Wake Up Wednesday
2024-07-17 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-07-24 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-07-31 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | 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 Allison Victoria Presented by Lake City Bank
2024-07-17 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join SPARK for a Lunch Break concert from local musician Allison Victoria!
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.

Cyanotype Workshop With Aurora PhotoCenter
2024-07-19 11:00 - 15:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, 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!
We will have some objects on hand to experiment with, but feel free to bring your own objects. Flat items usually work best, and cyanotype can be messy, so precious things like family heirlooms should probably stay at home. All other necessary materials will be provided free at the workshop.
In partnership with Aurora PhotoCenter for SPARK on the Circle.
This activity is best suited for artists 7+ years old; minors must be accompanied by an adult.
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.

Artist Workshop With Mary Jo Bayliss
2024-07-19 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-08-02 17:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, 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.
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.

Lunch Break Live! With Yuri Rodríguez Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Costa Rican soprano, artist and educator Yuriria Rodríguez holds the rare privilege of being able to sing in both classical and popular styles with great professionalism, expression, and accuracy of style. Reviews have praised Ms. Rodríguez as a singer “with a beautiful voice which recalls a force of nature” (Herald Times, Bloomington, IN), and as “The real deal” (Fanfare , November 2011, USA). In 2006, she sang the role of Maria in the tango-operita by A. Piazzolla and H.Ferrer, Maria de Buenos Aires, at the Buskirk- Chumley Theater, receiving a standing ovation in a sold out performance. In the classical realm, Ms. Rodríguez also successfully performed known roles such as
Most recently, Yuri sang the role of Sombra, in the world premiere and +20 performances of Gabriela Ortiz’s Ana y su Sombra, commissioned by Reimagining Opera for Kids, a local Opera Company that Yuriria is proudly part of, and that performs all year round. In 2016, Yuri was called to be the cover for the role of Mimi in Costa Rica’s National Lyric Opera Production of La Bohème.
Currently, Yuri works as Associate Director of Hispanic Music at Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis, where she conducts the Coro Latinoamericano and develops a bilingual choral program for early music learners. Occasionally, she can be heard singing as a guest soloist for the Choir of Adult and Choristers of Christ Church. She is a guest artist for the Indiana University Latin Jazz Ensemble.
Come Join Yuriria Rodríguez at SPARK during Lunch Break Live 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.

Drum Circles With The Percussive Arts Society And Rob Funkhouser
2024-07-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-23 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come join the Percussive Arts Society with Rob Funkhouser at SPARK !
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.

Artist Workshop With Christina Hollering
2024-07-26 17:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join artist Christina Hollering in an all-ages cut paper collage workshop celebrating the creative possibilities of paper. Learn how to intuitively create compelling compositions using the principles of design. All materials are provided; just come prepared to cut, paste, and play!
Christina Hollering is a cut paper artist and associate professor at Herron School of Art and Design. Her artwork centers around themes of biology, the environment, and the interplay between art and science, inspiring viewers to contemplate their relationship with nature.
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.

