Wong Kit Yi: Inner Voice Transplant
2024-11-01 18:00 - 2025-02-23 15:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Inner Voice Transplant explores the links between subjects as disparate as ancient Egyptian practices of dream interpretation; jiāngshī (Chinese hopping vampires); and the first voice-box transplant, which took place at the Cleveland Clinic in 1998. These inquiries are connected through her signature video essay mode, which incorporates newly composed songs with karaoke-style running subtitles into associative, essayistic narratives. This novel format opens up the videos to viewers’ embodied interactions, something expanded further by her live presentation of a karaoke performance-lecture during FRONT 2022’s opening days, and then at Tate Modern in London as well as M+ Museum in Hong Kong.
The artist has also made a traveling kit that allows other art venues around the world to present a version of the project.
As the artist states, “Ancient temples were the precursors of hospitals, places where body and spirit were meant to be treated together. Modern medicine, however, appears to divorce the concept of treatment from care of the soul.” In her thoroughly interdisciplinary approach, the perceived separation between bodies of knowledge and types of experience are broken down and imagined anew. In the spaces between established genres, Wong considers the question of illness and the need for some to simply live with it rather than heal in the way we are often commanded to do.
About the Artist
Wong Kit Yi lives and works between New York and Hong Kong. Her works have been included in recent projects organized by M+ (Hong Kong, 2023); Tate Modern (London, 2023); FRONT Triennial (Cleveland, 2022); Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong, 2021); Public Art Fund (New York, 2020); Para Site (Hong Kong, 2019). She was a resident in the Chinati Foundation Artist in Residence program (Marfa, 2021) and received an MFA from Yale University. She has taught university courses about performance, video art, and new media and currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts (New York) in the MFA Fine Arts program. Even when not teaching, she can’t quit lecturing people and continues to do so in her signature karaoke-inspired lecture format. Wong is currently preparing for a new commission by the Lahore Biennial 03, as well as a co-commission by LIAF 2024 (which is the longest-running art biennial in Scandinavia) and The Kitchen (New York).
This exhibition is made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, Efroymson Family Fund, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and The Arts Council of Indianapolis and City of Indianapolis.

NIGHTJAR: Mat Davis
2024-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Doors at 6:30 pm, Reading at 7 pm
Open mic prompt: Write a poem full of good intentions.
Read a poem or short piece that is 317 words maximum, and challenge yourself to share new work!
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About Davis:
Mat Davis is a poet, performing artist, and curator who has been active in the Indy arts community for more than a decade. Mat is particularly known for all age performing events in the Near Eastside, Fountain Square, and Downtown Indy. He is the organizer and emcee of And Sometimes Y, a monthly poetry open mic at the Chatterbox Jazz Club inspired by Etheridge Knight’s Free Peoples’ Poetry Workshops that draws together some of Etheridge’s original Free Singers group with poets of subsequent generations for mutual listening and supportive critique.
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NIGHTJAR creates an inclusive space for all by bringing together spoken-word performers and page-based poets writing in narrative, lyric, and experimental forms. Every third Wednesday, C.S. Carrier and Michelle Niemann host a reading and invite audience members to share their own poetic responses.

Supportive Story Time For All
2024-12-05 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-01-02 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-01-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-01-16 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-01-23 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-01-30 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-02-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Each Thursday we will have a reader with a pleasant voice read to you from a book that is positive, expands the imagination and is generally supportive. Bring a blanket, pillow, grab a glass of wine at our bar or bring your own water –whatever you need to unwind and set up in the Main Gallery of Tube Factory artspace.

This series is part of the exhibit Julie Xiao, “A Journey.” Events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation.

The books were selected by Youth Services Librarian Amanda Waller. She is a Youth Services Librarian at a public library in the Chicago suburbs. She believes strongly in the importance of community care and support and has worked in violence prevention, environmental justice, and mutual aid work. Community is what will continue to uplift us and keep us whole!

