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An Evening with Chuck Marohn
2018-01-25 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us with Chuck Marohn, the founder and President of Strong Towns, for an evening chat about strong neighbrohoods, communities, and urbanism. This will be an evening to discuss Chuck’s previous work, what it means to be a strong town or city, and how to build cities that are vibrant and commercially diverse, yet equitable.
Chuck will also be relating the Strong Towns principles to the North Split rebuild and how different alternatives can make Indy become a stronger city. This will be an opportunity to talk to Chuck about what it means to be Strong Indy and how we can grow ourselves to be an active and inclusive organization within the City of Indianapolis and Marion County.
Find out more about Strong Indy at www.strongindy.org or visit join their Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongindy/.

Rhinestone Country Trivia Night
2018-01-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Sun King Brewery, 135 N College, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Listen to a special evening broadcast of Rhinestone Country live in the tasting room and compete for prizes based on your knowledge of country music history.

Sound Lab with Oreo Jones
2018-01-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
We are back with the October edition of SOUND LAB! Join me at Listen hear for an evening of sound exploration. Bring your synths, drum machines, pedals, theremins, or whatever you use to express yourself.
Sound Lab is a reoccurring workshop where we explore ways to communicate and express ourselves through sonic waves. Each attendee will be encouraged to play a piece that they have been working on and share ways of how they approached their work. The group will then attempt to work on a collaboration by placing your name in a bowl. We will draw 2 names at a time and you and your partner will team up in a improvisation set.

Keeping Our Mothers' Dreams Alive
2018-01-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
For many of us, our mothers never spoke their dreams out loud. Sometimes, they did not dare dream them. We, however, are the ones they waited and are waiting for. We also have our own dreams. The power of dreamtime and the word are this: to remind us who we are, to soothe our souls, and to create futures that break away from the past but do not forget them. The Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams will end with poetry readings, spoken word performances, and ritual to remember and give gratitude to all our Mothers’ Dreams.
With readings/performance from:
Manon Voice
Breon Tyler
Maurisa Li-A-Ping
Kimberly Licorish
Abegunde

About Abegunde

Abegunde is a Memory Keeper and ancestral priest who chooses to forget that words and days have limits. Instead, she chooses to remember – and live by – the words of a young Black woman in the 5th grade: Poetry can change the world. As a result, she spends her days and dream time chanting silenced memories into spoken histories. On the weekdays, when she isn’t birthing new words out of sound and images, she shapeshifts into an IU professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies and the founding director of The Graduate Mentoring Center.

About Breon Tyler
Tyler is a visual artist from Gloucester, Virginia who also writes poetry. Her favorite medium is lithography, a form of printmaking. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and is wrapping up a master’s degree in African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University. Her research contemplates why and how Black people love despite the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual violence they have endured and are still enduring. Some of the things that bring her the most joy, aside from creating, include laughing, cooking, and dancing.

About Kimberly Licorish
Licorish has been writing poetry from the age of 11. She was born on the island of Barbados and moved to the United States when she was 16 years old. Her poems are inspired by her country—it’s traditions, music, history, food, people, and festivals.
Kimberly earned a BS in Psychology and a BA in Liberal Arts from IUPUI. It is there she developed her writing. Her poetic work has been published in the genesis Literary and Art magazine of IUPUI and has received numerous awards for her poetry, including the Best of scholarship for poetry. In 2013 she was invited to participate in The Borderlands Project spearheaded by Karen Kovacik, Indiana Poet Laureate and has been a featured poet at the IUPUI International Women’s Day celebration.
Kimberly is working to published her first book of poems. She is currently living in Indianapolis, Indiana with her daughter.

About Manon Voice

Manon Voice, is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana and is a poet, spoken word artist, event host, freelance writer, hip-hop emcee and social justice activist. Manon Voice seeks to use her art and activism to create a communal space where dialogue, transformation, discovery and inspiration can occur.

