Spirit & Place, IU Indianapolis

Spirit & Place Festival Exhibits
2025-03-16 - 2025-03-27, 2025-03-15 - 2025-03-26, 2025-03-14 - 2025-03-25, 2025-03-13 - 2025-03-24, 2025-03-12 - 2025-03-23, 2025-03-11 - 2025-03-22, 2025-03-10 - 2025-03-21, 2025-03-09 - 2025-03-20 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

Spirit & Place Festival Applicant Meeting (AM & PM Sessions Available)
2025-03-10 06:30 - 07:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Michigan Rd. Branch Library, 6201 N. Michigan Rd., Indianapolis, 46268, United States
Whether you have pitched an event idea for the Spirit & Place Festival in the past or are new to the process, this informative 60-minute session will review what Spirit & Place is all about, how the festival application process works, and resources aimed to help you be successful!
Hosted at the Michigan Road branch library, this session will be offered at two different times – 10:30AM and 3:30PM.
Use the registration link below to choose the time that works best for you! (The information will be the same at each session.)

NATURE Brainstorming! (Zoom)
2025-02-19 10:00 - 11:00
Are you feeling stuck on on ideas for coming up with creative way to connect to this year’s Spirit & Place Festival NATURE theme?
Join us for an hour on Zoom to talk through what Spirit & Place has learned from the public as well as the variety of ways we hope you’ll you’ll interpret the them. Let’s find a NATURE inspired event idea that works for you! This session is also a great opportunity to meet with other event creatives who might be looking for collaborative partners.