Supportive Story Time For All
2024-12-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Each Thursday we will have a reader with a pleasant voice read to you from a book that is positive, expands the imagination and is generally supportive. Bring a blanket, pillow, grab a glass of wine at our bar or bring your own water –whatever you need to unwind and set up in the Main Gallery of Tube Factory artspace.
This series is part of the exhibit Julie Xiao, “A Journey.” Events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation.

The books were selected by Youth Services Librarian Amanda Waller. She is a Youth Services Librarian at a public library in the Chicago suburbs. She believes strongly in the importance of community care and support and has worked in violence prevention, environmental justice, and mutual aid work. Community is what will continue to uplift us and keep us whole!

Note: We will not have Story Time on December 19 or 26.

Winter Solstice NIGHTJAR
2024-12-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Doors at 6:30 pm, Reading at 7 pm

All open mic, and no prompt! Please bring your best poem and/or a snack or dessert to share — or just yourself. Join us to celebrate the shortest days of the year with a cozy evening of poetry, food, and conversation.
Read a poem or short piece that is 317 words maximum, and challenge yourself to share new work!
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NIGHTJAR creates an inclusive space for all by bringing together spoken-word performers and page-based poets writing in narrative, lyric, and experimental forms. Every third Wednesday, C.S. Carrier and Michelle Niemann host a reading and invite audience members to share their own poetic responses.

Slow Flow Yoga Series with Cory Cathcart
2024-12-22 17:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Celebrating Meditation & Healing for Creatives on Select Sundays: 5-6 p.m. ( 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 2/2, and 2/9)
This series is part of the exhibit “Julie Xiao: A Journey”, events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation. Cathcart will explore how movement and meditation benefit the artistic process through rest, mindful flow, and breath.
No experience necessary.
Bring a mat and water – All levels & bodies welcome.
This class is free, donations are welcome.

Integrated Sound Healing with Hoai-Huong
2024-12-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Sound Healing promotes relaxation, release of blockages, promotes healing and restores balance. The harmonic sound waves of the crystal sound bowls eases stress, tension, & emotional distress. These sounds place the brain in alpha & theta states while taking it out of the stress response (flight or fight). The crystal bowls are made of 99.99% quartz tuned to 432Hz. Trauma & stress can manifest in so many unique ways in each one of us & affect the very core of our being; inhibiting true joy to shine through. The interconnectedness between the mind, body, & spirit is significant & continues to be researched in the medical & spiritual communities.
Bring your own mat or we have a few you can borrow. During the session attendees lie on their backs in a relaxed position, listen and stay present with what they are experiencing with the sounds.
Hoai-Huong has practiced as registered nurse since January of 2004 & achieved a Master of Science in Nursing Education in 2016. Her career focus has been in the areas of emergency/trauma, academia, & mental health/psych for the pediatric & adult population. “I recognized at an early age that I was destined to care for & serve others in a meaningful way,” says Huong. “To be vulnerable with you, I survived emotional, mental, & physically traumatic events & had to do deep work to heal. Sometimes I felt lost & struggled through therapy sessions, doctor’s visits, and medications which in my case, only masked what was deeper within me that I needed to address. My search to go deeper led me to Reiki and sound vibrational energy healing. I am beyond grateful that I have been able to shift from surviving to thriving.”

Benjamin Berg: ░▓ I Can See the Pixels ▓░
2025-01-03 09:00 - 2025-02-23 15:00 | Efroymson Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Computers do whatever you tell them to, even if you tell them to make a mistake.

There are some seemingly bad ideas behind Benjamin Berg’s exhibition I Can See the Pixels. For starters, everything is created using the 1980s-era GIF image format, which is hated by today’s computer programmers for its limited color palette and inefficient storage. Also, the source images are small and low-resolution. Worst of all, he forces his computer to use colors that are totally wrong, nowhere close to the ones it needs. What’s wrong with this picture?

Berg isn’t interested in doing things the “correct” way. He’s more curious about what happens when you do them incorrectly. He tries to misuse technology just enough to make it misbehave,
but not so much that it breaks down entirely. Finding the right amount of wrong is a delicate balance.

