Are you a Smarty?

Are you a smARTy?

Location:
The Rathskeller at the A
401 East Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN, 46204

Date and Time:
Thursday, July 22, 2010
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

ADMISSION IS FREE

From the Arts Council of Indianapolis:
What is cultural literacy? Do we have it? How do we get it and encourage others to want it? What does it mean to Indianapolis?

Through a lively, fun-filled evening featuring a television-like quiz game, the master of ceremonies will ask questions regarding arts and culture in Indianapolis. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate as a contestant in the game or as an audience member. Everyone will be encouraged to explore their own cultural literacy and reflect on the cultural literacy of their community, as well as to discuss the impact of cultural literacy on Indianapolis during the discussion following.

Primary Colours is the partner for this event.

For more information click [here]

Event Phone: (317) 631-3301
Handicap Accessible

For directions click [here]

Arts Council of Indianapolis Announces "Are you a smARTy?"

The Arts Council of Indianapolis needs your help!  We are partnering with Primary Colours and participating in IndyTalks, a citywide effort designed to foster a sense of community through respectful and creative dialogue.  Our program, Are you a smARTy?, is Thursday, July 22, from 6-8 p.m. at the Rathskeller in the Kellersol Room.  Through a lively, fun-filled evening featuring a television-like quiz game, we aim to stimulate thought and discussion regarding the cultural literacy of our community.

In order to develop the questions for the game, we are asking arts and cultural organizations, as well as others in the arts community, to provide us with interesting or unique facts or trivia about their organization and the Indianapolis arts and cultural community.  The facts should be broad in nature--not specific to a current event--and something the public may not know.  For instance, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra could say "The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is one of 17 full-time orchestras in North America."  Please send up to five facts to artistservices@indyarts.org by Friday, July 9.

Additional information regarding IndyTalks and the Arts Council's program, Are you a smARTy?, can be found at http://indytalks.wordpress.com/program-info/#arts.

Thank you for your help.  We hope you will join us for the fun on Thursday, July 22 at the Rathskeller at the Athenaeum.

"For the Love of Dogs": the Art of Shelter Dogs

When: July 2-30, 2010

First Friday Opening Reception: Friday, July 2, 2010 from 6-9 p.m.

Where: Athenaeum ArtSpace

401 E. Michigan Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Several of Indy's premier artists illustrate the dogs that call the Humane Society of Indianapolis home. A portion of the sales will benefit the dogs at Indy Humane. 

For more info contact Casey Ailes at caseyjoailes@hotmail.com

Athenaeum's ArtSpace on Facebook

Call for Artists: Athenaeum ArtSpace

Deadline: September 23, 5:00pm
Show Dates: November 2009 part of "Inspiring Places" - Spirit and Place Exhibit
Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 E. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204

"Meet Me At The A!"

Athenaeum ArtSpace Call for Artists:

The Athenaeum ArtSpace, Indy’s newest art venue, is seeking local, family-friendly, emerging and unknown artists for commission-free exhibitions.

Each exhibition opens on IDADA First Friday and continues approximately three weeks. Artists of all media are encouraged to submit work for these juried exhibitions.

• Artist should reside in Marion or one of the seven surrounding counties.

• Artist should be capable of demonstrating the completion of two semesters of formal art studies or be capable of demonstrating at least three years of art production.

• Artist has not displayed artwork in the IDADA downtown art districts unless the display was part of a special event like “Visual Fringe” or other one-time special displays (less than 30 days).

• Artist will demonstrate an enrollment with ACI (Arts Council of Indianapolis) within 10 days prior to any display (this is a no cost enrollment).

In addition to the ongoing First Friday exhibits, we are currently looking for submissions to be included in a December/January exhibit featuring "gift-type" artwork. We hope to find affordable artwork that could be purchased for holiday gift-giving.

Submissions should include the following information and should be received by September 23 at 5:00pm: Name, Address, Email, Phone, Biography/Resume, CD containing 10-20 images, image size at no less than 300dpi, 600x800, Accompanying Title List with CD, numbered accordingly and including title, medium, dimensions, and year. Do not include name on title list. All submissions are juried.

