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SUMMARY:Shop Safety and Orientation Part I
DESCRIPTION: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. \nA few things to note: \n*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. \n*Open to ages 16+. For those 16-18\, plan to have a parent/guardian on-site for waiver signatures. \n*Class size is limited\, so register early. \n*$25 \nFor further information and inquiries\, please contact Brent at email hidden; JavaScript is required or Brittany at email hidden; JavaScript is required .
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/shop-safety-and-orientation-part-i-3/
LOCATION:Guichelaar Gallery\, 1125 Cruft Street\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20170225T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20170225T180000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum-Discovery Channel expert and Sasquatch author
DESCRIPTION: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 \nMeldrum 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. \nMeldrum 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. \nMeldrum authored Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science which is the first book to be written by an academic and provides an objective look at the field. \nMeldrum 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). \nMeldrum 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.”\nMeldrum 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.\nMeldrum 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. \nMade possible by the Efroymson Family Fund
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/dr-jeffrey-meldrum-discovery-channel-expert-and-sasquatch-author/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20170223T190000
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SUMMARY:PechaKucha: Our Waterways
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nThe lineup: \n1. Corrie Meyer with Reconnecting to Our Waterways\n2. Mark Kesling from the DaVinci Pursuit\n3. Jill Hoffmann with the White River Alliance\n4. Eric Nordgulen from Herron School of Art and Design\n5. Jim Poyser with Earth Charter Indiana\n6. Keith Paschall with Learning Tree Indiana\n7. Alan Goffinski and Jordan Thomas from Big Car Collaborative\n8. Emily Gable and Paul Pelsue\, Indianapolis artists
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/pechakucha-our-waterways/
LOCATION:Car Beauty Center\, 2628 Shelby St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Reconnecting to Our Waterways,Shelby St. Corridor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20170203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20170415T150000
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SUMMARY:iMOCA's Museum of Real and Odd
DESCRIPTION: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. \niMOCA’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. \nWhile 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.” \nEfroymson 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.” \nThe 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. \nImage: 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 \nAbout 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. \nAbout iMOCA: \nThe 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.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/4661/
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:Community Shop Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThis meeting is informal\, open to anyone who wishes to participate\, and will include a few broad questions to help guide the discussion: \n1) Options for Shop Access\n2) Classes and Workhops Offered\n3) Volunteer and Internship Opportunities\n4) Donations and Other Resources\n5) Promotion
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/community-shop-meeting/
LOCATION:Guichelaar Gallery\, 1125 Cruft Street\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20170121T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20170121T130000
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Michael Jordan\, a.k.a. ALKEMI
DESCRIPTION:Jordan will talk about his work\, philosophy and the Mari Evans mural he painted July/August 2016 on Massachusetts Avenue. \nAbout Michael Jordan\, a.k.a. ALKEMI\nJordan 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.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/artist-talk-michael-jordan-a-k-a-alkemi/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20161022T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20161022T150000
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SUMMARY:Textile Dyeing and Water Emersion Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis event is free and open to the public. All ages and skill levels are welcome!
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/textile-dyeing-and-water-emersion-workshop/
LOCATION:Listen Hear\,  2620 Shelby St\, \, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160902T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160902T220000
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SUMMARY:Lush
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEric Broz\nI 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.\nA Pepsi would be ok too. \nEmily Freese\nClothing 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. \nClare Gatto\nSecond 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. \nPhilip Košćak\nI 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. \nBrent Lehker\nLehker 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.\nDipstick 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.\nDipstick is an ongoing series. \nSteve Moore\nThe 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.\nWe 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 \nMonica Sandoval\nBorn 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.\nThrough 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. \nKatie Shroeder\nMy 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.\nI 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\,\nbeauty 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.\nIn 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. \nNick Witten\nWitten 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).\nThrough 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. \nImage: Second Skin\, Clare Gatto\, 2016
