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SUMMARY:Kipp Normand: Snake Oil\, A Fantastical American History
DESCRIPTION:Artist and historian Kipp Normand’s practice is a physical and conceptual investigation into the power of objects and images as a narrative device. Inspired by the Dada traditions of assemblage\, collage\, construction\, and performance\, Normand employs the acts of appropriation\, reuse\, and recontextualization to explore contemporary perceptions of time\, community\, and memory. In Snake Oil\, Normand distills four centuries of history to illustrate the deep-seated American penchant for fantastical thinking. Part world’s fair exhibit\, huckster wagon\, dime museum\, and midway arcade; Snake Oil is a multifaceted installation that challenges the viewer to re-examine the ideas of American Exceptionalism. Imbued with satire and mixed with painful truths\, this haunted temple of junk casts a sideways glance at the tales we tell our children and ourselves about who we are and how we got here.\nNormand — who maintains a studio and workspace in Indianapolis where he creates dynamic works of visual art infused with narratives of culture\, community\, and history — is a scavenger and an obsessive collector. He searches back streets and alleys\, junk stores and abandoned buildings\, looking for clues to explain the mysteries of our world. Normand finds stories in discarded things: Stories about all of us\, our cities\, and our shared history. He first began making collage images\, shadow boxes\, and installations as a way to justify his relentless collecting. But the work soon became much more than that. It is Normand’s way to dig deeply into the vast attic of this world and to share his finds with anyone who takes the time to look. He holds a Master’s degree in American Studies from the University of Notre Dame and worked nearly 30 years in the field of heritage preservation and housing reform before turning to the practice of art. 
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/kipp-normand-snake-oil-a-fantastical-american-history/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park
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SUMMARY:Freedom To Be Official Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning author Diana Ensign for this celebratory book signing and educational panel discussion on how our community can support transgender people and their families. Hear from Kimberly Acoff\, Indiana Youth Group (IYG) Director of Programming; Sa’hara Miller\, BU Wellness Sophisticated Divas Program; Diana Asberry (parent of a transgender child and a nonbinary child); and Andru Lanning (awesome young adult)! Info table by Matty Slaydon\, Organizer of Queering Indy. A portion of book sales support Trinity Haven\, Indiana’s first transitional housing program for LGBTQ+ youth at risk of homelessness\, and BU Wellness Network. \nThis project is made possible by support of the Indiana Arts Commission\, a state agency.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/freedom-to-be-official-book-launch/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200304T203000
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SUMMARY:West African Dance Class with Uzuri Asad
DESCRIPTION:West African dance is an essential component of West African culture. Over time\, traditional dances incorporated new moves\, rhythms and ideas. Through the slave trade\, and through national production of traditional dance forms\, West African dance has found it’s way around the globe. West African Dance has influenced many popular American dance forms\, such as hip-hop\, salsa and jazz dance. Traditional dances are still practiced by many people today. \nUzuri Asad caters to all levels of students and is part of Big Car’s APLR program. \nTraditional West African Dance\nDance has always played a very important role in the lives of West Africans. Throughout history\, West Africans performed dances to celebrate a birth\, harvest or death. Communities relied on dance to ward off evil spirits\, to ask the gods for prosperity\, or to resolve conflict. Dance continues to serve those functions. For example\, villagers perform the Malinke rhythm Kassa during farming and harvesting work. The singing\, dancing and clapping entertains and motivates the hard-working farmers. \nCharacteristics of West African Dance\nAfrican dance\, according to R.F. Thomson\, has four unique qualities. First\, the body moves in a multi-unit fashion\, where the head and arms may move to one rhythmic pattern while the feet follow a different time signature. Second\, it is percussive; the dancer interprets the rhythmic nature of the music through movement. Third\, though as a whole African dance is a community event\, some dancers follow different parts of the rhythm\, dancing “apart” from the crowd. Finally\, West African dance phrases\, or sets of movements\, overlap\, creating a “call-and-response” pattern.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/west-african-dance-class-with-uzuri-asad/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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SUMMARY:West African Dance with Uzuri Asad
DESCRIPTION:West African dance is an essential component of West African culture. Over time\, traditional dances incorporated new moves\, rhythms and ideas. Through the slave trade\, and through national production of traditional dance forms\, West African dance has found it’s way around the globe. West African Dance has influenced many popular American dance forms\, such as hip-hop\, salsa and jazz dance. Traditional dances are still practiced by many people today. \nUzuri Asad caters to all levels of students and is part of Big Car’s APLR program. \nTraditional West African Dance\nDance has always played a very important role in the lives of West Africans. Throughout history\, West Africans performed dances to celebrate a birth\, harvest or death. Communities relied on dance to ward off evil spirits\, to ask the gods for prosperity\, or to resolve conflict. Dance continues to serve those functions. For example\, villagers perform the Malinke rhythm Kassa during farming and harvesting work. The singing\, dancing and clapping entertains and motivates the hard-working farmers. \nCharacteristics of West African Dance\nAfrican dance\, according to R.F. Thomson\, has four unique qualities. First\, the body moves in a multi-unit fashion\, where the head and arms may move to one rhythmic pattern while the feet follow a different time signature. Second\, it is percussive; the dancer interprets the rhythmic nature of the music through movement. Third\, though as a whole African dance is a community event\, some dancers follow different parts of the rhythm\, dancing “apart” from the crowd. Finally\, West African dance phrases\, or sets of movements\, overlap\, creating a “call-and-response” pattern. \n$10
