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SUMMARY:New Harmony Community Conversation-Social Alchemy
DESCRIPTION:New Harmony residents are invited to our help plan for our reboot of Social Alchemy\, a series of events connecting New Harmony and Indianapolis! These meet ups in New Harmony invite residents to meet those involved in proposing in the project and become part of it.\nThis meeting we will discuss the symposium which is scheduled for April 10-13\, 2022.\n\nE-mail email hidden; JavaScript is required for the Zoom link. This meeting is at 6pm in New Harmony\, IN.\n\nWhy is this called Social Alchemy? In our research about New Harmony\, we discovered that Father George Rapp — founder of the Harmonists\, the first utopian experiment in New Harmony — studied alchemy and was trying to make gold and other precious commodities to fund his vision of utopia. Today\, with New Harmony already a successful town with much to offer (including events and public programs)\, this project and symposium combines all the assets of New Harmony: the people who live there\, the architecture\, art\, and food to celebrate and expand the town’s magic to Indianapolis and hopefully even further. We’re calling this mixture of everything Social Alchemy.\n\nNew Harmony\, Indiana brims with art\, history\, architecture\, and a strong sense of place. The impact of past and current efforts within this community have created a town that continues to represent the universal human condition.\n\nWhat can we in urban Indianapolis learn from rural New Harmony’s social alchemy? Tons. With support of Indiana Humanities and the Efroymson Family fund and our partners — University of Southern Indiana\, Indiana State Museum\, Historic New Harmony\, New Harmony Workingmen’s Institute Central Library\, and lots of individuals –– we will explore\, learn and share how the pursuit of utopia forms places and pursuits.\n\nWHY IS BIG CAR INVOLVED?\nWe’re fascinated by people who strive for utopia and by intentional communities: Past\, present\, and future. Our overarching goal for the Cruft Street Commons project in Garfield Park is to develop an arts-focused\, socially cohesive block. And a key inspiration is the southwestern Indiana town\, New Harmony — location of multiple and varied utopian experiments.\n\nTHE PROGRAM\nThis idea started with visits by Big Car Collaborative/Tube Factory artspace curator\, Shauta Marsh\, and artist and writer Jim Walker\, to New Harmony over the past several years and conversations with artist\, writer\, and philanthropist Jeremy Efroymson — who lives\, part-time\, in New Harmony — and former New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art director Garry Holstein. It is made possible by Indiana Humanities and The Efroymson Family Fund.\n\nWHAT WE’RE DOING:\n• An interdisciplinary exhibition at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art focused on New Harmony’s visionary civic leader and preservationist Jane Owen (1915–2010).\n• An exhibition at the Tube Factory about the history and art of New Harmony (designed to travel)\, with emphasis on Angel in the Forest and visual interpretations of this lyrical text.\n• A series of radio shows.\n• A symposium in April 2022 in New Harmony to include philosophers\, writers\, historians\, designers\, architects\, placemakers\, urban and rural city planners\, politicians\, and community organizers.\n• Two Tube Factory exhibitions by Native American artists Elisa Harkins and Wendy Red Star: both creative responses to their peoples’ forced dystopias\, with ideas for cultural renewal.\n\nTHE IMPACT\nThis project explores historical and contemporary examples of utopian experiments\, fictional utopias and dystopias\, and social design projects. It offers a deeper understanding of the relationship between the built environment and social good.\n\nPROJECT PARTNERS\nUniversity of Southern Indiana: As the administrator of both Historic New Harmony and the New Harmony Gallery\, USI is encouraging staff\, professors\, and students to participate in the project.\n\nHistoric New Harmony: HNH will host programs\, help to develop the exhibitions\, and help travel the New Harmony exhibition about after its Indianapolis debut.\nNew Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art: The gallery will host the Jane Owen exhibition.\nIndiana State Museum: The museum will be assisting with research\, and help with didactics.\nPattern will be a promotional partner alongside Big Car’s low-power radio station 99.1 WQRT FM.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/new-harmony-community-conversation-social-alchemy/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Activities,SPARK,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Nick May: Fag Family
DESCRIPTION:“Fag Family is a series of double portraits of individuals in my queer community. These portraits capture the queer relationships\, queer spaces\, and the liberating magic of queer world-building that I have the privilege to observe and be a part of\,” says May.\n“Historically\, portraiture was a display of wealth and power; a luxury afforded only to the rich\, affluent\, white aristocracy. Queer individuals\, especially queer individuals of color\, have been totally erased from that history. I vehemently reject the stink of white supremacy and classism that continues to infect the art world\, and my goal with these portraits is to subvert that ugly history by capturing my fellow queer friends with all of the luxuriance and beauty of oil painting.\n\nCreated with photo references\, my portraits are nearly life-size and meticulously painted in order to earnestly catalog and celebrate the human lives I observe. Painting is an incredibly physical process: building the stretcher bar\, stretching the canvas\, priming and the process of painting demands an inordinate amount of energy. This painstaking process is compulsory however\, because it is crucial for me to match the energy of the sitter I portray. Exerting so much energy into the surface of the canvas itself injects a kind of life into the portrait\, as a homage to the living person themself.\n\nMany of my fundamental artistic influences derive from the trauma I endured as a queer child. The escapist avenues I ventured in adolescence like children’s novels\, campy movie musicals\, fantasy video games made an invariable impression upon me. Growing up with image-dump platforms like Tumblr and Instagram exposed me to many artists who influence my work: Alice Neel\, Mickalene Thomas\, and Jordan Casteel to name a few. As a queer adult\, drag queens\, experimental pop music\, and queer literature has indelibly impacted me. The apotheosis of these influences has left me obsessed with beautiful images\, creating fantasies\, and the human lives around me.\n\nThe power and beauty of my queer community inspired me to create this body of work. Despite existing in predominantly conservative midwestern towns and within an oppressive society\, we create safe spaces for one another to brazenly enjoy our queerness. Within these spaces we transform ourselves\, celebrate\, and love one another. Within these spaces we create a whole new world that celebrates and uplifts us.”\n\nNick May is a portrait artist whose practice is deeply rooted in community and queerness. They received their Bachelors of Fine Arts with emphasis in Painting from Ball State University and are currently working as a portrait artist in Indianapolis\, Indiana. Created from photographs\, their portraits are nearly life-size and meticulously painted in order to earnestly capture and celebrate the human lives they encounter.\n\nMade possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/nick-may-fag-family/
