-founder\, Shauta Marsh\, Keesha Dixon\, Executive Director of Asante Art Institute of Indiana\, and Indy Dance Movement Collective Executive Director\, Lauren Curry.\n\n1:15-2:15 central time\nAuthor Maurice Broaddus\nWorldbuilding towards Community Work\nA community organizer and teacher\, his work has appeared in places like Lightspeed Magazine\, Black Panther: Tales from Wakanda\, Weird Tales\, Magazine of F&SF\, and Uncanny Magazine\, with some of his stories having been collected in The Voices of Martyrs. His books include the sci-fi novel Sweep of Stars; the steampunk works\, Buffalo Soldier and Pimp My Airship; and the middle grade detective novels\, The Usual Suspects and Unfadeable. His project\, Sorcerers\, is being adapted as a television show for AMC. He’s an editor at Apex Magazine.\n\n2:30-3:30pm central time (Zoom)\nImaginary Cities with Darran Anderson.\nAnderson is the author of Imaginary Cities and Inventory. Imaginary Cities was chosen as a best book of 2015 by the Financial Times\, The Guardian\, and the A.V. Club. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, the TLS\, frieze magazine\, Wired\, and the Architectural Review. He was born in Derry\, Ireland\, and lives in London.\n\n7:30pm central time (In person)\nGolf Cart Drive In-The Black Panther\, introduced by Maurice Broaddus\nNote: New Harmony\, IN (CST) and Indianapolis\, IN (EST)are in different time zones. Central time is one hour earlier than Eastern.\n\nMore about the Symposium:\nThe Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\nTwice the site of utopian experiments in communitarian living\, New Harmony is now a town rich in beauty\, culture\, and history. And it makes the perfect location for people to enjoy some moments of respite and reconnect with others through conversations about the roles of art\, design\, and place in society.\nConversations — led by more than 20 notable authors\, artists\, designers\, researchers\, and philosophers from Indiana and around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking today and tomorrow while connecting with the past.\nThe symposium — organized through a partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, the University of Southern Indiana\, Historic New Harmony\, and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art — is made possible by Indiana Humanities\, the Efroymson Family Fund\, and New America. Additional partners include Indiana State Museum and PATTERN Magazine.\n\nSpeakers\, in-person unless otherwise noted\, include:\nEmily St. John Mandel\, author of the 2015 utopian/dystopian novel\, Station Eleven among other books and essays. Station Eleven has been translated into 33 languages and was adapted into an HBO series premiering in 2021 (virtual talk).\nMaurice Broaddus\, author of fiction centered on utopian and dystopian ideas through the genres of science fiction\, urban fantasy\, and horror.\nDarran Anderson\, author of Imaginary Cities (2015)\, an Irish writer focused on the intersections of urbanism\, culture\, technology and politics (virtual talk).\nCara Courage\, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; scholar and author in the realms of art and placemaking; and formerly of the Tate Modern in London.\nAlso: Indiana writers Susan Neville\, Adrian Matejka\, and Matthew Graham (current poet laureate); Indiana artists and arts leaders from New Harmony\, Columbus\, Bloomington\, and Indianapolis; leading architects\, planners\, and designers; and utopian/communal studies scholars.\n\nWHY ATTEND?\n• To gain a deep understanding — via history\, literature\, philosophy and design — of the relationship between the built environment and social good.\n• To connect with others interested in imagining and striving for better communities.\n• To experience the extraordinary atmosphere\, public art\, and architecture of New Harmony — nestled along the Wabash River and steeped in contemporary art and a historic utopian spirit.\n• To savor the spring weather of southern Indiana.\n\nLocated at the southwest tip of Indiana near Evansville on land originally occupied by the Mississippian culture\, New Harmony is approximately 2.5 hours drive from Indianapolis\, and just over two hours from St. Louis and Louisville. Conference goers receive a special $89/night rate at the New Harmony Inn Resort & Conference Center. Call (812) 682-4431 to book and mention “Social Alchemy Symposium.” Click here for other lodging options.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/social-alchemy-symposium-imaginary-cities-the-arts-and-healing/
LOCATION:Murphy Auditorium\, 419 Tavern St.\, New Harmony\, IN\, 47631\, United States
CATEGORIES:classes,conference,SPARK,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Social Alchemy Symposium-IN Context
