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SUMMARY:Chreece on the Circle -Harry Otaku
DESCRIPTION:1994\, Megaman X was ripe out the box with detailed graphics and progressive sounds. This perfect audio and visual harmony would provide core inspiration to a budding otaku–who would take the namesake to a whole new level. Harry Otaku makes a unique soundscape utilizing influences from: Hip-Hop\, Soul\, anime\, film\, and video games. Everything Harry Otaku makes\, he puts a personal spin on\, making each creation a vivid\, prismatic reflection from the heart. He continues to explore all the genres of music\, but is currently focused on: learning the ones and twos of DJing and finding the truest path of self/self-expression.\n\nChreece hip hop festival returns to Indianapolis Saturday August 26th. The full-day festival will feature more than 80+ Indianapolis-area artists\, DJs and producers\, as well as national acts 9th Wonder\, redveil\, Kari Faux\, Jordan Ward and Pink Siifu at the top of the bill. Eight Fountain Square venues will host the performances\, most of which will be open to all ages. Vendors\, Art Instilations\, Pro Wrestling and More.\n\nWhat’s Spark On The Circle? SPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, Downtown Indy\, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development\, the Capital Improvement Board\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.\n\nWhat? SPARK brings a free\, fun\, playful\, welcoming\, and art-filled park to the heart of Indianapolis. Here on Monument Circle\, you’ll find comfortable places to sit in the shade\, free games to play like ping pong and chess\, a cafe serving food and drink\, art experiences\, and special offerings like live\, local music. Big Car Collaborative approaches its aspects of SPARK on the Circle as a site and community specific public art project. Read more about Big Car Collaborative’s approach to placemaking and socially engaged art.\n\nWhen? Visitors can enjoy SPARK on the Circle from 11 a.m. until dusk each day until November 3.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/chreece-on-the-circle-harry-otaku/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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SUMMARY:Lockerbie Night Market – Performance by Bashiri Asad\, Artisan Vendors\, Beer Garden\, and more…
DESCRIPTION: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 Bashiri Asad. Music from 7-8 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. \n\nAll events are free at 320 N New Jersey Street in the greenspace right off the Cultural Trail. 
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lockerbie-night-market-performance-by-clint-breeze-trio-artisan-vendors-beer-garden-and-more/
LOCATION:Needler’s Market\, 320 N New Jersey\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230905T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
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SUMMARY:Lunch Break Live with Scrapper & Skeleton presented by Lake City Bank
DESCRIPTION:Join us for one of Indianapolis’s finest blues acoustic duos\, made possible by Lake City Bank!\n\nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.\n\nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city. \nS
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lunch-break-live-with-scrapper-skeleton/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230907T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230907T180000
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SUMMARY:Freetown Village: The Madam Walker Story
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Madam CJ Walker’s great achievements and contributions\, Freetown Village Inc. brings you this one-woman show of her story through “different” eyes. \nJoin us for the amazing story of America’s first woman self-made millionaire. Learn about the rich legacy she created for women\, African Americans\, and Indianapolis! \nFreetown Village is a living history museum with the mission to educate the public about African American lives\, arts\, and culture in Indiana through living history\, exhibits\, allied programs\, and the collection and preservation of artifacts. \nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle. Check our website for more. \nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/freetown-village-the-madam-walker-story/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230913T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20230913T180000
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SUMMARY:Music Instrument building with Rob Funkhouser
DESCRIPTION:Join composer and sound artist Rob Funkhouser for a workshop exploring the hidden sounds of everyday objects. Funkhouser will guide audiences through strategies for using amplification to reimagine the world of tiny sounds happening around them through the use of musical instruments\, household items\, and contact microphones. Participants will get the chance to explore a set of instruments and objects\, and will also be guided on a short walk to find new sounds hidden in the environment around Monument Circle. No previous skills are required. Family friendly.