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 rooted in humanities- and art-based materials and sources. This IS NOT a lecture or book club, but […]
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, […]
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 […]
Emceed by local spoken word artist Manon Voice, celebrate the kick-off of the 26th annual Spirit & Place Festival with a newly commissioned piano piece by jazz pianist Christopher Pitts. This year’s opening night virtual event invites you to learn about the CHANGE theme and the exciting array of events, exhibits, performances, films, and more […]
Fiber artists from two guilds unite to create an art exhibit that breaks us out of our boxes and embraces change! Learn more in a Trail Talk session with fiber artists and actors who have portrayed artists dealing with change, as they discuss art as a vehicle for healing and growth. To broaden ourselves we […]
VIEW THE ONLINE EXHIBIT AND WATCH A RECORDING OF THE PANEL CONVERSATION HERE. Explore the role of power and memory in public art. Learn about the history, controversy, and recent removal of a Confederate monument in Garfield Park and envision an equitable future for the site through this exhibition and panel discussion featuring Dr. Paul […]
Witness Susan B. Anthony’s struggle with an iron façade between racism and feminism during a reading and discussion of Hoosier playwright Daphne White’s play Susan B. Susan B. explores the time Susan B. Anthony learned the 15th Amendment was being crafted to give voting rights to Black men and not (white) women, thereby finding herself […]
Art benefits everyone and this interactive event focuses on ways to actively integrate art into personal and community life to combat loneliness and loss. Coping with the loneliness, isolation, depression, anxiety, fear, and loss that has been a part of our collective lives for more than a year is hard. But we don’t need to […]