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lush/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160826T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160827T010000
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SUMMARY:Paddlit -- Part of the In Light In Festival
DESCRIPTION:Selected to be part of the In Light In festival that celebrates the 100th anniversary of Central Indiana Community Foundation\, Big Car lights up the paddle boats that\, using human power to chug through the canal. The Paddlit (paddle it) project involves the people on the boats working as paddlers — maybe better called petalers — who’ll be able to alter the cadence of waterproof LED lights glowing on and off colorfully just above the water. In this way\, everybody who rents a paddle boat is a collaborator and performer.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/paddlit-part-of-the-in-light-in-festival/
LOCATION:Government Center Basin\, 429 W. Ohio St.\, Firehouse #13\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Outdoor Activities,Reconnecting to Our Waterawys,Reconnecting to Our Waterways,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160820T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160820T150000
DTSTAMP:20260506T030151
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SUMMARY:El Estudiante- film screening sponsored by Consulado de Mexico en Indianapolis
DESCRIPTION:Libreria Donceles’s weekend programming and the Consulado de Mexico en Indianpolis\npresenta:\nEl Estudiante\nAfter retiring to the beautiful Mexican town of Guanajuato\, a 70 year old decides to follow his dreams and enroll at the university where he stumbles upon a new generation and they are bound together by the novel Don Quijote de la Mancha. \nSpanish with English Subtitles.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/el-estudiante-film-screening-sponsored-by-consulado-de-mexico-en-indianapolis/
LOCATION:Listen Hear\, 2620 Shelby St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Film,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160818T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160818T210000
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SUMMARY:Night of the Hunter Film Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Selected by Cranbrook Art Museum curator Laura Mott to facilitate her interview with artist Scott Hocking\, who is currently exhibiting at Tube Factory artspace\, we will screen The Night of the Hunter then reference the interview between her and Hocking. \nThe Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American film noir directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum\, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Davis Grubb\, it was adapted for the screen by James Agee and Laughton. The plot focuses on a corrupt reverend-turned-serial killer who attempts to charm an unsuspecting widow and steal $10\,000 hidden by her executed husband. \nThe novel and film draw on the true story of Harry Powers\, hanged in 1932 for the murder of two widows and three children in Clarksburg\, West Virginia. The film’s lyrical and expressionistic style with its leaning on the silent era sets it apart from other Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s\, and it has influenced later directors such as David Lynch\, Martin Scorsese\, Terrence Malick\, Jim Jarmusch\, Spike Lee\, and the Coen brothers. \nIn 1992\, The Night of the Hunter was deemed “culturally\, historically\, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma selected The Night of the Hunter in 2008 as the second-best film of all time\, behind Citizen Kane.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/night-of-the-hunter-film-screening-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Film,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160805T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20161022T220000
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SUMMARY:Librería Donceles
DESCRIPTION:Librería Donceles is an itinerant\, Spanish-language second-hand bookstore\, created by Pablo Helguera in 2013 out of a desire to address the lack of outlets that serve the growing Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States. Since it was first installed in New York City\, has traveled to Phoenix\, San Francisco\, Brooklyn\, Seatle\, Chicago and now Indianapolis. Each time that it has been presented\, it has constituted the sole Spanish-language used bookstore within that city. This is the same night as the opening night of the  Scott Hocking exhibit at Tube Factory artspace.  \nAgosto 5-Octubre 22\nLibrería Donceles es una en librería itinerante de libros en español de segunda mano\, creada por Pablo Helguera en 2013 por el deseo de hacer frente a la falta de salidas que sirven a las comunidades hispanas y latinas que crecen en los Estados Unidos. Desde que se instaló por primera vez en la ciudad de Nueva York\, ha viajado a Phoenix\, San Francisco\, Brooklyn\, Seatle\, Chicago\, y ahora Indianapolis. Cada vez que se ha presentado\, ha constituido en ser la única librería de libros en español dentro de esa ciudad. \nPart functioning bookstore and part participatory installation\, it confronts the very tangible implications of particular social dynamics\, revealing social structures that exist within plain sight\, while powerfully advocating for equity through the physical presence of a bookstore. It asserts the materiality of books\, at a time when digital platforms for reading have fundamentally shifted the economics of book production\, distribution\, and consumption. \nParte librería funcional y parte instalación participativa\, enfrenta a las consecuencias muy tangibles de determinadas dinámicas sociales\, revelando estructuras sociales que existen dentro de la vista\, mientras que poderosamente la defensa de la equidad a través de la presencia física de una librería. Afirma la materialidad de los libros\, en un momento en que las plataformas digitales para la lectura han cambiado fundamentalmente la economía de la producción de libros\, distribución y consumo. \nComprising over 6\,500 volumes on topics ranging from biology to architecture\, the books in were all donated in exchange for artworks created by Helguera. Each book bears the name of its donor on a plate inside its front cover\, pointing to the social history retained within that book. Each visitor to the bookstore is allowed to purchase one book\, at a price that they set\, substituting the terms of a market economy with those of a gift economy. \nConsiste de 6.500 volúmenes sobre temas que van desde la biología a la arquitectura\, los libros fueron donados a cambio de obras de arte creadas por Helguera. Cada libro lleva el nombre de su donante en una placa dentro de su portada\, que apunta a la historia social retenido dentro de ese libro. Se permite que cada visitante a la librería para comprar un libro\, a un precio puesto por el visitante\, la sustitución de los términos de una economía de mercado con los de una economía del regalo. \nThe project takes its name from the historic street\, Calle Donceles\, in Mexico City that is lined with used bookstores. \nEl proyecto toma su nombre de la histórica calle\, la calle de Donceles\, en la Ciudad de México que está llena de tiendas de libros usados. \nPablo Helguera is a New York-based artist whose practice has addressed issues of memory\, ethnography\, pedagogy\, and the absurd through installation\, socially engaged art\, sculpture\, and performance. Helguera is the recipient of a Creative Capital Grant (2005)\, a Guggenheim Fellowship (2008)\, as well as the first International Award for Participatory Art (2011). \nPablo Helguera es un artista con sede en Nueva York\, cuya práctica ha abordado cuestiones de la memoria\, la etnografía\, la pedagogía\, y el absurdo a través de la instalación\, el arte socialmente comprometido\, la escultura y el rendimiento. Helguera es el destinatario de un Capital Creativo Grant (2005)\, una beca Guggenheim (2008)\, así como el primer Premio Internacional de Arte Participativo (2011).
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/libreria-donceles/
LOCATION:Listen Hear\,  2620 Shelby St\, \, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160805T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20161016T220000
DTSTAMP:20260506T030151
CREATED:20160715T163117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160906T143515Z
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SUMMARY:RCA: Scott Hocking
DESCRIPTION:Detroit-based Scott Hocking visited Indianapolis in January and selected the former RCA Factory at Michigan and LaSalle as fodder for his installation in the main gallery. “It immediately grabbed me\,” Hocking explained of the experience. “The RCA history was interesting enough. But the building was last used as a recycling plant\, and was filled with now abandoned\, un-recycled waste: plastic\, paper\, foam — thousands of objects.  The irony of these mountains of recyclables is that they would never be recycled. A huge pile of military grade plastic cases\, with ominous stencils: ‘laser firing simulator system\,’ ‘interrogation kit\,’ ‘casualty evacuation kit\,’ ‘tank weapon gunnery simulation system.’  Pallets of clothes and books\, including dozens of old hymnals. Plastic pill and dish soap bottles strewn everywhere. Giant fragments of fast food and gas station signage: McDonald’s\, Steel City\, Family Dollar\, Wendy’s. And a monster stack of Styrofoam slabs and wedges — melted and distorted from failed arson attempts.  The whole place was crazy and great.” \nHocking spent three weeks in Indianapolis gathering materials from the site\, documenting\, researching\, and creating his installation. He hauled over 100 massive hunks of burned Styrofoam\, multiple plastic blobs melted by fires\, fragmented fast food signage\, nifty anthropomorphic food-character murals\, and dozens of other artifacts. He brought this all to Tube Factory. And he worked onsite while living in Big Car’s neighboring artist residency home. The resulting installation uses the main gallery as a kind of ceremonial site — the burned Styrofoam mountain could be a dystopian temple or future glacier. \nAlso featured — in the eastside space adjacent to the cartoon food doodz from the old RCA building — is a sampling of Hocking’s Bad Graffiti series. These are photographs he takes of the work of renegade painters. The series\, featuring photos taken most often in Detroit\, now includes discoveries from his Indianapolis visits. \nIn the video room\, Hocking blends images from projects he’s competed in Detroit and rural Michigan with footage from his recent work in Indianapolis — offering a look at his often solitary and meditative process. The videos also highlight Hocking’s love of nature and ways the natural and man-made worlds are really one. \nHocking’s artwork has been exhibited internationally\, including the Detroit Institute of Arts\, Cranbrook Art Museum\, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit\, the University of Michigan\, the Smart Museum of Art\, the School of the Art Institute Chicago\, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis\, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum\, the Mattress Factory Art Museum\, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago\, the Kunst-Werke Institute\, the Van Abbemuseum\, and Kunsthalle Wien. He was recently awarded a Kresge Artist Fellowship\, and is represented by Susanne Hilberry Gallery. \n“The coyotes roaming Detroit fascinate artist Scott Hocking. It is an animal that is adaptable and gregarious\, yet also solitary and rejects human domestication.  