This GIF-based work requires countless screenshots and hours of sifting through those screenshots, cropping and resizing them, looking for the best mistakes, the most interesting failures.

Sometimes they don’t fail hard enough the first time and so he sends them back through for a second pass. Often only a small area is good enough and he crops everything else away. Finally, he takes his favorite failures and blows them up big. The pixels, once tiny and hard to spot, are now on display for all to see.

I Can See the Pixels features prints and large-scale projections of animated GIFs, accompanied by ambient plunderphonic music playing from two sets of speakers.

For more information, to stream/download music, or purchase art prints, visit animalswithinanimals.com/bent

About the artist: Benjamin Berg is a multidisciplinary artist from Indianapolis. After making glitch music for several years, he started applying similar techniques to the visual arts in 2005, documenting his experiments on his blog. His writings from this period culminated in a series of highly influential and widely cited glitch art tutorials.

By making technologies misbehave, his work challenges the assumptions built into those technologies, assumptions which are often unstated and sometimes even unconscious.

He also releases music with his band Animals Within Animals, and solo under various names including stAllio! and Old Man Glitch.

Circle Show
2025-01-03 18:00 - 2025-01-26 18:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
We are kicking off 2025 sharing artworks of some the artists who helped make 2024 SPARK on the Circle happen! Visual artists Katie Faust, Dillion Imel and Sarah Montañez led daily activities of our work in the pop-up park in the Northwest quad for five months. Kris Komakech was one of our SPARK Artists in Residence. He created a Monument Circle Hidden Picture, led a clock-making workshops and more. Read more about the artists below.
Kris Komakech is an Indianapolis based multi-media visual artist who has been practicing his work for over 20 years. He is best known for his intricate maps and community focused clocks. He exhibits in non-traditional venues like grocery stores and community spaces. Komakech has also exhibited at The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Central Library’s Meet The Artists, Gallery 924 and many other traditional galleries and art spaces. “Like most people, I had a very active imagination as a child: I truly lived inside my mind. At a very young age, I recognized my ability to bring all of my dreams and fantasies into the real world through that creativity,” says Komakech.
“Drawing, painting and building were not just simple activities to me — the need to create was similar to the need to breathe, and I inhaled with my eyes and exhaled with my hands. In the sixth grade, I was selected to attend classes at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis — a turning point in my artistic journey. Everybody was older and more experienced than me, and as the little kid with the broken glasses, I’m sure I stuck out in class. Regardless, I never felt more in my own element than in art class. However, during high school, I started neglecting my passion for art and began focusing on the more mainstream pastimes of “normal” teenagers. I thought I was doing myself a favor by trying to fit in, but it turned out to be a strategy that abandoned my overwhelming strengths and uncovered my true weaknesses. I spent the first 16 years of my life building an identity: I was “Kris the Artist.” I knew exactly how to express myself, and I let my hands do all of the talking. But, unfortunately, I then spent twelve long years trying to fit myself into this image of normalcy that I had stuck in my mind. My story turned out to be a really long and difficult way of figuring out exactly who I am not. At the age of twenty-eight and somewhat lost in life, I wandered into my current career as a carpenter. Slowly, my desire to create reemerged. And, once again, I began to trust and believe in my hands. Today, I know them to be my true voice.”
Katie Faust is a queer and non-binary artist located in Indy. They are a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington with a Bachelors in Studio Art and an Art History minor. Their work has been shown in the Indianapolis Art Center in Broad Ripple, Indiana and at Indiana University-Bloomington. Faust’s work focuses on cultivating a sense of self beyond heteronormative expectations surrounding sexuality and gender. Through their exploration of personal identity and acceptance, they aim to create a space that encourages admirers to challenge their perceptions of self and embrace their authentic expression.
Dillon Imel is an Indianapolis-based artist and third-year Illustration major at Herron School of Art. Dillon’s work draws a lot of inspiration from the mundane moments of life.
Sarah Montañez is currently a senior at IU Indianapolis’ Herron School of Art and Design, pursuing a BFA in Photography and a minor in Art History. An image maker and video artist, Sarah explores the tense generational dynamics present in her family, as well as grief, loss, and yearning for people and places.
SPARK on the Circle is a partnership between Big Car Collaborative, Downtown Indy, Inc., the City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission, and is funded by the Capital Improvement Board. At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project.
Artwork of SPARK on the Circle by Katie Faust