\n\nAbout:\nRob Funkhouser is a composer\, performer\, and instrument builder who can never quite sit still. His work is concerned with ideas of place\, memory\, and pattern and he is interested in interrogating the interstitial spaces between established genres. He holds an M.M. from Butler University in Music Composition\, and most recently completed Peace of Mind\, Speed of Thought for Classical Music Indy. He has released projects through various labels in three different countries\, but finds his home turf on Auris Apothecary and Medium Sound. His current projects include an ongoing series of recordings and writing under the title Walking Music\, building a new set of instruments in collaboration with artist Justin Cooper\, and ongoing work on new performance tools for music and installations. In 2020\, he began a long-term living residency with Big Car as part of their APLR program. He also serves as Education Manager for the Rhythm Discovery Center\, where he runs public programming for schools and community members. He has collaborated with diverse groups including Forward Motion\, Los Angeles Percussion Quartet\, So Percussion\, No Exit Theater\, and Chicago-based director Ryan Gleason.\n\nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle. Check our website for more. \nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/music-instrument-building-with-rob-funkhouser/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231003T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231003T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch Break Live with Mandog
DESCRIPTION:A producer/visual artist from Indianapolis\, IN\, Mandog combines elements from everywhere and anywhere and cooks them down into a nice Mandog soup. Hip-hop is his specialty\, but you might find him boppin’ around in other genres as well.\nMandog was the Champion of the 6th Annual Jay Brookinz Beat Battle at The Vogue Theater (2014) and had another first place finish at a Jay Brookinz Battle League round at the Hi-Fi (2015).\n\nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.\nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lunch-break-live-with-mandog/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231007T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231007T140000
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SUMMARY:Scavenger Hunt with Brittany Fukushima
DESCRIPTION:Join us to kick off an on-going  scavenger hunt\, find all the little art sculptures and more around the Circle. \nAbout the artist: Brittany Fukushima is an Indianapolis-based painter and teaching artist who uses their practice to interpret their environment. Drawing and painting become a means to investigate the natural world\, express the intangible\, and to present alternate ways of seeing. Recently\, they have experimented with paint making using foraged pigments. Teaching is an integral part of their process as it keeps them in community and provides fresh perspectives. Brittany currently teaches at the Indianapolis Art Center and is a graduate of Herron School of Art and Design. They have exhibited throughout Indianapolis and Chicago and their work has been featured by Butter\, WFYI and Pattern Magazine. \nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle. \nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/scavenger-hunt-with-brittany-fukushima/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231011T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231011T180000
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SUMMARY:Found Art with Giselle Trujillo
DESCRIPTION:Join Giselle Trujillo in creating a found art piece! Visitors will work in a variety of mediums to help create something unique! \nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle. \nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/found-art-with-giselle-trujillo/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231012T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231012T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20231003T223822Z
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SUMMARY:Circle Side Chats with Deedee Davis
DESCRIPTION:The Magic Circle \n In October of 1900\, the Fall Festivities Society of Indianapolis promoted a week-long carnival with its central focus being the Magic Circle. Monument Circle was transformed with a dizzying array of attractions\, parades\, performers and animals all in the glow of “electric illuminations.” Yet\, despite all the enchantment\, the Magic Circle Carnival was a one-time marvel in Indianapolis’ history. \nBio: Deedee Davis is a Herron-Morton resident with an interest in Indianapolis history\, specifically historic residential architecture and Greenlawn Cemetery. She oversees digital collections for the Herron School of Art Library at IUPUI. \nCircle Side Chats is in partnership with Indiana Humanities. Indiana Humanities is a statewide nonprofit that infuses the humanities into our daily lives. We do this by providing grants\, convening discussions\, uplifting humanities scholars\, spotlighting humanities organizations and activities\, and creating our own programs that help Hoosiers think\, read and talk. \nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle. \nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/circle-side-chats-with-deedee-davis/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231014T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231014T140000
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SUMMARY:Ink Workshop with Brittany Fukushima
DESCRIPTION:Join SPARK artist in residence Brittany Fukushima for an all-levels ink painting workshop. In this workshop\, you’ll learn basic ink techniques and how to paint intuitively using colors handmade by the artist. See the raw materials that go into ink-making and leave inspired to create your own. All materials are provided! \nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle. \nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/ink-workshop-with-brittany-fukushima/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231014T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231014T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
