Curator Conversation Series - Audra Lambert
2024-05-04 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
What is the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art? What are they looking for in shows from artists? Learn more about curator Audra Lambert. Why & how she came be be a curator, different exhibits she curated that she is most proud of, what she is focusing on at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art and more!
Q&A to follow.
Audra Verona Lambert is a curator, arts contributor and art historian with over a decade of experience. She’s organized 60+ exhibitions in partnership with multicultural nonprofits, such as WCAPS, Upwardly Global and Fountain House Gallery, Art in Odd Places Festival, FIGMENT NYC and others. She has independently curated exhibits at the Yeshiva University Museum, Brooklyn Art Haus, and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation’s Arsenal Gallery. Her writings have featured in Texte zur Kunst, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, The Culture Trip and more. She served as Director of Amos Eno Gallery in Brooklyn, NY from 2020-2022, and currently serves as Curator of the University of Southern Indiana’s New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art located in New Harmony, IN. Verona Lambert holds an MA, Art History and Visual Culture from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO and graduated from Undergraduate studies at both St Peters University (Jersey City, NJ) and Kansai Gaidai University (Hirakata City, Japan.)

World Collage Day
2024-05-11 12:00 - 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
World Collage Day is an annual, international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. Join artists Beth Hall and Emily Scott in making collages in Indianapolis on May 11th from 12-3pm.
Some collage basics and supplies will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring materials of your own as well to contribute to the group effort! Magazines, old books, paint swatches, miscellaneous ephemera, stamps, string, and other trinkets along with glue, rubber cement, scissors, are all good items to consider bringing.
This is a free event and Normal Coffee is open with all sorts of drinks and food options.
Initiated by Kolaj Magazine in 2018, World Collage Day encourages artists and art venues to hold events on that day to celebrate collage. World Collage Day is about artists connecting across borders against a global context of entrenchment and separation. And the day is about an art medium that excels at bringing different things together to create new forms and new ways of thinking. Ric Kasini Kadour, the editor of Kolaj Magazine, writes, “We created World Collage Day because we wanted to honour this community of artists and to remind the world what a spirit of cooperation, mutual support, and creativity can look like.”

NIGHTJAR: Samantha Fain
2024-05-15 18:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Doors at 6 pm, reading at 7 pm
Samantha (Sam) Fain is a Best-of-the-Net and Pushcart-nominated poet from Indiana. Her debut full-length collection, Are You There, releases April 25, 2024 with Bad Betty Press. She co-edited Kiss Your Darlings: A Taylor Swift Anthology with Olney Magazine in 2022. Sam’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Indianapolis Review, A Flame Called Indiana: An Anthology of Contemporary Hoosier Writing, SWWIM, Peach Mag, 8 Poems, and Non.Plus Lit. Sam loves her family and friends, bad jokes, pop culture, the em dash, and vinyl records, deeply and in no particular order.
Open mic prompt: Write a poem inspired by your favorite song, celebrity, internet meme, or tweet. (317 words max!)
Creative takes on the prompt are fine, but challenge yourself to write something new in response to the prompt!
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.
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Community Sound lab 1: Listening and Recording
2024-05-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Sound artists Rob Funkhouser and Landon Caldwell will start with a basic overview of intentional listening and field recording, and then lead participants on a sound walk through Garfield Park where everyone will get a chance to record sounds that they find to be interesting. For the second half of the workshop, there will be an opportunity for hands-on play with a modular synthesizer, as well as lessons on how to handle files, and prepare them to be used in your own personal projects.

We encourage people to come to either or both of these workshops. All ages and, all skill levels are welcome, this will be a family-friendly activity.

Hoosier Asian American Power Celebration
2024-05-29 17:30 - 19:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us as we celebrate the power of Asian American Hoosiers and their work to build a more just and equitable Indiana.
The event will take place at the Tube Factory, 1125 Cruft St., in Indianapolis on Wednesday, May 29, 5-7 p.m. and will feature a lively panel discussion with three community leaders who will explore Asian American perspectives on three issues: voting rights and civic engagement, racial equity, and gender and reproductive justice.

