Spirit & Place, IU Indianapolis

Spirit & Place Festival Exhibits
2021-12-02 - 2021-12-13, 2021-12-01 - 2021-12-12, 2021-11-30 - 2021-12-11, 2021-11-29 - 2021-12-10, 2021-11-28 - 2021-12-09, 2021-11-27 - 2021-12-08, 2021-11-26 - 2021-12-07, 2021-11-25 - 2021-12-06 and 13 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

Powerful Conversations on Race (Nov.)
2021-11-21 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Powerful Conversations on Race (PCR) is a monthly community dialogue series — with two tracks — exploring topics around race, racism, and the resulting impact. These sessions provide a means of getting comfortable talking about uncomfortable topics are are rooted in humanities- and art-based materials and sources.
This IS NOT a lecture or book club, but rather a space for community to come together and dive deeply into a variety of topics concerning race. Active participation is expected.
PCR 101 sessions are great starting place for those new to these kinds of dialogues and/or those wishing to more fully understand America’s complex racial history. Race & . . . sessions explore more contemporary issues are are designed for those who wish to continue past PCR 101.
Learn more on the Powerful Conversations on Race main page.
November’s sessions will focus on:

PCR 101: Race, Holidays, and Dinner Discussions
Race & . . . Religion & White Supremacy (Inspired by this year’s Spirit & Place Festival Public Conversation with Robert Jones.)

*For now, PCR sessions are being conducted via Zoom. A camera check-in will be requested when you enter the space and since we share our computer screen to show images and text, it is best to login from a laptop or tablet rather than a smartphone. Registration is managed through Eventbrite and the link is below.
Special thanks to our partners Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis, Community Action of Greater Indianapolis, Indiana Humanities, IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, Medical Humanities & Health Program @ IUPUI, National Endowment of the Humanities, Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr., Memorial Foundation St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate and of course our community-based dialogue facilitators!

26th Annual Spirit & Place Public Conversation featuring Robert P. Jones
2021-11-14 11:30 - 13:00 | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 6050 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN, United States
Watch a recording of this event here.
As the U.S. grapples with demographic changes and calls for a racial reckoning, Robert P. Jones, author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity (2020), will engage in a moderated conversation with Christian Theological Seminary Dean of Faculty Leah Gunning Francis (Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community, 2015) how white Christian America must change if not only it, but the American experiment, hopes to survive.
Dr. Robert P. Jones is the CEO and Founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and a leading scholar and commentator on religion, culture, and politics. Jones’ work and insights are regularly featured in The Atlantic online, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and others. Jones serves on the national program committee for the American Academy of Religion and is a past member of the editorial boards for the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, and Politics and Religion, a journal of the American Political Science Association.
Dr. Leah Gunning Francis is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Christian Theological Seminary. For her book Ferguson and Faith, Gunning Francis interviewed more than two dozen clergy and young activists who were actively involved in the movement for racial justice in Ferguson and beyond. A follow up to Ferguson and Faith entitled, Faith after Ferguson: Resilient Leadership in Pursuit of Racial Justice was released this summer.
A partnership between Spirit & Place, Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture, and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Questions? Contact 317-274-2462 or festival@iupui.edu.
This event is currently scheduled to occur in-person and online. Registration closes at noon on Saturday, Nov. 13.
Seating will be limited to 120 guests and attendees will be required to wear masks and maintain socially distanced seating.

This event is part of the Spirit & Place Festival. Click here to discover more festival events!
Spirit & Place is a self-funded community initiative housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.

