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2016-09-02 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Nine artists explore subjects that terrify and fascinate them using the artist residency house next to the Tube Factory artspace. Installations, sculpture, and photography transfigure the space into a series of visionary experiences.
Eric Broz
I want everyone to like me. I just want to be famous and for everyone to like me and to be happy. I really just want to be rich and famous and for everyone to like me. The only thing I want is to be rich and famous and for everyone to like me. And maybe a Coke. If I’m rich and I’m famous and everyone likes me and I have a Coke, I’d be happy.
A Pepsi would be ok too.
Emily Freese
Clothing relates to the body without the body needing to be there. It is a second skin to the human. I manipulate this second skin, creating objects from what were once personal belongings. I am examining clothing, through the absence of the body, as a metaphor for the human. The clothing is subject to forms of deterioration to destroy, as well as further, its history. Creating my own forms of stains and wear on the fabric reflect a narrative of the human, of the clothing. The stains are intimate and revealing. They show the presence of human touch, and reflect a sense of control. While stains are present, there is still a sense of sterility and stillness. Thus, these forms of wear present an alteration to something once new. I pair clothing with familiar objects of the domestic household. I use acrylic, steel, rust, bleach, and plastic as mediums to create and contain the representational figure and transforming the narrative of the clothes.
Clare Gatto
Second Skins utilizes tropes and archetypes of femininity to point to larger social constructs. While my studio practice is rooted in photography, it has expanded to encompass the use of new media, including 3D scanning and modeling. This new form of representation enables a re-imagining of the way we view, treat, and understand ideas of the feminine. By using photographs combined with 3D Scanning technology, I welcome the viewer into a world that attempts to challenge the notion of constructed norms. The work depicts a seductive environment without a horizon where fluidity is welcomed.
Philip Košćak
I manipulate and multiply self-created and borrowed characters, objects, images, text, and dialogue. These fragmented text and images combined with personal memories reveal a stream of consciousness made up of double entendres and metaphors of identity that urge the viewer to reconsider what they already know, and what they think they know.
Brent Lehker
Lehker is an artist, maker and designer. He holds a BFA from Herron School of Art. Brent works in multiple mediums, but when asked he will say he “builds things.” When Brent says “builds things,” he means the objects he builds with his hands along with the relationships he builds in his world.
Dipstick is a collaborative, visual measurement of public participants’ perceptions. People are asked to dip a prearranged, hang-able stick into a colored pigment to measure their feelings about questions posed to them. The sticks are then collected and hung on wire to form a visual display.
Dipstick is an ongoing series.
Steve Moore
The porch has an abandoned mount for a swing that once allowed a position for a spectator. The remaining mounts provide a position to imagine a static plumb line exemplifying gravity’s effect while also acknowledging the potential forces being exerted in opposition.
We could image this idealized perspective as a prime site for hanging in fluid suspension, similar to a womb or being rocked to sleep in a mother’s arms. From this imagined location, a point in space at the confluence of Cartesian planes, emits an eye
Monica Sandoval
Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Monica Sandoval received her MA from the California State University, Northridge, and is currently pursuing an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Through video performance, installation, and object making Sandoval examines themes of identity, self-preservation, and ultimately futility. Her work is defiant, amplifying the body as a means to protest any general notions attached to it. As a starting point, Sandoval is currently investigating how she can distance herself from her own body (objectifying it in the process). All in order to link body image with the social construct surrounding desire.
Katie Shroeder
My work uses material exploration and performance to discuss a variety of social concerns. By using building materials to create performances and sculptures, I am able to explore the futility of physical consumption, human communication, and the roles we play within our own bodies. I use bricks, clay, plaster, and wood to express cultural standards and challenge the importance of these social norms.
I exploit societal roles through examination of self and culture. These examinations tend to be performances or sculptural objects that involve raw materials encountered every day. I strive to challenge the American standard involving mentalities of home owning, debt, labor,
beauty standards, and lavish spending. Post-performance, what is left is an object or artifact. This creates an opportunity to challenge the viewer as they consider the tension caused between the perceived past (my performance) and the potentially contradictory atmosphere created by the presence of the physical relic.
In my most recent work, I use found materials, raw and fired clay, and photography to position my audience as both an active participant and as a viewer. This dual role encourages the audience to question the truth behind the ideas presented in the work and to evaluate their relevance within contemporary culture. The potential distress between what is possible and what is impossible becomes a key function of the work. It allows for a reflective moment between object and interpretation; between my audiences body and my own.
Nick Witten
Witten is obsessed with figuring it out. What is it? It is him, his art, you, us, how he interacts with you, how he interacts with people, how you interact with people, how people interact with people, what’s funny, what’s sad, what’s funny and sad, who is in control, who is out of control, what is control, what’s performing, what’s genuine, what’s smart, what’s dumb, what is the grey space between and whether or not he is rambling on right now (also if that was a good joke or not).
Through video based performances, found and manipulated objects Witten creates work that unfolds into different avenues of conversation only to fold back in on itself. This möbius strip, paired with formalist qualities, invokes a feeling in the viewer that is hard to pin down. In this strange area humor becomes a lifeline. The work strives to understand how humor helps to build the social world around us, how to utilize this tool, and what it means to function in society today.
Image: Second Skin, Clare Gatto, 2016

