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SUMMARY:Kris Graves: A Southern Horror
DESCRIPTION:Kris Graves creates artwork that deals with societal problems and aims to use art as a means to inform people about cultural issues. He also works to elevate the representation of people of color in the fine art canon; and to create opportunities for conversation about race\, representation\, and urban life. Graves creates photographs of landscapes and people to preserve memory.\n\n“In Summer 2020 a collective uprising rooted in local civic engagements ricocheted around the world in response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. It relied on one of the central pillars of Democracy—peaceful protest. Although grounded in the particular\, the embodied actions of the multitudes illuminated larger universal questions of basic human rights and dignity in the 21st century. The echo of empathy\, anger\, and pain born from the eight minutes and 46 seconds of viral video that captured Floyd’s passing\, resonated not only in the United States\, but in ongoing struggles across the globe. While this was going on\, I photographed memorials\, monuments\, and sites of the antebellum South and the Confederacy. My friend Marshall (@fu64) and I drove approximately 4000 miles across eight southern states making photographs of every site we could find. Some have been removed\, most remain in place.” — Kris Graves\nA Southern Horror is primarily a series of 175 non fungible token or NFT works. NFTs are unique digital files that can be owned. While any person can replicate the artwork through screenshot or other means\, NFTs are designed to give the purchaser ownership of the work. For example anyone can own a Mona Lisa print but there is only one owner of the actual painting. Click here to visit the works.\n\n\nKris Graves (b. 1982 New York\, NY) is an artist and publisher based in New York and California. He received his BFA in Visual Arts from S.U.N.Y. Purchase College and has been published and exhibited globally\, including Museum of Modern Art\, New York; Getty Institute\, Los Angeles; and National Portrait Gallery in London\, England; among others. Permanent collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, Getty Institute\, Schomburg Center\, Whitney Museum\, Guggenheim Museum\, Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston; Brooklyn Museum; and The Wedge Collection\, Toronto; amongst others. Graves also sits on the board of Blue Sky Gallery: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts\, Portland; and The Architectural League of New York as Vice President of Photography\n\n\nPresented by Aurora PhotoCenter\nThe exhibit is made possible by The Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The City of Indianapolis\, Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/kris-graves-a-southern-horror/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:classes,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Laura Foster Nicholson: Scenes From The Carbon Border
DESCRIPTION:From the hands of a young person in China\, to a shipping container crossing the Suez Canal\, to a semi-truck driver transporting containers cross country\, to people at the big box or mom and pop who unload them\, to everyone going to the stores to buy things. These are carbon borders we’ve created 一 our feet\, our cars\, trains\, planes\, streets\, and sidewalks all in motion. These borders both connect and divide us.\nTwo years ago\, driving from her home in New Harmony\, Indiana to Chicago\, artist Laura Foster Nicholson — a textile artist known for her handwoven tapestries — paused to notice the landscapes from our carbon borders. And the work she began creating then offers us — in this exhibition — a view of the path taken by the goods we purchase. This is often unseen and costs the world more than what’s listed on the price tag. And these carbon borders separate us from the people who made many of the items with which we live and adorn ourselves.\nNicholson noticed the cost to the environment and ultimately ourselves. She began incorporating these aspects in her works\, calling attention to disasters and accidents along these borders\, reminding us of the seen and unseen dangers of our way of life. “I watched the Wabash swell annually\, frequently inundating the fields\, sometimes filling basements\, and once in a while warranting the efforts of the National Guard to sandbag around the New Harmony Inn. This past couple of weeks\, texts have updated me regularly about extending the flash flood warning for the area\,” says Nicholoson.