Leave Them Something
2021-11-14 09:00 - 11:00 | https://spiritandplace.org/event/leave-them-something/
Explore the potential effects of climate chaos on our children’s future through writing, dance, and music inspired by the evocative artwork of Edith Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut’s daughter.
If chaos is fast and uncontrollable change, then how much longer do we have before “climate change” becomes “climate chaos?” This event combines the visual arts with literature, music, and dance to challenge the audience to think about what climate chaos will mean to future generations.
A multi-layered interpretive event, writers from the Indiana Writers Center will share original pieces inspired by Edith Vonnegut’s art. DK dancers will then share their choreographed responses to these writings for a deeply creative and immersive virtual gathering aimed at opening hearts and minds to the personal responsibilities we have in addressing climate change.
A partnership between JCC Indianapolis, Dance Kaleidoscope, Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, and Indiana Writers Center.
Questions? Contact 317-432-3619 or lrothenberg@jccindy.org.
This event has changed from a hybrid to a virtual event. Register by Nov. 13 to receive the login link.
*See more of Edith Vonnegut’s exhibit What Gives Us the Right to Wreck this Poor Planet of Ours by visiting the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library from Sept. 22—Dec. 31, 2021.
*To learn more about the JCC’s Ann Katz Festival of Books & Arts (Oct. 25-Nov. 21)—of which Leave them Something is also a part of—click here.

This event is part of the Spirit & Place Festival. Click here to discover more festival events!
Spirit & Place is a self-funded community initiative housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.

Eternity 123
2021-11-13 14:00 - 15:30, 2021-11-12 14:00 - 15:30 | Tube Factory, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN, United States
Change is a central element to the avant-garde Japanese dance form of Butoh and dancer Vangeline presents original work that asks audiences to see Butoh as a way to transmute the pain and discord of societal shifts into art
Butoh is an avant-garde art form born during the height of the Japanese Counterculture Movement of the 1950s. Influenced by surrealism, neo dada, ballet, and other dance forms, Butoh “represents a shift from the conscious to the subconscious, and each movement, even when choreographed, comes from within ….”
The Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective and Big Car eagerly invite the Indianapolis community to experience what might be an unfamiliar dance form that, at its very core, is about change. Butoh dancers morph into otherness, their bodies taking on qualities of the natural world, mythopoetic characters, or surreal imagery. Butoh reveals “darkness” (that which is subconscious) as a transformative agent that is essential to growth and healing.
A partnership between Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective and Big Car Collaborative.
Questions? Contact 317-603-9330 or admin@indymovementarts.org.
These will be live, in-person performances. Register by Nov. 12 & 13, respectively. Please note this event will adhere to prevailing local guidance on COVID-19. Thoroughly read confirmation details sent by the host.
Image Credit: Matthew Placek

This event is part of the Spirit & Place Festival. Click here to discover more festival events!
Spirit & Place is a self-funded community initiative housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.

Community Change: Arts Engagement as Wellbeing - CANCELLED
2021-11-13 11:00 - 12:30 | Witherspoon Presbyterian Church, 3535 W. Kessler Blvd. N. Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46222, United States
EVENT CANCELLED AS OF 10/28/21
Join us on a musical, theatrical, spoken word journey exploring personal and community transformation through holistic arts engagement.
We are each on a journey towards wholeness – individually, and within our communities. Join us to experience the possibility of change through the transformative power of community arts, with performances and stories shared by Actors Ink @ Witherspoon, Asante Art Institute, Indianapolis Women’s Chorus, Manon Voice, and others!
A partnership between Witherspoon Presbyterian Church, Actors Ink @ Witherspoon, Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Women’s Chorus, and Kindred Collective. (Please click on each organization’s name to learn more about them).
Questions? Contact 317-682-4946 or director@indianapoliswomenschorus.org.
This event is currently scheduled to occur in-person and online. Register by Nov. 13 to select your attendance option. For in-person attendees, this event will adhere to prevailing local guidance on COVID-19. Thoroughly read confirmation details sent by the host.

This event is part of the Spirit & Place Festival. Click here to discover more festival events!
Spirit & Place is a self-funded community initiative housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
Das System der Medikamentenabgabe in Deutschland unterscheidet sich deutlich Information von dem in Russland und seinen Nachbarländern. Informationen darüber, wo und wie man die notwendigen Medikamente erhält, können für Urlauber und Behandlungssuchende lebenswichtig sein.

