Showing posts with label Indianapolis Arts Council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indianapolis Arts Council. Show all posts

Thursday, June 24, 2010

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.

Workshop: June 30, "The Art of the Sale"

 Workshop: Arts Council and Primary Colours Present The Art of the Sale
The Arts Council and Primary Colours present our annual Artist Professional Development Workshops: Summer Series. 
Please join us for our first workshop; The Art of the Sale, Wednesday, June 30 at 6pm - Arts Council offices at 924 N. Pennsylvania St.

For many artists, creating your work is the easy part. But how do you sell it in order to "share it" with others? How do you make a living from your art and not need a "regular job"?  How do you  mix and  mingle,  engage and close a  sale and enjoy the whole experience?

It is an art form in itself!  
 

Learn tried-and-true tips from artists, gallery owners and others for engaging casually interested buyers and turn them from simply interested into full-fledged arts patrons.

Panelists include:
Pauline Moffatt, Executive Director of the IndyFringe Festival. Along with her current role working with hundreds of performing artists, Pauline spent eight years in Melbourne Australia working with the Hotel for the Arts promoting and profiling emerging and established visual artists who exhibited in the building.
Linda Dorman, Studio Manager for Tom Torluemke Studio and former gallery owner
Tom Torluemke, artist and former gallery owner Ron Zimmerman, Vice President and COO at Elona Biotechnologies, Inc. with 17 years of salesmanship experience including managing and training sales teams of over 100 professionals.   

Remaining workshops include:
June 30 - The Art of the Sale 
July 14 - Authentic Arts Marketing  
July 28 - Licensing Your Artwork 
All workshops will take place at the new offices of the Arts Council of Indianapolis, now located at 924 N. Pennsylvania St. (map). All workshops begin at 6 p.m. and are FREE. Networking opportunities follow each session to continue the conversation in a more casual environment.

NOTE: The Arts Council has moved to a new location with ample FREE PARKING! Please RSVP tohugh@primarycolours.org and join us next Wednesday. Park in the lot just north of the building next to the gallery and enter from the main doors on Pennsylvania Street.

For more information, please contact Shannon Linker at slinker@indyarts.org. To RSVP please e-mail Hugh Vandivier at hugh@primarycolours.org  
For more information visit www.artscouncilofindianapolis.org.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Community Hospital South Seeks Indiana Artists


Submission Deadline: Monday, October 12, 2009
Installation Date: June 2010
Community Hospital South
1402 E County Line Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46227-0963

The Community Health Network Foundation (CHNF) and Community Hospital South have partnered with the Arts Council of Indianapolis once again to acquire artwork in an effort to build a meaningful permanent collection for its south campus currently under construction. In 2006, the CHNF purchased artwork from more than 50 Indiana artists for the newly designed Community Hospital North. With such success at the North campus, the foundation now desires to create a similar environment at the South campus. The original artwork will be displayed in the waiting areas, main lobby, major corridors and other public spaces within the hospital.

Eligibility: All professional visual artists living in Indiana are encouraged to submit proposed images. Please note that artists living in or having a connection to Greenwood or the south side of Indianapolis are especially encouraged to submit. Artists that live in the central Indiana region are also encouraged to join the Arts Council of Indianapolis’ on-line artist database (click [here] to join) prior to submitting their proposed images. If you are already included in the indyarts artist database, make sure your images and information are updated before you submit to this call. You can double check by clicking [here].

Selection Criteria: Artwork should fit naturally into a contemporary setting. Abstract and non-objective works are preferred, but more naturalistic works will be considered. The artwork should reflect and embrace the hospital’s commitment to a healing environment for patients, visitors and staff. Specifically, the committee is looking for works that create a colorful, energetic, interesting, yet peaceful and soothing environment. Works that include human figures or extensive use of the color red will not be considered. To view works selected under the same criteria from the North campus click [here].

Artwork Sought: two-dimensional, three-dimensional and reproductions.