Hocking encounters them on his sojourns through the parts of the city where post-industrial urban landscape is in the process of being reclaimed by nature.  He creates photographs\, sculpture\, and assemblages in these places of transition. Likewise\, he is a coyote-like roamer in pursuit of evidence and archeological specimens created by the modern human species. The coyote is a frequent character in the folklore of the Western World going back to Mesoamerican cosmology—a picaresque figure that has the ability to assume both human and animal form.  It is easy to conjure such a fantastical character around Hocking\, because he is more of a scavenger than flâneur\, and his work is more mythology than documentary.” \n— Laura Mott\, Curator of Contemporary Art and Design\, Cranbrook Art Museum \nThe exhibit\, curated by Shauta Marsh\, is made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. \nThe exhibit is open Monday through Friday\, 9 am – 6 pm and Saturdays 11 am-3pm. \nPhoto: RCA\, installation of found materials\, Scott Hocking
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/scott-hocking/
LOCATION:Guichelaar Gallery\, 1125 Cruft Street\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160803T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160803T214500
DTSTAMP:20260506T030151
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SUMMARY:Ubu The King
DESCRIPTION:About the show:\nRough House Theater Company is touring to eight cities across the Midwest and East Coast with their production of Ubu the King\, Alfred Jarry’s 1896 masterpiece of absurdo-surrealism\, elaborately retold with original music and over 60 stunning hand-crafted puppets. \nIn a new adaptation by artistic director Mike Oleon\, Rough House’s Ubu the King brings Jarry’s seminal satire to life in all its absurd\, grotesque glory. In the hands of five power hungry puppeteer-performers\, Pa Ubu murders\, lies\, and farts his way up to the Polish throne – and back down again. Beautifully designed and meticulously realized by designer Grace Needlman\, Rough House’s Ubu is ridiculous\, heartbreaking\, and spectacular. \nAbout Rough House: \n\nRough House Theater Company is committed to connecting individuals and communities through art that celebrates the weird things that make us unique\, and the weirder things that bring us together. \nRough House creates theater that captures the heart through the eye. Rough House shows use puppetry\, music\, and human performance to tell stories that are intimate\, strange\, and sincere.  The company aims to invigorate audiences and inspire fellow artists through work that is rigorous\, adventurous\, and jubilantly weird. \nThrough educational programming\, cultivation of work by emerging and established artists\, and broadly accessible performances\, Rough House seeks to bring new life to puppet theater in Chicago\, and to invigorate a spirit of cross-disciplinary artistic experimentation within an ever-growing\, diverse community of artists.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/ubu-the-king/
LOCATION:Guichelaar Gallery\, 1125 Cruft Street\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Film,Garfield Park,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160724T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160724T204500
DTSTAMP:20260506T030151
CREATED:20160724T154423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160724T154456Z
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SUMMARY:EsemBle Babel/Music for Gas Station
DESCRIPTION:Music For Gas Stations\, ensemBle baBel embarked on a drifting road trip in one van to visit gas stations. Responding and interacting with each gas station\, they create compositions\, recordings\, video works\, road journals\, radio broadcasts and more. \nIn reference to Ed Ruscha’s 26 gasoline stations\, they will stop in Indianapolis as part of their tour to visit 26 gas stations. The Swiss musicians will complete an additional tour of Europe in 2017 with a final performance in their city\, Lausanne\, Switzerland\, 2018. \nThis project was brought to the United States by artist/curator Lee Walton.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/esemble-babelmusic-for-gas-station/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160713T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160713T230000
DTSTAMP:20260506T030151
CREATED:20160711T152751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160711T152801Z
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SUMMARY:Outdoor Film Screening: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