Textile Dyeing and Water Emersion Workshop
2016-10-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Daren Redman, textile artisan, leads a textile dyeing and water emersion workshop providing all materials. Participants will use bandanas to create unique tie dye designs. To learn more about her hand dyed fabrics please click here.
This event is free and open to the public. All ages and skill levels are welcome!

Artist Talk: Michael Jordan, a.k.a. ALKEMI
2017-01-21 11:00 - 13:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Jordan will talk about his work, philosophy and the Mari Evans mural he painted July/August 2016 on Massachusetts Avenue.
About Michael Jordan, a.k.a. ALKEMI
Jordan is a professional artist and poet living and working in Indianapolis for over 40 years. Norman Rockwell and Salvador Dali are among his influences and he has completed over 40 murals, including one for the Arts Council of Indianapolis’s 46 for XLVI. Jordan’s work has been part of both group and solo exhibitions at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, Indiana Black Expo Fine Arts Pavilion, Crispus Attucks African American Museum, Jefferson Gallery, Central Library’s Meet The Artists, Athenaeum, the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, etc. He has lectured at Indiana University, Purdue University- Indianapolis, several high school and is a published writer.

Community Shop Meeting
2017-01-31 18:15 - 19:15 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Please join us Tuesday, January 24th at 6:15pm-7:15pm to discuss the future of programming in the Shop (part of the lower level of the Tube Factory Artspace). We have lots of ideas and plans in the works, and want to hear from you!
This meeting is informal, open to anyone who wishes to participate, and will include a few broad questions to help guide the discussion:
1) Options for Shop Access
2) Classes and Workhops Offered
3) Volunteer and Internship Opportunities
4) Donations and Other Resources
5) Promotion

iMOCA's Museum of Real and Odd
2017-02-03 18:00 - 2017-04-15 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
The truth is out there. And so is the art. Starting Feb. 3, a partnership with the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA) brings the work of 13 contemporary artists exploring the idea of UFOs and the paranormal to Tube Factory (1125 Cruft St.) in its expanded gallery space in the factory’s former lower-level garage.
iMOCA’s Museum of Real and Odd, curated by Jeremy Efroymson, is a commissioned exhibit with artists from around the country making new work for the show. After an open call for submissions received 250 proposals, Efroymson selected the 13 artists: Nayda Collazo-Llorens in collaboration with Ander Monson, Scott Raymond & Heather Abels, Jennifer Scheuer, Robert Thurlow, Katy Unger, Ed Sykes, Alex Grabiec, Julio Orta, Pato Herbert, Cassandra Klos, Josh Haines, and Michael Jordan, aka Alkemi.
While enthusiastic about all the work, Efroymson is especially excited about Julio Orta’s piece Museum of Art on the Moon. “It was commissioned for this show and is an interesting concept,” says Efroymson. “Orta, originally from Mexico and living in L.A., is drawing conceptual architectural plans and has even purchased land for the museum on the moon. I haven’t seen the final piece but I’m looking forward to it. He can continue on with this project after this show.”
Efroymson feels high-caliber artists are well poised to remove some of the negative associations with the unknown. “The folklore and mythology of the paranormal has really saturated our society,” he said. “Especially with the ghost hunter shows on television and the prevalence of the topic in movies. I remember the movie Poltergeist from my childhood, which really scared me. While we still have scary movies, I think maybe we now have a more open view to paranormal experiences of a positive nature. I’ve seen shows and artwork that deal with these topics, but they are not always of the best quality. I wanted to curate a show on these topics with high quality art and artists.”
The exhibit comes down April 15. Until then, visitors can stop by Tube Factory Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and during extended hours for special events.
Image: Pato Hebert, Oscillator in Scott State Park, From the series: In, If Not Always Of, Archival pigment prints, 39.5” x 26.3” ,2014-15
About Jeremy Efroymson: Jeremy is an artist, philanthropist, arts activist and advocate for small grassroots organizations. As Vice President of the Efroymson Family Fund, Jeremy has been instrumental in advising and supporting organizations that contribute to the arts, cultural, vibrancy and enrichment of the city of Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and beyond. He’s particularly passionate about supporting creative ideas, innovation and artistic talent. This passion is evidenced by his commitment as the first executive director of iMOCA and the vision behind the Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowships, an annual awards program where he provides five $25,000 awards to contemporary visual artists in the Midwest. He was also the developer and creator of the Harrison Center for the Arts — a former Presbyterian Church turned into artists’ studios, art galleries and performance space. He was also the publisher of the statewide arts magazine Arts Indiana.
About iMOCA:
The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA) is Indianapolis’ only museum dedicated solely to showing and advancing contemporary art. As a non-collecting institution, iMOCA’s mission is to bring contemporary exhibitions and programs to the Indianapolis community to stimulate minds, inspire new discoveries and demonstrate the vital connections between visual culture and life. iMOCA is supported from grants and funding from the Efroymson Family Fund, The Indianapolis Foundation, Herbert Simon Family Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, Christel DeHaan Family Foundation, Halstead Architects, ESL/Spectrum, R&M Electric, Buckingham Companies, National Performance Network, Visual Artists Network, Arthur Jordan Foundation, ArtsAlliance for Contemporary Glass, Centaur Gaming, 20×200, Bluebeard, and Edington Gallery.