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SUMMARY:Sofar Sounds at SPARK
DESCRIPTION:WHAT’S A SOFAR SOUNDS SHOW?\nSofar transforms everyday spaces – like a rooftop or art gallery – and turns them into captivating\, intimate venues for secret\, live music performances\, creating an immersive experience that brings guests and artists closer together. Each Sofar is small\, and typically features three diverse acts\, with no headliner.\n\nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.\nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/sofar-sounds-at-spark/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231025T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231025T180000
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SUMMARY:Graffiti Knitting with Mary Jo Bayliss
DESCRIPTION:A gathering where knitting and graffiti collide! Simultaneously inspired by traditional knitting and graffiti\, this ever-evolving piece combines fiber adjacent activities\, coloring sheets derived from graffiti and knitting motifs\, and opportunities for participants to share their creative path stories.\nYou are invited to come join the fun\, because without YOU\, Boo\, this project can’t happen. \nAbout the artist:\nMary Jo Bayliss specializes in creating environments that help people feel at ease using space\, light and color to achieve these goals. \nSPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy\, the City of Indianapolis\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle. \nAt Big Car\, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax\, play\, socialize\, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/graffiti-knitting-with-mary-jo-bayliss/
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231029T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20231029T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231020T131509Z
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SUMMARY:Circle SPARK Fest
DESCRIPTION:Have yourself a Pumpkin carving\, pottery making\, face painting\, UBE Fest loving good time at Circle SPARK Fest! \nThis two-day fall festival features live music by an amazing array of local musicians\, delicious food\, artisan vendors\, and hands-on creative activities led by Indianapolis artists. The festival\, which runs from 11 am until 6 pm each day\, is free to attend. And it takes place at the pop-up park on the southwest quadrant of Monument Circle that has been closed to traffic this summer. \nMusic Line-Up \nTennah Host MC  \n10/29 Sun \n11-11:45 – Fred Miller \n12-12:45 – Tinikling Cultural Dance \n1-2 – The Roundups \n2:15-3:15 -Tubbles the Band \n3:30-4:30 – Forgotten Tribe \n5-6 – Exceso Rock Band \n10/29 Sun \n12-5pm Henna with Pam \n12-5pm Face Painting with Stephanie Zki \n11-6pm Derek Tudor Selfie 360 and Mini VanGo \n11-6pm Ceramics with Stephanie Williams \n11-6pm Pumpkin Carving \nNew this year: SPARK Fest’s organizers at Big Car Collaborative and Downtown Indy are teaming up with UbeFest — an event that’s all about the tasty purple yam often used in desserts in Filipino cuisine called ube. UbeFest brings more than 30 food\, artist\, and unique retail vendors to the Circle for the festival. Many will showcase\, among their offerings\, a variety of tasty ube-based treats.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/circle-spark-fest-4/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240515T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240515T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240424T200117Z
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SUMMARY:NIGHTJAR: Samantha Fain
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 6 pm\, reading at 7 pm \nSamantha (Sam) Fain is a Best-of-the-Net and Pushcart-nominated poet from Indiana. Her debut full-length collection\, Are You There\, releases April 25\, 2024 with Bad Betty Press. She co-edited Kiss Your Darlings: A Taylor Swift Anthology with Olney Magazine in 2022. Sam’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Indianapolis Review\, A Flame Called Indiana: An Anthology of Contemporary Hoosier Writing\, SWWIM\, Peach Mag\, 8 Poems\, and Non.Plus Lit. Sam loves her family and friends\, bad jokes\, pop culture\, the em dash\, and vinyl records\, deeply and in no particular order. \nOpen mic prompt: Write a poem inspired by your favorite song\, celebrity\, internet meme\, or tweet. (317 words max!) \nCreative takes on the prompt are fine\, but challenge yourself to write something new in response to the prompt! \nNIGHTJAR creates an inclusive space for all by bringing together spoken-word performers and page-based poets writing in narrative\, lyric\, and experimental forms. Every third Wednesday\, C.S. Carrier and Michelle Niemann host a reading and invite audience members to share their own poetic responses. \n—
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/nightjar-samantha-fain/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Outdoor Activities,Rethink Reconnect Reclaim
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240518T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240518T120000
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SUMMARY:Community Sound lab 1: Listening and Recording
