Close Encounters of the Third Kind Film Screening and Discussion
2016-09-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
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 Close Encounters of the Third Kind then reference the interview between her and Hocking.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film, written and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey. It tells the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with an unidentified flying object (UFO).
In Partnership with Public House Cinema:
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The Five Obstructions Film Screening and Discussion
2016-10-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
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 Five Obstructions and The Perfect Human then reference the interview between her and Hocking.
The Five Obstructions is a 2003 Danish documentary film directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth. The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers. The premise is that von Trier has created a challenge for his friend and mentor, Jørgen Leth, another renowned filmmaker. von Trier’s favorite film is Leth’s The Perfect Human (1967), and von Trier gives Leth the task of remaking The Perfect Human five times, each time with a different “obstruction” (or obstacle) imposed by von Trier.
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Textile Dyeing and Water Emersion Workshop
2016-10-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Daren Redman, textile artisan, leads a textile dyeing and water emersion workshop providing all materials. Participants will use bandanas to create unique tie dye designs. To learn more about her hand dyed fabrics please click here.
This event is free and open to the public. All ages and skill levels are welcome!

Brian Priest Artist Talk--das Andenken "Memory Souvenir"
2016-11-10 18:30 - 20:15 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Brian James Priest will talk on current themes in German Art, about artists he met on his journey/studio visits in Germany, his exhibition at Nina Sagt Galerie and research for future works.
45 minutes–Q&A at the end
Priest is a interdisciplinary artist based in Indianapolis. He has presented his work at Yugong Art Museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, White Flag Project Space and more. Priest was a recipient of the Efroymson Contemporary Art Fellowship and is a CICF renewal Fellow. He is a Visiting Professor of Sculpture at Herron School of Art and Design and DePauw University. He is also owner of Kurb Design, a fabrication and design studio. Priest received his BFA from Herron School of Art and Design in 2004 and MFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2007.
Image: “Performance 2016. North Korean Embassy in Berlin.”
Starting from the front gate, Priest dribbled a basketball around
the North Korean Embassy, finishing with a long range
jump shot at the basketball goal located behind the
embassy on North Korean territory.

Pop-Up Woodworking Workshop
2016-11-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us for a Pop-Up Woodworking Workshop led by Teaching Artist, Brittany Rudolf.
We will begin with cut-and-paste collages and end with our images transferred onto wood!

Family friendly. All materials provided.

Brittany Rudolf is a multi-disciplinary artist who is serving as Public Ally with Big Car Collaborative for the 2016-2017 term. A graduate of Herron School of Art and Design with a BFA in Furniture Design and Sculpture, she combines her various creative interests with a love for community engagement.

Pop-Up Woodworking Workshop
2016-12-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us for a Pop-Up Woodworking Workshop led by teaching artist Brittany Rudolf.
ALL materials are provided. No previous experience is necessary, as we will use pre-cut pieces, so come in with an open mind and leave with a handpiece work!
This workshop is FREE and FAMILY FRIENDLY; however, space is limited and children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Reserve your spot by clicking here!
Brittany Rudolf is a multi-disciplinary artist who is serving as Public Ally with Big Car Collaborative for the 2016-2017 term. A graduate of Herron School of Art and Design with a BFA in Furniture Design and Sculpture, she combines her various creative interests with a love for community engagement.
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The Banana Man-Mike Kelley
2017-01-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Kelley’s 28-minute video project pieced together a character study of the Banana Man, a character from the children’s television show “Captain Kangaroo.” Having never watched the Banana Man himself, Kelley enlisted his childhood friends to recount their memories of him, memories which were weaved together into a fragmented narrative.
Writes Kelley: “This is my only truly solo video project. The tape is an exploration of character and was done in direct reaction to my performance work at the time, which was characterless. Video seemed a good way, by virtue of it not operating in ‘real’ time, of dealing with character and psychological motivation. ‘The Banana Man’ was a minor figure on a children’s television show I watched in my youth. I, myself, never saw this performer. Everything I know about him was told to me by my friends. The Banana Man is an attempt at constructing the psychology of the character — problematized by the fact that the character is already a fictional one, and by the fact that none of my observations were direct ones.”
1983, 28:15 min, color, sound

Discussion to follow screening.