PechaKucha: Our Waterways
2017-02-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Car Beauty Center, 2628 Shelby St, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us for the kickoff return of PechaKucha Nights in Indianapolis! The theme this month will be Our Waterways and will feature speakers from around Indianapolis engaged with the health, design, and culture of places around our waterways. And you can check out art from the Ret-ROW-spective exhibition by Reconnecting to Our Waterways. In true PK fashion, each speaker will have about 7 minutes to present: 20 slides at 20 seconds each. This isn’t a competition, more an opoortunity to spend time together and share ideas. Drinks will be available for purchse and snacks on hand. This event is free thanks to Reconnecting to Our Waterways and Big Car Collaborative.
The lineup:
1. Corrie Meyer with Reconnecting to Our Waterways
2. Mark Kesling from the DaVinci Pursuit
3. Jill Hoffmann with the White River Alliance
4. Eric Nordgulen from Herron School of Art and Design
5. Jim Poyser with Earth Charter Indiana
6. Keith Paschall with Learning Tree Indiana
7. Alan Goffinski and Jordan Thomas from Big Car Collaborative
8. Emily Gable and Paul Pelsue, Indianapolis artists

Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum-Discovery Channel expert and Sasquatch author
2017-02-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum, an expert on foot morphology and locomotion in primates, will give a talk, answer questions and sign books. His appearance is in conjunction with Tube Factory’s Hairy Man exhibit. Meldrum contributed his field evidence, including special hand and foot casts, to the exhibit. Admission to the talk is $5
Meldrum is a Full Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology and a Professor of the Department of Anthropology at Idaho State University. He is also Adjunct Professor of Occupational and Physical Therapy.
Meldrum received his B.S. in zoology specializing in vertebrate locomotion at Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1982, his M.S. at BYU in 1984 and a Ph.D. in anatomical sciences, with an emphasis in biological anthropology, from Stony Brook University in 1989 (then referred to as State University of New York at Stony Brook). He held the position of postdoctoral visiting assistant professor at Duke University Medical Center from 1989 to 1991. Meldrum worked at Northwestern University’s Department of Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology for a short while in 1993 before joining the faculty of Idaho State University where he currently teaches.
Meldrum authored Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science which is the first book to be written by an academic and provides an objective look at the field.
Meldrum has also published numerous academic papers ranging from vertebrate evolutionary morphology, the emergence of bipedal locomotion in modern humans and Sasquatch (Bigfoot) and is a co-editor of a series of books on paleontology. Meldrum also coedited From Biped to Strider: The Emergence of Modern Human Walking with Charles E. Hilton. He edited the textbook From Biped to Strider (Springer, 2004).
Meldrum has attracted media attention due to his interest in Bigfoot. Skeptic Brian Dunning writes that “The work of responsible scientists like Dr. Meldrum is exactly what true skeptics should be asking the Bigfoot community for, not criticizing him for it.”
Meldrum was present at a 2011 conference in Siberia to discuss the Russian wildman. He acknowledged that the results of the Russian field trip to the cave site were most likely fraudulent. He suggested that the supposed evidence found was simply an attempt by local government officials to drum up publicity.
Meldrum has also studied and commented upon issues of genetics and the Book of Mormon including his book Who Are the Children of Lehi? written with Trent D. Stephens.
Made possible by the Efroymson Family Fund