DESCRIPTION:Sound artists Rob Funkhouser and Landon Caldwell will start with a basic overview of intentional listening and field recording\, and then lead participants on a sound walk through Garfield Park where everyone will get a chance to record sounds that they find to be interesting. For the second half of the workshop\, there will be an opportunity for hands-on play with a modular synthesizer\, as well as lessons on how to handle files\, and prepare them to be used in your own personal projects.\n\nWe encourage people to come to either or both of these workshops. All ages and\, all skill levels are welcome\, this will be a  family-friendly activity.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/community-sound-lab-1-listening-and-recording/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Listen Hear,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240605T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240605T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
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SUMMARY:Wake Up Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/wake-up-wednesday/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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ORGANIZER;CN="Big Car Collaborative":MAILTO:info@bigcar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240612T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240612T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240605T155140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240605T155140Z
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SUMMARY:Wake Up Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/wake-up-wednesday-2/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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ORGANIZER;CN="Big Car Collaborative":MAILTO:info@bigcar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240613T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240613T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240611T170801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T170801Z
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SUMMARY:Strawberry Fest
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/strawberry-fest/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240619T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240619T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240605T155321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240605T155321Z
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SUMMARY:Wake Up Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/wake-up-wednesday-3/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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ORGANIZER;CN="Big Car Collaborative":MAILTO:info@bigcar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240626T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240626T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240605T155627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240605T155627Z
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SUMMARY:Wake Up Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/wake-up-wednesday-4/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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ORGANIZER;CN="Big Car Collaborative":MAILTO:info@bigcar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240703T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240703T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240701T000112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T000112Z
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SUMMARY:Wake Up Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:Join us at SPARK on the Circle at Wake Up Wednesday! \nPick up tinker coffee and Ohanalulu Donuts. \nWe at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games\, live music\, artmaking\, and socializing in a comfortable place. \nSPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, Downtown Indy\, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development\, the Capital Improvement Board\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/wake-up-wednesday-5/
LOCATION:Monument Circle\, 50 Monument Circle\, Indianapolis\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240703T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240703T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240701T001123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T001123Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch Break Live! With Keith Beatty Presented By Lake City Bank
DESCRIPTION:Hands down…Keith Beatty was born to sing. Growing up in Indianapolis and moving on to sing in the Indiana University Choral Ensemble\, the crooner made his mark on teachers and students and was known as the man with the melodic voice.\nUnleashing the music deep down\, Beatty writes music for life\, not hype. He sings with passion\, emphasis\, and with a way that will warm the coldest heart. He speaks truth to his listeners giving them a dose of reality a la his life experiences.\nAs a true talent that can draw you in with one stroke of his guitar\, Beatty strongly believes music is life recorded\, and those who love R&B and Soul will hear sweet sounds out of lips that only bring what’s real. Like the songs sang by Aretha Franklin and the Temptations\, Keith Beatty’s songs will be added to the history books as songs from an artist with true talent.\n\nLunch Break Live! is presented by Lake City Bank.\n\nWe at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games\, live music\, artmaking\, and socializing in a comfortable place.\n\nSPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, Downtown Indy\, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development\, the Capital Improvement Board\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lunch-break-live-with-keith-beatty-presented-by-lake-city-bank/