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/west-african-dance-with-uzuri-asad/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200306T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200306T220000
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SUMMARY:Wes Janz-Pinned Down: The Locking Up of America
DESCRIPTION:The number of sites of incarceration—where people are “pinned\ndown”—is big as well. It makes sense\, right? We need a lot of\nbuildings and cells in which to lock up all these folks.\nFederal prisons. State prisons. County jails. City jails. Local lockups. \nJuvenile detention centers. Secure juvenile residential facilities.\nUniversity police holding cells. Tribal prisons and jails. Military\ndetention facilities. ICE sites. Forestry camps. Airport holding cells. \nJoin us March 6th for the opening of Wes Janz- Pinned Down: The Locking Up of America \nMany of us are unaware of the scope of this industry even as we\ndon’t know of caging sites that are close by. “Pinned Down\,” through the use of state maps and pushpins\, evidences the geography of incarceration that blankets the nation. Included alongside the maps are issues central to our imprisoning culture\, and pieces from the artist’s earlier “Crazy for Cages” show. \nThe documentary “Digging the Suez Canal with a Teaspoon: Social Design in the 21st Century” will also be shown (as produced by Eric Limarenko and David Stairs in 2019\,\nWes is the first of eleven voices from the U.S.\, South Africa\, Great Britain\, and India). \nToo often we are\, as Cornel West has stated\, “well adjusted to\ninjustice.” It is my hope that this installation will contribute to our much-needed re-adjustment. \nAbout Janz \nWes Janz\, PhD\, was a professor of architecture at Ball State University for twenty-two years (1995-2017). Among the highlights: ten years as graduate program director; primary author of undergraduate minor and graduate certificate programs in social and environmental justice; and sole recipient of the university’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2006. \nIn 2008 he was a winner of the inaugural Curry Stone Design Prize\, as awarded to breakthrough international projects that “engage communities at the fulcrum of change\, raising awareness\, empowering individuals and fostering collective revitalization.” \nThe National Endowment for the Arts\, along with the Graham\, Ruth Mott\, Fulbright-Hays\, and Efroymson Foundations\, among others\, supported his research and design efforts; and the Venice Biennale and university galleries throughout the Midwest featured Wes’s work.  Janz has traveled\, listened\, and lectured on six continents.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/wes-janz-pinned-down-the-locking-up-of-america/
LOCATION:Listen Hear\,  2620 Shelby St\, \, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200306T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200306T220000
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SUMMARY:Aurora Photocenter Presents Adam Ekberg: The Other Side of Boredom
DESCRIPTION:For artist Adam Ekberg\, moving past boredom means finding a space in which the mind is free to devise a logic of its own\, and ordinary objects are liberated from the drudgery of daily life. The resulting photographic interventions are both mysterious and delightful. Cocktail umbrellas no longer shade tropical beverages but rather occupy a sunny beach en masse. Roller skates once relegated to an indoor rink now drag-race across an empty field propelled by burning aerosol cans. \nEach of these photographs begins as a sketch drawn in a studio/barn in western New Jersey. As Ekberg realizes his staged happenings\, the sketches pinned to the barn walls are removed and replaced with small finished photographs—constituting a small victory. His constructions\, made entirely in camera without the aid of Photoshop\, are not easily decoded or resolved. Ekberg’s translation of boredom reveals the poignant beauty that can take shape\, however fleetingly\, when the glint of possibility leaps out from the mundane. \nAdam Ekberg received his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has recently had solo exhibitions at ClampArt\, New York; DeSoto Gallery\, Los Angeles; Thomas Robertello Gallery\, Chicago; Platform Gallery\, Seattle; and Fotografiska\, Stockholm\, Sweden. His work has been included in recent group exhibitions at venues such as Aran Cravey Gallery\, Los Angles CA; DePaul Art Museum\, Chicago; RayKo Photo Center\, San Francisco; and Crawford Art Gallery\, Cork Ireland. His work is in the collections of The Museum of Contemporary Photography\, Chicago\, and The Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago\, among others. He is the recipient of the Society for Photographic Education’s Imagemaker Award (2015). He was awarded a Tanne Foundation Award (2013). Ekberg has also received grants from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (2008\, 2009\, 2010) and the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Grant (2005).
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/aurora-photocenter-presents-adam-ekberg-the-other-side-of-boredom/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200306T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200306T220000
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SUMMARY:Who Are You? What Do You Want?