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:Words and Music-From The Belly: Etheridge Knight
DESCRIPTION:In this installment of Words & Music\, an audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers\, Sean Smith aka\, Oreo Jones\, explores the fascinating life and poetry of an Indiana Icon\, Etheridge Knight.\nSusan Neville\, Adrian Matejka\, Hanako Gavia\, and Smith discuss Knight’s later years as a poet living in Indianapolis\, his critically acclaimed publishings after prison\, and the art of meddling.\nBorn in rural Mississippi\, Etheridge Knight would grow to become one of the most prolific voices in the late Black Arts movement in the 70s. In a dark and dreary jail cell in Michigan City\, Knight would begin to find his true voice and calling as a pivotal writer/poet of the 20th century. A couple years into his sentence Etheridge would correspond with an American poet\, author\, teacher\, and Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks\, and Detroit’s Dudley Randal from Broadside Press. It was his first published poetry book\, “Poems From Prison” that would make a splash in the literary world of poetry.\nUpon his release from prison\, Knight would move around the country as a mysterious figure of Black American folklore\, Known for his authenticity of the Black experience and his legendary Haikus. It was after the release of “Belly Song and other Poems”\, Knight grabbed a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1973\, and would help establish the Free Peoples Poetry Workshop.\nThe episode features poetry from Etheridge Knight along with a live soundtrack provided by Sean Smith’s father\, Mark Powell.\nThis is a continuation of an eight-part series made possible by Indiana Humanities and produced by WQRT and Big Car Collaborative.\nYou can listen live via the streaming link or listen on regular FM radio in Indianapolis by tuning in to 99.1 FM.\nAbout the participants in this show (all Indiana writers):\nSusan Neville is the author of six works of creative nonfiction and her collections of short fiction include The Town of Whispering Dolls\, winner of the Doctorow Prize for Innovative Fiction; In the House of Blue Lights\, winner of the Richard Sullivan prize; and Invention of Flight\, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. She teaches at Butler University.\nAdrian Matejka was born in Nuremberg\, Germany and grew up in Indianapolis\, Indiana. He teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington and served as Poet Laureate of Indiana for 2018-19. He is the author of five award winning books and his first graphic novel\, “Last On His Feet” is forthcoming from Liveright in 2022.\nHanako Gavia is the Assistant Director of the Center for Citizenship and Community at Butler University. She also is the great niece of Etheridge Knight.\nOreo Jones has made Indianapolis his creative mecca. A multi-talented artist who delves into sound\, music\, and visual experimentation\, Jones shares and expands the minds of people in surrounding neighborhoods\, while helping the city grow.\nThis episode contains strong language which may be offensive to some listeners. Listeners discretion is advised (edited)\nPainting of Etheridge Knight by Michael Jordan aka\, Alkemi.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/words-and-music-from-the-belly-etheridge-knight/
LOCATION:99.1 WQRT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Listen Hear,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Lockerbie Movie Night-Alice (live soundtrack by Landon Caldwell and Mark Tester)
DESCRIPTION:Step through the looking glass with us at Lockerbie Movie Night! Box Burger food truck and Sun King Brewery will help fill your bellys. Sound artists Landon Caldwell and Mark Tester will stimulate your ears with a live soundtrack to Czech director and stop-motion animator Jan Svankmajer’s “Alice.” Loosely based on the classic Alice in Wonderland story\, the colors and proportions are dreamlike and lucid — even more so than one might imagine\, and the pace at which it moves is both enchanting and perplexing. Svankmajer calls it a children’s film\, but any adult would be equally as entertained by the strangeness of it all.\nIn Svankmajer’s “Alice\,” the main character switches back and forth between being a human and a doll. And there’s no shortage of weird little details that make you cringe: rats that decide to camp out on Alice’s head and start a bonfire\, socks that function as worms and crawl in and out of the wooden floors\, animal creatures collaged out of bones\, metal\, and scarps who try to trap Alice into a closet full of creepy\, crawly things.\n\nAbout Landon Caldwell & Mark Tester: Caldwell & Tester are Indianapolis-based artists\, musicians\, composers\, and producers. Their duo work explores various niches in electronic music with a focus on process\, often incorporating spontaneous composition & experimentation with an array of technology\, creating works that harness rhythm\, ambiance\, and melody to conjure meditations on fleeting sensations and early morning comedowns.\nTogether they have toured in the United States\, Canada\, and Europe and are regularly engaged with artists and musicians across the Midwest and beyond. Since 2016 they have operated Medium Sound\, producing a number of the label’s releases.\nFilm will start at 7:15pm\nRun time 1 hour and 35 minutes.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lockerbie-movie-night-alice-live-soundtrack-by-landon-caldwell-and-mark-tester/
LOCATION:Needler’s Market\, 320 N New Jersey\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Listen Hear,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211112T190000
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SUMMARY:Eternity 123
DESCRIPTION:Change is a central element to the avant-garde Japanese dance form of Butoh. As a part of the Spirit & Place Festival\, Big Car Collaborative and Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective have partnered to present choreographer and performer Vangeline presents an original work\, Eternity 123 \, that asks audiences to see Butoh as a way to transmute the pain and discord of societal shifts into art. \nEternity 123\, is the third installment of a feminist dance triptych choreographed and performed by Vangeline. Eternity 123 traces the symbolic journey of women’s emancipation across time. With this piece\, Vangeline also celebrates the impact of women on the art form of Butoh\, and “cabaret.” \nButoh is a hybrid form of dance theater that came out of Post WWII Japan. Butoh links physical and spiritual practices from around the globe and accounts for aging of differently abled bodies as well as the energetic qualities of youth. Drawing from many Eastern spiritual traditions\, Butoh revalues darkness as a transformative agent and an integral aspect to growth\, healing and transformation for both performer and audience alike.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/9385/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220129T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220129T160000
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SUMMARY:Create Hear-Kris Graves