Ellen Wu, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies at Indiana University – Bloomington and member of the Indiana Advisory Committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights
Ami Gandhi, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Midwest Voting Rights Programs, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Maria Douglas, Commissioner, Monroe County Women’s Commission

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We’ll also have food, giveaways, and opportunities to learn about Asian Americans in Indiana and Hoosier Asian American Power’s work in this critical election year.
This event is sponsored by Hoosier Asian American Power and the Big Car Collaborative.
If you have any questions, please contact Melissa Borja at email hidden; JavaScript is required or Michelle Dahl at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

Indy Gay Market
2024-06-01 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-02 11:00 - 15:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
To celebrate Pride, Indy Gay Market has been invited to launch Big Car Collaborative’s Spark on the Circle event series. We want to recognize the historic meaning behind setting up our grassroots pop-up market in this space especially due to its unique history for the Indianapolis community.
Some history:
“In 1984, police harassment and surveillance of gay men in Indianapolis spurred hundreds to gather at Monument Circle in a show of solidarity against discrimination. It was the first large public gathering of queer individuals in the state that some dubbed ‘The Gay Knights on the Circle.’”
This year marks the 40th anniversary of this first pride gathering and we are so proud to have Indy Gay Market occupy this space.
Event details:
We will be hosting 50 unique vendors each day the first weekend in June.
June 1st, 11:00am-3:00pm
June 2nd, 11:00am-3:00pm
1 Monument Circle
Indianapolis, IN
SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Wake Up Wednesday
2024-06-05 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-06-12 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-06-19 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-06-26 09:00 - 11:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States

Lunch Break Live Scrapper and Skelton
2024-06-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Scrapper and Skelton Description: Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter Steve “Scrapper” Brown has over 55 years as a solo musician and bandleader. Blessed with a smooth baritone voice steeped in Blues/Jazz, Gospel and Funk, Brown brings a wealth of experience and versatility to the stage. He has appeared on 6 CDs including songwriting and production credits.
Blues Harmonica/Vocals Ken Skelton is a Blues enthusiast with a love for classic acoustic Blues. Skelton has received local recognition for his performances in the genre in which he hopes “not only entertains, but produces thought in the listener.
SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Artist Workshop: Henna with Pam
2024-06-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Join us today to step into the world of intricate patterns and cultural celebration with Pam, who has been doing henna for around 25 years now. Henna has been around for many centuries as a way to temporarily dye the skin for cosmetic purposes and to color the hair. At first, henna was smeared on to individuals and did not create the intricate designs made today. There are many steps needed to properly apply henna to an individual. After the henna paste is created, the henna artist transfers the paste to a narrow piping bag. The henna is then applied depending on the design. After drying, the cotton ball with lemon juice should be applied to the henna tattoo. The color that will result depends on the time the henna is kept on the skin: the longer you keep it on, the darker the color will be. After removing, the henna tattoo will remain for 7-14 days depending on personal skin and daily lifestyles.
SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Wu-Bad Paint Junkie
2024-06-07 18:00 - 2024-06-23 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
A Garfield Park resident and artist, Wu started painting in 2012. He was walking down the street when he saw a fellow neighbor, Sharon, had a sign up on her porch that offered lessons on color theory.
By day, Wu creates specialty floor covering and concrete underlayments that he describes as “walking on artwork.” Doing this since 1977, Wu has always wanted to keep fresh, learn, and improve.
“I wanted to learn color theory,” Wu said, “so I figured, how else better than by painting? I picked up the paintbrush and put down the toolbox.”
In regards to his paintings, Wu says he does a lot of “dilly dallying,” but fell in love with work from Georgia O’Keefe and Fra Bartolomeo.
“I fell in love with Georgia O’Keefe first. So I did a lot of that, very few of my own things, but mostly stolen art from the Old Masters,” Wu said. “That’s what kind of got me started and is pushing me along. After this show, it’s the end of the chapter. I’m going to be focusing primarily only on the old masters’ work and their techniques.”
Looking at Wu’s pieces in Guichelaar Gallery, you see the span of 12 years of work. While within this body of work you might not recognize an exact replica of an O’Keefe, Wu explains that “A lot of it has been self-taught. Therefore, the techniques were not correct and it was harder to get to the end product with similar looks. They had totally different techniques. But my work progressed until finally it evolved into some good stuff.”
For the future, Wu hopes to move closer to emulating the Old Masters.
“The Old Masters, they learned from each other,” Wu said. “They had apprenticeships. So the next generation should have been better than the previous. If you go to the museums, you’ll look at their work — it could take two to three years to complete a painting. Because you’ve got a bird’s eye, you’ve got Verdi, and then you add your colors and usually only glazes, building one upon another for deeper darker colors. And man, they had to grind their own paint!”
Through painting and making work, Wu enjoys his life. “It’s a hobby,” Wu said. “Anybody can do it. I was not particularly good at drawing. I’m not particularly good at color theory. Even now, I’m still learning. Like most hobbies, everything is a continual learning experience. And sometimes you get a hit, sometimes you get a homerun.”