DESCRIPTION:“If you were a wrestler what would be your entrance theme song?”\nThis interactive exhibit in Guichelaar Gallery entails posting a series of questions that YOU answer on sticky notes.\nMarch is Women’s History Month and in celebration we will also host a contest coloring a few historical women figures\, $20 Normal Coffee gift cards will be awarded.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/who-are-you-what-do-you-want/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200310T220000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200227T194916Z
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SUMMARY:See America First Film Series-Ragtime
DESCRIPTION:Kipp Normand will introduce and host a discussion relating the film to his current exhibition in the Main Gallery at Tube Factory artspace\, ‘Snake Oil’. Attendees will have a chance to win a original Normand sculpture\, “Snake Oil.” \n“A kaleidoscope of tales from E.L. Doctorow’s eponymous novel evokes life in pre-World War I New York City. A white family find a black baby in their yard and takes on the mother as a maid. A black pianist\, Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Howard E. Rollins Jr.)\, returns for his woman and child after finding success in a Harlem jazz band. Firefighters\, dismayed to see a black man own a Model-T Ford\, deface it\, and Walker demands retribution. The white family becomes involved in Evelyn Nesbit’s trial.” \nRuntime -155 minutes
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/see-america-first-film-series-ragtime/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200311T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200311T203000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200227T194250Z
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SUMMARY:West African Dance with Uzuri Asad
DESCRIPTION:West African dance is an essential component of West African culture. Over time\, traditional dances incorporated new moves\, rhythms and ideas. Through the slave trade\, and through national production of traditional dance forms\, West African dance has found it’s way around the globe. West African Dance has influenced many popular American dance forms\, such as hip-hop\, salsa and jazz dance. Traditional dances are still practiced by many people today. \nUzuri Asad caters to all levels of students and is part of Big Car’s APLR program. \nTraditional West African Dance\nDance has always played a very important role in the lives of West Africans. Throughout history\, West Africans performed dances to celebrate a birth\, harvest or death. Communities relied on dance to ward off evil spirits\, to ask the gods for prosperity\, or to resolve conflict. Dance continues to serve those functions. For example\, villagers perform the Malinke rhythm Kassa during farming and harvesting work. The singing\, dancing and clapping entertains and motivates the hard-working farmers. \nCharacteristics of West African Dance\nAfrican dance\, according to R.F. Thomson\, has four unique qualities. First\, the body moves in a multi-unit fashion\, where the head and arms may move to one rhythmic pattern while the feet follow a different time signature. Second\, it is percussive; the dancer interprets the rhythmic nature of the music through movement. Third\, though as a whole African dance is a community event\, some dancers follow different parts of the rhythm\, dancing “apart” from the crowd. Finally\, West African dance phrases\, or sets of movements\, overlap\, creating a “call-and-response” pattern. \n$10
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/west-african-dance-with-uzuri-asad-2/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200314T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200314T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200227T203547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T193855Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Zine Jam-Postponed
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Normal Coffee inside the Tube Factory Artspace for a collaborative zine jam just in time for spring to roll around! Supplies will be provided but you’re welcome to bring your own. Drawings\, poetry\, collage\, whatever you think we should put in our spring zine works! Gluestick will print the zine shortly after and it will be available for pickup around Indy and at Normal. Don’t know what a zine is? Come find out!
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/spring-zine-jam/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200318T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200227T194346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T171336Z
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SUMMARY:West African Dance with Uzuri Asad-Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:West African dance is an essential component of West African culture. Over time\, traditional dances incorporated new moves\, rhythms and ideas. Through the slave trade\, and through national production of traditional dance forms\, West African dance has found it’s way around the globe. West African Dance has influenced many popular American dance forms\, such as hip-hop\, salsa and jazz dance. Traditional dances are still practiced by many people today. \nUzuri Asad caters to all levels of students and is part of Big Car’s APLR program. \nTraditional West African Dance\nDance has always played a very important role in the lives of West Africans. Throughout history\, West Africans performed dances to celebrate a birth\, harvest or death. Communities relied on dance to ward off evil spirits\, to ask the gods for prosperity\, or to resolve conflict. Dance continues to serve those functions. For example\, villagers perform the Malinke rhythm Kassa during farming and harvesting work. The singing\, dancing and clapping entertains and motivates the hard-working farmers. \nCharacteristics of West African Dance\nAfrican dance\, according to R.F. Thomson\, has four unique qualities. First\, the body moves in a multi-unit fashion\, where the head and arms may move to one rhythmic pattern while the feet follow a different time signature. Second\, it is percussive; the dancer interprets the rhythmic nature of the music through movement. Third\, though as a whole African dance is a community event\, some dancers follow different parts of the rhythm\, dancing “apart” from the crowd. Finally\, West African dance phrases\, or sets of movements\, overlap\, creating a “call-and-response” pattern. \n$10
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/west-african-dance-with-uzuri-asad-3/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200322T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200322T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200303T175526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T171354Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Equinox with Uzuri Asad-Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:Start the season off right with Uzuri Asad! We get pretty excited about the spring equinox bringing us out of winter and officially starting the season of spring. But what exactly is the spring equinox? And does an equinox happen at the start of every season? \nFirst\, let’s get into the equinox\, which actually occurs just twice a year. The word equinox comes from Latin and means “equality of night and day.” So\, the equinox occurs at two specific moments in time when the sun is exactly above the equator (contrary to popular belief\, the equinox doesn’t last for 24 hours). \nMore details TBA.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/spring-equinox-with-uzuri-asad/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200325T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200227T194449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T171414Z