DESCRIPTION:The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\n\nEach day is themed and focused on single days. The symposium is free to attend either virtually or in person. Donations are appreciated and can be made via the registration link.\nDiscounted lodging is available at the New Harmony Inn (details below). Attendees are welcome to join any parts of the conference in person\, online\, or both. Registration is required to support communication and feedback.\n\n8-10am -Mini-tours on the hour.\nJump in either in person or on-line for artist led tours of New Harmony landmarks! Check out the Harmonist Labyrinth\, a wunderkammer in the Workingmen’s Institute\, The Wabash River\, the Roofless Church and more.\n\nTUESDAY\, APRIL 12\n9:30-10:30\nOpening conversation: Learning from each other (Utopic public places\, small towns and cities)\n\n10:30-11:20\nDavid Rubin — The Dystopian Utopia in Practice\n\n11:30-noon\nCo-operative Ownership for Healthy Communities:Jacob and Nathan Bower-Bir\n\n1-1:45\nAmana\, Oneida and New Harmony with Claire Eagle\n\n2-2:45\nContemporary utopias and planned communities with Director of USI Communal Studies\, Dr. Silvia Rhode and USI Archivist\, Jennifer Greene\n\n3-3:45 In person networking/sharing\nWho Are You & What Do You Want?\n\n4-5pm Indiana in Context/ New Harmony and Columbus\, IN\nRichard McCoy\, Kathryn Armstrong and Kent Schuette and Chris Merritt discuss how the two are connected through contemporary art and design\, how the city of Columbus\, the town of New Harmony build on what our state offers\, current plans/upcoming collaborations between New Harmony and Columbus.\n\n6:30pm\nUtopian Architecture: discussion on the importance of architecture in our well-being\, past\, present and future projects with well-being in mind.\n\n8-10pm\nIn person activities\nNote: New Harmony\, IN (CST) and Indianapolis\, IN (EST)are in different time zones.\nMore about the Symposium:\nThe Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\nTwice the site of utopian experiments in communitarian living\, New Harmony is now a town rich in beauty\, culture\, and history. And it makes the perfect location for people to enjoy some moments of respite and reconnect with others through conversations about the roles of art\, design\, and place in society.\nConversations — led by more than 20 notable authors\, artists\, designers\, researchers\, and philosophers from Indiana and around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking today and tomorrow while connecting with the past.\nThe symposium — organized through a partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, the University of Southern Indiana\, Historic New Harmony\, and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art — is made possible by Indiana Humanities\, the Efroymson Family Fund\, and New America. Additional partners include Indiana State Museum and PATTERN Magazine.\nSpeakers\, in-person unless otherwise noted\, include:\nEmily St. John Mandel\, author of the 2015 utopian/dystopian novel\, Station Eleven among other books and essays. Station Eleven has been translated into 33 languages and was adapted into an HBO series premiering in 2021 (virtual talk).\nMaurice Broaddus\, author of fiction centered on utopian and dystopian ideas through the genres of science fiction\, urban fantasy\, and horror.\nDarran Anderson\, author of Imaginary Cities (2015)\, an Irish writer focused on the intersections of urbanism\, culture\, technology and politics (virtual talk).\nCara Courage\, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; scholar and author in the realms of art and placemaking; and formerly of the Tate Modern in London.\nAlso: Indiana writers Susan Neville\, Adrian Matejka\, and Matthew Graham (current poet laureate); Indiana artists and arts leaders from New Harmony\, Columbus\, Bloomington\, and Indianapolis; leading architects\, planners\, and designers; and utopian/communal studies scholars.\nWHY ATTEND?\n• To gain a deep understanding — via history\, literature\, philosophy and design — of the relationship between the built environment and social good.\n• To connect with others interested in imagining and striving for better communities.\n• To experience the extraordinary atmosphere\, public art\, and architecture of New Harmony — nestled along the Wabash River and steeped in contemporary art and a historic utopian spirit.\n• To savor the spring weather of southern Indiana.\nLocated at the southwest tip of Indiana near Evansville on land originally occupied by the Mississippian culture\, New Harmony is approximately 2.5 hours drive from Indianapolis\, and just over two hours from St. Louis and Louisville. Conference goers receive a special $89/night rate at the New Harmony Inn Resort & Conference Center. Call (812) 682-4431 to book and mention “Social Alchemy Symposium.” Click here for other lodging options.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/9624/
LOCATION:Murphy Auditorium\, 419 Tavern St.\, New Harmony\, IN\, 47631\, United States
CATEGORIES:classes,conference,SPARK
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SUMMARY:Social Alchemy Symposium -Visualizing Spaces