Kelley Jordan Schuyler: A Portrait of Motherhood
2024-06-07 18:00 - 2024-07-07 22:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Behind/beneath/before every person, is an individual who became a mother. What does the word “motherhood” mean to you?
Our culture holds little room for the nuanced and transformative journeys that are the birth and postpartum experience, the transition to motherhood, the identity shift, the lifetime it takes to get to know your child, the reality that parenthood is a never-ending exercise in letting go.
In hindsight, it’s no surprise that motherhood isn’t what I thought it would be. I entered into the journey with a plan: an unmedicated birth at a birthing center; parenting with strict boundaries and consistency in order to sculpt my child into an ideal human; preservation of my own identity as a person, partner, artist. After a traumatic c-section, a grueling 24-hour wait to meet and hold my son, and a NICU stay, after a global pandemic that left us all isolated, and with a brilliant and curious and clingy and sensitive boy, I am still learning that motherhood is not so interested in our plans.
This series began as an effort to find myself in my life as a mom, to avoid becoming consumed by my role as caretaker, and to reframe my lamenting of what was not into an appreciation for what is. Capturing these parenting moments helped me rise above the big emotions of the time and see the beauty and the comedy, the agony and the peace in the mundane.
As Karen Maezen Miller writes in Momma Zen, “… the most devastating loss is not the loss of sleep, it is the loss of what you thought was yours.” I felt this loss immediately and this series has helped me let go of my original vision of motherhood and embrace the experience of motherhood that is mine.
Through this work, I hope to create more space for the complexities of the motherhood experience, to give more room for the fierceness of the love, the depth of the overwhelm, the pain of the isolation, and the true joy that can be found in mothering in community. I share these photos to validate the role and experience of all mothers. I hope this particular view of motherhood offers a sense of solidarity to all, especially those who feel alone in this monumental, mundane endeavor.
Artist bio:
Kelley Jordan Schuyler uses photography to capture light, emotion, and moments as they unfold around her. Since receiving a camera at age 15, it has become an extension of her self and a way to make meaning of the world around her – the subtleties and nuances she’s attuned to as a Highly Sensitive Person; the natural world she cares for as a forager and plant enthusiast; and the relational dynamics she’s mindful of as a partner, friend, and mother. Professionally, she photographs families as Kelley Jordan Photography and food as Skyler Creative, and she co-runs Mad Farmers’ Nursery, a plant nursery in downtown Indianapolis. Personally, she raises a small human as Mom.