DESCRIPTION:Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative\, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing\, innovative\, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis\, across Indiana\, and beyond.\n\nIn this episode\, Oreo Jones interviews photographer Kris Graves\, the most recent Artist in Residence at Aurora PhotoCenter and whose exhibit “A Southern Horror” is Feb.4-March 20 at Tube Factory artspace’s Guichelaar Gallery.\n\nGraves (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.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/create-hear-kris-graves/
LOCATION:99.1 WQRT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220203T140000
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SUMMARY:Create Hear-Kris Graves
DESCRIPTION:Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative\, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing\, innovative\, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis\, across Indiana\, and beyond.\n\nIn this episode\, Oreo Jones interviews photographer Kris Graves\, the most recent Artist in Residence at Aurora PhotoCenter and whose exhibit “A Southern Horror” is Feb.4-March 20 at Tube Factory artspace’s Guichelaar Gallery.\n\nGraves (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.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/create-hear-kris-graves-2/
LOCATION:99.1 WQRT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220205T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220205T150000
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SUMMARY:Create Hear: Laura Foster Nicholoson
DESCRIPTION:Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative\, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing\, innovative\, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis\, across Indiana\, and beyond.\n\nIn this episode\, Shauta Marsh interviews New Harmony\, IN based textile artist Laura Foster Nicholson\, who recently received the Dehaan Artist of Distinction Award. Her exhibit “Scenes from the Carbon Border” runs February 4-April 18 at Tube Factory artspace.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/create-hear-laura-foster-nicholoson/
LOCATION:99.1 WQRT\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220304T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220325T180000
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SUMMARY:Kelvin Burzon and Jenny Delfuego: Process/Progress
DESCRIPTION:Multi-genre visual artists Kelvin Burzon and Jenny Delfuego are creating movement-based work to accompany their visual art as part of a partnership between Big Car Collaborative and Indy Movement Arts.\nIn the fall of 2020\, Indy Movement Arts began experimenting with small\, digital fellowships as a small contribution towards the arts economy and keeping artistic production viable. The Process/Progress residency is the latest iteration of this experiment\, paying intermedia artists to reflect on their creative process and how they incorporate movement into their practice.\nThe residency was conceived as a digital one but given that Indy Movement Arts is rooted in movement and dance\, a discipline that often involves some immediate interchange between artist and audience\, the artists were commissioned in partnership between the two organizations to make a new work involving such an interchange.\n\nAbout the artists:\nKelvin Burzon’s recent work addresses\, but does not attempt to resolve\, the tension between religion and homosexuality. He examines religion’s traditions\, imagery\, theatricality\, and psychological vestige. By appropriating religious imagery and language\, the work is recontextualized by the insertion of LGBTQ members and activists. Burzon’s work has been exhibited abroad and all over the country and is part of several permanent collections including the Kinsey Institute and The Center for Photography at Woodstock.\n\nJenny Delfuego was born in Chicago to immigrant parents and has been exhibiting work under different monikers since the 90s. She examines ephemerality\, light and shadow\, and the edges of impermanence. The indications of our existence are often made and unmade in the time it takes to observe them. Her involvement with Indy Movement Arts has promoted experiments in communal conversation and collaboration. What marks\, what indications do these conversations leave? Delfuego studied painting at Indiana University and her work is in private and corporate collections on five continents.\n\nThe exhibit is made possible by The Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation\, The Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The City of Indianapolis and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.\n\nPerformances will take place March 25th
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/kelvin-burzon-and-jenny-delfuego-process-progress/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220304T180000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220304T180000
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220801T170000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220323T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220323T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152521
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SUMMARY:The Color of Pomegranates
DESCRIPTION:Join Kan-Kan Cinema and Big Car Collaborative for the screening of “The Color of Pomegranates” (Sayat Nova). The late Soviet director\, Sergei Paradjanov\, makes an earnest attempt to fuse poetry and film by seriously exploring the poetic potential of the cinema.\nA breathtaking fusion of poetry\, ethnography\, and cinema\, Sergei Parajanov’s masterwork overflows with unforgettable images and sounds. In a series of tableaux that blend the tactile with the abstract\, “The Color of Pomegranates” revives the splendors of Armenian culture through the story of the eighteenth-century troubadour Sayat-Nova\, charting his intellectual\, artistic\, and spiritual growth through iconographic compositions rather than traditional narrative. The film’s tapestry of folklore and metaphor departed from the realism that dominated the Soviet cinema of its era\, leading authorities to block its distribution\, with rare underground screenings presenting it in a restructured form. This edition features the cut closest to Parajanov’s original vision\, in a restoration that brings new life to one of cinema’s most enigmatic meditations on art and beauty.\nA deliriously beautiful film “The Color of Pomegranates” stays in the mind long after the film has run its course.\nBig Car Co-founder & Director of Programming and Exhibitions\, Shauta Marsh will host a discussion and Q&A post the film.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/the-color-of-pomegranates/
LOCATION:Kan-Kan Cinema\, 1258 Windsor St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Garfield Park,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220325T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152521
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SUMMARY:Process/Progress Art Salon