DESCRIPTION:The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\nEach day is themed and focused on single days. The symposium is free to attend either virtually or in person. Donations are appreciated and can be made via the registration link.\nDiscounted lodging is available at the New Harmony Inn (details below). Attendees are welcome to join any parts of the conference in person\, online\, or both. Registration is required to support communication and feedback.\n\nMonday\, April 11\n\nOn-line\nnoon\nUtopic Spaces (Museums and Public Space) Cara Courage in conversation with Jim Walker\n\n5:30 p.m. central time\nPanel led by New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art Director\, Iris Williamson.\n\n7 p.m. central time\nReception for “Visualizing Spaces” at the gallery. More information to come.\n\n9 pm central time\n(In Person) Self-guided activities created and led by Big Car staff in partnership with New Harmony experts.\n\nNote: New Harmony\, IN (CST) and Indianapolis\, IN (EST)are in different time zones. Central time is one hour earlier than Eastern.\n\nMore about the Symposium:\nThe Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\nTwice the site of utopian experiments in communitarian living\, New Harmony is now a town rich in beauty\, culture\, and history. And it makes the perfect location for people to enjoy some moments of respite and reconnect with others through conversations about the roles of art\, design\, and place in society.\nConversations — led by more than 20 notable authors\, artists\, designers\, researchers\, and philosophers from Indiana and around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking today and tomorrow while connecting with the past.\nThe symposium — organized through a partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, the University of Southern Indiana\, Historic New Harmony\, and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art — is made possible by Indiana Humanities\, the Efroymson Family Fund\, and New America. Additional partners include Indiana State Museum and PATTERN Magazine.\n\nOverall symposium speakers\, in-person unless otherwise noted\, include:\nEmily St. John Mandel\, author of the 2015 utopian/dystopian novel\, Station Eleven among other books and essays. Station Eleven has been translated into 33 languages and was adapted into an HBO series premiering in 2021 (virtual talk).\nMaurice Broaddus\, author of fiction centered on utopian and dystopian ideas through the genres of science fiction\, urban fantasy\, and horror.\nDarran Anderson\, author of Imaginary Cities (2015)\, an Irish writer focused on the intersections of urbanism\, culture\, technology and politics (virtual talk).\nCara Courage\, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; scholar and author in the realms of art and placemaking; and formerly of the Tate Modern in London.\nAlso: Indiana writers Susan Neville\, Adrian Matejka\, and Matthew Graham (current poet laureate); Indiana artists and arts leaders from New Harmony\, Columbus\, Bloomington\, and Indianapolis; leading architects\, planners\, and designers; and utopian/communal studies scholars.\n\nWHY ATTEND?\n• To gain a deep understanding — via history\, literature\, philosophy and design — of the relationship between the built environment and social good.\n• To connect with others interested in imagining and striving for better communities.\n• To experience the extraordinary atmosphere\, public art\, and architecture of New Harmony — nestled along the Wabash River and steeped in contemporary art and a historic utopian spirit.\n• To savor the spring weather of southern Indiana.\nLocated at the southwest tip of Indiana near Evansville on land originally occupied by the Mississippian culture\, New Harmony is approximately 2.5 hours drive from Indianapolis\, and just over two hours from St. Louis and Louisville. Conference goers receive a special $89/night rate at the New Harmony Inn Resort & Conference Center. Call (812) 682-4431 to book and mention “Social Alchemy Symposium.” Click here for other lodging options.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/social-alchemy-symposium-visualizing-spaces/
LOCATION:New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art\, 506 Main St\, New Harmony\, IN\, 47631\, United States