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

Memory, Myth, and Metaphor
2017-01-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Memory, Myth, and Metaphor is a FREE, 5-week series for women and femmes only, that will explore the themes of memories, myths, and metaphors while exploring topics such as the body, self-presentation, and gender roles.
Join us for the first segment of the series in a special meetup with shehive. This meetup will include a dialogue about identity in the craft fields of wood and metalworking. Together, we will create pieces that explore a multi-faceted self. Bring materials that inspire you.
The following items will guide our conversation:
-article on gender construction:
http://www.criticalmediaproject.org/cml/topicbackground/gender/
-article on women and power tools: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/12/women_and_power_tools_ana_white_launches_a_trend.html
-website for a women-centered space:
http://www.aworkshopofourown.com/
-article about Vivian Beer:
http://www.writerloriferguson.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/MODERN-Vivian-Beer.pdf
Facilitated by Brittany Rudolf.
Brittany Rudolf is serving as a Public Ally with Big Car Collaborative for the 2016-2017 term. A graduate of Herron School of Art and Design with a BFA in Furniture Design and Sculpture, she combines her various creative interests with a love for people.
shehive is a grassroots project based in Indianapolis creating spaces to deconstruct gender inequity. Meetups are informal, gender neutral gatherings to explore gender issues in pop culture. To learn more about the project, visit shehive.org!
Reminder that shehive meetups are informal and gender inclusive gatherings to discuss gender issues in pop culture. Children ages 16+ are welcome. The conversation will not be censored.
*image by J.D. Hollis. http://densityofspace.com/archive/02011/April/week1.html

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

Thrice: Katy Kuchler, Jessica Kartawich, Victoria Jenkins
2017-04-07 18:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Artists Katy Kuchler, Jessica Kartawich and Victoria Jenkins take over 1205 Cruft St.
Jessica Kartawich: Act II “With love”, is a curation of gifts. “All of the items in this room hold value not in what they are, but in the way they were given and received. I am someone who places a high value on sentimentality and relationships and that extends to the physical representations of those things. The items on the walls are a few of the things that I’ve made throughout my life and given to those I care about—the things they’ve found important enough to keep. The items in the reliquary are a sampling of those that I have received throughout my life. The things in this room are two ends of a relationship, and a connection that holds them together. There’s something to be said for the sentimental notion of holding onto objects that someone you love gave you.”–Jessica Kartawich
Victoria Jenkins: Act III “Exploration” is named after her love for going new places and experiencing new things. “The pieces in the show were taken while in new places the first time I went there. These are the images I took with fresh eyes and what you see is what spoke to me. Each piece is made using a different medium, printing in induvial ways, edited differently, but displayed all together as a collective whole to showcase the entirety of who I am as an artist and how my work speaks to me.”–Victoria Jenkins

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

INOCENTE Documentary Screening
2017-06-01 17:30 - 20:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us for dinner and a screening of the Oscar-award-winning documentary Inocente followed by a Q & A with the artist. You can learn more about the documentary at inocentedoc.com.
Made possible by the Central Indiana Alliance Against Hate and The Clowes Fund Inc, in partnership with Heartland Film, who screened the film in 2016,CHIP Indianapolis and the Immigrant Welcome Center.
About the artist:
Inocente is a San Diego artist and activist. As a young child Inocente and her family immigrated to the US from Mexico. After her father’s arrest and deportation for domestic violence, most of Inocente’s childhood was spent moving from one homeless shelter to the next. When she was 12 years old Inocente discovered the power of art, and since then she has been able to use the arts as a vehicle to rise above many great life challenges. Despite her sometimes bleak surroundings, her brightly colored art represents a world of survival, love and hope. Her story is the subject of the Oscar-winning film “INOCENTE”, which depicts her life and art at age 15. Inocente now supports herself as a professional artist and motivational speaker, while also working as an after-school art teacher. For more information on Inocente please visit originalinocenteart.com.
Children are very welcome to attend all programming over the course of the weekend.
Say you’re coming on Facbeook: https://www.facebook.com/events/120965935139152/

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

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

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

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

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

Carlos Rolón/Dzine: 50 GRAND, LIVE Fights
2017-07-07 19:00 - 21:00
50 GRAND, LIVE Fights is a newly commissioned performative installation consisting of Golden Gloves Sanctioned live fights.The participating fighters will wear Rolón’s 50 GRAND robe. The robe is on display in the ring when the ring is not in use. The overall art exhibition, also titled 50 GRAND, is open 6-10 p.m. the same evening.
Seating is limited but fights will be streamed on YouTube Live.
Made possible by Herbert Simon Family Foundation (a Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate), The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Top Rank Boxing, and Sun King Brewing Company.