Send submissions to:
The Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 East Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
or contact Kevin Gierman at 317.655.2755 ext152 or kevingierman@athenaeumfoundation.com

The Athenaeum ArtSpace’s mission is to introduce the public to work they’ve never seen before by displaying, commission-free, the work of emerging and local unknown artists, in an effort to support the “Sound Mind and Sound Body” concepts that are central to the creation and the history of the Athenaeum. We are working diligently on improving the ArtSpace for artists by raising funds for a hanging system and lighting . The Athenaeum ArtSpace is a partnership between the Athenaeum Foundation and Indy Metro Church.

Call for Artists: Athenaeum ArtSpace

Deadline: September 23, 5:00pm
Show Dates: November 2009 part of "Inspiring Places" - Spirit and Place Exhibit
Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 E. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204

"Meet Me At The A!"

Athenaeum ArtSpace Call for Artists:

The Athenaeum ArtSpace, Indy’s newest art venue, is seeking local, family-friendly, emerging and unknown artists for commission-free exhibitions.

Each exhibition opens on IDADA First Friday and continues approximately three weeks. Artists of all media are encouraged to submit work for these juried exhibitions.

• Artist should reside in Marion or one of the seven surrounding counties.

• Artist should be capable of demonstrating the completion of two semesters of formal art studies or be capable of demonstrating at least three years of art production.

• Artist has not displayed artwork in the IDADA downtown art districts unless the display was part of a special event like “Visual Fringe” or other one-time special displays (less than 30 days).

• Artist will demonstrate an enrollment with ACI (Arts Council of Indianapolis) within 10 days prior to any display (this is a no cost enrollment).

In addition to the ongoing First Friday exhibits, we are currently looking for submissions to be included in a November exhibit with the theme “Inspiring Places” to be part of the Spirit & Place Festival (this will be art involving the theme Inspiring Places in Indianapolis).

Submissions should include the following information and should be received by September 23 at 5:00pm: Name, Address, Email, Phone, Biography/Resume, CD containing 10-20 images, image size at no less than 300dpi, 600x800, Accompanying Title List with CD, numbered accordingly and including title, medium, dimensions, and year. Do not include name on title list. All submissions are juried.

Send submissions to:
The Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 East Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
or contact Kevin Gierman at 317.655.2755 ext152 or kevingierman@athenaeumfoundation.com

The Athenaeum ArtSpace’s mission is to introduce the public to work they’ve never seen before by displaying, commission-free, the work of emerging and local unknown artists, in an effort to support the “Sound Mind and Sound Body” concepts that are central to the creation and the history of the Athenaeum. We are working diligently on improving the ArtSpace for artists by raising funds for a hanging system and lighting . The Athenaeum ArtSpace is a partnership between the Athenaeum Foundation and Indy Metro Church.

Call for Artists: Athenaeum ArtSpace

Deadline: July 31, 5:00pm
Show Dates: August 2009 (three week show) and Noember 2009 ("Inspiring Places" - Spirit and Place Exhibt)
Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 E. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Athenaeum ArtSpace Call for Artists:

The Athenaeum ArtSpace, Indy’s newest art venue, is seeking local, family-friendly, emerging and unknown artists for commission-free exhibitions.

Each exhibition opens on IDADA First Friday and continues approximately three weeks. Artists of all media are encouraged to submit work for these juried exhibitions.

• Artist should reside in Marion or one of the seven surrounding counties.

• Artist should be capable of demonstrating the completion of two semesters of formal art studies or be capable of demonstrating at least three years of art production.

• Artist has not displayed artwork in the IDADA downtown art districts unless the display was part of a special event like “Visual Fringe” or other one-time special displays (less than 30 days).

• Artist will demonstrate an enrollment with ACI (Arts Council of Indianapolis) within 10 days prior to any display (this is a no cost enrollment).

In addition to the ongoing First Friday exhibits, we are currently looking for submissions to be included in a November exhibit with the theme “Inspiring Places” to be part of the Spirit & Place Festival (this will be art involving the theme Inspiring Places in Indianapolis).