CATEGORIES:classes,conference,SPARK,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Artists & Community Conversation Series- Cal Cullen\, Allen Woods\, Dr. Jarrod Dortch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the third installment of this four part series developed with artists and neighbors who are doing work related to or influencing our thinking with the Artist and Public Life affordable artist housing residency in our neighborhood on the near Southside of Indianapolis.\nThis episode will include Executive Director of Wavepool Cal Cullen\, Executive Director of Mortar Allen Woods\, and APLR artist Dr. Jarrod Dortch\nMade possible by PNC Bank.\n\nE-mail email hidden; JavaScript is required to receive the Zoom link.\n\nAbout Cal Cullen\nCalcagno Cullen is a social practice artist\, arts educator\, and curator. She is founder and Executive Director of Wave Pool Arts Center\, a gallery\, studio space\, and socially-engaged arts activator in Cincinnati\, and the co-founder of The Welcome Project\, a social-enterprise and makerspace for and by Cincinnati’s refugees and immigrants. She has previously worked in the education department of SFMOMA\, the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View\, California and was the Director of Adobe Books Backroom Gallery in San Francisco\,. She is a member of the women’s art collective The FemFour\, and collaboratively organizes the traveling exhibition and catalog of Women’s March posters entitled ‘Still They Persist.’ She has also curated and organized a multitude of exhibitions including ‘Dial Collect’ in 2013 at SOMArts in San Francisco\, ‘Social Medium’ at Wave Pool\, a segment of ‘Bay Area NOW 7’ at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, and Survival Adaptations at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery. She has been artist in residence at The Center for Great Neighborhoods in Covington\, KY\, Lo Studio dei Nipoti in Calabria\, Italy\, Teple Misto in Ivano Frankivsk\, Ukraine\, and in Sardegna\, Italy. Her work has been shown in solo shows at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery\, the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati\, and elsewhere. Her personal mission is to “create empathy and social change through contemporary art.”\n\nAbout Allen Woods\nManaging Partner & Creative Director of Mortar\n\n\nWoods is a devoted husband\, father and entrepreneur – in that order. A lifelong Midwesterner\, he’s never allowed the size of a city to place a limit on the size of his dreams. Allen is the creative force behind the MORTAR brand\, as well as a business consultant and training facilitator for incoming students. \nHis determination (or stubbornness – as his mom would call it) has allowed him to develop a resiliency that has grown with him on his entrepreneurial journey. Recognized as a 2016 Cincinnati Business Courier 40 under 40 Business Leader\, 2017 John F. Barrett Entrepreneur Vision Award and 2017 Echoing Green BMA Fellow\, Woods is also a sought-after public speaker who recently shined on the TEDx stage. As a brand strategist and designer\, Allen assisted directly in the growth of hundreds of small businesses and personal brands across the globe. \nWhen Allen isn’t at MORTAR\, he’s probably somewhere with his wife\, Kyla\, planning or recording the next episode of their brand new marriage podcast\, Permanent Plus One. \n\n\n\nAbout Dr. Jarrod Dortch\nDr. Jarrod Nicholas Dortch is a Professor of Communication at Ivy Tech Community College in Muncie\, Indiana. He also serves as the owner and operator of Solful Gardens\, a local urban agriculture startup specializing in bringing Fresh.Urban.Natural produce to clients’ properties and working with community gardens. He has been affiliated with Big Car as a Community Artist and as Community Gardener at the Tube Factory artspace. He is currently working with Listen Hear and WQRT 99.1 FM. He enjoys bringing together art\, education\, and gardening to help to enrich the experiences of communities and their denizens.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/artists-community-conversation-series-cal-cullen-allen-woods-dr-jarrod-dortch/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:conference,Downtown Indy,Garfield Park
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SUMMARY:Artists & Community Speaker Series with Daniel Gray-Kontar\, Raymond Bobgan\, and Uzuri Asad
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second installment of this four part series developed with artists and neighbors who are doing work related to or influencing our thinking with the Artist and Public Life affordable artist housing residency in our neighborhood on the near Southside of Indianapolis.\nThis episode will include Executive Artistic Director of Twelve Literary Arts Daniel Gray-Kontar\, Executive Artistic Director of the Cleveland Public Theater Raymond Bobgan\, and APLR artist Uzuri Asad.\n\nE-mail email hidden; JavaScript is required for the Zoom link.\n\nMade possible by PNC Bank.\n\nAbout Daniel Gray-Kontar\nDaniel Gray-Kontar is a poet\, teacher\, youth mentor\, rapper\, journalist\, and education activist. He has worked as an advocate for social transformation in the city of Cleveland for more than 25 years. Gray-Kontar is an education consultant for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; writer-in-residence at MOCA Cleveland; the former chair of the Literary Arts Department at the Cleveland School of the Arts; and a former graduate school fellow at UC Berkeley’s College of Education. His work in arts education has been showcased on PBS Newshour\, The UK Guardian\, NPR\, and The Christian Science Monitor\, among other news media outlets. Gray-Kontar has lectured at universities\, public schools\, arts organizations and scholarly conferences across the US. His Ted Talk discussing youth leadership in public school education has affected the ways public school administrators think about the inclusion of youth and their families in the process of re-making school cultures and curricula.