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

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

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

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

Art Workshop for Ages 6 +
2017-07-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States

Larissa Hammond: the / a mind the b mind
2017-08-04 18:00 - 2017-10-21 22:00
the/a mind the b mind, is a fully commissioned exhibit featuring four large scale paintings, one in collaboration with poet Ariana Reines.
The exhibit is several years in the making. “Through the years this show has evolved, my body has been attacking itself through my immune system,” says Hammond. “I went down many paths with both my art and physical body before I finally reached a turning point.”
The paintings happened after a series of conversations with Reines. “We spoke about the silence women carry, what it really means and feels like to give consent, communications that result from being mixed race and culture in America, the importance of ownership and protection over one’s own body, taking care, how crucial it is to identify as sane, and the importance of relating to other people with love and humor as a way through any kind of opposition,” says Hammond.
The paintings themselves are an exploration in communication using a collective unconscious that Hammond built through her writings alongside conversations with Reines. “This collective unconscious is a combination of my matrilineal cultural heritage (Afro-Caribbean), past experiences, and direct feedback from my body as I recovered from a brain injury,” says Hammond.
Born in Indianapolis, IN, Larissa Hammond studied Architecture and Linguistics at the University of Cincinnati before earning her BA from Portland State University. In 2012, Hammond earned her MFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art + Oregon College of Art & Craft. Since graduating, her thesis was purchased by conceptual artist Luis Camnitzer and she was named by Modern Painters Magazine as 1 of 25 Artists to Watch. Her first solo edition, THE REDDENING, was featured by Monograph Bookwerks and Triangular Press at the Codex International and LA Art Book Fairs. THE REDDENING was also purchased by the University of Iowa, Indiana University, and Oregon College of Art & Craft Rare / Artist Book Collections.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, poet, playwright, and translator Ariana Reines earned a BA from Barnard College, and completed graduate work at both Columbia University and the European Graduate School, where she studied literature, performance, and philosophy. Her books of poetry include The Cow (2006), which won the Alberta Prize from Fence Books; Coeur de Lion (2007); and Mercury (2011). Her poems have been anthologized in Against Expression (2011) and Gurlesque (2010). Known for her interest in bodily experience, the occult, new media, and the possibilities of the long or book-length form, Reines has been described as “one of the crucial voices of her generation” by Michael Silverblatt on NPR’s Bookworm.
Made possible by the Herbert Simon Family Foundation and Sun King Brewery.

Belladonna of Sadness
2017-09-20 20:30 - 22:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation, never before officially released in the U.S., BELLADONNA OF SADNESS is a mad, swirling, psychedelic light-show of medieval tarot-card imagery with horned demons, haunted forests and La Belle Dame Sans Merci with J.R.R. Tolkien influences.
We will be discussing this film, the role witchcraft and superstition have played in gender roles throughout history, all in relation to our exhibit Larissa Hammond: the/ a mind the b mind.
The last film in the Animerama trilogy produced by the godfather of Japanese anime & manga, Osamu Tezuka and directed by his longtime collaborator Eiichi Yamamoto (ASTRO BOY and KIMBA THE WHITE LION), BELLADONNA unfolds as a series of spectacular still watercolor paintings that bleed and twist together. A young woman, Jeanne (voiced by Aiko Nagayama) is assaulted by the local lord on her wedding night. To take revenge, she makes a pact with the Devil himself (voiced by Tatsuya Nakadai, from Akira Kurosawa’s RAN) who appears as a sprite and transforms her into a black-robed vision of madness and desire.
Extremely transgressive, BELLADONNA is fueled by a mind-blowing Japanese psych rock soundtrack by noted avant-garde jazz composer Masahiko Satoh. The film has been newly restored by Cinelicious Pics using the original 35 mm camera negative and sound elements and including over 8 minutes of surreal footage cut from the negative. On par with Rene Laloux’s FANTASTIC PLANET and Ralph Bakshi’s WIZARDS as an LSD-stoked 1970s head trip, BELLADONNA marks a major rediscovery for animation fans. If Led Zeppelin had a favorite film, this would be it. In other words, Stairway to Hell.