Hatis Noit at Tube Factory artspace
2024-07-29 20:00 - 21:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
“Words cannot describe everything we feel. How can one accurately verbalise the sensation we feel when we’re a newborn and our mother holds us in her arms, and we feel her skin on our cheek. We clearly feel her warmth and humidity, some feeling of love from her, but it’s tough to verbalise it perfectly. Music is a language that can translate that sensation, feeling, the memory of love.” — Hatis Noit
There isn’t a more unique entry into a musical journey than that of Japanese voice artist Hatis Noit. Her musical awakening took place at the tender age of sixteen during a trek to Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal. One morning when staying at a women’s temple she came across a female monk singing Buddhist chants whose otherworldly sounds moved her so intensely that she was instantly aware of the visceral power of the human voice; a primal and instinctive instrument that connects us to the very essence of humanity, nature and our universe. From that moment she knew singing was her calling.
Her newest album, Aura was inspired by the German philosopher Walter Benjamin who used this term to describe the fundamental essence of art, which he believed is strongest in its original form, only happening once. Hatis agrees with this particular aspect as she realised, “during the pandemic, I really struggled. As a singer, I’m not very good at working on the computer. I much prefer doing live performances in physical spaces. Being with people, sharing the same space with them and feeling the atmosphere and energy of that moment, inspires me every time. To me art is that — that shared moment.”
The gravitas of the pandemic caused Noit to look inwards and reflect. This resulted in the album becoming a remedy for what was going on in the world and ultimately to remember the joys and richness of life. Hatis adds to this sentiment, “we cannot live forever, do everything or be everywhere. But that makes our lives unique and invaluable. I wanted to be focused on our limitations and show how precious life is.”
The name Hatis Noit itself is taken from Japanese folklore, meaning the stem of the lotus flower. The lotus represents the living world, while its root represents the spirit world, therefore Hatis Noit is what connects the two. For Hatis, music represents the same netherworld with its ability to move and transport us to the other side; the past, a memory, our subconscious.
Through the opening piece ‘Aura’, which shares its title with the album, she evokes a haunting memory of getting lost in a forest in her birthplace Shiretoko, Hokkaido. “I felt as if I was close to my death, I could feel myself dissolving into and becoming a part of nature rather than just being an individual. This sense of awe and peace found there is always the place where I start making music from,” she remembers.
Years of perfecting her craft via live performances led her to the creation of this debut album which follows on from the introductory 2018 EP, Illogical Dance. An autodidact with an impressive range, Noit is inspired by Gagaku — Japanese classical music — folk music, operatic styles, Bulgarian and Gregorian chanting, as well as avant-garde and pop vocalists to create her inimitable style. Hatis creates wordless music, unique song worlds with transcendent vocal interpretations of epic proportions — most evident on ‘Jomon’ where she channels the fierce, dynamic energy and power of prehistoric culture during Japan’s Jomon period.
Astonishingly all songs on this record were created using her voice only. The single exception being ‘Inori’ for which she took a field recording of the ocean only one kilometre away from the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. Hatis Noit had been invited there for a memorial ceremony which marked the re-opening of the area for local people to return to their homes. The emotive and compassionate song is dedicated to the lives lost due to 2011’s tsunami, but equally to the many beautiful memories people have of their hometown.
The album was recorded in Berlin where Noit laid down her vocals in just eight hours, before the pandemic forced her and producer Robert Raths to stay local and mix it in East London, which led to working with a new collaborator: engineer Marta Salogni. Between lockdowns it was decided to take the recordings and reamplify them in a local church to bring them closer to that moment of live performance.
“It was almost like a miracle when Robert came up with the idea. That was the moment that changed everything for the album as the physical space with its organic ambience brought everything to life,” Hatis Noit recalls.
An important part of her practice and something she missed dearly during lockdown, her impressive live performances have included headline and festival shows across Europe, including a sold-out London show accompanied by the London Contemporary Orchestra at Southbank Centre, a special live performance at Milan Fashion Week and she was also invited by the revered director David Lynch to perform at his Manchester International Festival takeover in 2019. Her collaborations have seen her work with Kevin Richard Martin aka The Bug, the NYX Electronic Drone Choir and she appeared on recordings by fellow countryman Masayoshi Fujita as well as Ukrainian pianist and Continuous Music pioneer Lubomyr Melnyk.
Previous press:
“One to watch: Hatis Noit — with her ethereal crossover of mystical and modern,
this Japanese artist has been moving audiences to tears” — The Guardian
“Mixes childlike purity and digital pointillism” — The New York Times
“Truly extraordinary… An exquisite piece of work” — Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music
“Words don’t really do it justice — an extraordinary piece of music” — Clash
“The magic in ‘Illogical Dance’ lies squarely in the human voice itself; Hatis Noit bends her vocals into so many shapes that other instruments simply seem redundant” — Drowned In Sound
“The voice is capable of incredible nuance. Case studies: Björk’s Medulla, Tanya Tagaq’s Inuit throat nsinging, Janis Joplin. Add Hatis Noit to the list” — Tiny Mix Tapes
“Our perception has been altered” — A Closer Listen
“Astonishing” — Uncut