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SUMMARY:West African Dance with Uzuri Asad-Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:West African dance is an essential component of West African culture. Over time\, traditional dances incorporated new moves\, rhythms and ideas. Through the slave trade\, and through national production of traditional dance forms\, West African dance has found it’s way around the globe. West African Dance has influenced many popular American dance forms\, such as hip-hop\, salsa and jazz dance. Traditional dances are still practiced by many people today. \nUzuri Asad caters to all levels of students and is part of Big Car’s APLR program. \nTraditional West African Dance\nDance has always played a very important role in the lives of West Africans. Throughout history\, West Africans performed dances to celebrate a birth\, harvest or death. Communities relied on dance to ward off evil spirits\, to ask the gods for prosperity\, or to resolve conflict. Dance continues to serve those functions. For example\, villagers perform the Malinke rhythm Kassa during farming and harvesting work. The singing\, dancing and clapping entertains and motivates the hard-working farmers. \nCharacteristics of West African Dance\nAfrican dance\, according to R.F. Thomson\, has four unique qualities. First\, the body moves in a multi-unit fashion\, where the head and arms may move to one rhythmic pattern while the feet follow a different time signature. Second\, it is percussive; the dancer interprets the rhythmic nature of the music through movement. Third\, though as a whole African dance is a community event\, some dancers follow different parts of the rhythm\, dancing “apart” from the crowd. Finally\, West African dance phrases\, or sets of movements\, overlap\, creating a “call-and-response” pattern. \n$10
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/west-african-dance-with-uzuri-asad-4/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200401T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200401T203000
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SUMMARY:Western Dance with Uzuri Asad-Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:West African dance is an essential component of West African culture. Over time\, traditional dances incorporated new moves\, rhythms and ideas. Through the slave trade\, and through national production of traditional dance forms\, West African dance has found it’s way around the globe. West African Dance has influenced many popular American dance forms\, such as hip-hop\, salsa and jazz dance. Traditional dances are still practiced by many people today. \nUzuri Asad caters to all levels of students and is part of Big Car’s APLR program. \nTraditional West African Dance\nDance has always played a very important role in the lives of West Africans. Throughout history\, West Africans performed dances to celebrate a birth\, harvest or death. Communities relied on dance to ward off evil spirits\, to ask the gods for prosperity\, or to resolve conflict. Dance continues to serve those functions. For example\, villagers perform the Malinke rhythm Kassa during farming and harvesting work. The singing\, dancing and clapping entertains and motivates the hard-working farmers. \nCharacteristics of West African Dance\nAfrican dance\, according to R.F. Thomson\, has four unique qualities. First\, the body moves in a multi-unit fashion\, where the head and arms may move to one rhythmic pattern while the feet follow a different time signature. Second\, it is percussive; the dancer interprets the rhythmic nature of the music through movement. Third\, though as a whole African dance is a community event\, some dancers follow different parts of the rhythm\, dancing “apart” from the crowd. Finally\, West African dance phrases\, or sets of movements\, overlap\, creating a “call-and-response” pattern.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/western-dance-with-uzuri-asad/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200403T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200403T233000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200327T173316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200327T173355Z
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SUMMARY:First Friday From Home Art Shares and Tours
DESCRIPTION:Usually we’re showing you new art every First Friday. But now we’re asking you to show us yours! Whether you made it or bought it\, use your phone to share photos and videos with us and others by using the hashtag #firstfridayfromhome or by posting pictures or videos (also can go live and tag Tube Factory artspace. We will select different people who share their collections to win Normal Coffee gift cards\, a ceramic piece from Soyong Kang Partington\, and t-shirts from Big Car. \nStart sharing now\, so we can share different artworks through FB and Twitter throughout the night of April 3. When you post\, you can tell us who the artist is\, why you bought it\, how it makes you feel\, whatever you want to say about art you have collected. We will also share some things along the way as we celebrate First Friday via our radio station\, 99.1 WQRT FM (also accessible at www.wqrt.org). \nIf you’re in Indianapolis\, show our friends at the Arts Council of Indianapolis some love and hashtag #indyKeepsCreating \nAll of us at Big Car are sending positive\, healthy vibes your way. Excited to see your collections and see you in person when we get through the pandemic.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/first-friday-from-home-art-shares-and-tours/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200429T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200227T204605Z
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SUMMARY:SoundLab with Oreo Jones
DESCRIPTION:We are back with another edition of SOUND LAB! Join Oreo Jones at Listen Hear for an evening of sound exploration. Bring your synths\, drum machines\, pedals\, theremins\, or whatever you use to express yourself. \nSound Lab is a reoccurring workshop where we explore ways to communicate and express ourselves through sonic waves. Each attendee will be encouraged to play a piece that they have been working on and share ways of how they approached their work. The group will then attempt to work on a collaboration broadcasted live on 99.1 WQRT.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/soundlab-with-oreo-jones/
LOCATION:Listen Hear\,  2620 Shelby St\, \, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200502T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200502T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200303T171805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T171523Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop with Mariah Ivey
DESCRIPTION:An interactive workshop led by Mariah Ivey. \nMariah is a graduate of Pike High School\, studied at Columbia College Chicago and is an active Teaching + Performing Artist\, Poet\, MC\, and Host/Coordinator of various local art and community events. She has spent the last five years working within the non-profit sector as a youth program facilitator and project manager where her love of young people\, art\, and education have all simultaneously come alive in order to create a more promising future! \nMost nights and weekends\, Mariah enjoys performing\, hosting\, and creating – both as an individual and alongside her band\, TribeSouL. She also enjoys designing jewelry\, being in nature\, meditating\, eating good food\, and laughing…a lot!
