Ink Artist Workshop with Brittany Fukushima
2024-07-12 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
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!
About:
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.
We 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.

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.

Indy Marketers Events
2024-07-16 16:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join SPARK and Indy Marketers for the Indy Marketers Summer Celebration! We know and love Indianapolis, so let’s celebrate our city!
Indy 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.
Register Here! : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indy-marketers-summer-celebration-tickets-888036610407
Featured Guests:

Sarah Myer, Chief of Staff & Strategy at Indiana Sports Corp
Taylor Schaffer, President & CEO at Downtown Indy, Inc.
Christine Zetzl, Associate Director of Marketing at Visit Indy

Join us for our signature summer event to celebrate all things Indy!

Wake Up Wednesday
2024-07-17 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-07-24 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-07-31 09:00 - 11:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Join us at SPARK on the Circle at Wake Up Wednesday!
Pick up tinker coffee and Ohanalulu Donuts.
We 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.
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.

Lunch Break Live! With Allison Victoria Presented by Lake City Bank
2024-07-17 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join SPARK for a Lunch Break concert from local musician Allison Victoria!
Presented by Lake City Bank
We 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.

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.

Cyanotype Workshop With Aurora PhotoCenter
2024-07-19 11:00 - 15:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Cyanotype is a camera-less photography made out in the sun, rather than in a darkroom. You place objects — such as plants — on top of a piece of photo-treated paper, and then use the sun to expose the paper. The result is an image that is an exact outline of the object. It’s a fun and magical way to engage photography! Although it may be new to modern people, cyanotype has been around since photography was invented in the 1800s.
Come explore the creative possibilities of this fascinating process!
We will have some objects on hand to experiment with, but feel free to bring your own objects. Flat items usually work best, and cyanotype can be messy, so precious things like family heirlooms should probably stay at home. All other necessary materials will be provided free at the workshop.
In partnership with Aurora PhotoCenter for SPARK on the Circle.
This activity is best suited for artists 7+ years old; minors must be accompanied by an adult.
We 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.

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.

Artist Workshop With Mary Jo Bayliss
2024-07-19 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-08-02 17:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
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.
You are invited to come join the fun, because without YOU, Boo, this project can’t happen.
About the artist:
Mary Jo Bayliss specializes in creating environments that help people feel at ease using space, light and color to achieve these goals.
We 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.

Lunch Break Live! With Yuri Rodríguez Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Costa Rican soprano, artist and educator Yuriria Rodríguez holds the rare privilege of being able to sing in both classical and popular styles with great professionalism, expression, and accuracy of style. Reviews have praised Ms. Rodríguez as a singer “with a beautiful voice which recalls a force of nature” (Herald Times, Bloomington, IN), and as “The real deal” (Fanfare , November 2011, USA). In 2006, she sang the role of Maria in the tango-operita by A. Piazzolla and H.Ferrer, Maria de Buenos Aires, at the Buskirk- Chumley Theater, receiving a standing ovation in a sold out performance. In the classical realm, Ms. Rodríguez also successfully performed known roles such as
Most recently, Yuri sang the role of Sombra, in the world premiere and +20 performances of Gabriela Ortiz’s Ana y su Sombra, commissioned by Reimagining Opera for Kids, a local Opera Company that Yuriria is proudly part of, and that performs all year round. In 2016, Yuri was called to be the cover for the role of Mimi in Costa Rica’s National Lyric Opera Production of La Bohème.
Currently, Yuri works as Associate Director of Hispanic Music at Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis, where she conducts the Coro Latinoamericano and develops a bilingual choral program for early music learners. Occasionally, she can be heard singing as a guest soloist for the Choir of Adult and Choristers of Christ Church. She is a guest artist for the Indiana University Latin Jazz Ensemble.
Come Join Yuriria Rodríguez at SPARK during Lunch Break Live Presented by Lake City Bank!
We 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.

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.

Drum Circles With The Percussive Arts Society And Rob Funkhouser
2024-07-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-23 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come join the Percussive Arts Society with Rob Funkhouser at SPARK !
We 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.

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.

Artist Workshop With Christina Hollering
2024-07-26 17:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join artist Christina Hollering in an all-ages cut paper collage workshop celebrating the creative possibilities of paper. Learn how to intuitively create compelling compositions using the principles of design. All materials are provided; just come prepared to cut, paste, and play!
Christina Hollering is a cut paper artist and associate professor at Herron School of Art and Design. Her artwork centers around themes of biology, the environment, and the interplay between art and science, inspiring viewers to contemplate their relationship with nature.
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.

Lunch Break Live! With Chreece Producer Hour Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-07-31 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join us at SPARK for a preview show of Indianapolis’s own hip-hop festival, Chreece!
Chreece Producer Hour at Spark is an engaging DJ set showcasing some of the very talented local producers playing Chreece Hip Hop Festival on August 24th. The Fountain Square Plaza stage has been a staple free community stage since 2015 and features over 15 different DJs and producers in the city fest.
State Street Beats producers David Peck, JAWNSKI & DEFAME will be giving you a preview of their music!
We 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.

No Rap Sundays with Chreece
2024-08-04 17:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join the Hip-Hop Festival and Cultural Organization Chreece at SPARK for an evening concert set!
Chreece is kicking off August with No Rap On Sunday at Spark on the Monument Circle! Join us Sunday, August 4th 6-8pm with your one of the city’s finest female curated R&B kickbacks with DJs Annie D & Sounds by Sasha at the Spark lovely green space.FREE & All Ages!Chreece Producer Hour at Spark is an engaging DJ set showcasing some of the very talented local producers playing Chreece Hip Hop Festival on August 24th. The Fountain Square Plaza stage has been a staple free community stage since 2015 and features over 15 different DJs and producers in the city fest.
We 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.