Submissions should include the following information and should be received by July 31 at 5:00pm: Name, Address, Email, Phone, Biography/Resume, CD containing 10-20 images, image size at no less than 300dpi, 600x800, Accompanying Title List with CD, numbered accordingly and including title, medium, dimensions, and year. Do not include name on title list. All submissions are juried.

Send submissions to:
The Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 East Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
or contact Kevin Gierman at 317.655.2755 ext152 or kevingierman@athenaeumfoundation.com

The Athenaeum ArtSpace’s mission is to introduce the public to work they’ve never seen before by displaying, commission-free, the work of emerging and local unknown artists, in an effort to support the “Sound Mind and Sound Body” concepts that are central to the creation and the history of the Athenaeum. We are working diligently on improving the ArtSpace for artists by raising funds for a hanging system and lighting . The Athenaeum ArtSpace is a partnership between the Athenaeum Foundation and Indy Metro Church.

Athenaeum ArtSpace Call for Artists

Deadline: 5:00pm July 17, 2009
Show Dates: July 2009 (3 week show)
Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 E. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204

The Athenaeum ArtSpace, Indy’s newest art venue, is seeking local, family-friendly, emerging and unknown artists for commission-free exhibitions. Each exhibition opens on IDADA First Friday and continues approximately three weeks. Artists of all media are encouraged to submit work for these juried exhibitions.

• Artist should reside in Marion or one of the seven surrounding counties.
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• Artist should reside in Marion or one of the seven surrounding counties.
• Artist should be capable of demonstrating the completion of two semesters of formal art studies or be capable of demonstrating at least three years of art production.
  
• Artist has not displayed artwork in the IDADA downtown art districts unless the display was part of a special event like “Visual Fringe” or other one-time special displays (less than 30 days).
  
• Artist will demonstrate an enrollment with ACI (Arts Council of Indianapolis) within 10 days prior to any display. (this is a no cost enrollment).
  
• Submissions should include the following information and should be received by July 17 at 5:00pm: Name, address, email, phone, biography/resume, Cd containing 10-20 images, image size at no less than 300dpi, 600x800, Accompanying Title List with cd, numbered accordingly and including title, medium, dimensions, and year. Do not include name on title list. All submissions are juried.

Send submissions c/o Kevin Gierman
The Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 East Michigan St
Indianapolis, IN 46204
or contact Kevin Gierman at317.655.2755 ext152 or kevingierman@athenaeumfoundation.com

The Athenaeum ArtSpace’s mission is to introduce the public to work they’ve never seen before by displaying, commission-free, the work of emerging and local unknown artists, in an effort to support the “Sound Mind and Sound Body” concepts that are central to the creation and the history of the Athenaeum. We are working diligently on improving the ArtSpace for artists by raising funds for a hanging system and lighting . The Athenaeum ArtSpace is a partnership between the Athenaeum Foundation and Indy Metro Church.

Scavenge the Ave

June 17, 2009
6 - 9pm
$7 per person in advance / $10 door
Teams consist of 2-4 people

The Athenaeum
401 E. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204

From Indy Reads:

Indy Reads and the Mass. Ave. Merchants Association (MAMA) present Scavenge the Ave, a fun event to support literacy and local business. It is a six block scavenger hunt down Massachusetts Avenue.

A completed scavenger hunt sheet wins discounts at select Mass. Ave. merchants and entry into our drawing with chances to win fabulous prizes.

Rain or Shine - wear walking shoes.

Register by clicking [here].

Joyce Sommers receives NUVO Lifetime Achievement Cultural Vision Award

Join us in congratulating the Indianapolis Art Center's executive director Joyce Sommers as she receives her Lifetime Achievement Cultural Vision Award tonight.

June 5, 6:30 om
Athenaeum Building
401 E. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204

From NUVO.net:

Please visit the NUVO Cultural Vision Awards website at http://cva.nuvo.net to read about the ten honorees for 2009, as well as the 100 previous CVA winners since 1999.

You are also invited join us this Friday, June 5, to honor the ten individuals and organizations being inducted into the NUVO Cultural Vision Awards family. The ceremony begins at 6:30 in the theatre of the Athenaeum Building.