DESCRIPTION:Join Indy Movement Arts and Big Car Collaborative for an innovative evening of performance\, performance art\, and kinetic creation.\n\nKelvin Burzon and Jenny Delfuego will premier new work as a part of the Indy Movement Arts Process/Progress residency\, accompanied by original work from Indy Movement Arts dance-makers\, Bethany Bak and Lauren Curry. Patrons are invited to freely traverse the space; Drink\, talk\, and make merry as creation unfolds in all the nooks and crannies of the Tube Factory Artspace. From the intricately constructed to the joyfully participatory\, there will be something for everyone. For the truly locked-in art-goer\, the evening will culminate in a technicolor dance party.\n\nWill we levitate the Tube Factory with good vibrations? There’s only one way to find out…\n\nIn the fall of 2020\, Indy Movement Arts began experimenting with digital fellowships as a small contribution to towards keeping artistic production viable. The Process/Progress residency is part of that experiment\, paying artists to reflect on their creative process and how they incorporate movement into their practice.\n\nAbout this event\nDoors open at 7:00pm. The performances and participatory offerings will be scattered throughout the evening (7:00-9:00pm) and we will close out the night with a technicolor dance party\, beginning at 9:00pm.\n\nProcess/Progress Art Salon is presented in partnership with Big Car Collaborative and is made possible by The Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The City of Indianapolis\, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/process-progress-art-salon/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220401T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152521
CREATED:20220315T162549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T163310Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220401T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220523T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T161244Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220411T190000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220413T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220413T210000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220506T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220717T180000
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SUMMARY:Juan Chawuk: Iridiscencia Cultural
DESCRIPTION:Juan Chawuk invites viewers to experience his home state of Chiapas\, Mexico through paintings\, photography\, sculptures and murals. As part of an ongoing series\, this work shines light on the multicultural citizens of Chiapas\, how they’ve coexisted for centuries\, and how conflict there has fostered new ways of creating.\nAs an indigenous Maya Tojobal artist\, Chawuk’s photographs show how cultures fuse together a shared iconography including some imposed by outside cultures with what remains from traditions of the past — including from the land’s ancient cultures. These icons generate dialogue and reflect emotional colors and shapes\, leading to surprises. The series of small paintings are more mythical with a touch of the magical realism often linked with Latin American art and literature. Featuring live models and jungle animals\, the paintings’ brushstrokes suggest the magnificent handicrafts of the Chiapas region. And the sculpture is made of mud and fibers from the jungle that the Lacandones people once used for tunics. This piece encourages viewers to experience the Chiapas cultures and their nature.\nChawuk’s interpretations transform perceptions of Chiapas and allow viewers to experience the creative iridescence (a reflection of various colors\, similar to a rainbow) that his senses capture in these works.\n\nThe exhibit is a partnership with Arte Mexicano en Indiana and curated by its founder\, Eduardo Luna. Luna is a social practice artist\, cultural promoter and advocate for Mexican identity and Latina/o/x culture. Luna hails from the state of Guerrero\, the city of Acapulco\, in the Costa Chica region of southern Pacific Mexico. Since 2012\, he has been curating events featuring artists of Mexican and Latina/o/x heritage for diverse Indiana audiences. Eduardo is a co-founder of Nopal Cultural\, La Sardina Gallery\, and Radio Calaca (formerly Espanglish Night)\, and has served for many years as Big Car staff artist. Arte Mexicano en Indiana was founded in 2020\, with a mission to encourage and promote Mexican art\, music\, and culture in Indiana through collaborations and by organizing and promoting public events. “Our vision is that people of Mexican heritage develop pride in their cultural heritage\, and that native Hoosiers develop a richer perspective on the Mexican people and the culture we contribute to Indiana\,” says Eduardo. He is a member of the international Mexican Cultural Art Alliance (MCAA)\, a group of Mexican and Mexican-American arts administrators started by Carlos Tortolero\, founder of the National Museum of Mexican Art.\n\nJuan Chawuk: Iridiscencia Cultural\nLa percepción de la cultura de Chiapas se transforma con las interpretaciones. Ahí surge la iridiscencia (Reflejo de colores distintos\, generalmente como los del arco iris)creativa que captan mis sentidos y que se manifiesta a través de estas obras.\nEn esta muestra de tres series\, hago referencia a esas interacciones en el tiempo que muestran a Chiapas como hogar de varias culturas milenarias en gran agitación global\, con una identidad en constante conflicto que se expresa en nuevas maneras de crear.\nLa serie de fotografías es una muestra clara de una combinación de filosofías y creencias religiosas; la interpretación de las imágenes impuestas por una cultura externa con lo local\, el pasado remoto de una cultura milenaria\, pero que en la actualidad tienen interlocución y genera los prismas que reflejan colores emocionales y formas que sorprenden a la vida diaria.\nEsta serie de fotos se hizo reflexionando sobre las emociones que provoca las fusiones de iconografías.\nLa serie de obras pequeñas es más mítica y su toque de realismo mágico identifica a Latinoamérica con los procesos creativos\, desde modelos en vivo hasta animales de la selva. Sus pinceladas recuerdan las energías de la naturaleza que se mezclan con las magníficas obras artesanales de la región Chiapaneca.\nAsimismo\, la serie de piezas de barro y fibras de la selva que antes utilizaban los lacandones para túnicas\, juega con las estampas de los textiles sin ser tan obvias pero pretende llevar al espectador a rememorar un Chiapas que\, si ya lo conoce\, se transforma en experiencia que revive. Y si aún no lo conoce\, transporta al espectador a Chiapas y sus textiles en un contexto contemporáneo\, fantástico y creativo que invita a una experiencia de vida con estas culturas y su naturaleza.\nQue esta muestra sea una manera de conocer una parte de México que se identifica con lo global contemporáneo pero con una raíz muy valiosa de su pasado milenario.\n\n\nMade possible by Arte Mexicano en Indiana\, The Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The City of Indianapolis and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/juan-chawuk-iridiscencia-cultural/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220603T220000
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SUMMARY:Tsanavi Spoonhunter Select Short Films