Slow Flow Yoga Series with Cory Cathcart
2025-01-12 17:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Celebrating Meditation & Healing for Creatives on Select Sundays: 5-6 p.m. (1/19, 2/2, and 2/9)
This series is part of the exhibit “Julie Xiao: A Journey,” events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation. Cathcart will explore how movement and meditation benefit the artistic process through rest, mindful flow, and breath.
No experience necessary.
Bring a mat and water – All levels & bodies welcome.
This class is free, donations are welcome.

NIGHTJAR: Alessandra Lynch
2025-01-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Alessandra Lynch will begin reading at 7pm.
After Lynch’s reading and a brief break, the open mic will begin. Open mic prompt: Write a poem at the intersection of the past and the future. Read a poem or short piece that is 317 words maximum, and challenge yourself to share new work!
About Alessandra Lynch:
Alessandra’s fifth book of poetry, Wish Ave, was published by Alice James Books in 2024. She is the author of four other poetry collections: Pretty Tripwire, Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment (winner of the Balcones Prize, finalist for the LA Times Book Award and the UNT Rilke Prize, listed as a NY Times top ten poetry books of 2017), It was a terrible cloud at twilight, and Sails the Wind Left Behind. Her work has appeared in the American Poetry Review, The New England Review, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, and other journals.
Alessandra has received residencies from MacDowell, Yaddo, the Lannan Foundation, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Vermont Studio Center. She has been the recipient of a Barbara Deming Award and a Creative Renewal Fellowship Award. She has also been a featured blogger for the Poetry Foundation’s Harriet Books. Currently, Alessandra serves as Butler University’s poet in residence where she teaches in the undergraduate and MFA programs.
She has collaborated with musician Earl Townsend, composer Harriet Steinke, painter Richard Rosenblatt, and artist Carlos Rodriguez-Mendez.
NIGHTJAR creates an inclusive space for all by bringing together spoken-word performers and page-based poets writing in narrative, lyric, and experimental forms. Every third Wednesday, C.S. Carrier and Michelle Niemann host a reading and invite audience members to share their own poetic responses.

Slow Flow Yoga Series with Cory Cathcart
2025-01-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Celebrating Meditation & Healing for Creatives on Select Sundays: 5-6 p.m. ( 2/2, and 2/9)
This series is part of the exhibit “Julie Xiao: A Journey,” events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation. Cathcart will explore how movement and meditation benefit the artistic process through rest, mindful flow, and breath.
No experience necessary.
Bring a mat and water – All levels & bodies welcome.
This class is free, donations are welcome.

Integrated Sound Healing with Hoai-Huong
2025-01-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Bring your own mat or we might few you can borrow. During the session attendees lie on their backs in a relaxed position, listen and stay present with what they are experiencing with the sounds.
Sound Healing promotes relaxation, release of blockages, promotes healing and restores balance. The harmonic sound waves of the crystal sound bowls eases stress, tension, & emotional distress. These sounds place the brain in alpha & theta states while taking it out of the stress response (flight or fight). The crystal bowls are made of 99.99% quartz tuned to 432Hz. Trauma and stress can manifest in so many unique ways in each one of us and affect the very core of our being; inhibiting true joy to shine through. The interconnectedness between the mind, body spirit is significant and continues to be researched in the medical and spiritual communities.
Hoai-Huong has practiced as registered nurse since January of 2004 and achieved a Master of Science in Nursing Education in 2016. Her career focus has been in the areas of emergency/trauma, academia, & mental health/psych for the pediatric & adult population. “I recognized at an early age that I was destined to care for & serve others in a meaningful way,” says Huong. “To be vulnerable with you, I survived emotional, mental, & physically traumatic events & had to do deep work to heal. Sometimes I felt lost & struggled through therapy sessions, doctor’s visits, and medications which in my case, only masked what was deeper within me that I needed to address. My search to go deeper led me to Reiki and sound vibrational energy healing. I am beyond grateful that I have been able to shift from surviving to thriving.”
Capacity for this event is 50. We can not guarantee a spot.