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/writing-workshop-with-mariah-ivey/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200606T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200606T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200313T193606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T193606Z
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SUMMARY:TransGlam
DESCRIPTION:Indy’s trans community invites you to join us during Pride Week for #TransGlam – A free night of community\, food\, fun\, music and resources. \n#TransGlam invites you to dance\, socialize\, and spend time in community while getting connected to resources. This is an all-inclusive space for all ages and all bodies. On site there will be free food\, harm reduction supplies and education\, trans affirming vendors\, and of course YOU! \nShow up\, show your glam and be a part of the #TransGlam crew! \n⏰ The party starts at 5:00pm. \nIndy Pride is teaming up with QUIT NOW INDIANA to encourage healthy lifestyles for all members of our community with all Pride events being tobacco-free. For support and resources to quit tobacco\, visit them at quitnowindiana.com or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/transglam/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200627T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200627T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200227T204345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T193655Z
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SUMMARY:Freedom To Be-Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Will be rescheduled. \nJoin award-winning author Diana Ensign for this celebratory book signing and educational panel discussion on how our community can support transgender people and their families. Hear from Kimberly Acoff\, Indiana Youth Group (IYG) Director of Programming; Sa’hara Miller\, BU Wellness Sophisticated Divas Program; Diana Asberry (parent of a transgender child and a nonbinary child); and Andru Lanning (awesome young adult)! Info table by Matty Slaydon\, Organizer of Queering Indy. A portion of book sales support Trinity Haven\, Indiana’s first transitional housing program for LGBTQ+ youth at risk of homelessness\, and BU Wellness Network.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/freedom-to-be-book-launch/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200709T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200709T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200630T153549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200630T153549Z
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SUMMARY:Donate Blood
DESCRIPTION:Big Car Collaborative – is partnering with Versiti Blood Centers of Indiana to save community lives. \nPlease come out to support our drive on Thursday\, July 9th\, from 2:00pm to 7:00pm pm at the Tube Factory artspace-Parking Lot. Follow the link below to schedule your donation today! \nHere is the link to schedule your appointment:\nhttps://donate.indiana.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/142962 \nDonor Health & Registration:\nAll donor-facing staff will have their temperature taken prior to beginning their work day\nDonors temperatures will be taken at registration to ensure they are not elevated prior to entering donation areas\nDonors will be asked if they’ve come in contact with someone who’s tested positive for COVID-19\nDonors will be asked to wash hands prior to screening\nDonors will be asked if they are currently experiencing coughing or shortness of breath\nIf any of the above is true\, donors will be asked to self-defer \nSocial Distancing:\nWe encourage all donors to make an appointment to lessen the amount of people waiting at our donor centers\nTo comply with government regulations\, all sponsors and donors must wear personal masks at donor centers and mobile drives\nEnsuring six feet of space between chairs in waiting areas and cafe\nEnsuring six feet of space between donation chairs and/or separation with medical screens\nIf appointment registration congestion occurs\, we will ask for your cell phone number and text when your appointment is ready \nCleaning:\nWe clean all equipment\, beds\, and other surfaces after each donor finishes their donation\nChanging gloves frequently and between donors is part of our normal practice\nWe will maintain sanitized pen bins\, so donors are only using clean pens at sign-in
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/donate-blood/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200912T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20200913T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20200805T223856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200805T224534Z
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SUMMARY:The Wagon of Wonders at Turkey Run
DESCRIPTION:Become one with nature….and art! The Wagon of Wonders\, Big Car Collaborative’s mobile\, interactive art unit and pop-up public space\, is coming to Turkey Run for third year. Visitors are invited to explore the Wagon and participate in a variety of safe and friendly art activities inspired by the park. Beautiful Turkey Run State Park has something for everyone to enjoy: hiking and bridle trails trails\, camp sites\, historic sites\, and an educational nature center. Explore all that Turkey Run and the Wagon of Wonders have to offer!\n\nJoin us Saturday\, September 12\, from 11am-5pm and Sunday\, September 13\, 11am-3pm.\n\nThis program was made possible by the Arts in the Parks grant program through the Indiana Arts Commission.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/the-wagon-of-wonders-at-turkey-run/
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Activities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210325T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210325T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20210323T030205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T030205Z
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SUMMARY:Power Plant Grant Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the new annual Power Plant Grant program made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts on March 25\, 6:30pm\, April 1\, 6:30pm or April 15\, 6:30pm. The grants provide visual artists who live\, work\, or run spaces in Indianapolis with grants ranging from $2\,000 to $10\,000. Applications for this round are due by April 26\, 2021.\nEligible applicants are visual/multidisciplinary artists who create original work in painting\, drawing\, sculpture\, book art\, ceramics\, fiber\, printmaking\, digital/media works\, film\, video\, photography\, performance art\, sound art\, social practice and/or hybrid or interdisciplinary practice of any/all of the above.\nArtists must be over 21 at the time of the application\, and may not be full-time students.\nArtists must live and/or work in Indianapolis.\nEmployees or board members (or immediate family members of employees or board members) of Big Car Collaborative are not eligible for this opportunity.\nTeams\, partnerships\, and unincorporated individuals running spaces are eligible. Nonprofit organizations are not.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/power-plant-grant-information-session/