DESCRIPTION:“Purple Flower Girl”\nRaised from humble beginnings in a rural town\, artist Jean LaMarr celebrates her cultural traditions while making a name for herself in the larger art world. Purple Flower Girl will take viewers into a space meant for those who are unfamiliar with LaMarr’s legacy and its impact.\nDirector and Producer: Tsanavi Spoonhunter\nCinematographer and Colorist: Christian Lee Collins\nComposer and Re-Recording Mixer: Conor Chee\nEditor: James Tensuan\n“Sagebrush Heathen”\nJack Malotte’s work showcases the Native American experience by way of art\, and challenges Nevada’s political landscape around extraction and nuclear test sites on tribal lands. From his remote reservation in rural Nevada\, Malotte presents a unique perspective of what it means to be\, what he describes\, a Sagebrush Heathen.\nDirector and Producer: Tsanavi Spoonhunter\nCinematographer and Editor: Tim Lenard\nComposer: Sage Romero\nTsanavi Spoonhunter was born and raised in Payahuunadü— “the land of flowing water\,” homelands of her Paiute people— located in Owens Valley\, California. She is also a proud citizen of the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.\nHer ancestry and upbringing in Indian Country have strongly informed her storytelling and artistic vision. Some of her published works have included federal government funding for tribes\, jurisdictional issues between governing agencies and economic development on tribal lands.\nSpoonhunter’s educational background is rooted in journalism. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada\, Reno; and a Masters of Journalism degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California\, Berkeley with a focus on documentary film.\nHer master’s thesis film\, Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty (2020)\, has screened at festivals and selected venues across the country and has won numerous awards including Best Documentary Short from the American Indian Film Festival. In all\, her short films have screened on Alaska Airlines\, at the National Museum of the American Indian\, The Redford Center\, art museums and PBS affiliates.\nShe serves as director and producer on her first feature-length documentary titled Holder of the Sky (2023). The film has received support from SFFilm\, the International Documentary Association\, Sundance Institute\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Center for Independent Documentary\, the Native American Media Alliance and the Logan Nonfiction Program. It is currently in production.\nSpoonhunter is a 2022 Sundance Institute Humanities Sustainability Fellow\, SFFilm FilmHouse Resident and First People’s Fund Fellow. As a Native American reporter and filmmaker\, her goal is to pursue the highest levels of accuracy and ethical standards when telling stories about communities across the United States\, and abroad.\n\nImage from artist Jean LaMarr.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/tsanavi-spoonhunter-select-short-films/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:Film,Garfield Park,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220724T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152521
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SUMMARY:Rob Funkhouser- Study In Place
DESCRIPTION:Study in Place is a set of interactive sound sculptures and instruments that celebrate the everyday sounds and objects around us. An attempt to unify diverse threads in his creative practice\, daily life\, and occupation\, Funkhouser seeks a reckoning with the tension between falling into routine and cultivating long-term personal growth. \n“Moving to Indianapolis caused in me this profound\, almost cosmic\, sense of being in the right place at the right time. It afforded me both the right economic circumstances\, and artistic community to begin a period of joyful exploration into my own art and identity. Having lived the better part of a decade here\, changes in all aspects of life have surfaced a need to take an inventory and rediscover my place in life– both literally and artistically\,” says Funkhouser who previously lived in his hometown of Richmond\, Indiana. \nThis show also features the first exhibition of a collaboration between Funkhouser and his neighbor and visual artist\, Justin Cooper (both are residents in Big Car’s Artist and Public Life housing program). Each piece they made together features a flower found in the Garfield Park neighborhood\, many of which have taken up residence in their respective yards.“ \nThe kalimbas and sound boxes represent the fruit of many conversations had on one porch or another\, and approximately 55 gallons of coffee between us\,” says Funkhouser. “Living close to each other\, we were able to slowly build a set of instruments that both pushed into new aesthetic territory and helped grow a shared language of form.”In a time where content is being created and served on a bigger scale than any one person can possibly keep up with\, Funkhouser shares with his audience the possibilities that music affords us as a medium to connect to place and each other. \nAbout the artist \nRob Funkhouser is a composer\, performer\, and instrument builder who can never quite sit still. His work is concerned with ideas of place\, memory\, and pattern and he is interested in interrogating the interstitial spaces between established genres. He holds an M.M. from Butler University in Music Composition\, and most recently completed Peace of Mind\, Speed of Thought for Classical Music Indy. He has released recordings\, curated performances\, and installed works in many places both around Indianapolis and in many other parts of the country. In 2020\, he began a long-term living residency with Big Car as part of their APLR program\, and served as a resident artist for Cat Head Press in collaboration with Landon Caldwell. He also serves as Education Manager for the Rhythm Discovery Center\, where he runs public programming for schools and community members. He has collaborated with diverse groups including Forward Motion\, Los Angeles Percussion Quartet\, No Exit Theater\, and Chicago-based director Ryan Gleason. \nMade possible through the generous support of The Efroymson Family Fund. Additional support provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Arts Council of Indianapolis and the City of Indianapolis.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/rob-funkhouser-study-in-place/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220709T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220709T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152521
CREATED:20220627T181942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220627T182056Z
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SUMMARY:Frida Está Chida
DESCRIPTION:El 6 de Julio de 1907\, en Coyoacán\, México nació una pintora conocida por sus famosos autorretratos. Frida Kahlo se convirtió en una fuerza del movimiento surrealista al crear un estilo único mezclando elementos de la naturaleza y la identidad mexicana con aspectos de su vida.\n\nOn July 6\, 1907 in Coyoacán\, Mexico a painter was born\, known for her famous selfportraits. Frida Kahlo became a force in the surrealist movement by creating a unique style mixing elements of nature and the Mexican identify and aspects of her life.\n\nLa imágen de Frida continua influyendo la cultura popular. El Festival İFrida está Chida! celebra la influencia de Frida Kahlo a nivel mundial atravesando fronteras\, idiomas y tiempo.\n\nFrida’s image continues influencing pop culture. The Frida está Chida! Festival celebrates Frida Kahlo’s influence worldwide piercing through borders\, languages and time. \nCon sus propias creaciones en honor a Frida\, los artistas presentados en éste Festival muestran la fuerza de la imágen de la famosa pintora mexicana. \n\nWith their own creations in honor of Frida\, the Festival’s artists showcase the famous Mexican painter’s force.\n\nEste evento es familiar y abierto al publico. Están invitados a traer su mejor atuendo para celebrar a Frida porque….Frida está Chida!\n\nThis is a family event open to the public. You are invited to join the celebration by wearing your best Frida custom because…Frida está Chida!\n\nArtistas y Vendors participating :\nMonica Valadezza\nK Cun Aragon\nLuz Yoli Urquiza\nSamuel Penaloza\nKonny Rivera\nMary Mindola\nGissa Mur\nJuan Gabriel Tiscareno\nGelone Broadnax’ Gelone’s Creations\nArtesanias Mexicanas y Novedades\nAlo Croschet\nSophia’s Bows\nMaria Moreno\nEsperanza Alonzo\nArtesanias Ramirez\nComida/Food\nTortas Guicho Food Truck\nMusica en Vivo:\nYuri Rodriguez\, cantara canciones de Chavela Vargas\n\nImage by: Mary Mindola