\nWith this\, we can pause to consider the invisible people and places behind items we consume and the inevitable disasters that result from the journeys. As each piece takes many hours to create\, Nicholson’s work gives us access to our connectedness as humans instead of being based on consumerism and the whims of market research and algorithms. “As an artist\, I am first visually inspired: the reflections in the water of these structures\, foretelling the future\, reflecting the past\,” says Nicholoson.\nThis work reminds us that though we say the world has become smaller\, we have become more distant from one another. No longer do we know all the hands that touched the objects we use to define ourselves. These tapestries are scenes from the carbon borders driven by our consumption and connecting us like the threads of her works.\n\nLaura Foster Nicholson’s artwork is in several museum collections\, including the Art Institute of Chicago\, the Minneapolis Institute of Art\, and the Denver Art Museum. With a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art\, she has lectured\, taught\, and exhibited in the US\, Canada and Italy. She has been awarded an NEA fellowship\, the Leone di Pietra prize at the Venice Biennale of Architecture\, three Illinois Arts Council fellowships\, and a grant from the Graham Foundation for Research in the Fine Arts.  Most recently she was awarded the Dehaan Artist of Distinction grant.\n\nPart of our Social Alchemy Project in partnership with University of Southern Indiana & The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art- this exhibit was made possible by Indiana Humanities\, Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation\, The Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The City of Indianapolis\, The Efroymson Family Fund and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.\n\nImage: “Hanjin\,” 2021. 31” x 43 ½”. Wool\, mylar\, cotton. Nicholson used “warming stripes” to indicate long term warming trends.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/laura-foster-nicholson-scenes-from-the-carbon-border/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:pLopLop Vol. 14 Submission Form
DESCRIPTION:Are you a writer? Have something to say? Want to put it in print? Submit your work to PLopLop! 100 word limit. Submissions are due by August 1.\npLOpLop is an “Antholozine” of Poetry\, Prose and Artwork published by Indianapolis\, IN based visual artist\, Big Car co-founder and writer John Clark since 1992.\npLopLop has published the work of writers like Kurt Vonnegut\, Charles Bukowski\, Jack Kerouac\, Fielding Dawson\, Eileen Myles\, Gerald Locklin and more.\nInfluences: Surrealism\, Dada\, Henry Miller\, Patchen\, lo-fi indie rock\, DIY activities\, indie publishers and bookshops\, British Invasion\, mimeo-revolution\, underground writers\, garage rock and improvisation.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/ploplop-vol-14-submission-form/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Mayasa Design House: In Color
DESCRIPTION:I am always seeking ways to blend the art in my soul\, blur the genres\, and allow a cohesive expression to come from multiple places within. -Uzuri Asad\, Mayasa Design House \nListen Hear will host paintings\, jewelry and other items from Uzuri Asad of Mayasa Design House. Originally from Cleveland\, Ohio\, Uzuri Asad now lives and works in the Garfield Park neighborhood of Indianapolis as part of Big Car Collaborative’s Artist in Public Life Residency program. She’s a singer\, dancer\, choreographer\, and jewelry-maker. Formally trained in West African dance and contemporary movement\, her art is guided by lived experiences and her cultural upbringing. Her style is a unique blend of fluid\, free flowing\, yet intentional movements. For Asad\, dance is a sacred means of individual expression that lives and breathes through her.  \nMusic has always been a big part of her life. Beginning with an idea or a piece of music\, her creative process is a daydream of ideas and music that become living and breathing pulsations within her. Deeply in tune and connected to each individual element\, she creates jewelry by envisioning the people who would wear what she makes\, the environment they might dwell in\, and how those pieces may be incorporated into their lives naturally.  \nShe recently worked as a choreographer and performer for “Village Voices: Notes from the Griot”\, a collaborative production created by Joshua Thompson and directed by Megan Simonton. Within this work\, she was part of an educational experience that brought creative expression from the stage to the classroom\, creating dialogue to address the painful and ugly things that aren’t spoken. \nEverything I do is based on lived experiences. A great deal of my work is centered around celebrating and creating space for healing Black women. I’m moved by the living artistry of my family’s existence\, and by the people who I have come to love along my journey. I’ve been inspired to examine and express things happening in the world as of late\, so I am exploring movement and adornment that reflects the emotional and spiritual effects of my community. \nAsad believes\, through movements of expression\, that her work can create a meaningful reflection of the times that become reference points in the future of what has occurred. With her bold\, unapologetic\, and intrepid movements\, she inspires people to find their voice and create a space to heal women. In this space\, women don’t have to make themselves smaller or quieter. They embrace their identity and power to its fullest. \nFacebook.com/ijomovement \nInstagram: zuri_mayasa \nThis exhibition was made possible by the Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The City of Indianapolis\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/mayasa-design-house-in-color/
LOCATION:Listen Hear\,  2620 Shelby St\, \, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Drea Cofield: All At Once
DESCRIPTION:Alla prima is the Italian term for the material technique of wet on wet painting\, and literally translates to “at the first”\, but I prefer to read “all at once” as it denotes a kind of urgent submission to the sensorial subject that parallels the sublimation of my more libidinal imagery into the touch of the landscape. Like a lover lost in the realms of desire\, a pendulous breast or glistening ass becomes the wet slip of a brushstroke\, the resonant touch of two tones\, and other things unnameable. How does a stand of trees relate to the figure? How does the midday sun relate to my state of mind? Temperature and speed become tantamount in the lived moment as I try to consume everything with my eyes. Less time to think for more time to feel the shifting light and twining trees mirrored in the creek. Most of the paintings in this body of work were created in one sitting. \nAbout the artist \nDrea Cofield is an artist currently working between Indianapolis\, IN and Brooklyn\, NY. In 2013\, she received her M.F.A from Yale School of Art (New Haven\, CT)\, and in 2008\, her B.A from DePauw University (Greencastle\, IN). She has exhibited in the U.S. and internationally including New York\, Los Angeles\, Philadelphia\, Portland and Italy. Most recently she exhibited in the Armory Show with 1969 Gallery in New York. Her work has been featured in the Brooklyn Rail\, Artnet News\, Juxtapoz\, Blouin Art Info\, and in Suzanne Hudson’s latest issue of Contemporary Painting (World of Art). She is the recipient of an Elizabeth Greenshields Grant and the Yale University Gloucester Painting Prize. Residencies include the Guild of Adventure Painters SWAB Mobile Residency in 2019. She is the Founder and Director of Bomb Pop-Up\, a pop-up Art & Music initiative that focuses on providing visibility in exciting contexts to emerging and established artists and musicians; working with other 200 artists from all over the world and collaborating with institutions such as the National Academy of Design. Cofield has been a visiting artist at Cooper Union\, Pratt Institute\, and the School of Visual Arts. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at DePauw University in Greencastle\, Indiana. \nImage :”Hole” 60 x 50 inches\, oil on canvas\nThis exhibition was made possible by the Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The City of Indianapolis\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/9644/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Social Alchemy Symposium-Emily St. John Mandel
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the online opening keynote of the Social Alchemy Symposium with author Emily St John Mandel who will discuss her work\, the pursuit of utopia\, the dystopia that can create for others. Even in the face of societal collapse\, we create spaces and art that bring us meaning\, comfort and reassurance.\n\nThe Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\nEach day is themed and focused on single days. The symposium is free to attend either virtually or in person. Donations are appreciated and can be made via the registration link.\n\nOur opening keynote by Emily St John Mandel is made possible by Indiana Humanities and New America.\n\nTickets must be reserved to receive the Zoom links for the symposium.\n\nAbout Emily St. John Mandel\nShe is the author of five novels\, most recently “The Glass Hotel.” Her novel “Station Eleven\,” which was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award\, won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award\, the Toronto Book Award\, and the Morning News Tournament of Books\, and has been translated into 27 languages.