About Maurisa Li-A-Ping

Li-A-Ping is an Afro-Caribbean Black Queer Woman. She’s a storyteller and educator that utilizes poetry to promote student success. Maurisa is currently continuing her education as a Master’s student at IU and you can find her work published in (or forthcoming) in Black Diasporas, On Sisterhood Anthology and more.

SORRY!!
2018-01-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Sun King Brewery, 135 N College, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
A progressive SORRY game (with 10 or so games going on at once) and an opportunity to share something you did that you should be sorry about but you aren’t really.

Afriye We-kandodis: Telling Our Stories To Be Free
2018-01-13 03:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Selma, AL based singer, performer and Sister Song womb-maker, Afriye We-kandodis will present a two-part performance examining the themes present in Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams. Sista Yo Mama U n Me Too shares the story of violation then reclamation and transformation as an enslaved woman grapples rape and how she spoke life into the spirit of a fellow tribesman who was used to violate her. Through the performance, I Am Laura Nelson, We-Kandodis will bring voice and life to Laura Nelson, a woman that was lynched with her 12 year old son, LD, on May 25, 1911.
Made possible by the Herbert Simon Family Foundation, Alan Mills and Sun King Brewery.
Image: Afriye We-Kandodis by Kathryn Mayo from her We Are Selma Project.

YouTube + You
2018-01-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Come in and share your favorite YouTube videos with everyone there on the big screen!

Comedian Krish Mohan: Empathy on Sale
2018-01-06 20:00 - 23:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Comedian Krish Mohan returns to Indianapolis, IN with his new hour of comedy, “Empathy On Sale”.
Featuring Tyson Cox & Nick Witten
Hosted by Carson Tumey
Doors at 8pm. Show at 8:30pm.
Empathy On Sale: Stepping out our bubbles can be hard. Touring Comedian, Krish Mohan is exploring bubble culture and the current divide in today’s political climate. He uses his sharp wit & comedy to illustrate how race, identity politics, and misunderstanding progressivism has led to splitting us apart. He explores Native American culture, effective ways to treat mental illnesses and western culture’s obsession with war and violence – all of which pushes us further into our bubbles. Find out if he can figure out how we can get out of our bubbles!
About Krish: Krish Mohan is a socially conscious, Indian standup comedian and writer who regularly tours the country. He performs at small theaters, bars, comedy clubs, colleges and DIY venues with his quirky attitude, charming personality, and intelligent humor. Krish captivates and engages audiences of all backgrounds, tackling hot button topics like race, religion, war, immigration, while adding an optimistic philosophical & sociological twist! Mohan has also been featured on NPR and performed at several Fringe Festivals (IndyFringe, Pittsburgh Fringe, Capital Fringe, Philly Fringe Arts), where he has been an audience favorite with his unique brand of comedy & social vigilantism. He has also opened for nationally touring headliners like Stewart Huff, Redacted Tonight’s Lee Camp and Hari Kondabolu. Krish is also the host of the weekly socio-political commentary web show, “Fork Full of Noodles” and the podcast “Taboo Table Talk”.

The Fiber Initiative
2018-01-06 11:00 - 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Organized by Tiana N. Cain, owner of i feel like dyeing, The Fiber Initiative is a program for all fiber lovers looking to network and learn with others who have similar interest.
For more info see: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ifeellikedyeing/
About Cain:
“I discovered knitting about five years ago; one of my coworkers gave me a book, yarn and needles! (how cool right??) One night visiting my parents, i was up late and couldn’t sleep. Thankfully I took my knitting; it was a beast at first but I GOT IT YALL!!! It all snowballed from there into EVERYTHING else!! I just couldn’t get enough!!! There is so much to the world of fiber and I want in on ALL of it! Any and every opportunity I get to play in fiber, I take it! Recently, I taught myself to spin!! I first started with a drop spindle and eventually graduated to a wheel! (both are my babies) Let me tell you…Oh my goodness!! It is so addicting. I can sit for hours on my porch and spin, sip coffee or tea, have a cocktail or glass of wine and LIVE!! It’s probably my favorite thing to do!!”