Ariana Reines
2017-10-21 13:00 - 15:00
Join us for a reading and talk with Ariana Reines. Named one of Flavorwire’s 100 best living writers and “a crucial voice of her generation” by Michael Silverblatt, Ariana Reines lives in Queens, mostly. Text from a Reines poem was used in the Larissa Hammond piece, Initiation. Hammond’s exhibit, The / a mind the b mind, is currently on display at Tube Factory. This event will mark the close of the exhibition. To ensure a seat, RSVP at email hidden; JavaScript is required
More about Ariana Reines:
Her books include The Cow (Alberta Prize, 2006), Coeur de Lion (2007); Mercury (2011), A Sand Book (2017), from FENCE, and The Origin of the World (2014) from Semiotext(e). TELEPHONE, her first play (2009) was commissioned by The Foundry Theatre and received two Obie Awards; a Norwegian translation will premiere in Mollebyen, Norway in 2017. FRANCESCA, a play by Nathalie Rozanes based on writings & performances by Reines premiered at the National Theatre of Belgium in 2016. Other performance & theatrical works include: MORTAL KOMBAT (2015), commissioned by Le Mouvement Biel/Bienne & performed at The Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA, & Gallery TPW, Toronto, CA, and LORNA (2013) at Martin E. Segal Theatre, New York, USA, both in collaboration with Jim Fletcher, The Origin of the World (2013) at Modern Art, London UK, & many others. Art exhibitions include PUBIC SPACE (2016), a collaboration with Oscar Tuazon at Modern Art in London, UK, EXHAUST (2016) at Contemporary Art Tasmania, AU, and JANE DARK (2014) at Western Front, Vancouver, CA. Reines is the translator of Baudelaire’s My Heart Laid Bare (Mal-O-Mar, 2009); Jean-Luc Hennig’s The Little Black Book of Grisélidis Réal:Days and Nights of an Anarchist Whore(Semiotext(e) 2009); and Tiqqun’s Preliminary Materials Toward a Theory of the Young-Girl (Semiotext(e) 2012). She has taught at Columbia University, the European Graduate School, NYU, Tufts, Naropa, The New School, & many other places. In 2009 she was Roberta C. Holloway Lecturer in Poetry at the University of California-Berkeley. She astrologizes at lazyeyehaver.com.
This event is in partnership with University of Indianapolis and made possible by a grant through Indiana Humanities.

LaShawnda Crowe Storm with Maria E Hamilton Abegunde: Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams
2017-11-03 18:00 - 2018-01-20 15:00
November 3-January 20
Open every first Friday 6-10 p.m.

Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams expands the dialogues began in Crowe Storm’s works Her Name is Laura Nelson and Be/Coming with newly commissioned pieces: Poems, Origin and Sister Song.

On the South wall of the main gallery is Her Name Is Laura Nelson. It is Quilt I from The Lynch Quilts Project Series which explores the history and ramifications of racial violence in America, particularly lynching, through the textile tradition of quilting. Crowe Storm started the series 15 years ago. Her Name is Laura Nelson explores the intersection of lynching and gender violence.

In the North section of the main gallery is Be/Coming, the first in the series Masquerade Americana, a collaboration between Crowe Storm and Maria Eliza Hamilton Abegunde that began in 2007. This piece is rooted in the various masquerade traditions found throughout Africa, particularly Gelede (Gail-lah-day) and Egungun (Ay-goon-goon) of the Yoruba in Nigeria. Gelede celebrates female mystical power, while Egungun honors one’s ancestors.The Masquerade Americana series addresses historical and contemporary social ills and in/justices rooted in the American context from a Black / African-American lens.

Origin, in the west section of the main gallery, is a bronze casting of the pelvic bone of an unknown African American woman.

On the East wall is the poetry of Abegunde. The poems Be/Coming, Laura Nelson Speaks, Origin, and Birth Song were written specifically for the ongoing collaboration with Crowe Storm. The remaining poems, The Answer to Your Question and Supplication, are earlier works that call attention to the historical erasure and disappearance of young Black girls and women. Supplication is also a prayer to the Yoruba deity Osun that combines elements of oriki for Osun (praise names) with a plea for guidance to find, in this case, Tionda and Diamond Bradley who were reported disappeared/missing on July 6, 2001.

The writings and libation bowl add new layers to the experiences of remembering words and performances that examine how the abuse, loss, and commodification of one’s womanhood and humanity can be transformed through processes that lead to healing and the rebirthing and re/making of identity.