Shop Safety and Orientation Part I
2017-04-15 12:00 - 14:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Shop Safety and Orientation I is an introduction to The Shop at the Tube Factory Artspace. This 2-hour class will cover basic and safe use of standard stationary machinery, which includes: miter saw, band saw, and drill press.
A few things to note:
*No prior shop experience is necessary; however, this class is required before taking any woodworking classes using Open Shop hours. It is also a prerequisite for Shop Safety and Orientation II.
*Open to ages 16+. For those 16-18, plan to have a parent/guardian on-site for waiver signatures.
*Class size is limited, so register early.
*$25
For further information and inquiries, please contact Brent at email hidden; JavaScript is required or Brittany at email hidden; JavaScript is required .

Brick Street South Poetry Series: Dan Grossman
2017-04-20 18:30 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Brick Street South Poetry Series features a poet and an open mic the third Thursday of every month. April’s featured poet is Dan Grossman.
Grossman is an Indy-based writer, poet and a regular contributor to NUVO Newsweekly, covering the arts scene. He won the Society of Professional Journalists’ First Place Award (Indiana Chapter) for Personality Profiles in 2012 for his NUVO cover story on Mike Graves. He has also written for Punchnel’s and the Purdue alumni magazine THiNK, and contributed poems to a diverse array of publications including most recently So It Goes, The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. He is a returned Peace Corps agroforester (Niger 1992-1994). He has an eleven-year-old daughter Naomi.
Free admission and parking. Beer and wine for purchase.

Woodworking I - Dimensioning lumber
2017-04-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Woodworking I is an introduction to dimensioning wood- how to take rough sawn lumber and turn them into usable boards.
This 3-hour class will include demonstrations and discussion on wood selection, local suppliers, as well as limited hands-on practice with sample material at the end of class.
A few things to note:
*Pre-requisites: Shop Safety and Orientation I.
*Woodworking I covers these machines more in depth and includes more hands-on practice than Shop Safety and Orientation II. If you are totally new to the table saw, planer, and jointer, this class is for you.
*Open to ages 16+. For those 16-18, plan to have a parent/guardian on-site for waiver signatures.
*$75
For more information or inquiries, please contact Brent at email hidden; JavaScript is required or Brittany at email hidden; JavaScript is required