\n\nAbout Uzuri Asad\nOriginally from Cleveland\, Ohio\, Uzuri Asad now lives and works in the Garfield Park neighborhood of Indianapolis as part of Big Car Collaborative’s Artist in Public Life Residency program. She’s a singer\, dancer\, choreographer\, and jewelry-maker. Formally trained in West African dance and contemporary movement\, her art is guided by lived experiences and her cultural upbringing. Her style is a unique blend of fluid\, free flowing\, yet intentional movements. For Asad\, dance is a sacred means of individual expression that lives and breathes through her.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/artists-community-speaker-series-with-daniel-gray-kontar-raymond-bobgan-and-uzuri-asad/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:conference,Downtown Indy,Film,Garfield Park
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SUMMARY:Artists & Community Conversation Series- Juan William Chavez\, Dr. Jarrod Dortch and David Kirkland
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first installment of this four part series developed with artists and neighbors who are doing work related to or influencing our thinking with the Artist and Public Life affordable artist housing residency in our neighborhood on the near Southside of Indianapolis.\nThis episode will include Juan William Chávez artist\, activist and director of Northside Workshop\, APLR artist\, Dr. Jarrod Dortch and Chef David Kirkland.\n\nE-mail email hidden; JavaScript is required to receive the Zoom link.\n\nMade possible by PNC Bank.\n\nAbout Juan William Chávez\nJuan William Chávez is an artist\, activist and director of Northside Workshop. His studio practice focuses on sculpting space within urban ecosystems through partnerships and collaborations as a way to address social and environmental issues. His work includes public sculptures\, multimedia installations\, paintings\, drawings\, and unconventional forms of beekeeping and agriculture. His exhibitions focus on themes of the urban environment\, ecology\, sustainability\, craft/labor\, activism\, identity and archaeology of place. Chavez has exhibited at ArtPace\, Van Abbemuseum\, McColl Center for Art\, Tube Factory Artspace\, 21c Museum Hotel\, Laumeier Sculpture Park\, and Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Currently Chavez’s work was included in El Museo’s survey of contemporary Latinx art\, ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21. His interdisciplinary approach to art has gained the attention and support of prestigious institutions like the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation\, Creative Capital\, Graham Foundation\, ArtPlace America\, Andy Warhol Foundation\, and Art Matters Foundation. Chávez holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.\nRead More: https://juanwilliamchavez.com/home.html\n\nAbout Chef David Kirkland\nDavid Kirkland\, the owner and executive chef of Turn Restaurant and David Kirkland Catering\, believes food and music brings people together. He began his career in the early-1990’s\, bouncing from the Café at St. Louis Art Museum (Catering St. Louis) to Frazier’s Brown Bag\, and then Venice Café. Kirkland learned everything he could from some of the city’s best. In 1996\, he moved to San Francisco and began focusing on his music interests\, becoming a resident DJ at several clubs throughout the city. However\, he never lost his love for the culinary arts\, cooking for friends and family and exploring the area’s now famous farm-to-table approach to food. After moving back to St. Louis\, Kirkland returned to the kitchen with a mission\, taking the helm at Café Osage in 2007. He opened Turn Restaurant and David Kirkland Catering in Spring of 2016.\nRead More https://www.stlmag.com/…/hot-seat-a-conversation-with…/\n\nAbout Dr. Jarrod Dortch\nDr. Jarrod Nicholas Dortch is a Professor of Communication at Ivy Tech Community College in Muncie\, Indiana. He also serves as the owner and operator of Solful Gardens\, a local urban agriculture startup specializing in bringing Fresh.Urban.Natural produce to clients’ properties and working with community gardens. He has been affiliated with Big Car as a Community Artist and as Community Gardener at the Tube Factory artspace. He is currently working with Listen Hear and WQRT 99.1 FM. He enjoys bringing together art\, education\, and gardening to help to enrich the experiences of communities and their denizens.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/artists-community-conversation-series-juan-william-chavez-dr-jarrod-dortch-and-david-kirkland/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:conference,Garfield Park