Sometimes A Wind Blows
2018-01-05 18:00 - 22:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
A live sound art installation with artists Mark Tester, Adrian Caldera, Ian Donkin, Zech Baumhover, Ron Castillo, Tyler Sharp and Casey Synesael.

Artist Talk: LaShawnda Crowe Storm and Maria Hamilton Abegunde
2017-12-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
How and why do a visual artist and poet come together to create new works through individual and community practices? What guides them to make art that could lead to community healing? Why do they view the community as an essential component of art making, resistance, healing, and transformation? Join Lashawnda Crowe Storm and Abegunde as they share their history of art making and the potential of the arts to help individuals and communities heal from historical and personal traumas.

What's On Your Mind?
2017-12-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Have something you want to say? Sound artist Oreo Jones will listen and record your stories and thoughts. If selected, your recording will go on our radio station, 99.1, WQRT.

A Night with David Dean Burkhart
2017-12-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join in for an evening of vibrant scored nostalgia with video director/editor David Dean Burkhart. The Ohio native takes old found footage and scores each film to very specific music. There will be a special screening of his amazing music videos at Listen Hear.
hope to see you soon!

BeComing Whole: It Takes A Village To Heal A Community
2017-12-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
As part of the exhibition, Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams, join artists featured in the installation, Sister Song. Sister Song is an interactive installation grounded within the context of community co-creation efforts, bronze womb shapes were given to selected artists to complete their transformation
Afriye We-Kandodis, Breon Tyler, LaShawnda Crowe Storm, Maria E Hamilton Abegunde, Marilyn Michele Kunkle, Monica Johnson, Patricia Williams, Phyllis Viola Boyd and Tysha Ahmad will discuss how the project developed and what it means to become whole through the process of making art representing their own births. The artists will share why they accepted the invitation to participate, why they selected the “womb” that they did, how and why they selected the materials, what they learned about themselves in the process, and what was the most transformative part of the creation.
Image: Sister Song: Sapphire & Crystals by Patricia Williams

Aimee Berry-Awkward Vinyl
2017-12-01 18:00 - 22:00 | Listen Hear, 2620 Shelby St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Aimee Berry attended a white elephant party last year and took the pictured album with her as a gift. “The album was worth nothing but the cover was so weird that everyone at the party wanted it,” says Berry. As a result Berry started collecting weird and funny album covers. “This show is to encourage the non-collectors and creative minds to start their own search for something out of the ordinary,”said Berry
Pen and Pink will also be part of the show with notebooks made from upcycled record albums.

First Friday Night Market
2017-12-01 18:00 - 22:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join us this upcoming First Friday for a wonderful evening in Garfield Park. In addition to our featured exhibits at The Tube, Listen Hear and the Artist House; we are celebrating local artists, musicians, food trucks and vendors by featuring them in our first ever Night Market this October.
Come check out our creative endeavors here around Cruft Street, where you will have the opportunity to purchase local goods from amazing artists and food vendors here at The Tube.

Yoga + Meditative Art
2017-11-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Instructor: Tanisha Neely
$5 Freewill Donation
Resilient Yoga is partnering with Tube Factory to offer community based yoga practices and workshops that encourage everyone, no matter their economic situation or skill level to enjoy the benefits of yoga in a relaxed, judgement-free community environment.
Join us for Yoga + Meditative Art every Thursday and enjoy an energizing yoga practice followed by meditative art practices of your choice (Zentangles, Coloring, Journaling, Crocheting, Knitting, etc.). Class is inspired by Julia Cameron’s classic “The Artist’s Way.”
Mats, Blocks, Art Materials and Light Refreshments provided on a first come first served basis.
Why Yoga?
Stress is directly correlated with poor health. Clinical research continues to support the use of yoga practice as a low cost and low maintenance health intervention capable of strengthening resilience factors that reduce stress, a significant health risk factor.