Lunch Break Live! With Chreece Producer Hour Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-07-31 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join us at SPARK for a preview show of Indianapolis’s own hip-hop festival, Chreece!
Chreece Producer Hour at Spark is an engaging DJ set showcasing some of the very talented local producers playing Chreece Hip Hop Festival on August 24th. The Fountain Square Plaza stage has been a staple free community stage since 2015 and features over 15 different DJs and producers in the city fest.
State Street Beats producers David Peck, JAWNSKI & DEFAME will be giving you a preview of their music!
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.

Rob Funkhouser, Justin Cooper, and Landon Caldwell: Sound Field
2024-08-02 18:00 - 2024-09-06 22:00 | Guichelaar Gallery, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Guichelaar Gallery
1135 Cruft St, Indianapolis, IN 46203
Aug. 2 – Sept. 6, 2024
Opening reception: Aug. 2, 6-10pm
Sound Field is a new body of work by Rob Funkhouser, Justin Cooper, and Landon Caldwell exploring the intersection between simple forms and wide possibility. Comprised of a set of three large wooden lattices with embedded electronics, the pieces serve both as physical sculptures and sonic canvases with the sound coming directly from the wooden panels of the sculpture. The centerpiece of this trio is a 20 foot long lattice that will be projecting 48 channel works composed specifically for this show. This is the first project for this team as a trio, bringing together Funkhouser’s mad scientist leanings, Cooper’s sage visual style, and Caldwell’s immersive sound practice.
This exhibit is supported by Efroymson Family Fund.

About the artists:

Rob Funkhouser
As a composer, performer, and instrument maker, Funkhouser channels the wonders of the world through his inquisitive and revelatory works. Originally from Richmond, Indiana, Funkhouser is obsessed with the concept of timelessness within his musical practices. His work is a unique extension of classical and electronic music. Exploring the world of recursion, manipulation, and translation, he draws inspiration from nature, design, and systems of thought. He also builds instruments as a creative act itself. Formally trained on percussion with both a Bachelors and Masters degree in Composition, he makes music not only for himself, but also approaches it on a macro level by thinking about the spaces, audiences, and community he’s situated in and attracted to.

Justin Cooper
Justin Cooper is primarily a self-taught, Indianapolis-based visual artist. Over 20 years of independently developing his artistic voice as well as relationships formed with fellow artists he connected with through artist communities such as the Murphy Art Center, Wheeler arts Community and Big Car Collaborative’s artist in residency program have been central to his evolution as an artist. Cooper employs a variety of mediums to his pieces such as graphite illustration, oil painting, digital design, pyrography, and gilding. His main inspirations stem from observations of nature, art history and architecture. Cooper is fascinated by the geometric formations, patterns, and the underlying structural arrangements found within nature.

Landon Caldwell
Landon Caldwell is a composer and multi-disciplinary artist in Indianapolis whose work examines environment, family, & class through the language of intuition and other hidden layers of reality. Through sound, words, color and other materials, his work creates environments that redirect attention to the present and open new realities through the minutiae of the everyday.
Since 2016 he has co-operated Medium Sound, producing a number of the label’s releases. From 2017 to 2020 he was a co-owner/operator of A-Space, a community-focused audio workspace. He has toured in the United States, Canada, and Europe and is regularly engaged with artists and musicians across the Midwest and beyond. His collaborative work expands into multi-disciplinary fields, working with film, visual arts, sculpture, poetry, dance, and more.