American Heart Association 100th Anniversary
2024-06-10 11:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States

Lunch Break Live Peyton Womock
2024-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Peyton Womock is an artist known for his skills as a saxophonist. His music incorporates his sax playing to innovatively allow him to cross over multiple genres from Smooth Jazz, Funk, R&B, Hip-Hop/Rap, to Pop. He is known for performing popular covers loved and cherished by many while also performing original pieces of his very own. You are truly in for a unique experience due to his performance energy being second to none when it comes to hitting the stage.
SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Strawberry Fest
2024-06-13 09:00 - 16:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States

Drum Circles with Rob Funkhouser
2024-06-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Come join Rob Funkhouser from @rhythmdiscovery 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 @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Artist Workshop: Tarot Card Reading with Brooklyn
2024-06-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
My name in Brooklyn and I help provide spiritual guidance through tarot readings! I specialize in first time readings because I love to challenge the stigma around tarot and providing guests with a comfy space and a meaningful experience.
SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Ariana Reines at Tube Factory artspace
2024-06-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Brought to you in partnership with NIGHTJAR
Ariana Reines is an award-winning poet, Obie-winning playwright, performing artist, translator, and educator. Her most recent book is A Sand Book, winner of the 2020 Kingsley Tufts Prize and longlisted for the National Book Award. Wave of Blood, a book-length exploratory essay, is out this fall from Divided Publishing, and The Rose, her next poetry collection, will be published in April 2025 by Graywolf. Reines has taught poetry as the Holloway Poet at UC Berkeley, Mary Routt Chair in Creative Writing at Scripps College, Visiting Professor of the Practice at Tufts, and at many other institutions and community organizations, including NYU, Pratt, Yale, Poets House, and the Poetry Project. In 2012, inspired by her experiences in Haiti and the ideas of Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, she created Ancient Evenings, a Friday night project for the study of poetry. And in 2020, while a Divinity Student at Harvard, Reines founded Invisible College, an online hub for the study of poetry, the arts, and the sacred.
The reading is associated with our Rachel Leah Cohn exhibit, “Mem” related to feminine energy, motherhood, and the womb, symbolizing protection, safety, and giving to others.
NIGHTJAR cultivates the literary arts of Indianapolis by connecting audience members with the work of contemporary poets and their own poetic capabilities. Every third Wednesday evening at the Tube Factory, Michelle Niemann and C.S. Carrier host a reading or performance by a featured poet and invite audience members to share their own poetic responses. NIGHTJAR is about experiencing poetry as the communal and diverse endeavor that it is. It’s about exploring poetry’s connections to the visual arts and music. The series brings together poets writing in narrative, lyric, and experimental forms; welcomes both spoken-word performers and page-based poets; and creates a supportive space for all.

From the Ukrainian Frontline with Thanks : Music Tour of Gratitude to America
2024-06-20 12:00 - 14:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States

Aurora Cyanotype Workshop
2024-06-21 11:00 - 15:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Cyanotype is a camera-less photography made out in the sun, rather than in a darkroom. You place objects — such as plants — on top of a piece of photo-treated paper, and then use the sun to expose the paper. The result is an image that is an exact outline of the object. It’s a fun and magical way to engage photography! Although it may be new to modern people, cyanotype has been around since photography was invented in the 1800s.Come explore the creative possibilities of this fascinating process!
This activity is best suited for artists 7+ years old; minors must be accompanied by an adult.
SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Make Music Indy ISO
2024-06-21 12:00 - 14:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
On Make Music Day, musicians of all ages and skill levels share their love of music with communities around the world through free music performances and events on June 21.
Make Music Day began in France in 1982 as the Fête de la Musique and is now celebrated on the same day in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries. Make Music Day made its American debut 19 years ago in New York. Since then, over 100 cities throughout the country have established city-wide celebrations providing free music listening and music-making opportunities for the community.
SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Community Sound Lab 2
2024-06-22 09:00 - 12:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Community Sound Lab 2 will focus on manipulating sound through technology. During this workshop Caldwell and Funkhouser will demonstrate free tools for sound manipulation that can be used for future work, and give extensive hands-on time with modular synthesizers, and a few computers set up with the appropriate software. Feel free to bring recordings you’ve made, or your best idea for something you want to hear, and we’ll try to make it together!