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Yoga + Meditative Art
2017-11-16 17:30 - 19:00 | IN
Instructor: Tanisha Neely
$5 Freewill Donation
Resilient Yoga is partnering with Tube Factory to offer community based yoga practices and workshops that encourage everyone, no matter their economic situation or skill level to enjoy the benefits of yoga in a relaxed, judgement-free community environment.
Join us for Yoga + Meditative Art every Thursday and enjoy an energizing yoga practice followed by meditative art practices of your choice (Zentangles, Coloring, Journaling, Crocheting, Knitting, etc.). Class is inspired by Julia Cameron’s classic “The Artist’s Way.”
Mats, Blocks, Art Materials and Light Refreshments provided on a first come first served basis.
Why Yoga?
Stress is directly correlated with poor health. Clinical research continues to support the use of yoga practice as a low cost and low maintenance health intervention capable of strengthening resilience factors that reduce stress, a significant health risk factor.

Homeless Voices--Community Conversation
2017-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Join CHIP Indianapolis as we lead a community conversation on homelessness. Learn more about the facts of homelessness and join us in generating solutions on how we can address homelessness in our community. Individuals will also have the chance to create zines like the ones featured in the Homeless Voices exhibition.

Map of My Kingdom-Presented by University of Indianapolis
2017-11-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
“These stories are moving and engaging and remind us that we all share responsibility for the health of the land while we are here. Easy to mount, accessible and timely, Swander’s play is a catalyst to help audience members address issues of land transfer productively. This is art serving its purpose in a meaningful way.”
– Susan Wolverton – Professor of Theatre, Coe College
Who’s going to get the farm? And what are they going to do with it? Will your future plans for your land create harmony or strife for your family? Or have you even started to think that far ahead? Map of My Kingdom, a play commissioned by Practical Farmers of Iowa and written by Iowa’s Poet Laureate Mary Swander, tackles the critical issue of land transition. In the drama, Angela Martin, a lawyer and mediator in land transition disputes, shares stories of how farmers and landowners she has worked with over the years approached their land successions. Some families almost came to blows, struggling to resolve the sale or transfer of their land, dissolving relationships. Others found peacefully rational solutions that focused not only on the viability of the family, but also of the land.
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Land is the thread that binds all of the stories together. “For most farmers I know, owning land means everything,” Angela Martin says. Map of My Kingdom will resonate with those who have been through or are working through challenging land transfer issues that include division of the land among siblings, to selling out to a neighbor, to attempts to preserve the land’s integrity against urban sprawl. The drama will inspire the hesitant and the fearful to start the conversation that cannot wait.
Today, a vast amount of land in the United States is owned by those over 65 years old. Some have made their wishes clear for the future of their property. Others are courting family upheaval by not planning in concrete ways. An age old problem, evident in literature from the Bible to King Lear to Willa Cather, land transition asks hard questions: Who really owns the land? And what is the role of the steward of a property? Can “fair” become “unfair” to one’s children?
Map of My Kingdom is directed by Matt Foss, Acting and Theatre history professor at The University of Idaho. Maria Vorhis will be the actor.
Performance Time:
The play runs under 1 hour.
Trailer: http://www.maryswander.com/
Artist Bios:
Mary Swander | Playwright
Mary Swander is the Poet Laureate of the State of Iowa. She has published over thirteen books of poetry and non-fiction, in addition to plays, radio and television scripts and magazine articles. She has appeared in such places as The New York Times Magazine, National Public Radio, The New Yorker, and Poetry Magazine. Swander’s plays Driving the Body Back, Vang, and Farmscape have toured the U.S. including a performance for Secretary Tom Vilsack and his staff at the U.S.D.A. Swander lives and raises most of her own food on a small acreage in the Amish settlement near Kalona, Iowa. She has experienced three generations of land transition within her own family.
Maria Vorhis | Actor and Booking Agent
￼Maria is a writer/performer, teaching artist, and filmmaker based in Chicago. She has
￼￼toured her solo show, “Are You There, George?” to fourteen venues in six cities, including Iowa City, Des Moines, Minneapolis, and Chicago, and was awarded “#1 Newbie of MN Fringe” by vita.mn. She is a former Artistic Associate with Working Group Theatre and Pictures, where she toured an anti-bullying youth show, “Out of Bounds,” across the Midwest and facilitated post-show discussions with middle school audiences and administrators. Film credits include web series, “Sad Dad” and feature film, “These Hopeless Savages,” for which she was awarded Best Supporting Actress by The Wild Rose Film Festival. In 2016 Maria wrote, produced, and acted in a short film, “Sexpert Franzen.” Maria enjoys teaching storytelling workshops to storytellers of all backgrounds, and has taught Advocacy Storytelling to women using social services, Personal Narrative to homeless individuals through Chicago Supportive Housing, and “Storytelling Seeds,” a beginners workshop, for which she was featured at the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City. Maria currently works as a Certified TimeSlips Facilitator teaching improvisational storytelling to seniors with memory loss, and hosts a monthly open-mic storytelling event in Lincoln Square. Maria graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Iowa. www.mariavorhis.com
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Matt Foss | Director
Matt Foss’ production of Six Characters received 5 Kennedy Center Awards in 2012 including: National Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Lighting Design, 3 Distinguished Performance Awards, and Distinguished Production and Performance Ensemble Award. Foss studied theatre at Roosevelt University in Chicago and in Moscow. He received his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in 2013. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the University of Idaho.