\nA previous novel\, “The Singer’s Gun\,” was the 2014 winner of the Prix Mystere de la Critique in France. Her short fiction and essays have been anthologized in numerous collections\, including Best American Mystery Stories 2013. She is also a staff writer for The Millions.\nShe lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. Her next book\, “Sea of Tranquility\,” will be released in April 2022. Copies will be available for purchase at the in-person event.\n\n“I’m a big believer in people needing stories to help us process times when our reality is unstable\,” Somerville says. “That plays out in the show\, too. You come to a point when you can’t talk about things anymore. But when there’s no answer\, that’s when art’s most valuable. When the words we have don’t work anymore\, we can sing a folk song or put on a play. I’m a big believer in the functional\, pragmatic utility of art. It’s not just a fancy thing you go see at the museum\, but a thing we need that should be jammed into Maslow’s hierarchy of needs at a very\, very important rung.””–Patrick Somerville on Emily St. John Mandel’s Station 11.\n\n\nMore about the Symposium:\nThe Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\nTwice the site of utopian experiments in communitarian living\, New Harmony is now a town rich in beauty\, culture\, and history. And it makes the perfect location for people to enjoy some moments of respite and reconnect with others through conversations about the roles of art\, design\, and place in society.\nConversations — led by more than 20 notable authors\, artists\, designers\, researchers\, and philosophers from Indiana and around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking today and tomorrow while connecting with the past.\nThe symposium — organized through a partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, the University of Southern Indiana\, Historic New Harmony\, and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art — is made possible by Indiana Humanities\, the Efroymson Family Fund\, and New America. Additional partners include the Indiana State Museum and PATTERN Magazine.\nOther speakers\, in-person unless otherwise noted\, include:\nMaurice Broaddus\, author of fiction centered on utopian and dystopian ideas through the genres of science fiction\, urban fantasy\, and horror.\nDarran Anderson\, author of Imaginary Cities (2015)\, an Irish writer focused on the intersections of urbanism\, culture\, technology and politics (virtual talk).\nCara Courage\, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; scholar and author in the realms of art and placemaking; and formerly of the Tate Modern in London.\nAlso: Indiana writers Susan Neville\, Adrian Matejka\, and Matthew Graham (current poet laureate); Indiana artists and arts leaders from New Harmony\, Columbus\, Bloomington\, and Indianapolis; leading architects\, planners\, and designers; and utopian/communal studies scholars.\nWHY ATTEND?\n• To gain a deep understanding — via history\, literature\, philosophy and design — of the relationship between the built environment and social good.\n• To connect with others interested in imagining and striving for better communities.\n• To experience the extraordinary atmosphere\, public art\, and architecture of New Harmony — nestled along the Wabash River and steeped in a historic utopian spirit.\n• To savor the spring weather of southern Indiana.\nLocated at the southwest tip of Indiana near Evansville on land originally occupied by the Mississippian culture\, New Harmony is approximately 2.5 hours drive from Indianapolis\, and just over two hours from St. Louis and Louisville. Conference goers receive a special $89/night rate at the New Harmony Inn Resort & Conference Center. Call (812) 682-4431 to book and mention “Social Alchemy Symposium.”
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/social-alchemy-symposium-emily-st-john-mandel/
LOCATION:Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:SPARK,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Social Alchemy Symposium -Visualizing Spaces
DESCRIPTION:The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\nEach day is themed and focused on single days. The symposium is free to attend either virtually or in person. Donations are appreciated and can be made via the registration link.\nDiscounted lodging is available at the New Harmony Inn (details below). Attendees are welcome to join any parts of the conference in person\, online\, or both. Registration is required to support communication and feedback.\n\nMonday\, April 11\n\nOn-line\nnoon\nUtopic Spaces (Museums and Public Space) Cara Courage in conversation with Jim Walker\n\n5:30 p.m. central time\nPanel led by New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art Director\, Iris Williamson.\n\n7 p.m. central time\nReception for “Visualizing Spaces” at the gallery. More information to come.