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SUMMARY:Indiana MUFON Spring Symposium with Barry Gaunt
DESCRIPTION:Barry Gaunt will speak about alien abduction and the effect of the phenomenon on one’s life. \nBarry\, currently serves as a member of the renowned Society of the Supernatural. He is the MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) State Director of Kentucky and is a STAR Team Certified Field Investigator for MUFON. He is also a Cohost of “Into The Fire” a podcast on Blog Talk Radio. He is the Managing Director of the NightStalkers Paranormal Research Team\, which researches\, and investigates Hauntings\, UFO Reports\, Alien Abductions\, and Strange Creature reports on a case by case basis. \nBarry is a full-time volunteer at the famed and haunted Octagon Hall Museum and assists the Museum Director with the daily operations of the Museum\, along with hosting the Museum’s popular Novice Hunts with his paranormal team\, Nightstalkers Paranormal. He is an Administrator for the Kentucky UFO Research Center on Facebook\, and he is currently writing a book on the UFO Phenomenon in Kentucky\, which will be published by Leprechaun Publishing in late 2019 or early 2020. \nBarry remains science minded\, but always keeps an open mind\, striving to find the truth\, looking for the key to unlock the mysteries of the world we live in\, with hopes of answering humanity’s oldest questions. What happens next\, and are we alone in the universe?
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/indiana-mufon-spring-symposium-with-barry-gaunt/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:classes,conference,Garfield Park
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SUMMARY:The Artist as Problem Solver Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Artist as Problem Solver:\nUnderstanding the Role of Artists and Arts Organizations in\nCommunity Building\, Placekeeping\, and Cultural Sustainability\nPresented by The Joyce Foundation and Big Car Collaborative\n\nThursday and Friday\, March 1-2\, 2018\nBig Car/Tube Factory artspace\n1125 Cruft St.\nIndianapolis\, IN 46203\n \nAs part of its ongoing effort to support the capacity of artists and arts organizations to create artworks and cultural participation opportunities that transform their communities\, The Joyce Foundation (based in Chicago and supporting artists cities in the Great Lakes Region — including Indianapolis — through the Joyce Awards)\, is partnering with Indianapolis-based placemaking and socially engaged arts nonprofit\, Big Car Collaborative to host an engaging and immersive\, two-day convening beginning with an evening keynote and panel on March 1 at 5 p.m\, and ending on March 2 at 5 p.m.\, after a full day of sessions.\n \nThis event (which is open to everyone but limited by space so please RSVP soon — links below) is for individual artists\, leaders from arts and community organizations\, city and neighborhood leaders who collaborate with artists\, community organizers\, entrepreneurs\, urban planners and placemakers\, funders\, researchers\, and others interested in the role of the arts in fostering community vitality in general in Indianapolis and the Great Lakes Region.\n \nThe aim of this interactive convening is to deepen and widen the conversation around placemaking to include the critical work of community building and placekeeping in established\, economically vulnerable\, or demographically fluctuating communities. Centered around first-hand case studies and tool-sharing\, the goal of these two days is to provide opportunities for learning and network building that may lead to future collaborations and exchanges.In addition to nationally and regionally recognized speakers and panelists\, everyone who attends will be asked to share their areas of expertise\, current initiatives\, and needs for additional assistance. Time will be allotted to organize around synergies\, themes and resource needs.\n \nPlease register as soon as possible via the links below to hold your spot. Again\, seats will be limited to ensure an inclusive and interactive convening. The final agenda will be disseminated to all registrants.\n \nRegistration details:Please register via the links below by February 16 to help us with planning.\nClick here to RSVP for opening keynote panel and reception on March 1\nClick here to RSVP for full-day convening featuring panels and workshops on March 2\nPlease remember to RSVP and register for each day separately\n \nSchedule (full agenda coming soon)\nThursday\, March 1\, 5-7:30 p.m. (opening keynote panel & reception — followed by optional coordinated small-group dinners)\nFriday\, March 2\, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (full day of panels and workshops)
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/artist_workshop/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:conference
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