Year of the Snake - Lunar New Year Celebration
2025-02-01 17:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Welcome the Year of the Snake with Big Car Collaborative and the Indianapolis Chinese Performing Arts’ Lunar New Year celebration! Join us on February 1st from 5 to 8:30 PM at the Tube Factory artspace in Garfield Park for a night filled with fun for the whole family!

Experience traditional dance performances by the Indianapolis Chinese Performing Arts from 6-7pm, as well as fireworks, and hands-on activities like cut paper art, lantern decorating, fan painting, and so much more! Plus, delicious food will be available for purchase by a local food truck!

The Indianapolis Chinese Performing Arts, Inc. (ICPAI) will perform traditional dances from 6-7pm.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased HERE.

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Lunar New Year is one of the most important celebrations of the year among East and Southeast Asian cultures, including Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean communities, among others. The New Year celebration is usually celebrated for multiple days—not just one day as in the Gregorian calendar’s New Year.

In 2025, Lunar New Year begins on January 29. China’s Lunar New Year is known as the Spring Festival or Chūnjié in Mandarin, while Koreans call it Seollal and Vietnamese refer to it as Tết.Tied to the lunar calendar, the holiday began as a time for feasting and to honor household and heavenly deities, as well as ancestors. The New Year typically begins with the first new moon that occurs between the end of January and spans the first 15 days of the first month of the lunar calendar—until the full moon arrives.

Slow Flow Yoga Series with Cory Cathcart
2025-02-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Celebrating Meditation & Healing for Creatives on Select Sundays: 5-6 p.m. ( also 2/9)
This series is part of the exhibit “Julie Xiao: A Journey,” events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation. Cathcart will explore how movement and meditation benefit the artistic process through rest, mindful flow, and breath.
No experience necessary.
Bring a mat and water – All levels & bodies welcome.
This class is free, donations are welcome.

February 2025 First Friday - New Show Opening, Sound Performances, & More
2025-02-07 18:00 - 22:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us at Tube Factory artspace on Friday, Feb. 7 from 6 – 10pm for First Friday celebrations including:

The opening of Tierras in Guichelaar Gallery, an exhibition “dedicated to Latine women, daughters, and femme-presenting individuals highlighting the traditional and creative artmaking skills passed down through generations” curated by Alejandra Carrillo and Leyda Melgar.
An ASMR performance by Landon Caldwell in the Main Gallery in coordination with Julie Xiao’s exhibit A Journey Caldwell will consist of improvised compositions of performed and sampled ASMR sounds accompanied by microtonal drones to create an adventurous & meditative sonic environment.
A glitch audio performance by Benjamin Berg (Old Man Glitch / stallio!) in the Jeremy D. Efroymson gallery in coordination with his exhibit I Can See the Pixels.
The continued display of “A Journey“ by Julie Xiao in the Main Gallery.
The continued display of “I Can See the Pixels” by Benjamin Berg in the Jeremy D. Efroymson Gallery
The continued screening of “Inner Voice Transplant” by Wong Kit Yi in the video room
The “Chicken Chapel of Love” opening up, featuring the recent “Fire Mother” mural by Julie Xiao
Normal Coffee, serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages for purchase

Free for all ages!

Tierras
2025-02-07 18:00 - 2025-03-28 18:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Tierras is dedicated to Latine women, daughters, and femme-presenting individuals highlighting the traditional and creative artmaking skills passed down through generations. Regardless of how distant we may be from our roots or motherland, we remain connected through the matriarchal fibers that stitch us together.
Tierras will showcase both local and out-of-state emerging and established artists. The reception is Friday, February 7th from 6-9:30 pm and the exhibition will run through March 28th for Women’s History Month.