LOCATION:Monument Circle\, 50 Monument Circle\, Indianapolis\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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ORGANIZER;CN="Big Car Collaborative":MAILTO:info@bigcar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240705T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240705T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240702T170134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T170518Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Workshop with John Clark
DESCRIPTION:Make Art and Write Poetry with John Clark! \nJoin Indianapolis-based visual artist\, Big Car co-founder and writer John Clarke to make drawings\, poems\, and short stories…or a combination of all three! And we’ll also show you how to make zines\, too! \nWe at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games\, live music\, artmaking\, and socializing in a comfortable place. \nSPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, Downtown Indy\, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development\, the Capital Improvement Board\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/artist-workshop-with-john-clark/
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240710T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240710T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240701T000233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T000233Z
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SUMMARY:Wake Up Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:Join us at SPARK on the Circle at Wake Up Wednesday! \nPick up tinker coffee and Ohanalulu Donuts. \nWe at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games\, live music\, artmaking\, and socializing in a comfortable place. \nSPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, Downtown Indy\, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development\, the Capital Improvement Board\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/wake-up-wednesday-6/
LOCATION:Monument Circle\, 50 Monument Circle\, Indianapolis\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240710T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240710T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240702T171035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T175322Z
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SUMMARY:Meet the City- Office of Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:The Indianapolis Office of Sustainability administers Thrive Indianapolis\, the first sustainability and resiliency action plan in Indy’s history. As a division of the Department of Public Works\, the Office of Sustainability promotes an environmentally sustainable city through various programs and partnerships that address the root causes of the climate crisis. \nThrive prioritizes community collaboration to achieve equity in policy\, planning\, and project implementation and guides the path to citywide carbon neutrality by 2050. \nWe at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games\, live music\, artmaking\, and socializing in a comfortable place.\n\nSPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, Downtown Indy\, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development\, the Capital Improvement Board\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/meet-the-city-office-of-sustainability/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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ORGANIZER;CN="Big Car Collaborative":MAILTO:info@bigcar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240710T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240710T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240702T175528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T175528Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch Break Live! With Fred Miller Presented by Lake City Bank
DESCRIPTION:Fred Miller describes his music as\, “the sound of sunlight through a dusty 70s rangefinder lens.” and will be joining SPARK for Lunch Break Live! \nPresented by Lake City Bank \n\nLearn more about his music and artwork on his Instagram: @mffred \nWe at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games\, live music\, artmaking\, and socializing in a comfortable place.\n\nSPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, Downtown Indy\, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development\, the Capital Improvement Board\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.\n\n+ GOOGLE CALENDAR+ ICAL EXPORT
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lunch-break-live-with-fred-miller-presented-by-lake-city-bank/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240712T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240712T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240702T175719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240711T172529Z
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SUMMARY:Drum Circles With The Percussive Arts Society And Rob Funkhouser