Lunch Break Live! With Rob Funkhouser Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-08-07 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come join Rob Funkhouser for a lunchtime concert on the circle!
Lunch Break Live! is presented by Lake City Bank
We 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.

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.

Big Gay Market
2024-08-11 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-08-12 11:00 - 15:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come Join SPARK at Monument Circle for this 2-day long event!
Learn more here!: https://www.indygaymarket.com/

SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd 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.
At 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.

Lunch Break Live! With Chreece Producer Hour Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-08-14 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join us at SPARK for a preview show of Indianapolis’s own hip-hop festival, Chreece!
Chreece Producer Hour at Spark is an engaging DJ set showcasing some of the very talented local producers playing Chreece Hip Hop Festival on August 24th. The Fountain Square Plaza stage has been a staple free community stage since 2015 and features over 15 different DJs and producers in the city fest.
We 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.

Artist Workshop With Rob Funkhouser and Landon Caldwell
2024-08-16 17:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join sound artists and musicians Rob Funkhouser and Landon Caldwell for an interactive workshop that is FREE to all!
We 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.

Lunch Break Live! With Kara Cole Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-08-21 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Joint us at SPARK for a lunch time concert with Kara Cole, presented by Lake City Bank!
Kara Cole is a soulful, heart wrenching, story teller. The desire to connect experience with song is very important. Music is the 1 thing that bridges the gap in every avenue of life. Be kind xx

We 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.

Artist Workshop: Kris Komakech
2024-08-25 15:00 - 17:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come to SPARK for an Artist Workshop led by Indianapolis artist Kris Komakech through their Clock Workshop!
We 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

Lunch Break Live! With Wes Schaaf Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-08-28 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Wes Schaaf is multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter from Indy’s north side. Performing a mix of original songs and covers, they create dreamy, melodic indie-folk and jazz-inspired sounds around themes of queer/trans identity, family, and healing.
Lunch Break Live! is presented by Lake City Bank
We 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.

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.

Indy Humanities Story Time with Kim Howard
2024-08-31 15:00 - 16:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come join us at SPARK for a Story Time Session hosted by Indy Humanities!
Kim Howard will be reading her debut picture book, Grace and Box, which was the Children’s category winner of the 2022 Indiana Authors Awards. She will have songs and games that go with the story. Please feel free to tag her author page on Facebook, and she will share the posts there as well, @kimhowardbooks.
Attached here is also a longer author biography if you would like to include that as well:
Kim Howard is a children’s book author and former teacher. Her debut picture book Grace and Box was published in 2021 by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan. Grace and Box is a 2022 Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award nominee, a 2022 Panda Book Awards nominee, and was included on the 2021 Redbud Read Aloud Masterlist for Oklahoma. The School Library Journal called it “a surefire hit for story time.”
Kim has wanted to be an author ever since she was little. Now, she enjoys doing author visits to preschools and elementary schools and inspiring future generations of writers. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Her View from Home, Nerdy Book Club, Imagination Soup, and Scary Mommy.
She has her Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies from Indiana University and taught sixth grade in Lafayette, Indiana. Born and raised in LaPorte, Indiana, she now lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband and their three children
We 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.
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.

Artist Workshop: Fiber Art and PomPoms with Mary Jo Bayliss
2024-09-04 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-07 10:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come to SPARK and join artist Mary Jo Bayliss to learn how to create pompoms and contribute them to her Taylor Swift inspired community artwork titled, “The Village”. Visitors will be able to make pompoms that will be used in Mary Jo’s final piece! Come join in on this collaborative artwork and make sure to stop by the circle later to see the final finished piece when Taylor Swift enters her “Indy era” and performs in Indianapolis!
A statement from Mary Jo Mayliss about this piece:
“The Village” is about the power of women working together to create a better, more equitable society. The iconography and rallying point for the activities is inspired by Taylor Swift, and without her presence in Indianapolis, this community artwork, and its far reaching scope, would not be possible–Thank you Taylor! The 13 elements that compose the artwork will be auctioned off at the end of Taylor’s Eras Indianapolis venue, with proceeds being donated for Arts for Learning, Big Car, and Ivy Tech Art Department, Indianapolis.
Mary Jo Bayliss specializes in creating environments that help people feel at ease using space, light and color to achieve these goals.
We 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.

Lunch Break Live! With Kara Cole Presented by Lake City Bank
2024-09-04 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come Join us at SPARK for a lunch time concert with local musician Regan Shalome, presented by Lake City Bank!
Kara Cole is a soulful, heart wrenching, story teller. The desire to connect experience with song is very important. Music is the 1 thing that bridges the gap in every avenue of life. Be kind xx
We 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.

Artist Workshop With Stephanie Williams
2024-09-06 12:00 - 14:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come join us at SPARK for an artist workshop with Stephanie Williams, Make and Take Painted Ceramic Pinch Pots!
In this artist activation, visitors will be able to make their own ceramic pinch pot out of clay through William’s guidance, or paint a ready to take home pot pinched and fired by the artist previously. Pinch pots that are made at this workshop will be taken home by the artist, fired, and kept to be used at the next Make and Take Pinch Pot event! Come join us to paint and pinch at Monument Circle!

We 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

Artist Workshop With John Clark
2024-09-06 17:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Make Art and Write Poetry with John Clark!
Join Indianapolis-based visual artist, Big Car co-founder and writer John Clark to make drawings, poems, and short stories…or a combination of all three! And we’ll also show you how to make zines, too!
We 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.
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.