No Rap Sundays with Chreece
2024-08-04 17:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join the Hip-Hop Festival and Cultural Organization Chreece at SPARK for an evening concert set!
Chreece is kicking off August with No Rap On Sunday at Spark on the Monument Circle! Join us Sunday, August 4th 6-8pm with your one of the city’s finest female curated R&B kickbacks with DJs Annie D & Sounds by Sasha at the Spark lovely green space.FREE & All Ages!Chreece Producer Hour at Spark is an engaging DJ set showcasing some of the very talented local producers playing Chreece Hip Hop Festival on August 24th. The Fountain Square Plaza stage has been a staple free community stage since 2015 and features over 15 different DJs and producers in the city fest.
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.

Citizens Energy Group + Big Car's DigIndy Art Project @ Bean Creek Neighborhood Association's National Night Out
2024-08-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Villa Baptist Church, 2650 Villa Ave, Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Tuesday, Aug. 6, 6-7:30pm, Villa Baptist Church, 2650 Villa Avenue
Need another reason to attend Bean Creek’s National Night Out on August 6? Citizens Energy Group and Big Car Collaborative will be hosting a community art station at the event, inviting YOU to help paint local artist and APLR resident Justin Cooper’s work onto sewer manhole covers which will beautify our streets and sidewalks. Big Car will work with local artists to create an original piece of art inspired by the impact of the DigIndy Tunnel System project to improve the quality of our local waterways. The Big Car team will then transpose the piece onto the manhole cover so that participants at National Night Out can paint the work, fully bringing it to life so it can be displayed in our community for years to come.
See previous versions of the DigIndy Art Project here.
Find more about Justin Cooper’s work here.
We need painters! Bring your neighbors and the whole family to participate in this opportunity to beautify our neighborhood.

Lunch Break Live! With Rob Funkhouser Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-08-07 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come join Rob Funkhouser for a lunchtime concert on the circle!
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.

Big Gay Market
2024-08-11 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-08-12 11:00 - 15:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come Join SPARK at Monument Circle for this 2-day long event!
Learn more here!: https://www.indygaymarket.com/

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.

Lunch Break Live! With Chreece Producer Hour Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-08-14 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join us at SPARK for a preview show of Indianapolis’s own hip-hop festival, Chreece!
Chreece Producer Hour at Spark is an engaging DJ set showcasing some of the very talented local producers playing Chreece Hip Hop Festival on August 24th. The Fountain Square Plaza stage has been a staple free community stage since 2015 and features over 15 different DJs and producers in the city fest.
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.

Artist Workshop With Rob Funkhouser and Landon Caldwell
2024-08-16 17:00 - 19:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Join sound artists and musicians Rob Funkhouser and Landon Caldwell for an interactive workshop that is FREE to all!
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.

Lunch Break Live! With Kara Cole Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-08-21 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Joint us at SPARK for a lunch time concert with Kara Cole, presented by Lake City Bank!
Kara Cole is a soulful, heart wrenching, story teller. The desire to connect experience with song is very important. Music is the 1 thing that bridges the gap in every avenue of life. Be kind xx

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.

NIGHTJAR: Januarie York
2024-08-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Doors at 6 pm, Reading at 7 pm
Open mic prompt: Write a poem that involves the ocean in some way. (317 words max!)
Creative takes on the prompt are fine, but challenge yourself to write something new in response to the prompt!
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About York:
Januarie York is a poet and creative curator. She was recently named the first poet laureate of the Indianapolis Public Library’s Center for Black Literature and Culture. Januarie has released two spoken word albums and published three books of poetry and essays, and runs an online magazine called “LiT Magazine.” She has acted in several plays including “For Colored Girls Only,” has produced her own spoken word theatrical shows that focus on uplifting and inspiring women, and developed a poetry activity book based on increasing Black well-being. Januarie also works with the 46208-based organization The Learning Tree as the “Cultivator of Joy.”
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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.

