Artist Member Bernie Carreno to Exhibit

Carreno Studio and Gallery
901 N. Senate Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 460-7061
Show Dates: January 8 - March 4, 2010




Opening Reception: Friday, January 8, 6:00-8:00pm
Artist Member Bernie Carreno is opening an exhibition entitled Profusion at his gallery. Profusion is a collection of small scale works in bronze, steel, and iron. The art explores the placement of open and closed spaces as a venue to communicate contrasting points of view.

For directions to the Gallery click [here].

Carreno is the head of the sculpture department at the Indianapolis Art Center. He has a MFA and BFA in Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin. He has completed numerous large scale public sculptures as well as many private commissions and is in private and public collections around the country. His work is exhibited in private galleries as well as museums. He is an accomplished sculptor nationally recognized as a master of fabricated (welded-steel and aluminum) sculpture and cast metal sculpture (aluminum, bronze and iron). Carreno has taught at the Art Center for over 7 years.

To learn more about taking classes at the Art Center click [here].

It is Time for a Collage Party!

Big Car Gallery's Collage Party
Big Car Gallery
1043 Virginia Avenue
Suite 215
Indianapolis, IN 46203
(317) 450-6630

Big Car's Sept. 4 First Friday opening will feature the products of a collaborative collage party on Aug. 28 at Big Car. Those interested should bring magazines and other materials, the weirder the better, along with scissors and glue or tape. Big Car will supply some refreshments, good conversation and music. As the collages are finished, they'll be taped to the gallery walls, building Big Car's September show together.

Everybody is invited to participate. You don't have to think of yourself as a collage artist. It's fun! It's a Collage Party! Just cut, paste and enjoy. For more information click [here].

This event will open Friday, Sept. 4 from 6-11pm as part if IDADA's First Friday.

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.

INDIEana Handicraft Exchange

Application Deadline: July 4, 2009
Show Dates: October 2-3, 2009
Harrison Center for the Arts
1505 N. Delaware
Indianapolis, IN 46202


What is the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange?
• The INDIEana Handicraft Exchange is a D.I.Y. contemporary craft fair that showcases the work of artists and crafters who use traditional crafting techniques mixed with a contemporary edge. Our vendors offer a range of unique handmade goods from wooden jewelry to fanciful undergarments, from custom vintage-inspired western wear to stationery, from plush animals to natural bath and body goodies, from hand-screened rock ‘n’ roll poster art to pop culture icon finger puppets and much, much more. The event features live music and entertainment and more than 50 artisans and crafters from the city, state, and beyond. The IHE is the first and only of its kind in Indianapolis and is currently held biannually.

• Admission into the fair is FREE to the public. Raffle tickets are sold for $2 each, three for $5 or 7 for $10. Patrons (and vendors) may obtain additional raffle tickets by bringing children's arts and craft supplies, or children's art books, for donation at the door the day of the event. Money made from raffle ticket sales is used to purchase arts and craft supplies for the Marion County Children's Guardian Home, as well as for select Indianapolis area public school art programs. Prizes for the raffle are donated by our vendors and local, independent business sponsors.

• The idea for the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange was developed in early 2007 by Amanda Mauer Taflinger. While living in Chicago she participated in the Renegade Craft Fair and became enamored with the contemporary crafting world. After moving back to Indy she decided that not only did her hometown need something similar, but that the city’s growing D.I.Y. art community could, in fact, support it successfully. The inaugural event was held in October 2007 at the Irving Theater in conjunction with the 61st Annual Historic Irvington Halloween Festival. The event has since grown considerably, demanding a larger venue. The IHE moved to the Harrison Center for the Arts in October 2008, to be held in conjunction with IDADA’s wildly popular First Friday gallery openings. In 2009, the event will be held in June in conjunction with the Independent Music + Art Festival, as well as in October once again on the First Friday (and Saturday) of the month.