DESCRIPTION:Come join the Percussive Arts Society with Rob Funkhouser at SPARK ! \n\nWe at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games\, live music\, artmaking\, and socializing in a comfortable place.\n\nSPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, Downtown Indy\, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development\, the Capital Improvement Board\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/drum-circles-with-rob-funkhouser-2/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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ORGANIZER;CN="Big Car Collaborative":MAILTO:info@bigcar.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240712T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240712T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240702T180036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240702T180036Z
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SUMMARY:Ink Artist Workshop with Brittany Fukushima
DESCRIPTION:Join SPARK artist in residence Brittany Fukushima for an all-levels ink painting workshop. In this workshop\, you’ll learn basic ink techniques and how to paint intuitively using colors handmade by the artist. See the raw materials that go into ink-making and leave inspired to create your own. All materials are provided! \nAbout: \nBrittany Fukushima is an Indianapolis-based painter and teaching artist who uses their practice to interpret their environment. Drawing and painting become a means to investigate the natural world\, express the intangible\, and to present alternate ways of seeing. Recently\, they have experimented with paint making using foraged pigments. \nTeaching is an integral part of their process as it keeps them in community and provides fresh perspectives. Brittany currently teaches at the Indianapolis Art Center and is a graduate of Herron School of Art and Design. They have exhibited throughout Indianapolis and Chicago and their work has been featured by Butter\, WFYI\, and Pattern Magazine. \nWe at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games\, live music\, artmaking\, and socializing in a comfortable place.\n\nSPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, Downtown Indy\, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development\, the Capital Improvement Board\, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/ink-artist-workshop-with-brittany-fukushima/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20240712T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20241020T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095605
CREATED:20240614T161430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T163353Z
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SUMMARY:Elisa Harkins: Ekvnv (Land)\, the Sacred Mother from Which We Came
DESCRIPTION:With this exhibit\, Elisa Harkins looks at land in two different ways: a path toward healing due to the desecration of burial mounds in New Harmony\, Indiana and how the Land Back movement addresses climate change. Harkins\, a multi-disciplinary artist based in Tulsa\, Oklahoma\, and Tube Factory curator Shauta Marsh researched and worked on this exhibit for five years as part of Big Car Collaborative’s decade-long research project\, Social Alchemy\, that explores utopia and dystopia with an emphasis on the southern Indiana town of New Harmony that was twice the site of utopian experiments. \nIn the Main Gallery\, Harkins draws attention to settler desecration of Indigenous mounds in the unmarked “Harmonist Cemetery” in New Harmony. When the Harmonists purchased the land in the early 1800s\, they dug up the Indigenous burial mounds\, collecting what they considered interesting items for their Cabinet of Curiosities. They then buried their dead over the native people’s remains. When the Harmonists sold the town to industrialist Robert Owen for his rationalist utopian attempt\, the Harmonists took apart their church and used the brick to enclose the mounds with a wall. Today\, the burial mounds are not acknowledged on signage for the cemetery. \nHarkins brings light to this history and offers healing through the Spirit Houses. These are structures built that provide a protective shelter over the grave of their deceased relative. Harkins could not build them in the “Harmonist Cemetery.” So the photographic wall mural and Spirit Houses in the Main Gallery serve as a temporary monument to the native people buried there. \nThrough the 24 photographs on the wall surrounding the Spirit Houses\,(also known as Grave Houses) Harkins tells the story of the mounds in New Harmony to demonstrate not only settler violence against Indigenous land and bodies but also the presence of multiple tribes at sacred burial sites across time. In examining multiple histories of mounds\, Harkins interrogates whether Indigenous lands belong to one people alone\, And her investigation prompts viewers to examine their own ties to land through time — in their lost ancestral cultures\, as well as in contemporary society. \nThe Tear Dress on the north wall of the gallery is one Harkins wears in many photos and in her work in the video room. Cherokee women traditionally wore this dress in the Southeast in the early 1800s. Indian Removal began to take place during this time period in Indiana (land of the Indians). This is also around the time Harmonists sought to build a sort of religious utopia in the town they named New Harmony. \nIn the video room\, Harkins shares a piece on the 200-year-old song\,“Hesaketv Meset Likes or The One Who Gives us Breath.” Though the singing takes place in the present\, Harkins seeks to move the audience through time\, preserving culture by bringing this new knowledge of ourselves to the forefront. \nLeading by example