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/frida-esta-chida/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Downtown Indy,Listen Hear,Monument Circle,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220724T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220724T180000
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SUMMARY:Rob Funkhouser and Eric Salzaar Study In Place Live Performance
DESCRIPTION:Rob Funkhouser will perform live on the Cristal Baschet he created during the pandemic.  \nFunkhouser is a composer\, performer\, and instrument builder who can never quite sit still. His work is concerned with ideas of place\, memory\, and pattern and he is interested in interrogating the interstitial spaces between established genres. He holds an M.M. from Butler University in Music Composition\, and most recently completed Peace of Mind\, Speed of Thought for Classical Music Indy. He has released recordings\, curated performances\, and installed works in many places both around Indianapolis and in many other parts of the country. In 2020\, he began a long-term living residency with Big Car as part of their APLR program\, and served as a resident artist for Cat Head Press in collaboration with Landon Caldwell. He also serves as Education Manager for the Rhythm Discovery Center\, where he runs public programming for schools and community members. He has collaborated with diverse groups including Forward Motion\, Los Angeles Percussion Quartet\, No Exit Theater\, and Chicago-based director Ryan Gleason. \nEric Salazar holds a B.M. in Clarinet Performance from Ball State University and an M.M. in Clarinet Performance from Bowling Green State University. He currently serves as an Director of Community Engagement for Classical Music Indy where he manages\, books\, and promotes over a hundred and fifty performance events a year in Central Indiana. Eric also mentors and hires 30-40 independent classical musicians annually. With their combined efforts this group brings music to over 100\,000 Indiana residents a year\, with a focus on people who would not otherwise have access to live music performance. \nMade possible through the generous support of The Efroymson Family Fund. Additional support provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Arts Council of Indianapolis and the City of Indianapolis.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/rob-funkhouser-and-eric-salzaar-study-in-place-live-performance/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220805T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220805T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T152521
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SUMMARY:Qahar Behzad: The Colors of Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:Opening in Tube Factory artspace’s Guichelaar Gallery is a collection of works by Behzad created between the years 2011-2022 in Afghanistan and the US.\nBehzad grew up in Kabul in a family of book publishers\, surrounded by centuries-old historical texts and rare books of poetry in his father’s libraries and bookstores. Behzad remembers reading traditional Afghan storybooks his father published that directly influence the art he creates.\nBehzad paints about life in Afghanistan\, often from observation\, depicting places like Kabul’s busy bazaars and Afghanistan’s picturesque mountain ranges. He paints with depth and expressive color\, drawing inspiration from one of his favorite Western painters\, Claude Monet. Through these influences\, Behzad expresses his take on the rich and storied culture of his country.\nBehzad’s journey as an artist began in the mid-1990s\, when he was six years old. The Taliban had first emerged in his home country\, and Behzad’s family found safety in Pakistan. Not able to attend school yet\, he spent his days drawing. Here\, he completed his first artwork\, a drawing of former Afghan king\, Mairwais Naika\, after studying his portrait in a history book.\nHis family encouraged him to pursue development as an artist. “I had no real training or instruction in art\,” says Behzad. “I just sat down and began to draw. Everyone who looked at my drawings appreciated what my artwork stood for\, and pushed me to continue.”\nA few years later\, his family was able to resume life in their home country\, and Behzad began to explore painting in oil and watercolor. After the establishment of US military base Camp Eggers in Kabul\, Behzad became the first artist to display and sell artworks there. From 2005-2015\, he created daily in his studio on base\, producing thousands of drawings\, oil paintings\, and watercolors. Behzad’s studio became a haven of peace amid an otherwise hectic atmosphere. Soldiers and other military personnel could drop in for tea\, to observe Behzad’s creative process\, commission a painting\, or take a lesson with the artist.\nOne of the paintings featured in this exhibition\, Behzad Bookstore and Afghan Burqas was originally created by Behzad in 2009. In this piece\, a group of women dressed in traditional burqas read from shelves of books in his father’s shop in Kabul. The piece celebrates the new freedoms available to women after the first Taliban regime ended\, when they could leave their homes\, pursue education and learn their rights. In 2021\, these freedoms were again taken away. The Taliban is again denying the education and enlightenment of Afghan people\, and Behzad Bookstore has closed due to their threats. Behzad recreated this painting in 2022 to highlight this tragic regression\, and to remember better times in his country.\nBehzad’s works have gained international recognition. Some of these works include portraits of Queen Elizabeth ll commissioned by the British Ambassador to Afghanistan\, former US President George W. Bush\, for which Behzad received a personal letter of appreciation\, and former US President Barack Obama\, commissioned by his election campaign staff. The US Navy also commissioned a large canvas mural featuring a fleet of ships stationed in San Diego\, California. Behzad has completed many paintings for U.S diplomats and advisors\, NATO representatives\, and the government of Afghanistan.\n\nQahar Behzad Bio\nA self-taught artist from Kabul\, Afghanistan\, Abdul Qahar Behzad is now based in Indianapolis\, Indiana\, where he works as a Legal Assistant for Exodus Refugee Immigration. He earned a degree in Law and Political Science from Rana University in Kabul in 2020.\nBehzad was the first artist to display and sell his paintings at Camp Eggers\, a US military base in Kabul. From 2005 to 2018\, he operated painting studios there\, as well as at Camp Phoenix\, NKC (New Kabul Compound) Base\, ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) “Resolute Support” Headquarters\, Camp Cobra\, and Camp Qula House\, where he created artworks for soldiers and military personnel.\nWhen Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021\, Behzad was working as an artist in Kabul. Amidst the chaos and violent takeover\, former commanding US officials\, many of whom served in the Indiana National Guard\, wrote letters of support to bring him to safety in the US. Behzad evacuated to Camp Atterbury\, Indiana\, where he volunteered as an interpreter for 4 months.\nBehzad is committed to helping other refugees like himself. He is working to bring the rest of his family to safety in the US\, and advocating for the evacuation of other Afghans who still live under threat of the Taliban every day.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/qahar-behzad-the-colors-of-afghanistan/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220805T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20221016T180000