In the installation room is Sister Song, grounded within the context of community co-creation efforts, the bronze womb shapes were given to selected artists to complete their transformation.

Each piece exhibited in Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams was developed with the hands of many.

About Lashawnda Crowe Storm
If life were a photo, then Crowe Storm’s artwork would be its negative, seeking to explore those aspects in our society that have been ignored or forgotten such as history, lynching, misogyny, slavery and suicide. Her art is a form of social work and she uses it to open doorways to community dialogue, which is the first step to healing, which in itself leads to wider social change. Through her work, a voice is given to the marginalized people and disregarded aspects of our society.
About Maria E Hamilton Abegunde
Maria E Hamilton Abegunde is a Memory Keeper, poet, ancestral priest in the Yoruba Orisa tradition, and a Reiki Master. Her research and creative work respectfully approach the Earth and human bodies as sites of memory, and always with the understanding that memory never dies, is subversive, and can be recovered to transform transgenerational trauma and pain into peace and power. She is a visiting lecturer in the department of African American and African Diaspora Studies and the founding director of The Graduate Mentoring Center at Indiana University.
A series of events accompany the exhibition:
December 3, 3-5 p.m.
BeComing Whole: It Takes a Village to Heal a Community
Join artists featured in Sister Song for a discussion about how the project developed and what it means to become whole through the process of making art that represents their own births. The artists will share why they accepted the invitation to participate, why they selected the “womb” that they did, how and why they selected the materials, what they learned about themselves in the process, and what was the most transformative part of this creation.
December 9, 3-5 p.m.

January 13, 3-5 p.m.
Afriye Wekandodis: Telling Our Stories to Be Free
Songs for Laura Nelson (Performance)
Singer, performer and Sister Song womb-maker, Afriye We-kandodis will present a two-part performance examining the themes present in Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams. Sista Yo Mama U n Me Too shares the story of violation then reclamation and transformation as an enslaved woman grapples rape and how she spoke life into the spirit of a fellow tribesman who was used to violate her. Through the performance,I Am Laura Nelson she’ll bring voice and life to Laura Nelson.

January 20, 3-5pm
Keeping our Mothers’ Dreams Alive
For many of us, our mothers never spoke their dreams out loud. Sometimes, they did not dare dream them. We, however, are the ones they waited and are waiting for. We also have our own dreams. The power of dreamtime and the word are this: to remind us who we are, to soothe our souls, and to create futures that break away from the past but do not forget them. The exhibition will end with poetry readings, spoken word performances, and ritual to remember and give gratitude to all our Mothers’ Dreams.
This exhibit was made possible by the Herbert Simon Family Foundation, Alan Mills and Sun King
Pictured: LaShawnda Crowe Storm,”Untitled”(2017), bronze casting of pelvic bone
Image courtesy of Polina Osherov and the artist.

BeComing Whole: It Takes A Village To Heal A Community
2017-12-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
As part of the exhibition, Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams, join artists featured in the installation, Sister Song. Sister Song is an interactive installation grounded within the context of community co-creation efforts, bronze womb shapes were given to selected artists to complete their transformation
Afriye We-Kandodis, Breon Tyler, LaShawnda Crowe Storm, Maria E Hamilton Abegunde, Marilyn Michele Kunkle, Monica Johnson, Patricia Williams, Phyllis Viola Boyd and Tysha Ahmad will discuss how the project developed and what it means to become whole through the process of making art representing their own births. The artists will share why they accepted the invitation to participate, why they selected the “womb” that they did, how and why they selected the materials, what they learned about themselves in the process, and what was the most transformative part of the creation.
Image: Sister Song: Sapphire & Crystals by Patricia Williams

Artist Talk: LaShawnda Crowe Storm and Maria Hamilton Abegunde
2017-12-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
How and why do a visual artist and poet come together to create new works through individual and community practices? What guides them to make art that could lead to community healing? Why do they view the community as an essential component of art making, resistance, healing, and transformation? Join Lashawnda Crowe Storm and Abegunde as they share their history of art making and the potential of the arts to help individuals and communities heal from historical and personal traumas.

Sometimes A Wind Blows
2018-01-05 18:00 - 22:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
A live sound art installation with artists Mark Tester, Adrian Caldera, Ian Donkin, Zech Baumhover, Ron Castillo, Tyler Sharp and Casey Synesael.