Carlos Rolón: 50 GRAND
2017-05-05 18:00 - 2017-07-22 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Photo: My Father’s Wishes No. 1, 2014, Wallpaper, wood, mirror, 24kt gold leaf, gold plated chains, quartz crystals, metal, sunglasses and bronzed boxing gloves
Before language to Hemingway, from the ancient Sumerians to the Greeks to the modern day, there was the sport of boxing. With his exhibit 50 Grand, Chicago-based artist Carlos Rolón/Dzine will present a dually charged exploration of boxing and domestic culture, inspired by the tactility and performative qualities of boxing, and its relationship to contemporary art at Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St. Though the third iteration of the exhibit, it will features a newly commissioned performative installation of live sanctioned Golden Gloves fights, organized by Indy Boxing and Grappling and sponsored by Top Rank Productions. The exhibit is a nod to Ernest Hemmingway’s 50 Grand, and like the story explores the relationship between courage and professionalism.
With this exhibit, Rolón continues to mine his childhood memories. He invites the viewer to step into intimate scenes such as his family’s wood-paneled basement, decorated with gold garlands and vintage beer placards, where his father would watch prize fights like Roberto Durán V. Sugar Ray Leonard, also known as the No Más Fight. This fight was particularly important for Rolon growing up as it allowed him to sit for short periods of time connecting with his father.
Rolón monumentalizes his blue-collar trophy den as the setting for his exhibition, creating an homage not only to boxing culture, but also to Puerto Rican immigration to America.
Within the exhibition is a newly commissioned performative installation of live Golden Glove fights organized by Indy Boxing and Grappling scheduled June 2 and July 7, 7-9 p.m. Fighters will wear robes designed by Rolón on each of the three scheduled fights then on display when the ring is inactive.
Within the main gallery is an installation of paintings and sculptural fabric works exuberant with color, texture, patterns, and experiments in surface that create a visual dialogue between the physical charge of boxing, the garments worn by the fighters, and the artist’s own childhood home and upbringing as a first generation immigrant. Occupying the den is a series of custom-made trophies entitled Immigrants/Emigrants (Symbols and Mementos for the Nuyoricans) created, as the artist states “for people like my father and mother who came to the U.S for a better life with dreams and aspirations that never quite materialized, but still achieved success in other aspects of their life.”
The exhibit runs through July 22 open Monday-Friday 9 am-6 pm, Saturdays 11-3 with extended evening hours every first Friday.
Made possible by the Herbert Simon Family Fund, Top Rank Productions, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Sun King Brewery
About Carlos Rolón/Dzine (b. 1970, Chicago, IL)
Rolón attended Columbia College Chicago with a concentration in painting and drawing. Rolón has been recognized for his elaborately crafted paintings, ornate sculptures and works that come out of American, Latino and uniquely based subcultures. His studio practice investigates pop culture, craft, ritual, beauty and its relationship to art history, subculture, appropriation and the institution. As a first-generation immigrant of Puerto Rican decent, the artist creates objects questioning the concept of luxury and craft making to explore questions of identity, integration and aspiration. His work also represents a detailed examination of curiosity and the process of art making and the cultures surrounding this. The work often addresses his biography by melding memory and the imaginary with carefully crafted, hybrid works that are playfully situated between the contradictory worlds of conspicuous consumption and urban artifact. The work is at once melancholic, excessive and exuberant, poised somewhere between celebration and regret. Rolón illuminates how the masculine can become delicate and the how the baroque can be minimal. The artist often channels this approach with site-specific installation work, vivid large-scale paintings and ornate sculptures in various materials expanding on ideas of self-reflection and imagined luxury. The works ultimately produce a hybrid language of social practice, painting and sculpture inviting the viewer to engage in discourse and discussion.
Rolón has had solo exhibitions at The Dallas Contemporary, Dallas; Bass Museum of Art, Miami; Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; and CAM Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis. His work has also been exhibited in group shows at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany; Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Museo del Barrio, New York and Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Canary Islands; Oakland University Art Gallery, Michigan and Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico.
In 2007 Rolón represented Ukraine in the 52nd Venice Biennale. He is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation award for Painting and Sculpture. Rolón’s work is included in the following public collections: Bass Museum of Art, Miami; Brooklyn Museum, New York; City of Chicago Public Art Collection; Deagu Art Museum, Deagu; Museo del Barrio, New York; Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan; Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; and Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine, among others.
About Tube Factory artspace: Tube Factory is a 12,000 square foot museum space curated based upon the themes of community, place, memory and mythology. We commission local, regional, national and international contemporary visual and musical artists, borrow artifact-based exhibits and create community-sourced exhibits.
A previously vacant former manufacturing building, it is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Shauta Marsh is chief curator at Tube Factory artspace, curating and/or organized over 40 exhibitions including Inheritance: LaToya Ruby Frazier and Tony Buba, Mound At Large: Trenton Doyle Hancock, Fermata: Richard Mosse, RCA: Scott Hocking, Richard Mosse: Fermata, Toyin Odutola, Mari Evans:Carl Pope, etc. Prior to working as a curator, she wrote for various national and local publications.

Shop Safety and Orientation Part I
2017-05-13 12:00 - 14:00
Shop Safety and Orientation I is an introduction to The Shop at the Tube Factory Artspace. This 2-hour class will cover basic and safe use of standard stationary machinery, which includes: miter saw, band saw, and drill press.
A few things to note:
*No prior shop experience is necessary; however, this class is required before taking any woodworking classes using Open Shop hours. It is also a prerequisite for Shop Safety and Orientation II.
*Open to ages 16+. For those 16-18, plan to have a parent/guardian on-site for waiver signatures.
*Class size is limited, so register early.
*$25
For further information and inquiries, please contact Brent at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