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210331T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210331T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20210323T031045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T031729Z
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SUMMARY:Words & Music-In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
DESCRIPTION:In this first installment of Words & Music: An audio series exploring the life and work of Indiana writers\, Hoosier authors Susan Neville\, Adrian Matejka\, Kevin McKelvey\, and Jim Walker discuss the sublime beauty and challenges of Indiana through the lens of William H. Gass’s 1968 fiction story\, “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country.”\nThe episode features excerpts of the story as well as a conversation about what it means to be a writer living and working in Indiana. This launches 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. After it debuts on the station\, it will be available for listening online. We’ll share that link here.\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.\nKevin McKelvey is a place-based poet\, writer\, designer\, and social practice artist. He teaches at University of Indianapolis and directs the M.A. in Social Practice Art and oversees the undergraduate major in Environmental Sustainability. At University of Indianapolis\, he founded Etchings Press\, a student-run publisher\, helped start a community garden and microfarm\, and has contributed to numerous interdisciplinary efforts for students and the community.\nJim Walker is a poet\, artist\, and teacher who believes everyone deserves open access to the joys of art\, creativity\, and great public places. A co-founder and executive director of Big Car Collaborative\, Jim worked previously as a journalist (writer\, photographer\, editor\, and designer). He’s a student of cities and enjoys spending time with his family\, supporting his Garfield Park neighborhood\, walking\, biking\, travel\, reading\, and baseball.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/words-music-in-the-heart-of-the-heart-of-the-country/
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Listen Hear,Shelby St. Corridor,The Show Room,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210401T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210401T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T030328Z
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SUMMARY:Power Plant Grant Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the new annual Power Plant Grant program made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts on March 25\, 6:30pm\, April 1\, 6:30pm or April 15\, 6:30pm. The grants provide visual artists who live\, work\, or run spaces in Indianapolis with grants ranging from $2\,000 to $10\,000. Applications for this round are due by April 26\, 2021.\nEligible applicants are visual/multidisciplinary artists who create original work in painting\, drawing\, sculpture\, book art\, ceramics\, fiber\, printmaking\, digital/media works\, film\, video\, photography\, performance art\, sound art\, social practice and/or hybrid or interdisciplinary practice of any/all of the above.\nArtists must be over 21 at the time of the application\, and may not be full-time students.\nArtists must live and/or work in Indianapolis.\nEmployees or board members (or immediate family members of employees or board members) of Big Car Collaborative are not eligible for this opportunity.\nTeams\, partnerships\, and unincorporated individuals running spaces are eligible. Nonprofit organizations are not.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/power-plant-grant-information-session-2/
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210407T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210407T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20210323T031552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T031552Z
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SUMMARY:Social Alchemy Listening Party-Father George Rapp
DESCRIPTION:Some call him a cult leader\, some call him a religious leader. An alchemist and successful business man\, Father George Rapp set the stage for the future of Indiana when he purchased 20\,000 acres of land in Southern Indiana to build New Harmony. Learn more about this man and the myths behind him through the eyes of author Marguerite Young\, Jim Walker and Shauta Marsh. With music and sound design from Andy Fry\, you won’t want to miss this audio masterpiece.\nIn this episode of Social Alchemy\, we follow religious leader from the early 1800s\, Father George Rapp’s mystical — and often tragic — journey\, some of it in New Harmony\, Indiana toward a heavenly utopia of his own design. Social Alchemy is an ongoing series of in-person and on-air events and programs by the nonprofit arts organization Big Car Collaborative that explores subjects and themes surrounding utopia and dystopia.\nEncore April 10\, at noon.\nSpecial thanks to Aaron Scamihorn for the illustration.\nOur partners in the Social Alchemy Project are: University of Southern Indiana (USI)\, Historic New Harmony\, Indiana State Museum and Pattern Magazine.\nThe series — including this show produced by and airing first on 99.1 WQRT Indianapolis — is made possible with the support of Indiana Humanities and the Efroymson Family Fund.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/social-alchemy-listening-party-father-george-rapp/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210411T171500
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20210323T023249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T023249Z
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SUMMARY:Art Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first event of 2021 at Tube Factory! We are partnering with food artist extrodinaries\, Thin Glizzy. We are excited to share with you foot long hot dogs like we’ve never seen or tasted before! Also on site will be Cat Head Press\, doing demos and selling merchandise from some of Indianapolis’s best artists\, live music from Preston Ott\, and War Pig Beer available. Littleton\, CO native Natasha Vidger will have her artwork up in the Main Gallery at Tube. Reserve your tickets now for indoor seating. No groups of more than 4. And this ticket will reserve your seat for 45 minutes. Franklin Food Pantry will be accepting canned good donations. Masks required. Hot dogs range in price from $10-12.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/art-dog/