• The project requires 32 pieces of original two-dimensional artwork (or wall art). The committee is open to all media including, but not limited to painting, printmaking, textiles, mixed media, etc.
• The project requires two small interior three-dimensional sculptures to be placed in the Dining Room. The committee is open to all media including, but not limited to metals, ceramics, stone, etc.
• The project requires one large three dimensional mobile to be hung in the Emergency Department entry vestibule. The committee is open to all media appropriate for a suspended structure. Artists submitting for the mobile are asked to submit examples of past work for qualification purposes only. Artist should not submit a specific proposal until they are contacted by the committee. Architectural and structural schematics will be available to artists who are invited to meet with the committee to discuss their proposals.
• The project requires one exterior three-dimensional sculpture to be placed in a rooftop garden space. The sculpture will be viewed from multiple angles and views. The committee is open to any medium that is durable and can withstand the elements.
• In addition, the project requires 52 Giclée prints and/or photography. The committee is seeking artists who are willing to reproduce their work as quality Giclée prints. All interested artists should contact Brandi Cassis at Editions Limited at brandi@editionsltd.com or call 317-466-9940. Note: If you are submitting for the Giclée/photography portion of the project only, you do not need to submit images through this call, simply contact Brandi Cassis for instructions.

Timeline:
• Deadline for submissions: Monday, October 12. All submissions must be received via postal mail or hand delivered to the Arts Council office at 20 N. Meridian St., Ste, 500, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
• Preliminary selections will be made by late October 2009.
• Selected artists will be contacted by early November 2009.
• Selected artists may be asked to present to the committee in person during the weeks of November 6 and November 16, 2009.
• All artwork will be installed in June 2010.

Budget:
• Two-dimensional artwork submitted should be priced at a maximum of $2,000 per piece.
• Interior sculptures should be priced at a maximum of $2,000 per piece.
• Emergency Department mobile should be within a price range of $8,000 - $10,000.
• Exterior sculpture should be within the price range of $10,000 - $15,000.

Selection Committee: Artwork will be chosen by the hospital selection committee which includes hospital administration staff, CHNF staff and interior designers and architects from the project architectural firm with the assistance of an Arts Council project manager.

Guidelines for Submission:

• Artists may submit up to ten images on a CD.
• Images should be professional quality, jpeg files, 72dpi and no larger than 800 pixels in any direction. If high resolution images are needed, those artists will be contacted individually.
• Each submission must include a slide list including title, date, medium, dimensions, price and availability. (Note if each work is available for purchase or an example of past work as the committee may seek to commission a site-specific piece based upon previous work.)
• All work submitted must have been created within the past three years.
• All submissions must include an artist resume or CV.
• All submissions must include an artist statement.
• All submissions must include contact information for the artist and/or appropriate gallery representative including daytime phone, e-mail address and web site if available.

Submit all materials to:
Arts Council of Indianapolis
Community Hospital South Project
20 N. Meridian St., Ste. 500
Indianapolis, IN 46204


For more information about the overall project or original artwork acquisitions, please contact Shannon Linker, Director of Artist Services for the Arts Council of Indianapolis at slinker@indyarts.org or 317-631-3301.

For more information about publishing requirements and timeline for reproductions, please contact Brandi Cassis with Editions Limited at brandi@editionsltd.com or call 317-466-9940.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Dreaming in Vivid Color opens tonight at the Indianapolis Art Center

May 8, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 pm

Dreaming in Vivid Color - Indianapolis Arts Council Creative Renewal Fellows 2007-08

Indianapolis Art Center
820 E. 67th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
(317) 255-2464

Dreaming in Vivid Color opens tonight featuring works from the 2007-08 round of Creative Renewal Fellows. The opening is free and open to the public and will be catered by the Jazz Kitchen. Drink are available for purchase, free to Art Center members.

There are performances throughout the evening in the Frank M. Basile Auditorium. The schedule is as follows:

6:00 - 6:30 Becky Archibald Group
6:30 - 6:40 Ju Fang Liu
6:40 - 7:10 Program announcements including announcing the new 2009-10 Fellows
7:10 - 7:40 Readings by Jim Simmons, Candace Denning, Barb Shoup, and David Shumate
7:40 - 8:00 Shannon Forsell

In addition Tom Robertson will be hosting an improv workshop from 7:00 - 9:00 (studio to be determined) and Jari Sheese will be doing a flame-working demo from 7:00 - 8:00 (studio to be determined).

This event is in conjunction with the Spring Broad Ripple Gallery Tour which runs from 5:00 - 10:00 pm.