\n\n9 pm central time\n(In Person) Self-guided activities created and led by Big Car staff in partnership with New Harmony experts.\n\nNote: New Harmony\, IN (CST) and Indianapolis\, IN (EST)are in different time zones. Central time is one hour earlier than Eastern.\n\nMore about the Symposium:\nThe Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\nTwice the site of utopian experiments in communitarian living\, New Harmony is now a town rich in beauty\, culture\, and history. And it makes the perfect location for people to enjoy some moments of respite and reconnect with others through conversations about the roles of art\, design\, and place in society.\nConversations — led by more than 20 notable authors\, artists\, designers\, researchers\, and philosophers from Indiana and around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking today and tomorrow while connecting with the past.\nThe symposium — organized through a partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, the University of Southern Indiana\, Historic New Harmony\, and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art — is made possible by Indiana Humanities\, the Efroymson Family Fund\, and New America. Additional partners include Indiana State Museum and PATTERN Magazine.\n\nOverall symposium speakers\, in-person unless otherwise noted\, include:\nEmily St. John Mandel\, author of the 2015 utopian/dystopian novel\, Station Eleven among other books and essays. Station Eleven has been translated into 33 languages and was adapted into an HBO series premiering in 2021 (virtual talk).\nMaurice Broaddus\, author of fiction centered on utopian and dystopian ideas through the genres of science fiction\, urban fantasy\, and horror.\nDarran Anderson\, author of Imaginary Cities (2015)\, an Irish writer focused on the intersections of urbanism\, culture\, technology and politics (virtual talk).\nCara Courage\, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; scholar and author in the realms of art and placemaking; and formerly of the Tate Modern in London.\nAlso: Indiana writers Susan Neville\, Adrian Matejka\, and Matthew Graham (current poet laureate); Indiana artists and arts leaders from New Harmony\, Columbus\, Bloomington\, and Indianapolis; leading architects\, planners\, and designers; and utopian/communal studies scholars.\n\nWHY ATTEND?\n• To gain a deep understanding — via history\, literature\, philosophy and design — of the relationship between the built environment and social good.\n• To connect with others interested in imagining and striving for better communities.\n• To experience the extraordinary atmosphere\, public art\, and architecture of New Harmony — nestled along the Wabash River and steeped in contemporary art and a historic utopian spirit.\n• To savor the spring weather of southern Indiana.\nLocated at the southwest tip of Indiana near Evansville on land originally occupied by the Mississippian culture\, New Harmony is approximately 2.5 hours drive from Indianapolis\, and just over two hours from St. Louis and Louisville. Conference goers receive a special $89/night rate at the New Harmony Inn Resort & Conference Center. Call (812) 682-4431 to book and mention “Social Alchemy Symposium.” Click here for other lodging options.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/social-alchemy-symposium-visualizing-spaces/
LOCATION:New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art\, 506 Main St\, New Harmony\, IN\, 47631\, United States
CATEGORIES:classes,conference,SPARK,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Social Alchemy Symposium- Imaginary Cities\, The Arts and Healing
DESCRIPTION:The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\n\nEach day is themed and focused on single days. The symposium is free to attend either virtually or in person. Donations are appreciated and can be made via the registration link.\nDiscounted lodging is available at the New Harmony Inn (details below). Attendees are welcome to join any parts of the conference in person\, online\, or both. Registration is required to support communication and feedback.\n\nWednesday\, April 13\n8-10am central time – Mini-tours on the hour. Jump in either in person or on-line with artist led tours of various New Harmony landmarks! Check out the Harmonist Labyrinth\, a wunderkammer in the Workingmen’s Institute\, The Wabash River\, the Roofless Church and more.\n\n10-10:50 am central time\nOpening conversation:\nUtopian literature/writing in New Harmony featuring Susan Neville\, Matthew Graham\, Adrian Matejka.\n\n11 am-noon central time\nUtopic cultural projects conversation – visual art\, music & movement featuring Artist and musician\, Oreo Jones\, Visual artists\, Docey Lewis\, Big Car Co-founder\, Shauta Marsh\, Keesha Dixon\, Executive Director of Asante Art Institute of Indiana\, and Indy Dance Movement Collective Executive Director\, Lauren Curry.