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SUMMARY:LaShawnda Crowe Storm-Sister Song:The Requiem
DESCRIPTION:Sister Song: The Requiem is a community-based project that examines how art and community co-creation processes can be used to heal the intergenerational trauma associated with enslavement and its aftermaths. The project\, led by artist LaShawnda Crowe Storm\, blurs the lines between the public and private by transforming mundane places into sacred spaces through public rituals.  \n A requiem is an act of remembrance for the dead. How does honoring the dead give life to the living? How do the living remember their histories while creating new futures? How does embracing  history help us release specific traumas and move toward a future where healing is possible? We explore these questions through the community co-creation process that is at the heart of Requiem: womb making. \n Each womb is handcrafted and designed in wax by Crowe Storm\, then cast in aluminum. After casting is completed\, Crowe Storm invites artists and community members to choose a womb. Womb makers then adapt and modify the womb by following these simple directions: Make this into a talisman or spiritual object to heal your/our histories\, be willing to allow what needs to emerge to emerge\, and transform the womb to reflect a vision of healing. Each womb maker must also be willing to continuously ask themselves the question\, “How do I reclaim the ‘spirit of the womb’ when that spirit has been stolen\, harmed\, wounded?”  \n Requiem is the second iteration of Sister Song. The first included 8 wombs that were installed as part of the exhibit Keeper of My Mothers’ Dream (2017\, Indianapolis).   Requiem incudes nearly 50 vessels on exhibition: the wombs by the original 8 participants along with 40 others\, some invited by the original womb makers and others identified by Crowe Storm. In addition\,  some of the original 8 womb makers created new wombs. The exhibit also includes newly commissioned poems by Maria Hamilton Abegunde. \nParticipating womb makers include: Abegunde\, Afriye We-Kandodis\, Alice Berry\, Ariana Beedie\, Bambi Aldridge\, Breon Tyler\, Clare Wildhack-Nolan and Ezmae Wildhack-Cain\, D. Olivia Jones\,  Joyce Moore\, Juaquita Callaway\, Julia Rodreguiz \, Keesha Dixon\, Kianga Jinaki\, LaToya Marlin\, Lillis Taylor\, Malaika Baxa\,  Marilyn Kunkle\, Melissa Larimer\, Monica Johnson\, N’dieye Gray Danavall\, Phyllis Boyd\, Ronda Chapman\, Samantha Horton\,  Sharon Clark\, Shauta Marsh\, Stacia Murphy\, Stephanie Roberston\, Trish Williams\, Tysha Ahmad\, Uzuri Asad\, Val Tate\, Veronica Schwartz DeFazio\, Viola Moten Ratcliffe\, Yolanda Echols and Yvette Upton. \nLaShawnda Crowe Storm is a mixed media and community-based artist\, activist\, community builder and occasionally an urban farmer. Whether making artwork or sowing seeds\, she uses her creative power as a vehicle for dialogue around topics such as racial and gender violence\, social change and justice. At the core of her practice is a desire to create community; any community in which the process of making art creates a space for difficult discussions with an eye towards community healing. She has received numerous awards for art and community activism. Crowe Storm received an M.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004. \nImage: LaShawnda Crowe Storm\, “Mother At The Crossroads\,” bronze\, 2021. Photographer: Polina Osherov. \nMade possible by Mr. & Mrs. Craig E Von Deylen and Laurel S Judkins with support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, The Arts Council of Indianapolis\, The Arts Council of Indianapolis and The Efroymson Family Fund.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/lashawnda-crowe-storm-sister-songthe-requiem/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220806T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220806T170000
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SUMMARY:Sister Song Womb Makers Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Hear from some of the artists and community members that LaShawnda Crowe Storm invited to create a womb. Womb makers adapted and modified the womb by following these simple directions: “Make this into a talisman or spiritual object to heal your/our histories\, be willing to allow what needs to emerge to emerge\, and transform the womb to reflect a vision of healing.”\nEach womb maker had to continuously ask themselves the question\, “How do I reclaim the ‘spirit of the womb’ when that spirit has been stolen\, harmed\, wounded?”\nWomb makers: Abegunde\, Afriye We-Kandodis\, Alice Berry\, Ariana Beedie\, Bambi Aldridge\, Breon Tyler\, Clare Wildhack-Nolan and Ezmae Wildhack-Cain\, D. Olivia Jones\, Joyce Moore\, Juaquita Callaway\, Julia Rodreguiz \, Keesha Dixon\, Kianga Jinaki\, LaToya Marlin\, Lillis Taylor\, Malaika Baxa\, Marilyn Kunkle\, Melissa Larimer\, Monica Johnson\, N’dieye Gray Danavall\, Phyllis Boyd\, Ronda Chapman\, Samantha Horton\, Sharon Clark\, Shauta Marsh\, Stacia Murphy\, Stephanie Roberston\, Trish Williams\, Tysha Ahmad\, Uzuri Asad\, Val Tate\, Veronica Schwartz DeFazio\, Viola Moten Ratcliffe\, Yolanda Echols and Yvette Upton\nMade possible by Mr. & Mrs. Craig E Von Deylen and Laurel S Judkins with additional support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/sister-song-womb-makers-artist-talk/
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:Amy Kligman and Ish Muhammad In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about two of the artists selecting this year’s Power Plant Grant recipients!\nAmy Kligman has been the Executive Artistic Director at Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City\, MO since 2015. Kligman’s career and experience as an exhibiting artist and grassroots curator/arts administrator spans 20 years of studio & exhibition work\, independent curating and organizing\, and artist-run projects. In 2011 Kligman was one of a team of 5 artist-curators who established Plug Projects\, an artist-run project space in Kansas City’s West Bottoms that hosted a robust & nationally recognized calendar of exhibitions and artist-centered programming.\n\nIsh Muhammad is a self-taught artist residing in Northwest Indiana. Muhammad’s work\, post-graffiti abstract expressionism\, is exhibited in galleries\, museums\, and site-specific installations nationally. He is a founding member of Crazy Indiana Style Artists (CISA). CISA is recognized as Indiana’s first Latino Art Collective.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/amy-kligman-and-ish-muhammad-in-conversation/
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:Dear Black Girl with Tamara Winfrey Harris