About the Awards:

Honoring what's best in our community

11th Annual NUVO Cultural Vision Awards

The NUVO Cultural Vision Awards are an extension of what NUVO Newsweekly has aimed to accomplish since its inception—shine a light on those individuals and organizations in Indianapolis who are bringing cultural innovation to our community and making it a better place for us all to live.

Since we initiated the Cultural Vision Awards in 1998, we have had at least two goals in mind. The first was to recognize individuals and organizations in this city doing innovative work. Contrary to stereotype, Indianapolis is a place where new and creative things happen. Unfortunately, because of that stereotype - that this is the last place to adopt a new idea or way of doing things - genuine innovation here is often overlooked. The NUVO Cultural Vision Awards are about shining a light on the talented people and creative enterprises who defy that stereotype.

Our second goal for the awards can be summed up in a single word: community. Selecting and recognizing Cultural Vision Award honorees is an ongoing process. Nominees for the awards are suggested to us throughout the course of the year by people all over the city. Anyone can make a nomination - and anyone can be nominated. These nominations are compiled and brought before NUVO"s Editorial Committee, which, in a series of meetings, arrives at the final selection you find here.

Once again, this year"s honorees exemplify the qualities the NUVO Cultural Vision Awards are intended to celebrate. You"ll meet artists and activists, peacemakers and provocateurs, educators and innovators. Read their stories. Each one provides an opportunity to reflect upon our own commitment to community, as well as a reason to celebrate the culture of this place we all call home.

Call for Artists: Athenaeum ArtSpace

Application Deadline: Noon, June 5, 2009
Show Date: July 2009

The Athenaeum ArtSpace, Indy’s newest art venue, is seeking local, family-friendly, emerging, and unknown artists for commission-free exhibitions.

Each exhibition opens on IDADA First Friday and continues approximately three weeks. Artists of all media are encouraged to submit work for these juried exhibitions.

• Artist should reside in Marion or one of the seven surrounding counties.
• Artist should be capable of demonstrating the completion of two semesters of formal art studies or be capable of demonstrating at least three years of art production.
• Artist has not displayed artwork in the IDADA downtown art districts unless the display was part of a special event like “Visual Fringe” or other one-time special displays (less than 30 days).
• Artist will demonstrate an enrollment with IAC within 10 days prior to any display. (this is a no cost enrollment).
  

For the July 5 exhibit, submissions should include the following information and should be received by June 5 at 5:00pm:

• Name
• Address
• Email
• Phone
• Bio/Resume
• CD containing 10-20 images (no less than 300 dpi, 600x800)
• Accompanying Title List with CD, numbered accordingly and including title, medium, dimensions, and year
• DO NOT include name on title list - all submissions are juried

Send submissions c/o Kevin Gierman
The Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 E. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Or contact Kevin Gierman at:
(317) 655-2755 ext. 152
KevinGierman@AthenaeumFoundations.com

Call to Artists: Athenaeum seeks Exhibitors

Art Exhibition May 1st, 2009
Deadline: April 17, 2009
The Athenaeum ArtSpace
401 E. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204

The Athenaeum ArtSpace, Indy's newest art venue, is seeking artists for its May First Friday exhibition. Artists of all media are encouraged to submit work to this non-juries "spring-themed" exhibition*. Artists are welcome to submit multiple works.

All hanging art should be framed and ready to hang. All sculpture or 3D work should be a reasonable weight and size for ease of transport. This is a three week long exhibition. All work must be delivered between April 27 - 29 and picked up between May 20 - 22.

Please send your intent to submit with a photo of each piece to Kevin Gierman (317-655-2755 x152 or KevinGierman@Athenaeumfoundation.com) and include the following information no later than April 17:

• Name
• Email
• Phone
• Medium
• Approximate size of artwork

The Athenaeum ArtSpace's mission is to introduce the public to work they've never seen before by displaying the work of emerging young artists and unkown artists in an effort to support the "Sound Mind and Sound Body" concepts that are central to the creation and the history of the Atheneaum.

*The Athenaeum ArtSpace reserves the right to deny exhibition of a piece for any reason.