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:20210415T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210415T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20210323T030446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T030446Z
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SUMMARY:Power Plant Grant Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the new annual Power Plant Grant program made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts on March 25\, 6:30pm\, April 1\, 6:30pm or April 15\, 6:30pm. The grants provide visual artists who live\, work\, or run spaces in Indianapolis with grants ranging from $2\,000 to $10\,000. Applications for this round are due by April 26\, 2021.\nEligible applicants are visual/multidisciplinary artists who create original work in painting\, drawing\, sculpture\, book art\, ceramics\, fiber\, printmaking\, digital/media works\, film\, video\, photography\, performance art\, sound art\, social practice and/or hybrid or interdisciplinary practice of any/all of the above.\nArtists must be over 21 at the time of the application\, and may not be full-time students.\nArtists must live and/or work in Indianapolis.\nEmployees or board members (or immediate family members of employees or board members) of Big Car Collaborative are not eligible for this opportunity.\nTeams\, partnerships\, and unincorporated individuals running spaces are eligible. Nonprofit organizations are not
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/power-plant-grant-information-session-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210513T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210513T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20210510T203741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210510T204333Z
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SUMMARY:Artists & Community Conversation Series- Juan William Chavez\, Dr. Jarrod Dortch and David Kirkland
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first installment of this four part series developed with artists and neighbors who are doing work related to or influencing our thinking with the Artist and Public Life affordable artist housing residency in our neighborhood on the near Southside of Indianapolis.\nThis episode will include Juan William Chávez artist\, activist and director of Northside Workshop\, APLR artist\, Dr. Jarrod Dortch and Chef David Kirkland.\n\nE-mail email hidden; JavaScript is required to receive the Zoom link.\n\nMade possible by PNC Bank.\n\nAbout Juan William Chávez\nJuan William Chávez is an artist\, activist and director of Northside Workshop. His studio practice focuses on sculpting space within urban ecosystems through partnerships and collaborations as a way to address social and environmental issues. His work includes public sculptures\, multimedia installations\, paintings\, drawings\, and unconventional forms of beekeeping and agriculture. His exhibitions focus on themes of the urban environment\, ecology\, sustainability\, craft/labor\, activism\, identity and archaeology of place. Chavez has exhibited at ArtPace\, Van Abbemuseum\, McColl Center for Art\, Tube Factory Artspace\, 21c Museum Hotel\, Laumeier Sculpture Park\, and Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Currently Chavez’s work was included in El Museo’s survey of contemporary Latinx art\, ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21. His interdisciplinary approach to art has gained the attention and support of prestigious institutions like the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation\, Creative Capital\, Graham Foundation\, ArtPlace America\, Andy Warhol Foundation\, and Art Matters Foundation. Chávez holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.\nRead More: https://juanwilliamchavez.com/home.html\n\nAbout Chef David Kirkland\nDavid Kirkland\, the owner and executive chef of Turn Restaurant and David Kirkland Catering\, believes food and music brings people together. He began his career in the early-1990’s\, bouncing from the Café at St. Louis Art Museum (Catering St. Louis) to Frazier’s Brown Bag\, and then Venice Café. Kirkland learned everything he could from some of the city’s best. In 1996\, he moved to San Francisco and began focusing on his music interests\, becoming a resident DJ at several clubs throughout the city. However\, he never lost his love for the culinary arts\, cooking for friends and family and exploring the area’s now famous farm-to-table approach to food. After moving back to St. Louis\, Kirkland returned to the kitchen with a mission\, taking the helm at Café Osage in 2007. He opened Turn Restaurant and David Kirkland Catering in Spring of 2016.\nRead More https://www.stlmag.com/…/hot-seat-a-conversation-with…/\n\nAbout Dr. Jarrod Dortch\nDr. Jarrod Nicholas Dortch is a Professor of Communication at Ivy Tech Community College in Muncie\, Indiana. He also serves as the owner and operator of Solful Gardens\, a local urban agriculture startup specializing in bringing Fresh.Urban.Natural produce to clients’ properties and working with community gardens. He has been affiliated with Big Car as a Community Artist and as Community Gardener at the Tube Factory artspace. He is currently working with Listen Hear and WQRT 99.1 FM. He enjoys bringing together art\, education\, and gardening to help to enrich the experiences of communities and their denizens.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/artists-community-conversation-series-juan-william-chavez-dr-jarrod-dortch-and-david-kirkland/
CATEGORIES:conference,Garfield Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210515T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210515T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210510T205747Z
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SUMMARY:The Indianapolis Anthology Reading & Book Release
DESCRIPTION:“As a child\, I thought Naptown was a cool nickname for Indianapolis. Little did I know it was more pejorative than cool. Indianapolis used to—and sometimes still does—have a reputation for being boring and lacking culture. The Indianapolis Anthology proves otherwise. We see the beauty\, the ugliness\, the racism\, the diversity\, the past\, and the present. It’s all here. Through each story\, you see Naptown isn’t a sleepy little city\, and I was right all along.” —Oseye Boyd\, editor of the Indianapolis Recorder\n“A must-read for anyone who thinks they know the city.” —Rachel Sahaidachny\, associate editor of The Indianapolis Review\nThe Indianapolis Anthology (May 4\, 2021)\, edited by Norman Minnick\, showcases Naptown’s vibrancy and diversity with pieces from journalists\, poets\, historians\, established community voices\, and first-time writers. Indianapolis is more than the home of the Indianapolis 500\, John Dillinger\, Kurt Vonnegut\,and Wonder Bread. In these pages you’ll find lawn chairs in the beds of pick-ups; the magnificent stench of diesel\, sweat\, and sweetly hissing charcoal; suffragists and entrepreneurs; cement Pietàs; sneakers dangling from power lines; dog bakeries and yoga studios; red brick bungalows and war memorials; steakburgers and Mexican seafood; Pho and sauerbraten. In other words\, you’ll find not Naptown\, or flyover country\, but a vibrant city that is truly a cross section of today’s America.\nBelt books are distributed by Publishers Group West.\nMasks are required