Common Grounds Cinematic Conversations: The Enduring Legacy of the Plantation
2021-11-13 07:30 - 14:00 | Crossroads AME Church, 4602 N. College Ave., Indianapolis, IN, United States
Explore resistance to change in social and political hierarchies of the U.S. through three films—including “Antebellum”(2020)—a panel discussion, and community conversations.
This event—a film festival featuring “Antebellum,” “Sankofa,” and “Harriett”– asks the public to consider how much the United States has changed in the 400 years since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans and how plantation-derived politics continue to impact social and political institutions. Join panelists and fellow moviegoers to wrestle with how the remnants of plantation politics contribute to modern anti-Black perceptions.
Attendees are welcome to come to whichever portions of the event appeal to them.
Schedule:
12pm — Doors Open
12:15pm — Opening Remarks
12:35pm — Film Showing #1 (Antebellum)
2:30-3:30pm — Panel discussion featuring Dr. Jamie Levine Daniel, Dr. Joseph Tucker Edmonds, and Rev. Shonda Nicole Gladden
3:35 — Film Showing #2 (Harriett)
5:50 — Community Conversation
7pm — Event Concludes
A partnership between Good to the SOUL, LLC; Crossroads AME Church; The O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Center for Africana Studies and Culture at IUPUI, and IU School of Liberal Arts American Studies Program at IUPUI.
Questions? Contact 317-274-2462 or info@goodtothesoul.com.
This event is currently scheduled to occur in-person. Register by 12 and note the event will adhere to prevailing local guidance on COVID-19. Thoroughly read confirmation details sent by the host.

This event is part of the Spirit & Place Festival. Click here to discover more festival events!
Spirit & Place is a self-funded community initiative housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.

Spirited Chase: Seasons of Change
2021-11-13 04:00 - 09:00 | WFYI Public Media, 1630 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Spirited Chase is an on-the-go opportunity to discover new places. Participants will travel to several mystery destinations and explore how each organization creates change our community.
Spirited Chase is a unique experience that offers participants the opportunity to renew their spirit through discovering new people and places in the community. During the “chase” participants are given an envelope at the starting location—and each subsequent stop—with step-by-step driving and parking information to the next location. At each destination, participants engage in a brief interactive program highlighting how each “mystery stop” affects change in our community. Registration required.
A partnership between WFYI Public Media and its Mystery Partners.
Questions? Contact 317-614-0403 or cweidman@wfyi.org.
This event will occur indoors and outdoors. Attendees are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable shoes. Space is limited and registration is required by Nov. 10. This event will adhere to prevailing local guidance on COVID-19. Thoroughly read confirmation details sent by the host.
Image Credit: Aundrea Hart

This event is part of the Spirit & Place Festival. Click here to explore other festival events!
Spirit & Place is a self-funded community initiative housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.

Changing Human Nature: Eugenics in Indiana
2021-11-12 13:00 - 14:30 | https://spiritandplace.org/event/changing-human-nature-eugenics-in-indiana/
In this interactive session, IU professor Richard Gunderman takes us on a journey through the history of eugenics in Indiana and society’s misguided efforts to change human nature through science.
Eugenics may be defined as the effort to improve human life by controlling patterns of human reproduction—the idea that undesirable traits could be “bred out” of the human species and desirable traits “bred in.” So long as humans suppose that human biology equals human destiny, the specter of eugenics will continue to lurk in the shadows of human history.
Located at the intersection of medicine, history, bioethics, and science, this event invites guests to learn more about the history of eugenics and then engage in small group conversations about the ethics of eugenics.
A partnership between the Indiana Medical History Museum and Dr. Richard Gunderman, Chancellor’s Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University.
Questions? Contact 317-635-7329 or shalter@imhm.org.
This event will be conducted via Zoom. Register by Nov. 12.

This event is part of the Spirit & Place Festival. Click here to discover more festival events!
Spirit & Place is a self-funded community initiative housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