Artists:
Alexandria Canchola @alexandriacanchola
Diana Fernandez Caumol @dididinosauriooo
Kamilah Valentin Diaz @kams_conchispas
Luna @luna_mari_c
Sarah Montañez @ss.monta
Paloma Núñez- Regueiro @palomaprintmaking
Elena Guadiana Segovia @lamentos_ceramicas_
Sheila Clemente-Zoto @_sncz_

Curated by:
Alejandra Carrillo @elrallonadero
Leyda Melgar @leydamelgarart

Flyer credit: Alejandra Carrillo

Curator Bios
Alejandra Carrillo is a multimedia Chicana artist based in Indianaplis, IN by way of Chihuahua, MX. Carrillo has received a double bachelor’s degree in Art Education and Fine Arts in Printmaking from Indiana University. Carrillo teaches multidisciplinary printmaking at the Indianapolis Art Center and is an artist in residence for the Big Car Collaborative. Her most notable achievements include receiving awards from the 2023 Manhattan Graphics Center, the 2024 100th Annual Hoosier Salon Juried Exhibition, and developing a mural for the Indianapolis Mexican Consulate.
Leyda Melgar is a Salvadoran-American artist and educator in Indianapolis. Her work centers themes of her mental health, experiences of assimilation, and her personality through sculptural and mixed-media works. She attended Herron School of Art and Design where she graduated with a Bachelor of Art Education in 2022. Becoming a teacher, Leyda wanted to keep her artistic roots and continue to grow as an artist in the Indianapolis community. She recently completed the Latino Artist Mentorship Program in Indianapolis by participating in a group exhibition at Newfields. She is currently working towards developing a body of work and currently works as a high school digital art teacher.

ASMR Live-Landon Caldwell
2025-02-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us in the Main Gallery for a live performance of ASMR with artist Landon Caldwell.
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a previously unstudied sensory phenomenon, in which individuals experience a tingling, static-like sensation across the scalp, back of the neck and at times further areas in response to specific triggering audio and visual stimuli. This sensation is widely reported to be accompanied by feelings of relaxation and well-being. The current study identifies several common triggers used to achieve ASMR, including whispering, personal attention, crisp sounds and slow movements. Data obtained also illustrates temporary improvements in symptoms of depression and chronic pain in those who engage in ASMR.
Landon Caldwell is a multi-disciplinary artist and composer based in Indianapolis. His work explores environment, family, and class, using sound, words, color, and other materials, presenting immersive environments that redirect attention to the present and reveal hidden layers of reality. Landon has toured extensively across the US, Canada, and Europe and regularly collaborates with artists and musicians in the Midwest and beyond, having served time in improvisational units like Eternal Husk, Crazy Doberman, and the Open Sex. With Mark Tester, he curates and runs Medium Sound, a focal point of adventurous music in Indianapolis. Since 2020, he has host free sound art programming, installations, and workshops through Sonic Potluck, a collaboration with Rob Funkhouser. His installation work has been exhibited at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Terminal Kyoto, the Indiana State Museum, and more.
This series is part of the exhibit Julie Xiao, “A Journey.” Events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation.

Slow Flow Yoga Series with Cory Cathcart
2025-02-09 17:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Celebrating Meditation & Healing for Creatives
This series is part of the exhibit “Julie Xiao: A Journey,” events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation. Cathcart will explore how movement and meditation benefit the artistic process through rest, mindful flow, and breath.
No experience necessary.
Bring a mat and water – All levels & bodies welcome.
This class is free, donations are welcome.