To apply to be a vendor at the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange fall show on Friday, October 2 & Saturday, October 3, 2009 please fill out the application and email it with your responses and 3-5 jpeg images back to: indieana_handicraft_exchange@yahoo.com

Applications must be received via email no later than Saturday, July 4, 2009. Absolutely no late or incomplete applications will be considered. Before submitting your application, please be sure to thoroughly read the above information to be sure you understand the details of the event.

To download an application click [here].

FIRST FRIDAY! Eat - Drink - Paint • Works by Brian L. Phillips

wUG LAKU'S STUDIO & gARAGE
1127 Brookside Ave C7
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Friday, June 5
6:00 - 9:00 pm

From Wug Laku:

Phillips imagery combines elements of Picasso, Basquiat, lowbrow, and primitive. Often painting on recycled materials such as floor boards, door frames, and moldings, his vivid colors, contrasts, and cropped compositions are imbued with a vibrancy and intensity all their own.

You’ve seen his work at Nicky Blaine’s, Arthouse 60, Allotropy, and ORANJE. Phillips also produced the poster for Indy Jazz Fest, 2004.

Brians’ work will be on exhibit from June 5 through June 27. Stop by on opening night or visit us during our regular hours, Fridays and Saturdays, 12 – 4 p.m.
(Excepting First Friday afternoons.)

Popcorn and beer reception,
along with baked goods from
The Pastry Station
pastrystation.com

- Also That Evening -
Lydia Burris returns to Dru Cadaver’s,
David Alusik performs magical feats,
Martha Narwold’s Five Seasons Studio
features the basket weaves of Carolyn Mabry.
Possible surprises.

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

Eye Music at Wug Laku's Studio & Garage

Click on image for larger picture

Wug Laku's Studio & Garage
1125 Brookside Ave. C7
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Opening Friday, May 1, 6:00 - 9:00pm

Artist Member Patrick Flaherty will be one of the exhibiting artists at Wug Laku's retrospective show opening in conjunction with IDADA'a First Friday Art Tour.

From Wug Laku's Facebook page:

It was two years ago in May when WLS&G opened it's doors to the public. Since that time, we have had the honor and the privilege of working with some of Indianapolis' best artists and surrounding ourselves with their art. Please join us in celebrating their artistry and lives during the IDADA First Friday gallery tour on May 1, from 6 - 9 p.m.

Bernadette Ostrozovich
Patrick Flaherty
Eric Jones
Rachel Steely
Mark Pack
Jim Gerard
Pam Fraizer
Nancy Lee
William Ray Denton
James Ratliff
Wug Laku

Food provided by
JReutz Cafe
The Pastry Station

NEW HOURS!!!
Fridays and Saturdays, 12 - 4 p.m.
First Friday of every month, 6 - 9 p.m.

Dreamtime at Dean Johnson

Dean Johnson Gallery
646 Massachusetts Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
May 1 - June 18, 2009

Artist Member Sofiya Inger is one of the featured artists in the Dean Johnson Gallery's new exhibition Dreamtime opening tomorrow, May 1 (in conjunction with First Friday). She will be exhibiting paintings (see painting above) and fabric sculptures inspired by dreams.

From www.DeanJohnson.com:

DreamTime

May 1 – June 25, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, May 1, 2009 5–9pm

Dreamtime: the exhibit is an extraordinary display of diverse and forward thinking works of art all inspired and created directly from the artist’s dreams. The exhibit is a compilation of work used to illustrate the groundbreaking PBS television program Dreamtime: Universal Archetypes.

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.

First Friday Bonanza!!!

This is by no means a complete run-down but here are some highlights for this First Friday. Feel free to add more suggestions in the comments or email me other happenings to post.

To get the complete map from IDADA click [here].

So in no particular order:

1st Friday at the Curve - Central Library - 40 E. St. Clair St. - Free - 7:00 - 9:00 pm
This free after hours event will serve as the opening artists' reception for "The Future: A New Digital Youth Art Exhibit" - Emcee is Lord of the Yum Yum and music by "30 grown up dorks" Mucca Pazza.