with her works\, Harkins uses her Indigenous body as an extension of Ekvnv\, the mother from which she came. This embodies critical reflection on deep human connections to ancestral lands across time and place. Her cultural references to ancient mounds with intersectional tribal histories — as well as contemporary tribally-specific structures such as Spirit Houses — probe the meanings of “Indigenous” identity and question whether individual tribal nations will participate in intersectional freedom for all Indigenous peoples. \nIn the Jeremy Efroymson Gallery\, Elisa Harkins shares images\, sound\, and sculpture that invoke definitions of tribal sovereignty — centering land and its protection. Amid a contemporary Indigenous landscape in which tribal activities vary between cultural revitalization efforts and extractive practices at times complicit with capitalist structures\, Harkins calls for land protection above all. This shows viewers that the return of Indigenous land protection practices\, along with language and cultural revitalization\, are inevitable outcomes on Turtle Island (some Indigenous American tribes refer to North America as Turtle Island). \nHarkins often encounters tornado shelters for sale alongside the roads in Oklahoma. While dangerous tornadoes traditionally occur in the summer months\, recent years have seen an alarming rise in winter tornadoes. By using the image of these Tornado Shelters\, she aims to raise awareness about the increasing destruction and loss of life caused by climate change. The shelters\, placed in the ground or Ekvnv\, serve as a metaphor for the Muscogee origin story\, symbolizing their emergence from the earth at the beginning of their civilization. \nThe light sculptures are in English\, Cherokee\, and Muscogee words:\nᎠᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᏤᎵᎪᎯ ᎦᏓ ᏤᏙᎢ\nEste Cate Ekvnv Okharoces\nYou Are on Indian Land \nThe music playing in the Jeremy Efroymson Gallery\,  honors communities destroyed and lives lost through human created climate change. Harkins\, in collaboration with Mark Kuykendall\, composed this piece for the tornado shelter sculpture to serve as a poignant tribute to the lives lost\, communities disrupted\, and environmental imbalances exacerbated by human negligence. \n“Land Back means all land back\,” said Harkins\, who sees Indigenous political projects such as language revitalization as\, most of all\, an empowering force for protecting Ekvnv (Land)\, the Sacred Mother from which we came. In Harkins’ works\, she calls for definitions of tribal sovereignty which center land protection over individual political claims to place. She intervenes in narratives of singular or strongest connections of tribal claims to mounds in favor of historical narratives where tribal interrelations connect more peoples to more lands for the purpose of building solidarities of responsibility and care for Indigenous land. \nIn Ekvnv\, Harkins calls for universal participation in and attention to the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous hands\, inviting viewers to reckon with the power imbalances that continue between settler colonial structures and Indigenous historical worlds. To Harkins\, sovereignty includes care for all–from health care to land protection that reaches worldwide\, just as the Sacred Mother receives care from all. \nThe exhibition is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, Efroymson Family Fund\, the Institute of Museum and Library Services\, and a printing partnership with Aurora PhotoCenter.\n\nThe artist wishes to thank:\nIan Byers-Gamber\nMark Kuykendall\nDon Tiger\nBrose Partington \nAbout Harkins\nElisa Harkins is a Native American (Cherokee/Muscogee) artist\, singer\, electronic music composer\, and curator based in Tulsa\, Oklahoma. Her work is concerned with translation\, language preservation\, and Indigenous musicology. Harkins uses the Cherokee and Mvskoke languages\, electronic music\, sculpture\, and the body as her tools. She is the first person to sing a contemporary song in the Cherokee language. Harkins received a BA from Columbia College\, Chicago\, and an MFA from CalArts. She has since continued her education at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She has exhibited her work at Crystal Bridges\, documenta 14\, The Hammer Museum\, The Heard Museum\, and MoMA.\nIn 2020\, she created the Indigenous concert series 6 Moons and published a CD of Muscogee/Seminole Hymns. She is also the DJ of Mvhayv (ma-hi-ya) Radio\, an Indigenous radio show on 99.1FM in Indianapolis\, IN. Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ (ga-wo-ni-s-gi tso-i) is a dance performance that features music and choreography by Harkins. With support from PICA and Western Front\, songs from the performance have been collected into a double LP\, which can be found on Harkins’ Bandcamp. Harkins resides on the Muscogee Reservation and is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Nation. \nAbout Tube Factory artspace: Tube Factory is a contemporary art campus and community center. There are four galleries on the campus\, two are commissioning galleries. Admission is free. It’s also home base for Big Car Collaborative’s work across Indianapolis and beyond. Tube Factory features rotating exhibits\, interactive projects\, community space\, a reference library\, an outdoor gathering space\, and much more to find through exploring. Tube Factory is an independent\, noncommercial\, nonprofit public place. Big Car Collaborative brings art to people and people to art\, sparking creativity in lives to support communities. As an artist-run nonprofit organization\, we utilize tools of culture and creativity to build community and social cohesion — connecting people as a way to boost quality of life. We support our community by supporting artists.