ASMR Live- Rob Funkhouser
2025-02-13 18:30 - 20:00 | IN
Join us in the Main Gallery for a live performance of ASMR with artist Rob Funkhouser.
Doors are at 6:30pm, performance starts at 7pm.
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a previously unstudied sensory phenomenon, in which individuals experience a tingling, static-like sensation across the scalp, back of the neck and at times further areas in response to specific triggering audio and visual stimuli. This sensation is widely reported to be accompanied by feelings of relaxation and well-being. The current study identifies several common triggers used to achieve ASMR, including whispering, personal attention, crisp sounds and slow movements. Data obtained also illustrates temporary improvements in symptoms of depression and chronic pain in those who engage in ASMR.
Rob 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 projects through various labels in three different countries, but finds his home turf on Auris Apothecary and Medium Sound. His current projects include an ongoing series of recordings and writing under the title Walking Music, building a new set of instruments in collaboration with artist Justin Cooper, and ongoing work on new performance tools for music and installations. In 2020, he began a long-term living residency with Big Car as part of their APLR program. 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, So Percussion, No Exit Theater, and Chicago-based director Ryan Gleason.
This series is part of the exhibit Julie Xiao, “A Journey.” Events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation.

NIGHTJAR: Angelita Hampton
2025-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Doors at 6:30 pm, Reading at 7 pm
Open mic prompt: Write a poem that does justice.
Read a poem or short piece that is 317 words maximum, and challenge yourself to share new work!
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Bio: Angelita Hampton is a writer, visual artist, activist, sister, and daughter. Her undergraduate studies in psychology and African American Studies at Earlham College and graduate studies at the Ohio State University, along with her time living abroad in Mexico, deeply inform her creative work. She identifies as a Black queer feminist revolutionary inspired by and dedicated to social justice.
Angelita is an Indianapolis native who enjoys the arts, nature, and maintaining close ties to family. She has self-published several books of poetry in addition to having poems published in Rigorous, Bay Windows, RagShock, and Coffee People Zine.
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NIGHTJAR creates an inclusive space for all by bringing together spoken-word performers and page-based poets writing in narrative, lyric, and experimental forms. Every third Wednesday, C.S. Carrier and Michelle Niemann host a reading and invite audience members to share their own poetic responses.

ASMR Live - Sesseka
2025-02-20 18:30 - 20:00 | IN
Join us in the gallery for a live performance of ASMR with artist Jessica Dunn, aka, Sesseka, who will lead an audiovisual meditation experience.

Doors 6:30pm.
Performance 7pm

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a previously unstudied sensory phenomenon, in which individuals experience a tingling, static-like sensation across the scalp, back of the neck and at times further areas in response to specific triggering audio and visual stimuli. This sensation is widely reported to be accompanied by feelings of relaxation and well-being. The current study identifies several common triggers used to achieve ASMR, including whispering, personal attention, crisp sounds and slow movements. Data obtained also illustrates temporary improvements in symptoms of depression and chronic pain in those who engage in ASMR.
Jessica Dunn (sesseka) is a multimedia artist known for her immersive, dreamlike worlds combining video, sound, and physical installations. With a scientific curiosity, she finds inspiration by investigating the natural world as well as psychological realms of consciousness. Dunn graduated from Herron School of Art + Design with a double major in painting and sculpture. Caught between 2D and 3D practices, she found her calling in 4D art including experimental animation, performance, and experiential works. With a medium-agnostic mindset, Dunn utilizes a wide variety of materials allowing the concept to drive the process. Lately, Dunn has extended her practice into filmmaking including short documentaries and narrative animations. No matter the format, Dunn’s work invites the viewer to open their perception to explore new realms of reality.
This series is part of the exhibit Julie Xiao, “A Journey.” Events in the gallery during this show will center around healing and mediation.

March 2025 First Friday at Tube Factory artspace
2025-03-07 18:00 - 22:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us on Friday, March 7 from 6 to 10 pm at Tube Factory artspace for the opening receptions of Jason Wesaw’s “Sovereign Spirits” in the Main Gallery; Steven Yazzie and Nancy Baric’s “The Nearness of Distance” in the Efroymson Gallery; and Davis Henderson’s BODEWADMI NDAW in the Video Room. And, “Tierras” is continuing in the Guichelaar house gallery until March 28.
Que Tacos Food Truck will be on-site serving up delicious Mexican food for purchase. And Normal Coffee will be offering beverages for purchase, as well.