Happy Birthday Kurt Vonnegut!
2017-11-11 11:00 - 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Eat cake and read Vonnegut with us.

Portrait Making Meetup
2017-11-11 11:00 - 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Bring your own art supplies and get paired up with someone to do portrait studies in our open, concrete-floor community space. Describe your partner in your own medium (can be paint or charcoal, of course, but also can be writing, clay, or any type of abstraction! Realism is not necessary). We will have basic art supplies like paper, markers, crayons, and such.
All creatives, professional or amateur, are welcome. Even if you just want to come to be a model and hang out, you are welcome!

Yoga + Meditative Art
2017-11-09 17:30 - 19:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States

Working Together to Undo Racism-Part of Spirit & Place
2017-11-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Child Advocates Undoing Racism is a documentary exploring the disproportionality of African American children in the child welfare system and how one non-profit agency in Indianapolis is fighting to reverse that legacy for children of color. This is the story of people who experience life changing reversals of attitude and cultural racial bias.
Child Advocates has launched this 60 minute documentary on “Undoing Racism” and what it might take to do so.
The film follows individuals in the Indianapolis community through undoing racism workshops held at Child Advocates. Over 50 workshops have been held at Child Advocates’ office with over 2,000 of individuals trained.
As tensions in the US continue to rise with issues around race, it is imperative to allow individuals to talk about race in a constructive environment. Child Advocates hopes this film will inspire individuals to participate in a workshop and help inspire change in their own communities.
Discussion will follow.
About Child Advocates
Child Advocates: Child Advocates is the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) chosen by the courts in Marion County to represent the best interests of abused and neglected children. We fulfill our mission through advocacy, monitoring, evaluation, fact-finding and mediation. Volunteers assist staff professionals in each child’s case to make sure those children do not get lost in the system, that their needs are met during their court cases, and that a safe, permanent home is found for them as soon as possible.
About Spirit & Place
Spirit & Place opens minds, touches hearts, builds bridges and helps citizens move forward in new ways individually and collectively. It’s all in our name: Spirit & Place. Through growth of the human spirit, Central Indiana becomes a better place.
Winner of the NUVO Cultural Vision Award and the Indiana Achievement Award, the Spirit & Place Festival reaches 20,000 people annually through dozens of “never-seen-before” programs. Artists and authors, entrepreneurs and neighborhood organizers, storytellers and scholars come together with singles and couples, families and friends in a true community conversation. Think: TED lecture, but interactive and on steroids.
Their mission is to be a catalyst for civic engagement through creative collaborations among the arts, humanities, and religion. Through the arts, the festival uses the language of metaphor to explore sometimes difficult ideas. Through the humanities, the festival illuminates the distinct and common narratives of the human condition. Through religion, the festival embraces the values of compassion, fairness, hospitality, and service that fuel our life in community.
Spirit & Place is a community project managed by The Polis Center, part of the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. The Polis Center works collaboratively to provide community-based research, analysis, information, and access to advanced information technologies. Spirit & Place is an example of Polis’s commitment to creating collaborative, practical, and effective solutions for the communities in which we live.

