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October 2023

Circle Side Chats with Kevin McKelvey

October 5 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps United States + Google Map
Free

Making, Keeping, and Poeting a Place This program will give a brief overview of creative placemaking and placekeeping and discuss the importance of place in the poetry of James Whitcomb Riley, Mari Evans, and Etheridge Knight. Bio: Kevin McKelvey is a place-based poet, writer, designer, and social practice artist who also teaches at University of Indianapolis. His poems have appeared widely in journals, books, and as pieces of public art. McKelvey currently serves on the board of Central Indiana Land…

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Candle Making with Freetown Village

October 5 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps United States + Google Map
Free

Join Freetown Village at SPARK for an immersive candle-making experience! Visitors will have the opportunity to learn the art of candle making, where they’ll create their very own drip candle. It’s a hands-on adventure in the world of candle making that’s perfect for individuals, families, and friends looking for a memorable and crafty day out SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy, the City of Indianapolis, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by the Capital Improvements Board.…

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A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

October 6 @ 6:00 pm - October 21 @ 3:00 pm
Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St.
Indianapolis, IN 46203 United States
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Free

Guichelaar Gallery Within the brief window of our human existence, the ability to come together, protect, and care for one another has allowed us to evolve into a complex, beautiful species. But have we lost these vital sensibilities? Collectively, we have forgotten how to connect with others, provide comfort, empathize and sustain community. A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH is an exploration of the friction, the barriers, and distance between the relationships we create with one another and how they…

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First Friday Night Market

October 6 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St.
Indianapolis, IN 46203 United States
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Free

Join us again for this upcoming First Friday for a wonderful evening in Garfield Park. We are celebrating local artists, musicians, food trucks and vendors by featuring them in our night market. Come check out our creative endeavors here around Cruft Street, where you will have the opportunity to purchase local goods from amazing artists and food vendors here at the Tube. During the winter months, the Night Market is held inside Tube Factory artspace. In the fall, spring, and…

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GOLDEN MYST: Tarot Art Show by Daniela Martín del Campo & Gloomy Zauros

October 6 @ 6:00 pm - November 19 @ 10:00 pm
Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St.
Indianapolis, IN 46203 United States
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Free

Arte Mexicano en Indiana and Big Car Collaborative are partnering to present the works by Mexican Daniela Martín del Campo & and Colombian Artist Gloomy Zauros. GOLDEN MYST represents a unique visual and spiritual experience, where chromatic limitation becomes a window to reflection and contemplation: the deep black of the ink, the shimmering gold and the immaculate white of the paper. GOLDEN MYST is the artistic dialogue between two talented creators: Daniela Martín del Campo, outstanding Mexican children’s book illustrator,…

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Scavenger Hunt with Brittany Fukushima

October 7 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps United States + Google Map
Free

Join us to kick off an on-going  scavenger hunt, find all the little art sculptures and more around the Circle. About the artist: Brittany Fukushima is an Indianapolis-based painter and teaching artist who uses their practice to interpret their environment. Drawing and painting become a means to investigate the natural world, express the intangible, and to present alternate ways of seeing. Recently, they have experimented with paint making using foraged pigments. Teaching is an integral part of their process as it keeps…

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MUFON presents- The Experiencer’s Journey with Bill Konkolesky

October 7 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St.
Indianapolis, IN 46203 United States
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Free

Accounts of those who've opened up about personal first-hand contact with extraterrestrials have proliferated over the past 50 years. Investigators have calculated the data points and researchers have postulated about deeper meanings for our species. What increasingly gets left out, unfortunately, is the journey of personal discovery the experiencers themselves go through. Upon close observation, it becomes evident this is the true heart of the phenomenon. Bill Konkolesky has been the State Director of the Michigan Chapter of the Mutual…

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Lunch Break Live-Cara Jean Wahlers

October 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps United States + Google Map
Free

Wahlers is an Indianapolis based singer-songwriter and performer. Her fondness for folk music from the 60s and 70s gave her a sturdy understanding of storytelling, and she’s taken those cues to develop her own unique style of writing – a revealing balancing act of personal experience and inevitable human truth. She has released an album called “Goodnight Charlotte” withcollaborator and cellist Grover Parido and plays in the Indianapolis and surrounding areas both solo and as a duo. SPARK is a…

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Drum Circle with Rob Funkhouser

October 11 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps United States + Google Map
Free

Come join Rob Funkhouser from Rhythm Discovery for a drum circle on the Circle! For this activity, participants will get the opportunity to learn how to express themselves on hand drums and explore the basics of playing with other people. Working with Rob, participants will begin making sounds on the instruments and learn some basic rhythms inspired by traditional music. SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy, the City of Indianapolis, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission — and funded by…

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John Wesley Hardrick mural live painting

October 11 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St.
Indianapolis, IN 46203 United States
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Free

Artist Kaila Austin will have a series of live painting sessions of the John Wesley Hardrick mural open to the public at Tube Factory artspace: October 11, 3-6pm, October 25, 3-6pm, November 1, 3-6pm, November 8, 3-6pm and November 22, 3-6pm. She will also be at SPARK on the Circle at Monument Circle painting the Harwick Mural on October 13, 2-5pm. The exhibit will run through December 17 with Tube Factory artspace’s regular business hours Wednesday-Friday, 9am-6pm, Saturdays and Sundays…

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