DESCRIPTION:A public reading and discussion around the book “Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters About Stepping Into Your Power.”\n\nTamara Winfrey-Harris is a writer who specializes in the ever-evolving space where current events\, politics and pop culture intersect with race and gender. She says\, “I want to tell the stories of Black women and girls\, and deliver the truth to all those folks who got us twisted—tangled up in racist and sexist lies. I want my writing to advocate for my sisters. We are better than alright. We are amazing.”\nTamara is the author of two books: The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2015) and Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters On Stepping Into Your Power (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2021). The award-winning Sisters\, now in its second edition\, has been optioned by Wise Entertainment and Gabrielle Union’s production company I’ll Have Another to be turned into a dramedy for television.\nTamara’s work has been published in media outlets\, including including The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, Cosmopolitan\, New York Magazine and The Los Angeles Times. And her essays appear in The Lemonade Reader: Beyonce\, Black Feminism and Spirituality (Routledge\, 2019); The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery (Wayne State University Press\, 2018); Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest (Black Belt Publishing\, 2020); and other books.\nTamara is co-founder of Centering Sisters\, LLC\, an organization that unapologetically addresses the needs and issues of Black women and girls; and the Black Women’s Writing Society\, a monthly virtual space for Black femme creatives. She is also a certified yoga teacher who focuses her work on the healing and well-bring of her sisters.\nTamara is a native of Gary\, IN\, and a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha\, Sorority\, Inc. She graduated with a BA degree from the Greenlee School of Journalism at Iowa State University.\n\nMade possible by Mr. and Mrs. Craig E Von Deylen and Laurel S Judkins with additional support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/dear-black-girl-with-tamara-winfrey-harris/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:conference,Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Docey Lewis-Living Threads
DESCRIPTION:Docey Lewis’s Living Threads takes the viewer on a journey of contradiction. Our technologically enhanced culture facilitates our ability to see and create both real and virtual connection while relentlessly making us more aware of the threats humanity faces. Seeking balance\, we alternatively seesaw between retreating to our cocoons and interconnecting.\n\nAmong the many threats we face is species loss. The exhibit highlights several extinct or threatened species in Posey County. The pre-human ecosystem in our area was abundantly populated and in natural balance. After man settled along the Wabash and elsewhere\, this utopian equilibrium eroded to the point of dystopia. The world now faces environmental\, social and economic catastrophe\, while our perverted material culture still spreads an unrealistic ethos of fossil fuel powered unlimited growth\, fast fashion\, junk food and surveillance capitalism.\n\nThe materials used in creating artworks for Living Threads have as much meaning as the pieces themselves. “I have been entangled for many years in the cultures\, natural materials and co-creations of faraway communities who have had to pivot from utilitarian and ritual use of their materials and techniques to making salable products for a global market\,’ says Lewis. “Along the way\, a large body of samples and materials have piled up in my studio. During the pandemic\, I began to untangle the accumulation and recycle it into artwork. Many hands have touched the raw materials\, and I celebrate the living farmers and artisans whose participation has made this work possible. Connections with communities and all living things are represented in this collaborative body of work.”\n\nAbout Docey Lewis\n Lewis had her first solo exhibition in the late 1960s—not in a gallery or museum\, but in a library 30 miles south of San Francisco. She showed a selection of hand woven\, abstract textiles she had made on a hand-built loom. The show sold out.\n\nYet\, rather than pursuing an art practice\, Lewis made a series of unexpected choices that led her on a serpentine\, half-century journey around the globe. While mastering the innumerable methods humans have concocted to make textiles\, and empowering hundreds of other women artisans in the weaving workshops she set up in the Philippines\, Nepal\, Morocco\, Indonesia\, and Bangladesh\, Lewis dined with royalty\, collaborated with legends\, and built an entrepreneurial empire.\n\nNow in her 70s\, Lewis has returned to the art studio—not in San Francisco\, New York\, or one of the other exotic locales she has variously called home. Instead\, she now works in a modest\, light-filled studio above a locally celebrated wine bar and coffee shop\, in a historic building in New Harmony\, Indiana. Amid wafts of fresh soups and sounds of evening cheer\, Lewis tries to make peace with her past\, weaving intricate\, layered abstractions that literally pull at the threads of her personal history.\n\nAmong the many ironies of Lewis’s story is that her ancestors\, namely Robert Owen\, embarked on a mission to establish a Utopia in New Harmony—based on the moral principles of education and total equality. This concept of fostering the best qualities of humanity has been passed down from generation to generation ever since and is embedded in Lewis’s life. With her exhibition\, Living Threads\, Lewis is drawing our attention to the natural world\, our relationship to the environment as caretakers and our ability to alter it.\n \nOpen through December 11\, this exhibit is part of our Social Alchemy project. With this multifaceted\, multiyear project\, Indianapolis-based arts organization Big Car Collaborative — with our partners\, the University of Southern Indiana\, Indiana State Museum\, Historic New Harmony\, the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art and others ––  have created a series of radio shows\, exhibits\, and conversations exploring\, learning\, and sharing how utopia has informed places and pursuits over time.\n \nSocial Alchemy explores historical and contemporary examples of utopian experiments\, fictional utopias and dystopias\, and social and cooperative-living design projects (linking back to our affordable artist housing program on our block in Indianapolis). Through a variety of public programs — made possible with support from Indiana Humanities and Efroymson Family Fund — it offers a deeper understanding of the relationship between the built environment and social good.\n\n\nImage:Warbler Quilt\nThe Bombyx mori cocoons used to make each of shibori dyed rectangles are cultivated in the Highlands of Madagascar and delivered to the SEPALIM workshop(a non-governmental organization focused on conservation-based livelihood development.) in Maroantsetra\, twice a year. Before making the long trip by boat and motorcycle to deliver giant sacks of cocoons\, farmers slice open each cocoon and use the dried caterpillar as feed for their chickens. Nothing goes to waste. Each cocoon is trimmed\, ironed flat and sewn one by one to create a textile.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/docey-lewis-living-threads/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Visual Art
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