Brick Street South Poetry Series: Lylanne Mussleman
2017-05-18 18:30 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Brick Street South Poetry Series features a poet and an open mic the third Thursday of every month. May’s featured poet is Lylanne Musselman.
Musselman is an award winning poet, artist, and playwright.
She is the arts blogger for Wheresthecat.com, and she also blogs at Writing Prompt Pit Stop.She is an occasional correspondent on WFHB radio’s BloomingOUT, with her feature “L” WordS. Lylanne’s poems have been published or are forthcoming in Poetry Breakfast, cahoodaloodaling, The Rusty Nail, Wilderness Review Literary Journal, Umbrella, PANK, New Verses News, Tipton Poetry Journal, Art & Poems, Thread, Flying Island, Bird’s Eye reView, The Prose Poem Project, many Outrider Press Anthologies,among others. She was a winner of the Eli Jenkin’s Five & Country Senses Poetry Competition in September 2009, and she was runner-up in Indy’s Masterpiece in a Day in 2005 & 2006, and won 3rd place in 2008.
Lylanne teaches writing courses at IUPUI and American National University in Indianapolis, IN. In addition, she teaches online Comp, Argument, American Lit, Intro to Poetry, and Creative Writing for Ivy Tech Community College, Indianapolis, IN. While liveing in Ohio, Lylanne instructed Creative Writing courses for the Lifelong Learning Center at Terra State Community College, Fremont, OH.
She also taught Creative Writing Workshops for Clyde Public Library in Clyde, OH, and for The 577 Foundation in Perrysburg, OH.
Lylanne has been a Board Member of the Tall Grass Writers Guild, Chicago, IL, since 2001, and she served as an elected Executive Board Member of The Society of the Study of Midwestern Literature, 2011-2014.
Free admission and parking. Beer and wine for purchase.

Woodworking I - Dimensioning Lumber
2017-05-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Woodworking I is an introduction to dimensioning wood- how to take rough sawn lumber and turn them into usable boards.
This 3-hour class will include demonstrations and discussion on wood selection, local suppliers, as well as limited hands-on practice with sample material at the end of the class.
A few things to note:
*Pre-requisites: Shop Safety and Orientation Part I.
*Woodworking I covers these machines more in depth and includes more hands-on practice than Shop Safety and Orientation II. If you are totally new to the table saw, and jointer, this class is for you.
*Open to ages 16+. For those 16-18, plan to have a parent/guardian on-site for waiver signatures.
*$75
For more information or inquiries, please contact Brent at email hidden; JavaScript is required

Shop Safety and Orientation Part II
2017-05-27 12:00 - 14:00
Shop Safety and Orientation II is the second installment that will cover basic and safe use of the jointer, planer, and table saw.
This 2-hour class will act as a refresher or as an orientation to our specific equipment models. Limited hands-on practice will accompany the demonstrations.
A few things to note:
*Pre-requisites: Shop Safety and Orientation I.
*If you are new to the table saw, jointer, and planer, please take Woodworking I which will cover these machines more in depth and include more hands-on practice.
*Open to ages 16+. For those 16-18, plan to have a parent/guardian on-site for waiver signatures.

*Class size is limited, so register early.
*$75
For further information and inquiries, please contact Brent at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

HOME: Inocente Izucar
2017-06-02 18:00 - 22:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
When people first see the film INOCENTE, they meet and fall in love with the 15 year old version of the artist — homeless, confused, determined, hopeful, and hurt. But today, Inocente is 23 years old, just married, looking to purchase a new home, “something I never thought I’d be doing, let alone so early in life,” Inocente says. “I want this exhibition to be about hope and home, about hoping to finally find a permanent home with permanent people, a place to call my home.”
Made possible by the Central Indiana Alliance Against Hate and The Clowes Fund Inc. Held in partnership with Heartland Film, who screened the Oscar winning documentary Inocente in 2016, CHIP Indianapolis and Immigrant Welcome Center. The exhibition will be housed in the Listen Hear gallery at 2620 Shelby St, and will contain some of Inocente’s most recent work. The artist will be present on First Friday and available to answer questions.
Say you’re going on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1962048594027495/

Carlos Rolón: 50 GRAND, LIVE fights
2017-06-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Fights organized by Indy Boxing and Grappling. 50 GRAND, is a newly commissioned performative installation. The participating fighters will wear Rolón’s 50 GRAND robe. The robe is on display in the ring when the ring is not in use. The overall art exhibition, also titled 50 GRAND, is open 6-10 p.m.

Seating is limited but fights will be streamed on YouTube Live. Made possible by Herbert Simon Family Foundation (a Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate), The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Top Rank Boxing, and Sun King Brewing Company.