This exhibit features work from the Indianapolis Art Center's Artreach programs Concord Neighborhood Center students.

For more information about the program call 275-4222

First in Line - Harrison Center - 1505 N. Delaware - Free - 6:00 - 9:00 pm
The Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association (IDADA) is hosting its 3rd "First in Line" exhibit. It's only annual fundraiser, all artwork is donated by the artists and proceed go to the IDADA's general fund used to promote and serve galleries and artists in Indianapolis.

All work is priced at $100 - first come, first served.

Susan Hodgin - "Cairns" - Harrison Center - 1505 N. Delaware - Free - 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Come out and support Indianapolis Art Center Artist Member Susan Hodgin at her opening of recent work - "Cairns"

RAW - wUG LAKU'S STUDIO & gARAGE - 1125 Brookside Ave - Free - 6:00 - 9:00 pm
On display are selcted works from Wug Laku's "Back Pages." Laku tends to work in series. For this exhibit, he has selected works from different series to let them interact with each other revealing progressions in his work.

Also that evening in the same building in various studios: Nan's Jewelry, Dave Voelpel's Abstractions, Dru Cadaver, Matt Davey debuts his new space, The Pastry Station - Chef Pilar will be featuring cakes - and will have a couple at Wug's, and the Reutz Cafe will be catering the opening.

Art Opening: The Alchemy of Space

Opening Reception: Friday, March 6, 2009
Where: STUTZARTSPACE
Located in the alley between Capitol and Senate at 212 West 10th St.
(Enter from 10th St. via Bearcat Alley)
Indianapolis, IN 46202
When: 5 - 9:00 pm
Cost: Free

Check out Artist Members Kate Oberreich and Ginny Taylor Rosner at this opening.

In the show, the three female artists artistically explore space in the context of the chaos they experience from sharing creative space in Studio B240.

Myers’ prints and watercolors focus on spiritual and internal space, as expressed through nature and natural forms. Oberreich’s mixed media works and collages explore relationships and conversation using surface and text, and Taylor Rosner photographically turns her vision to abandoned urban spaces and the silent stories inherent in the emptiness.

The exhibition opens at noon March 6 with a reception from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., in conjunction with the Indianapolis Downtown Artists & Dealers Association’s (IDADA) monthly First Friday gallery tour.

The show runs through March 27. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays or by appointment. Stutz Art Space, a nonprofit visual art center that opened in January 2008, is on the first floor of the Stutz Business Center.

Exhibition open Monday through Friday 11 am - 2 pm or by appointment through March 27, 2009.

For more info click [here] or call (317) 503-6420.

Art Opening: StutzArtSpace has HEART

Opening Reception: Friday, Febrary 6, 2009
Where: STUTZARTSPACE
Located in the alley between Capitol and Senate at 212 West 10th St.
(Enter from 10th St. via Bearcat Alley)
Indianapolis, IN 46202
When: 5 - 9:00 pm

The Stutz Artist Association is teaming up with the American Heart Association to present "Heart," an exhibition featuring work that explores the human heart, during Women's Heart Health Month.

Artwork in the group show (including work by artist member Ginny Taylor-Rosner) will include pieces that explore the medical heart, metaphors for love, the visual heart, the idea of brokenness, and the richness of the color red. Participating artists will donate 20 percent of their sales to the American Heart Association.

For more information on the Stutz Artist Association click [here].

Call to Artists: Act Quickly!

Deadline: Friday, February 6
Murphy Building
1043 Virginia Ave
Indianapolis, IN

The Central Indiana Artists and Piercers Exhibition needs tattoo and body modification / piercing artworks. All art will be considered. This work is needed ASAP. Art work must be wired and ready to hang.

The exhibit will open at the Murphy this Friday, February 6th as part of the First Friday Gallery Tour. For more information contact Bill Levin at (317) 251-3333.

For more information on the Murphy Art Center visit www.MurphyArtCenter.com.