\n\n1:15-2:15 central time\nAuthor Maurice Broaddus\nWorldbuilding towards Community Work\nA community organizer and teacher\, his work has appeared in places like Lightspeed Magazine\, Black Panther: Tales from Wakanda\, Weird Tales\, Magazine of F&SF\, and Uncanny Magazine\, with some of his stories having been collected in The Voices of Martyrs. His books include the sci-fi novel Sweep of Stars; the steampunk works\, Buffalo Soldier and Pimp My Airship; and the middle grade detective novels\, The Usual Suspects and Unfadeable. His project\, Sorcerers\, is being adapted as a television show for AMC. He’s an editor at Apex Magazine.\n\n2:30-3:30pm central time (Zoom)\nImaginary Cities with Darran Anderson.\nAnderson is the author of Imaginary Cities and Inventory. Imaginary Cities was chosen as a best book of 2015 by the Financial Times\, The Guardian\, and the A.V. Club. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, the TLS\, frieze magazine\, Wired\, and the Architectural Review. He was born in Derry\, Ireland\, and lives in London.\n\n7:30pm central time (In person)\nGolf Cart Drive In-The Black Panther\, introduced by Maurice Broaddus\nNote: New Harmony\, IN (CST) and Indianapolis\, IN (EST)are in different time zones. Central time is one hour earlier than Eastern.\n\nMore about the Symposium:\nThe Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory mini-conference happening online and in person in New Harmony\, Indiana April 10-13\, 2022.\nTwice the site of utopian experiments in communitarian living\, New Harmony is now a town rich in beauty\, culture\, and history. And it makes the perfect location for people to enjoy some moments of respite and reconnect with others through conversations about the roles of art\, design\, and place in society.\nConversations — led by more than 20 notable authors\, artists\, designers\, researchers\, and philosophers from Indiana and around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking today and tomorrow while connecting with the past.\nThe symposium — organized through a partnership between Big Car Collaborative\, the University of Southern Indiana\, Historic New Harmony\, and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art — is made possible by Indiana Humanities\, the Efroymson Family Fund\, and New America. Additional partners include Indiana State Museum and PATTERN Magazine.\n\nSpeakers\, in-person unless otherwise noted\, include:\nEmily St. John Mandel\, author of the 2015 utopian/dystopian novel\, Station Eleven among other books and essays. Station Eleven has been translated into 33 languages and was adapted into an HBO series premiering in 2021 (virtual talk).\nMaurice Broaddus\, author of fiction centered on utopian and dystopian ideas through the genres of science fiction\, urban fantasy\, and horror.\nDarran Anderson\, author of Imaginary Cities (2015)\, an Irish writer focused on the intersections of urbanism\, culture\, technology and politics (virtual talk).\nCara Courage\, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; scholar and author in the realms of art and placemaking; and formerly of the Tate Modern in London.\nAlso: Indiana writers Susan Neville\, Adrian Matejka\, and Matthew Graham (current poet laureate); Indiana artists and arts leaders from New Harmony\, Columbus\, Bloomington\, and Indianapolis; leading architects\, planners\, and designers; and utopian/communal studies scholars.\n\nWHY ATTEND?\n• To gain a deep understanding — via history\, literature\, philosophy and design — of the relationship between the built environment and social good.\n• To connect with others interested in imagining and striving for better communities.\n• To experience the extraordinary atmosphere\, public art\, and architecture of New Harmony — nestled along the Wabash River and steeped in contemporary art and a historic utopian spirit.\n• To savor the spring weather of southern Indiana.\n\nLocated at the southwest tip of Indiana near Evansville on land originally occupied by the Mississippian culture\, New Harmony is approximately 2.5 hours drive from Indianapolis\, and just over two hours from St. Louis and Louisville. Conference goers receive a special $89/night rate at the New Harmony Inn Resort & Conference Center. Call (812) 682-4431 to book and mention “Social Alchemy Symposium.” Click here for other lodging options.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/social-alchemy-symposium-imaginary-cities-the-arts-and-healing/
LOCATION:Murphy Auditorium\, 419 Tavern St.\, New Harmony\, IN\, 47631\, United States
CATEGORIES:classes,conference,SPARK,Visual Art
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