Art Workshops with Inocente ages 8+
2017-06-03 11:00 - 15:00
Register your child for art workshop sessions with Inocente Izucar! Children will learn to paint with the expressive style that Inocente lends to all her work, and will take home their creations. There will be two different sessions, 11am-12:30pm and 1-2:30pm. Cost is $5 per child, and there is a cap of 30 children per class, so enroll today! Email email hidden; JavaScript is required with questions or click https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kids-art-workshop-with-inocente-tickets-34639090452 to enroll your child.
About the artist:
Inocente is a San Diego artist and activist, visiting Indianapolis June 1-3, 2017. As a young child Inocente and her family immigrated to the US from Mexico. After her father’s arrest and deportation for domestic violence, most of Inocente’s childhood was spent moving from one homeless shelter to the next. When she was 12 years old Inocente discovered the power of art, and since then she has been able to use the arts as a vehicle to rise above many great life challenges. Despite her sometimes bleak surroundings, her brightly colored art represents a world of survival, love and hope. Her story is the subject of the Oscar-winning film “INOCENTE”, which depicts her life and art at age 15. Inocente now supports herself as a professional artist and motivational speaker, while also working as an after-school art teacher. For more information on Inocente please visitoriginalinocenteart.com.
Made possible by the Central Indiana Alliance Against Hate and the The Clowes Fund Inc. Held in partnership with Heartland Film, who screened the Oscar winning documentary, Inocente, in 2016, CHIP Indianapolis andImmigrant Welcome Center.
Say you’re going on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1459726704094733/

Shop Safety and Orientation Part I
2017-06-10 12:00 - 14:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States

Brick Street South Poetry Series: Sue Swartz
2017-06-15 18:30 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Brick Street South Poetry Series features a poet and an open mic the third Thursday of every month. June’s featured poet is Sue Swartz.
Swartz is community organizer by training, born and bred in New York, and now lives happily in Bloomington, Indiana.
“Words. I’ve got a million of them. Some have been published by Ben Yehuda Press in We Who Desire. The poems in this volume use the text of the Torah (aka the 5 Books of Moses) as a starting point to explore themes of belief, covenant, liberation, choice, and yes — desire.
If you want a taste of what I have to say… here tis (below). I’m available for readings as well as teaching both adults & kids about the process of midrash/commentary-making.”

ON THE EIGHTH DAY
Aaron’s sons Nadav & Avihu offered before God strange fire
that had not been commanded—

On the eighth day, Alessandro Volta
put metal coins on his tongue
and prophesied sulfurous electricity.
On the eighth day, Leucippus
considered the true nature of the void,
Teller the true capacity of the sun.
Curie was entranced by radium,
and Maxwell by luminous radiations.
On the eighth day, there were isotopes,
cloud chambers, alpha rays.
Life was vaporized in a simple test
of hydrogen. On that day outside
planned creation, God peered
into the universe and was afraid for us—
Noisy children snapping berries
off a poisonous bush, racing
down the street with pointy twigs—

Didn’t I tell you to knock that off?

And burned to the nub two sons of priestly
inheritance. Before the whole assembly
were they offered up, a soothing savor.
Object lesson: this may you burn
in your copper pan, of this sinew and thigh
may you eat. But this intoxicating notion,
this 4-legged swarming-thing—
It is polluted meat. Strange fire.

Your blowtorch future.
–Sue Swartz

Free admission and parking. Beer and wine for purchase.

Woodworking I - Dimensioning Lumber
2017-06-22 18:00 - 21:00
Woodworking I is an introduction to dimensioning wood- how to take rough sawn lumber and turn them into usable boards.
This 3-hour class will include demonstrations and discussion on wood selection, local suppliers, as well as limited hands-on practice with sample material at the end of the class.
Afew things to note:
*Pre-requisites: Shop Safety and Orientation Part I.
*Woodworking I covers these machines more in depth and includes more hands-on practice than Shop Safety and Orientation II. If you are totally new to the table saw, and jointer, this class is for you.
*Open to ages 16+. For those 16-18, plan to have a parent/guardian on-site for waiver signatures.
*$75
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Shop Safety and Orientation II
2017-06-24 12:00 - 14:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States

July Art Workshops for ages 6 +
2017-07-05 16:00 - 17:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Themed art classes for children 6 + every Wednesday of July. Classes will be mostly in English but Spanish can be used for children who are bilingual/Spanish speaking. Every week will be a new, dynamic and sensory adventure with a small lesson at the beginning. We will learn about patterns, shapes, rhythm, texture, image, line and color through a variety of media and engaging projects. Inspiration for art projects is drawn from the 50 Grand exhibition currently in the gallery at Tube Factory.
Your child can join any time. New registrations will take place before class each week, so plan to come a little early if it is your child’s first time in the class. Children will be broken into age groups and given an activity for their skill level. There is no fee for classes.
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Wednesdays 4-5:30pm
(July 5, July 12, July 19, July 26)
Clases del arte para niños de edades 6+
A Tube Factory artspace: 1125 Cruft St Indianapolis, IN 46203
GRATIS
Clases del arte de diferentes temas cada miércoles en Julio. Clases estará por la mayoría en inglés pero español puede ser usado si hay niños bilingües o hispanohablantes. Cada semana es una nueva aventura dinámica y sensorial con una lección pequeño al principio. La inscripción va a continuar durante el curso de clases, entonces su niño puede juntar en cualquier momento. Inscripciones nuevos tomará lugar antes de la clase cada semana, entonces planea venir un poco temprano si es la primer clase para su niño. Los niños van a estar separados en grupos por sus edades y los acividades van a estar apropiados para sus niveles de habilidad. Clases son totalmente gratuitas.
Dos opciones para la clase:
Los miércoles 4-5:30pm
( Julio 5, Julio 12, Julio 19, Julio 26)