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/the-indianapolis-anthology-reading-book-release/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210515T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20210627T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095321
CREATED:20210421T224609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210421T224609Z
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SUMMARY:Audrey Barcio and Rachel Leah Cohn: Sapientia Gloria Corona Est
DESCRIPTION:New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is proud to present “Sapientia Gloria Corona Est\,” curated by Shauta Marsh and featuring works by Audrey Barcio and Rachel Leah Cohn.\n“Sapientia Gloria Corona Est” runs from May 15 through June 27\, 2021 and opens with a limited reception on Saturday\, May 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. CT. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays.\nAs part of the ongoing Social Alchemy partnership with Indianapolis-based Big Car Collaborative\, this exhibition taps into the history\, art\, and architecture that has long made New Harmony a source of creative and spiritual energy for artists and thinkers. Sapientia Gloria Corona Est—or\, Wisdom is the Crown of Glory—is the motto of the Minerva Society\, one of the first women’s clubs in America. Founded in New Harmony\, the leaders of the Minerva Society nurtured critical conversation\, political debate\, and community engagement. Curator Shauta Marsh finds similar qualities in the works and practices of Audrey Barcio and Rachel Leah Cohn.\nIdeas of utopia and dystopia have long influenced these artists and their work. Through large-scale floor sculptures and reflective wall pieces\, Audrey Barcio and Rachel Leah Cohn each explore concepts of memory\, mythology\, and community. “Sapientia Gloria Corona Est” unifies Barcio and Cohn not only as artists\, but as teachers\, provocateurs\, feminists\, and catalysts for change. This exhibit\, like Social Alchemy as a whole\, simultaneously looks back and ahead and strives to make progress as a society.\nWomen are what they think.\n……\nAudrey Barcio is an artist and assistant professor at Ball State University. Through the use of universal symbology that is rooted in the language of the early abstractionists\, her work strives to change the accepted cultural raison d’être by positing a heritage of abstraction voiced in the feminine present. Barcio received her BAE from Herron School of Art and Design and her MFA from the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas. She attended the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany\, France\, and completed a Vermont Studio Center residency in 2017 and is a 2019 Pollock – Krasner Foundation Grant recipient. Her work has been published in New American Paintings and has been featured in multiple group exhibitions around the U.S.\, including Art in America at the Art Miami Satellite Fair\, ART IN CONTEXT: Selections from the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Collection\, Las Vegas\, NV\, and GLAMFA at UC Long Beach. Recent solo exhibitions include Syracuse University\, New York\, the Las Vegas Government Center\, Las Vegas\, NV\, University of Nevada\, Las Vegas\, and Tube Factory in Indianapolis. Barcio’s work is included in several public and private collections\, including that of the Barrick Museum of Art.\n\nRachel Leah Cohn is an interdisciplinary artist working with painting\, sculpture\, video and performance. She values experimentation\, collaboration and trying to find new ways to describe the world around her. Recent projects have included building a portable sauna with green tea steam\, searching for mirages out in the desert of Zekreet\, Qatar and trying to send a painting by radio waves to New Zealand. Rachel exhibits her work internationally\, including recent exhibitions in collaboration with the Qatar Museums\, the Istanbul Design Biennial and Aterlierhaus Salzamt in Linz\, Austria. She has attended many international artist residency programs\, recently including Signal Culture\, Otis College of Art and Design and the Fire Station in Doha\, Qatar. She holds an MFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and is the Foundations Coordinator for the School of Art at Ball State University in Muncie specializing in 4D Foundations.\n\nThe Social Alchemy project is a multifaceted\, multiyear\, interdisciplinary project in partnership with Big Car Collaborative\, University of Southern Indiana\, Historic New Harmony\, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art\, Working Men’s Institute\, Indiana State Museum\, Efroymson Family Fund\, and Indiana Humanities. This 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. For more information\, visit the Social Alchemy project at bigcar.org/utopia.\n\nNew Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art provides a not-for-profit exhibition space for Midwestern artists and to promote discourse about and access to contemporary art in the southern Indiana region. Since its inception in 1975\, the gallery has provided an exhibition space for young and midcareer artists to show their work in a professional setting and a venue for contemporary art for the general public. The cornerstone of the Gallery’s mission is education and access through a carefully planned series of seven exhibitions per year. The exhibition series explores contemporary art concepts and provides increased opportunity for artists and the public to engage in discourse on and about the arts and culture.\nNew Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is a proud outreach partner of the University of Southern Indiana.\n\nThis exhibition is made possible in part by the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana and the Indiana Arts Commission\, which receives support from the State of Indiana and the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/audrey-barcio-and-rachel-leah-cohn-sapientia-gloria-corona-est/
LOCATION:New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art\, 506 Main St\, New Harmony\, IN\, 47631\, United States
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