Spirit & Place, IU Indianapolis

Spirit & Place Festival Exhibits
2023-10-13 - 2023-10-24, 2023-10-14 - 2023-10-25, 2023-10-15 - 2023-10-26, 2023-10-16 - 2023-10-27, 2023-10-17 - 2023-10-28, 2023-10-18 - 2023-10-29, 2023-10-19 - 2023-10-30, 2023-10-20 - 2023-10-31 and 20 more dates | IN
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

Buzz & Flutter: Cultivating, Creating, & Caring for our Pollinators
2023-11-04 08:00 - 10:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Garfield Park Arts Center – Main Gallery, 2432 Conservatory Dr., Indianapolis, IN, United States
ASL Interpretation Onsite.
Make art while also learning from community gardeners, beekeepers, and even chefs on how we can all work to sustain and nourish our pollinator friends – bees and butterflies!
Art-making activities, learning opportunities, honey-tasting, and exhibits will be featured at this dynamic all-ages, family-friendly event featuring:

An exhibition featuring images based on gardening, bees, and butterflies created by local artists including Ivy Tech Community College art students
Art-making activities
Info tables on beekeeping and hive management
Honey tasting!
Honey-themed recipe station hosted by Chef Thom England/Ivy Tech Culinary Program
Lessons on how to prep seeds to “winter over”
And more!

Can’t make it to the event? Check out an online edition of the art exhibit here: (LINK FORTHCOMING)
Questions? Contact (317) 916-7832 or srobertson99@ivytech.edu
Event Partners: Ivy Tech Community College Central Indiana including the Culinary, Early Childhood Education, English, Fine Arts and Hospitality programs and Garfield Park Arts Center.
Event Registration: Registration is appreciated by November 3, but walk-ins are welcome! (Registration link forthcoming.)

Eastern Black Swallowtail Courtesy of Renee Rule

Nourishing Democracy: Healthy IPS School Board Elections
2023-11-10 13:00 - 16:00 | MLK Community Center, 40 W. 40th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46205, United States
Constitutional republics must be nourished to stay viable. As school board elections offer a microcosm of democracy, what does IPS board history teach us about the democratic process and what citizens can do to nurture their own sense of civic empowerment?
Once regulated to the May Primary, Indianapolis school board elections are now large and expensive early November events. Debate from a plurality of perspectives is needed for a healthy democracy and a vigorous public education system. So is an understanding of local history. In the early 1920s, little to no competition existed in school board races which were ostensibly run by the Citizens School Committee. This is the era that deeply segregated and segmented Indianapolis’s public schools into a caste system. As recent media stories have shown, modern school board elections are being inundated with outside money – and agendas – that threaten to shape public schools in ways the community may not want. Using primary sources and recent news articles, attendees will be divided into working groups to compare and contrast the past to the present in an effort to plan for the future. Visual arts, poetry, and music will further help attendees appreciate the challenges democracy faces while inspiring them to stay engaged and active.
Questions? Contact 317-998-1339 or johnharrisloflin@yahoo.com.
Audience Notes: Doors open at 6pm for guests to interact with the exhibits. Programming begins at 7pm.
Event Partners: Charles E. Loflin & Virginia P. Vornehm-Loflin Center on IPS History, the Black & Latino Policy Institute, Virgil and Sheila Boyd, Wyse Ra, Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Brown, and artists Dr. Monday, Clyde Gaw, and Clockwork Janz.
Event Registration: Registration requested by Nov. 9. Walk-ins welcome!