LaShawnda Crowe Storm with Maria E Hamilton Abegunde: Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams
2017-11-03 18:00 - 2018-01-20 15:00 | IN
November 3-January 20
Open every first Friday 6-10 p.m.

Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams expands the dialogues began in Crowe Storm’s works Her Name is Laura Nelson and Be/Coming with newly commissioned pieces: Poems, Origin and Sister Song.

On the South wall of the main gallery is Her Name Is Laura Nelson. It is Quilt I from The Lynch Quilts Project Series which explores the history and ramifications of racial violence in America, particularly lynching, through the textile tradition of quilting. Crowe Storm started the series 15 years ago. Her Name is Laura Nelson explores the intersection of lynching and gender violence.

In the North section of the main gallery is Be/Coming, the first in the series Masquerade Americana, a collaboration between Crowe Storm and Maria Eliza Hamilton Abegunde that began in 2007. This piece is rooted in the various masquerade traditions found throughout Africa, particularly Gelede (Gail-lah-day) and Egungun (Ay-goon-goon) of the Yoruba in Nigeria. Gelede celebrates female mystical power, while Egungun honors one’s ancestors.The Masquerade Americana series addresses historical and contemporary social ills and in/justices rooted in the American context from a Black / African-American lens.

Origin, in the west section of the main gallery, is a bronze casting of the pelvic bone of an unknown African American woman.

On the East wall is the poetry of Abegunde. The poems Be/Coming, Laura Nelson Speaks, Origin, and Birth Song were written specifically for the ongoing collaboration with Crowe Storm. The remaining poems, The Answer to Your Question and Supplication, are earlier works that call attention to the historical erasure and disappearance of young Black girls and women. Supplication is also a prayer to the Yoruba deity Osun that combines elements of oriki for Osun (praise names) with a plea for guidance to find, in this case, Tionda and Diamond Bradley who were reported disappeared/missing on July 6, 2001.

The writings and libation bowl add new layers to the experiences of remembering words and performances that examine how the abuse, loss, and commodification of one’s womanhood and humanity can be transformed through processes that lead to healing and the rebirthing and re/making of identity.

In the installation room is Sister Song, grounded within the context of community co-creation efforts, the bronze womb shapes were given to selected artists to complete their transformation.

Each piece exhibited in Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams was developed with the hands of many.

About Lashawnda Crowe Storm
If life were a photo, then Crowe Storm’s artwork would be its negative, seeking to explore those aspects in our society that have been ignored or forgotten such as history, lynching, misogyny, slavery and suicide. Her art is a form of social work and she uses it to open doorways to community dialogue, which is the first step to healing, which in itself leads to wider social change. Through her work, a voice is given to the marginalized people and disregarded aspects of our society.
About Maria E Hamilton Abegunde
Maria E Hamilton Abegunde is a Memory Keeper, poet, ancestral priest in the Yoruba Orisa tradition, and a Reiki Master. Her research and creative work respectfully approach the Earth and human bodies as sites of memory, and always with the understanding that memory never dies, is subversive, and can be recovered to transform transgenerational trauma and pain into peace and power. She is a visiting lecturer in the department of African American and African Diaspora Studies and the founding director of The Graduate Mentoring Center at Indiana University.
A series of events accompany the exhibition:
December 3, 3-5 p.m.
BeComing Whole: It Takes a Village to Heal a Community
Join artists featured in Sister Song for a discussion about how the project developed and what it means to become whole through the process of making art that represents their own births. The artists will share why they accepted the invitation to participate, why they selected the “womb” that they did, how and why they selected the materials, what they learned about themselves in the process, and what was the most transformative part of this creation.
December 9, 3-5 p.m.