Artist Talk: William Camargo
2024-08-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Hosted at Tube Factory artspace, 2024 Aurora resident William Camargo will give a talk about his art practice, and the role that residencies play in his work. Camargo uses photography, installation, public interventions, and archives to address gentrification, police violence, and Chicanx/Latinx histories. During the two weeks of his residency in Indianapolis, Camargo will print work from his series, A Little Brown Interference, at Herron School of Art and Design. You can read more about the series and the artist’s residency plans here.
William Camargo is a photo-based artist and educator born and raised in Anaheim, California. He is a photography lecturer at the University of California San Diego and Cal State Fullerton. He attained his MFA from Claremont Graduate University, a BFA from Cal State Fullerton, and an AA at Fullerton Community College. William is the founder and curator of Latinx Diaspora Archives, an archive Instagram page that elevates communities of color through family photos. William has had residencies at the Latinx Project at NYU, Light Work in Syracuse, NY, TILT Institute for Contemporary Image in Philadelphia, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY, and Penumbra Foundation, NYC. William’s work has been exhibited and published internationally, including at The Cheech Center for Chicano Art, Frost Museum of Art, and Princeton Museum of Art. His works are in held several public and private collections, including the Huntington Library, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the Los Angeles Museum of Art.
Free and open to the public

Chreece x VDBL: Indiana Jones Memorial DJ Battle!
2024-08-23 18:00 - 22:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
6-10pm
Join Chreece & VDBL at Tube Factory artspace on Friday, Aug. 23 from 6-10pm for a thrilling 16-DJ-tournament with proceeds going to the DJ Indiana Jones Youth Scholarship Fund to support youth tuition in learning to DJ!
Donate and find event information here.

Artist Workshop: Kris Komakech
2024-08-25 15:00 - 17:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come to SPARK for an Artist Workshop led by Indianapolis artist Kris Komakech through their Clock Workshop!
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

Power Plant Grant In-person Info-session
2024-08-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Have questions about applying for a Power Plant Grant?
Join us for an in-person info-session at Tube Factory artspace on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 from 7 – 8 p.m. EST.
1125 Cruft St Indianapolis, IN 46203
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The Power Plant Grant supports project grants for visual artists who live or work Indianapolis, Indiana.
Eligible applicants are visual and or multidisciplinary artists who create original work in painting, drawing, sculpture, book art, ceramics, fiber, printmaking, digital and media works, film, video, photography, performance art, sound art, social practice and or hybrid or interdisciplinary practice of any or all of the above.
A panel of three judges, two Indiana-based and one out-of-state, will award six artists or artist teams project grants of $10,000 — with a total of $60,000 granted per cycle.
Apply for 2024-2025 Round 1 by Monday, Sept. 9, 11:59 p.m. EST.
Learn more at bigcar.org/project/power-plant-grants/ , powerplantgrant.org , or email email hidden; JavaScript is required

Lunch Break Live! With Wes Schaaf Presented By Lake City Bank
2024-08-28 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Wes Schaaf is multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter from Indy’s north side. Performing a mix of original songs and covers, they create dreamy, melodic indie-folk and jazz-inspired sounds around themes of queer/trans identity, family, and healing.
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.

Indy Humanities Story Time with Kim Howard
2024-08-31 15:00 - 16:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come join us at SPARK for a Story Time Session hosted by Indy Humanities!
Kim Howard will be reading her debut picture book, Grace and Box, which was the Children’s category winner of the 2022 Indiana Authors Awards. She will have songs and games that go with the story. Please feel free to tag her author page on Facebook, and she will share the posts there as well, @kimhowardbooks.
Attached here is also a longer author biography if you would like to include that as well:
Kim Howard is a children’s book author and former teacher. Her debut picture book Grace and Box was published in 2021 by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan. Grace and Box is a 2022 Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award nominee, a 2022 Panda Book Awards nominee, and was included on the 2021 Redbud Read Aloud Masterlist for Oklahoma. The School Library Journal called it “a surefire hit for story time.”
Kim has wanted to be an author ever since she was little. Now, she enjoys doing author visits to preschools and elementary schools and inspiring future generations of writers. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Her View from Home, Nerdy Book Club, Imagination Soup, and Scary Mommy.
She has her Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies from Indiana University and taught sixth grade in Lafayette, Indiana. Born and raised in LaPorte, Indiana, she now lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband and their three children
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.
