Spirit & Place, IU Indianapolis

Spirit & Place Festival Exhibits
2022-10-08 - 2022-10-19, 2022-10-09 - 2022-10-20, 2022-10-10 - 2022-10-21, 2022-10-11 - 2022-10-22, 2022-10-12 - 2022-10-23, 2022-10-13 - 2022-10-24, 2022-10-14 - 2022-10-25, 2022-10-15 - 2022-10-26 and 19 more dates
Image Credit: Marti LaMar by Kaila Austin
An exciting array of exhibits are included in this year’s festival! Information about exhibit hours are below. To check the festival programming tied to the events, return to the Event Page to search for the event. You must register for events separately.
Tearing Down Boxes and Embracing Change
Nov. 4-14, 1-4pm (Tues.-Fri.)
Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center, 705 N. Illinois St.
Monumental Changes: History and Power in Public Art
Nov. 5-17, 10am-5pm (Tues.-Sat.)
Garfield Park Arts Center—Main Gallery, 2432 Conservatory Dr.
The Memory Keepers / Los Guardianes de Memorias
Nov. 4-14, click here to schedule a gallery visit
201 Studio, 201 S. Rural Ave.
The (W)hole in Our Hearts
Nov. 4-12, visit website for hours
Friday, Nov. 5, 5-9pm (First Friday extended hours)
Saturday, Nov. 6, 10am-12pm (Family Day activities)
Nov. 8-12, M-F, 9am-5pm
Circle City Industrial Complex—Stokol Gallery & Hallways, 1125 Brookside Ave.
Introduction to Black Hue-manity: Imagining Blackness Then and Now
Nov. 8-11. Public hours vary.
Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, 1410 Indiana Ave.
We Are the Change We’ve Been Waiting For
Nov. 10, 5:30-8:30pm
Indiana Interchurch Center, 1100 W. 42nd St.
Changing Direction: The Evolution of Treatment at Indiana’s State Psychiatric Hospitals
Nov. 4-14
Online Exhibit

Spirit & Place Festival Exhibits
2022-11-02 - 2022-11-13 | Multiple, IN, United States
Check out the variety of exhibitions included in this year’s festival!
Past is Present: Black Artists Respond to the Complicated Histories of Slavery
(Looking Forward exhibit)
Sept. 28 – Jan. 15
Herron School of Art + Design – Basile Auditorium, 735 W. New York St.
Holy Sparks: Celebrating 50 Years of Women Rabbinate
Nov. 1—30
Indiana Interchurch Center—Krannert Hall, 1100 W. 42nd St.
HIV Modernization: Ending the Stigma of People Living with HIV
Nov. 3—13
Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center—Michael O’Brien Gallery, 705 N. Illinois St.
Will You See the Real Me?
Nov. 4—12
Lost Dog Gallery, 1040 E. New York St.
*The Lost Dog Gallery will be open Nov. 4, 5, 10, 11, & 12.
I Am Unique
(Weaving the Web exhibit)
Nov. 4—19
Garfield Park Arts Center—Main Gallery, 2432 Conservatory Dr.

Will You See the Real Me?
2022-11-04 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Lost Dog Gallery, 1040 E. New York St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Exhibit showcasing the work of two fiber art guilds and their creativity to express the stories and identities of individuals leaving incarceration, fighting homelessness, aging out of foster care, and facing other challenges.
We make a lot of assumptions about people. Depending on their personal backgrounds, economic status, gender expression, skin color, and even life struggles, we can unfairly label people and limit their options and opportunities in life. Let’s challenge ourselves to see the whole person based on how they identify for themselves outside of society’s labels.
Working with adults who have been previously incarcerated, struggled with homelessness, or have been in the foster system, fiber artists with INFiber and the Akoma Ntoso Modern Quilt Guild of Central Indiana have partnered with Trusted Mentors to create a dynamic exhibit – including an interactive “in-progress” component exhibit goers can add to – inspired by the stories and self-expression of those too often marginalized and stigmatized by society’s labels.
Upon entering the exhibit, attendees will be asked to respond to an art quilt and words about the difficulties the members of Trusted Mentors have faced. These thoughts can be written on ribbons and attached to the art quilt. Each piece in the exhibit will be inspired from key words and ideas from the mentees about their true selves. These thoughts will be included in the descriptions. As attendees exit the exhibit, they will be asked to again put words on ribbons and attach to another art quilt, but this time the words will be based on what they have seen in the art, expressive of the way those represented really see themselves.
The exhibit will be open for viewing at the Lost Dog Gallery on the following days:
Friday, Nov. 4: 5-9pm (opening reception)
Saturday, Nov. 5: 2-5 pm
Thursday, Nov. 10: 5-7pm
Friday, Nov. 11: 5-7pm
Saturday, Nov. 12: 2-5pm
A partnership between INfiber, Akoma Ntoso Modern Quilt Guild of Central Indiana, and Trusted Mentors.
Contact event organizers at 317-274-2462 or lostdoggallery@gmail.com
Walk-ins welcome! Registrations for the Nov. 4 reception are encouraged by Nov. 3.
Register below.

Between Society and Self/Entre la Sociedad y uno Mismo
2022-11-04 14:30 - 16:30 | Christ Church Cathedral, 125 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN, United States
What happens when you leave behind everything that created your sense of identity and start over? How do you explore and express those feelings? When words fail, art steps in to help. Share in the stories of Christ Church Cathedral’s immigrant congregants through visual and performing arts.
When leaving behind the touchstones of family and culture, immigrants are challenged to forge a new identity in their adopted home, blending past with present. Second generation immigrants who do not have the same connection to “home,” must also bridge the expectations of older generations with the expectations of their new culture.
Understandably, this can be hard to articulate to someone unfamiliar with the experience. Art has a way of expressing thoughts and feelings that are hard to put into words. This gathering will showcase art and music created by Hispanic immigrants who call Christ Church Cathedral their spiritual home.
This event is bilingual, presented in English and Spanish and features performing arts group Coro Latinoamericano among others.
A partnership between Christ Church Cathedral, Arte Mexicano de Indiana, and LUNA Language Services.
Event organizer contact info: 317-636-4577 or info@cccindy.org.
Register below.
Courtesy Elise Schrock, Christ Church Cathedral