Adrian Matejka-Presented by UIndy's Social Practice Art MA program and Etchings Press
2017-07-07 20:00 - 21:00
With the lean, long jab and agile step of a boxer, Adrian Matejka delivers this knockout dramatization of the larger-than-life life of heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. In dexterous interpolating voices, and in forms ranging from enveloping sonnets to prose letters and interviews, Johnson emerges as a scrappy, hard-edged hero—troubled by his own demons but determined to win the “fight of the century,” a fight that underscored the bitter realities of racism in America. These poems don’t pull no punches.
Presented by UIndy’s Social Practice Art MA program and Etchings Press, a student-run publisher.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The legendary Jack Johnson (1878–1946) was a true American creation. The child of emancipated slaves, he overcame the violent segregationism of Jim Crow, challenging white boxers—and white America—to become the first African-American heavyweight world champion. The Big Smoke, Adrian Matejka’s third work of poetry, follows the fighter’s journey from poverty to the most coveted title in sports through the multi-layered voices of Johnson and the white women he brazenly loved. Matejka’s book is part historic reclamation and part interrogation of Johnson’s complicated legacy, one that often misremembers the magnetic man behind the myth.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Adrian Matejka is the author of The Devil’s Garden (Alice James Books, 2003) and Mixology (Penguin, 2009). He is the recipient of two Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards, a National Poetry Series Award, the New York/New England Award, and a fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. He teaches at Indiana University and lives in Bloomington with his wife, Stacey Lynn Brown, and their daughter.

Portrait Making Meet-up
2017-07-08 11:00 - 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Bring your own art supplies and get paired up with someone to do portrait studies in our open, concrete-floor community space. Describe your partner in your own medium (can be paint or charcoal, of course, but also can be writing, clay, or any type of abstraction! Realism is not necessary). We will have basic art supplies like paper, markers, crayons, and such.
All creatives, professional or amateur, are welcome. Even if you just want to come to be a model and hang out, you are welcome!

Art Workshops for ages 6+
2017-07-12 16:00 - 17:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States

Art Workshop for ages 6+
2017-07-19 16:00 - 17:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States

Brick Street South Poetry Series: Abegunde
2017-07-20 18:30 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Abegunde is a Memory Keeper, ancestral priest in the Yoruba Orisa tradition, and a Reiki Master with a focus on the recovery and healing of ancestral memory from the Earth and human body. She chooses to forget that words and days have limits. Instead, she chooses to remember – and live by – the words of a young Black woman in the 5th grade: Poetry can change the world. As a result, she spends her days and dreamtime chanting silenced memories into spoken histories. On the weekdays, when she isn’t birthing new words out of sound and images, she shapeshifts into a professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies and the founding director of The Graduate Mentoring Center at Indiana University. Her ongoing research and subsequent creations help us understand how unresolved ancestral emotions shape the lives of descendants of the Middle Passage and the links between ancestral wounding, contemporary violence, and illness and disease. She will read from ​her work-in-progress Learning to Eat the Dead: Juba, USA, ​a meditation on visiting Juba, South Sudan, living in the United States, and poetic transparency.
Brick Street South Poetry Series features a poet and an open mic the third Thursday of every month. Free admission and parking. Beer and wine for purchase.

Pop Up Opera
2017-07-21 19:30 - 23:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join Whitney Cleveland, Benjamin Holbrook, Toiya Lister, Andrea Tulipana, Julia Gries, Jeremiah Marcéle Sanders, Meghan Bartcsch and the Chamber Ensemble for a night of opera and fun!

What's On Your Mind?
2017-07-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Have something you want to say? Sound artist Oreo Jones will listen and record your stories and thoughts every third Saturday of the month. If selected, your recording will go on our radio station, 99.1, WQRT. To ensure you have a time slot with Jones, please e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required