\nMuch of our work happens on a single block where we own or co-own more than 20 properties — including a long-term affordable housing program for artists and Tube Factory — a contemporary art museum with a cafe\, studios\, and community space. At our campus of adaptive reuse buildings and public greenspace\, we host community and cultural programs to promote social connectivity\, cooperation\, and creativity.\nWe also facilitate people-focused placemaking and place keeping projects across the city and beyond through Spark. Tune in to our experimental\, community-focused radio station\, WQRT 99.1 FM — also streaming at wqrt.org. \nAbout Social Alchemy:With this multifaceted\, multiyear project\, Indianapolis-based arts organization Big Car Collaborative — with our partners\, the University of Southern Indiana\, Historic New Harmony\, the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art and others –– have created a series of radio shows\, exhibits\, and conversations exploring\, learning\, and sharing how utopia has informed places and pursuits over time. \nConceived by Big Car co-founders Shauta Marsh and Jim Walker and artist and philanthropist Jeremy Efroymson\, Social Alchemy explores historical and contemporary examples of utopian experiments\, fictional utopias and dystopias\, and social and cooperative-living design projects (linking back to our affordable artist housing program on our block in Indianapolis). Through a variety of public programs — first made possible with support from Indiana Humanities and Efroymson Family Fund — it offers a deeper understanding of the relationship between the built environment and social good. We all grapple with divides in society and real-life examples of dystopia (shootings\, mass incarceration\, ecological degradation) and utopia (experiments such as co-living communities that make people demonstrably happier). This project is about exploring historical and contemporary real-world examples of utopian experiments and social design projects as well as theoretical and fictional utopias and dystopias. Our goal is for the impact of Social Alchemy to be a deeper understanding — via history\, literature\, and the philosophy of art\, design\, and architecture — of the relationship between the built environment and social good. \nAbout Indiana and Tribal Land (from the Indiana.Gov website)\nThere are two tribes that have land in Indiana. However there are many other tribal members of other federally recognized tribes that live in Indiana\, approximately\, 25\,000. \nThe Pokagon Band of Potawatomi receive a small portion of their land back from their removal in Indiana. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi is a federally recognized tribe. It is one of 573 federally recognized tribes in the United States. The Bureau of Indian Affairs contacted Chairman John Warren to state that their tribe\, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi had been approved on November 18\, 2016 to receive 166 acres of land in trust in South Bend\, Indiana. The tribe successfully put a few housing units and tribal government buildings to assist their tribal members living in Indiana. It also built a 175\,000 square foot and 1\,800 Class II gaming devices\, four restaurants\, a player’s lounge\, a coffee shop\, two bars\, a retail outlet and approximately 4\,500 parking spaces including an enclosed parking structure. For more information\, visit: http://www.pokagon.com/government/indiana-land-restoration \nThe second tribe that has land in Indiana is the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. The tribe was given land to put a Cultural Extension Office for their tribal members living in Indiana to attend specific gatherings\, ceremonies and education events at this office located in Fort Wayne\, Indiana. For more information\, visit: http://miamination.com/thpo\nPlease note that many other tribal members from other federally recognized tribes living in Indiana such as Apache\, Cherokee\, Navajo\, Comanche\, Lakota Sioux\, etc.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/elisa-harkins-ekvnv-land-the-sacred-mother-from-which-we-came/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Indy Marketers Events
DESCRIPTION:Join SPARK and Indy Marketers for the Indy Marketers Summer Celebration! We know and love Indianapolis\, so let’s celebrate our city! \nIndy Marketers is joining forces with Downtown Indy\, Inc.\, Visit Indy and Indiana Sports Corp to learn more about how our city markets itself to residents and visitors. Following an exciting conversation\, we’ll gather outside with a Happy Hour at SPARK on Monument Circle. \nRegister Here! : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indy-marketers-summer-celebration-tickets-888036610407 \nFeatured Guests: \n\nSarah Myer\, Chief of Staff & Strategy at Indiana Sports Corp\nTaylor Schaffer\, President & CEO at Downtown Indy\, Inc.\nChristine Zetzl\, Associate Director of Marketing at Visit Indy\n\nJoin us for our signature summer event to celebrate all things Indy!
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/indy-marketers-events/
LOCATION:1 Monument Circle\, South Facing Steps\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Monument Circle,Outdoor Activities,SPARK
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