We encourage people to come to either or both of these workshops. All ages and, all skill levels are welcome, this will be a family-friendly activity.

PAW (Indy Humane) W/ CONGA
2024-06-25 10:00 - 14:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States

Lunch Break Live Bella Seo (violin) & Seula Lee (violin)
2024-06-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Byul “Bella” Seo, originally from Daejeon, South Korea, secured a position in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2019, following the completion of her master’s degree at Indiana University.During her time at IU, Bella won the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Concerto Competition and subsequently performed the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Concert Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Thomas Wilkins.She received her bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University under the guidance of Prof. Kyung-Sun Lee and holds a master’s degree and performance diploma from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Seula Lee joins the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in its 2023-2024 season.An avid chamber musician, Seula was recognized at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and Coleman Chamber Music Competition with Zora String Quartet. Seula was born in Seosan, South Korea and raised in the Dallas area, where she began playing the violin at age ten with Songyoung Kim. She studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Indiana University, and University of North Texas with Ida Kavafian, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Steven Tenenbom, Grigory Kalinovsky, Philip Lewis respectively.
SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Artist Workshop: Graffiti Knitting with Mary Jo
2024-06-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
A gathering where knitting and graffiti collide! Simultaneously inspired by traditional knitting and graffiti, this ever-evolving piece combines fiber adjacent activities, coloring sheets derived from graffiti and knitting motifs, and opportunities for participants to share their creative path stories.
You are invited to come join the fun, because without YOU, Boo, this project can’t happen.
About the artist:
Mary Jo Bayliss specializes in creating environments that help people feel at ease using space, light and color to achieve these goals.
SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy @downtownindy the City of Indianapolis @indy_dmd and the Indiana War Memorials Commission – and funded by the Capital Improvements Board. It is a continuation of our work last year and in 2015 on the Circle.
At Big Car, we approach our work at the Circle as a site- and community-specific socially engaged art and creative placemaking project. The SPARK on the Circle pop-up park was collaboratively designed with Indianapolis-based Merritt Chase to be a restorative public place where people of all walks of life can relax, play, socialize, and engage with art and artists in the heart of our city.

Wake Up Wednesday
2024-07-03 09:00 - 11:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Join us at SPARK on the Circle at Wake Up Wednesday!
Pick up tinker coffee and Ohanalulu Donuts.
We at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games, live music, artmaking, and socializing in a comfortable place.
SPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative, Downtown Indy, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development, the Capital Improvement Board, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.

Lunch Break Live! With Keith Beatty Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-07-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Monument Circle, 50 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, 46204, United States
Hands down…Keith Beatty was born to sing. Growing up in Indianapolis and moving on to sing in the Indiana University Choral Ensemble, the crooner made his mark on teachers and students and was known as the man with the melodic voice.
Unleashing the music deep down, Beatty writes music for life, not hype. He sings with passion, emphasis, and with a way that will warm the coldest heart. He speaks truth to his listeners giving them a dose of reality a la his life experiences.
As a true talent that can draw you in with one stroke of his guitar, Beatty strongly believes music is life recorded, and those who love R&B and Soul will hear sweet sounds out of lips that only bring what’s real. Like the songs sang by Aretha Franklin and the Temptations, Keith Beatty’s songs will be added to the history books as songs from an artist with true talent.

Lunch Break Live! is presented by Lake City Bank.

We at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the Capital Improvement Board and the Indiana War Memorials Commission— to spark Monument Circle with human-scale activities like games, live music, artmaking, and socializing in a comfortable place.

SPARK on the Circle is an ongoing partnership between Big Car Collaborative, Downtown Indy, City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development, the Capital Improvement Board, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission.