January 13, 3-5 p.m.
Afriye Wekandodis: Telling Our Stories to Be Free
Songs for Laura Nelson (Performance)
Singer, performer and Sister Song womb-maker, Afriye We-kandodis will present a two-part performance examining the themes present in Keeper of My Mothers’ Dreams. Sista Yo Mama U n Me Too shares the story of violation then reclamation and transformation as an enslaved woman grapples rape and how she spoke life into the spirit of a fellow tribesman who was used to violate her. Through the performance,I Am Laura Nelson she’ll bring voice and life to Laura Nelson.

January 20, 3-5pm
Keeping our Mothers’ Dreams Alive
For many of us, our mothers never spoke their dreams out loud. Sometimes, they did not dare dream them. We, however, are the ones they waited and are waiting for. We also have our own dreams. The power of dreamtime and the word are this: to remind us who we are, to soothe our souls, and to create futures that break away from the past but do not forget them. The exhibition will end with poetry readings, spoken word performances, and ritual to remember and give gratitude to all our Mothers’ Dreams.
This exhibit was made possible by the Herbert Simon Family Foundation, Alan Mills and Sun King
Pictured: LaShawnda Crowe Storm,”Untitled”(2017), bronze casting of pelvic bone
Image courtesy of Polina Osherov and the artist.

Homeless Voices
2017-11-03 08:00 - 2017-11-18 17:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
November 3-18
Join CHIP Indianapolis for a powerful, museum-like art experience filled with educational vignettes and audio and video stories from individuals experiencing homelessness in Indy. Combining audio, video, and tactile components, Homeless Voices immerses the visitor in the lives of individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis. The exhibition will feature a collection of zines created by individuals experiencing homelessness, a virtual reality experience of what it’s like to live in a family shelter, and other artistic and educational opportunities.

Yoga + Meditative Art
2017-11-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Meditative art 5:30-6:00 Yoga 6:00-7:00
Instructor: Tanisha Neely
$5 Freewill Donation
Resilient Yoga is partnering with Tube Factory to offer community based yoga practices and workshops that encourage everyone, no matter their economic situation or skill level to enjoy the benefits of yoga in a relaxed, judgement-free community environment.
Join us for Yoga + Meditative Art every Thursday and enjoy an energizing yoga practice followed by meditative art practices of your choice (Zentangles, Coloring, Journaling, Crocheting, Knitting, etc.). Class is inspired by Julia Cameron’s classic “The Artist’s Way.”
Mats, Blocks, Art Materials and Light Refreshments provided on a first come first served basis.
Why Yoga?
Stress is directly correlated with poor health. Clinical research continues to support the use of yoga practice as a low cost and low maintenance health intervention capable of strengthening resilience factors that reduce stress, a significant health risk factor.

What's On Your Mind?
2017-10-28 11:00 - 15:00 | Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Have something you want to say? Sound artist Oreo Jones will listen and record your stories and thoughts. If selected, your recording will go on our radio station, 99.1, WQRT. To ensure you have a time slot with Jones, please e-mail: email hidden; JavaScript is required

Monumental Dance Party with Melt Face
2017-10-25 18:00 - 21:00 | 1 Monument Circle, South Facing Steps, United States
Come dance your face off with DJ Melt Face and his legions of glamorous weirdos at the Monumental Dance Party. A dance party that is affordable (FREE) and accessible (in an open public space in the middle of the city) to all!
Cosplayers,hula hoopers, break dancers, luchadors, young, old, basic or deluxe, everyone is welcome!
Brought to you by Project for Public Spaces in partnership with The City of Indianapolis