DESCRIPTION:This Outdoors Screening of Midnight in Paris is the final event for our Placemaking Day activities (Placemaking Day details here)!  The film screening starts roughly at 9:00 p.m. or sundown. \nAbout Midnight in Paris (rated PG13\, director- Woody Allen): \nWhile on a trip to Paris with his fiancée’s family\, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s everyday at midnight. \n\nBig Car Collaborative and City Market are working with Southwest Airlines\, Project for Public Spaces\, Downtown Indy\, and the City of Indianapolis to celebrate placemaking and the role of art and culture in activating great places for people.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/outdoor-film-screening-midnight-in-paris/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Film,Outdoor Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160713T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160713T230000
DTSTAMP:20260506T030151
CREATED:20160711T151728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160711T151728Z
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SUMMARY:Placemaking Day
DESCRIPTION:Big Car Collaborative and City Market are working with Southwest Airlines\, Project for Public Spaces\, Downtown Indy\, and the City of Indianapolis to celebrate placemaking and the role of art and culture in activating great places for people. \nJoin us for a day of food\, games\, art making and fun — while also sharing your ideas for City Market’s outdoor plazas. The free activities start at 9 am with Mayor Hogsett’s welcome\, continues with a group workout\, the farmer’s market at 9:30 am\, a community picnic lunch\, afternoon games\, an evening beer garden and (at dark) a screening of Midnight in Paris — a film about place and culture and dreams. Also\, the Wagon of Wonders will be on site as well as games and activites from the Bike Hub YMCA. \nWith Placemaking Day\, we’re launching the second phase of the Spark initiative that uses place-based programming to help activate wonderful public spaces in the heart of our city — this time City Market and Monument Circle. We kick off the 2016 round of Spark — supported with the help of a major grant from the Southwest Airlines Heart of the Community program — on July 13. \nVISIT FACEBOOK FOR DETAILS:  https://www.facebook.com/events/147842148953036/
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/placemaking-day/
LOCATION:City Market\, 222 E. Market St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Film,Outdoor Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160617T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20160617T103000
DTSTAMP:20260506T030151
CREATED:20160614T124123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160614T124153Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Mornings-Elle Roberts
DESCRIPTION:CreativeMornings is a free\, monthly breakfast lecture series for creative communities. Each event is free\, and includes a 20 minute talk\, plus coffee! \nThis month features Elle Roberts\, a musician and writer living on the near eastside of Indianapolis. She is the founder of shehive\, a grassroots gender equity project based in the city. \nRegistration required\, to attend click here.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/creative-mornings-elle-roberts/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20151113T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20151113T235500
DTSTAMP:20260506T030151
CREATED:20151105T155255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151105T155255Z
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Art Fellowship Opening Party
DESCRIPTION:Big Car helps celebrate The Eiteljorg Museum’s  will five Native Fellowship winners with a Contemporary Arts Party featuring DJ Kyle Long\, Indigenous\, and Supaman.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/contemporary-art-fellowship-opening-party/
LOCATION:Eiteljorg Museum\, 500 W Washington St\, Indianapolis\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20150801T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20151016T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T030151
CREATED:20150724T203354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150724T203802Z
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SUMMARY:Spark Monument Circle
DESCRIPTION:What makes a city great?  Dynamic\, people-centered spaces. August 1 through October 16\, experience Indianapolis’ most public plaza with new amenities and daily programming via a temporary\, demonstration placemaking project called Spark. Big Car is partnering with The City of Indianapolis\, with funding from the National Endowment for the Artsand the Central Indiana Community Foundation to activate the Circle with free\, low-key\, drop-in games (ping pong\, anyone?)\, music\, bistro-style seating on platforms known as parkets\, conversation\, historical characters\, fitness\, and more\, co-presented by a great roster of partners — starting at 11 a.m. each day. \nFollow @CircleSpark for program alerts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/spark-monument-circle/
LOCATION:Monument Circle\, 50 Monument Circle\, Indianapolis\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20150606T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20150606T113000
DTSTAMP:20260506T030152
CREATED:20150603T144407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150603T145008Z
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SUMMARY:Mayor's Bike Ride
DESCRIPTION:Join Mayor Ballard this Saturday\, June 6 for the seventh annual ‪‎Mayors Bike Ride‬ event presented by Central Indiana Community Foundation. \nParticipants will receive bike safety information\, children’s bike helmets\, door prizes and snacks.\nFREE T-SHIRTS FOR THE FIRST 200 PARTICIPANTS TO REGISTER! \nDon’t miss the chance to ride through ‪Downtown Indy‬ one last time with Mayor Ballard!\nClick to register
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/mayors-bike-ride/
LOCATION:City Market\, 222 E. Market St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Outdoor Activities
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