Spirit & Place, IU Indianapolis

Spirit & Place Festival Exhibits
2022-10-14 - 2022-10-25, 2022-10-15 - 2022-10-26, 2022-10-16 - 2022-10-27, 2022-10-17 - 2022-10-28, 2022-10-18 - 2022-10-29, 2022-10-19 - 2022-10-30, 2022-10-20 - 2022-10-31, 2022-10-21 - 2022-11-01 and 14 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.

Spirit & Place Festival Opening Preview!
2022-11-03 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Kick-off the 27th annual Spirit & Place Festival with a showcase of events featuring local poet and spoken word artist Manon Voice and photographer Wildstyle Paschall.
Want to learn more about this year’s festival and its exciting mix of exhibits, community conversations, performances, workshops, and more? Sit back in the comfort of your own home while the talented Manon Voice serves as emcee and helps us showcase all this year’s festival has to offer. We will also hear from photographer, local historian, and community activist Wildstyle Paschall. Wildstyle was commissioned to create an online photography exhibit based on the IDENTIFY theme. Over the summer he captured community images of people in the places and spaces where they could let their identities shine!
A partnership between Spirit & Place, Cavanaugh Studios at IUPUI, and 2022 Festival Partners.
Contact Spirit & Place at 317-274-2462 or festival@iupui.edu with questions.
Register by Nov. 3 at 6pm!
Register below.

Celebrating and Remembering Family: Día de los Muertos
2022-11-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Bartholomew Co. Public Library – Outdoor Plaza, 536 5th St., Columbus, IN, 47201, United States
This bilingual celebration explores the cultural, spiritual, and intergenerational significance of Día de los Muertos. Author Selene Dávila will share El esqueleto que ama bailar (The Skeleton that Loves to Dance) and families will be invited to participate in art-making activities.
This event will be a bilingual story time that will engage child and parent participants across languages with the cultural, intergenerational, and spiritual significance of Día de los Muertos through multiple senses: a local author’s story, a felt storyboard visualizing a family alter, a craft to honor a deceased loved one, and the traditional holiday bone bread. Selene Dávila, a Columbus parent-author will share the meaning behind the holiday’s traditions in reading her story, El esqueleto que ama bailar, The Skeleton that Loves to Dance. Additional bilingual books authored by Columbus parents and sharing Latinx culture will be on display.
This event is geared toward PreK-6 youth, families, parents, and educators of all backgrounds. The storytelling portion of this event will be conducted live at the library and will also be livestreamed on the Bartholomew County Public Library’s Facebook page. In-person attendance is necessary to participate in the other activities.
A partnership between IUPUC Division of Education; Bartholomew Co. Public Library; Family School Partners; Cultural Learning Center, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp.; and Bartholomew Co. Literacy Taskforce.
Contact the event organizers at (812) 348-7244 or lbliu@iu.edu.
Walk-ins welcome, but registration is encouraged by Nov. 3.
Register below.
Image Credit: The Skeleton that Loves to Dance by Selene Davila

Will You See the Real Me?
2022-11-04 13:00 - 17:00 | 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

Outside the Boxes: Challenging Labels Attached to Justice-Involved Individuals
2022-11-04 15:00 - 17:00 | The Church Within, 1125 Spruce St., Indianapolis, IN, 46203
Discover how being a part of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program challenged participants to re-think their ideas of “identity” and the need to challenge the use of labels that often divide us.
How we each identify, and how we are identified by others, are often not the same. The practice of bringing together incarcerated (inside) and non-incarcerated (outside) people together for engaged and informed dialogue allows for a transformative learning experience that challenges people to re-think their use of labels, such as “offenders,” “addicts,” “felons” — language that dismisses and demeans people who have been entangled in the criminal justice system.
In this session, people who have been formerly incarcerated, people overcoming addiction, and college students who have all participated together in Inside-Out courses together will share their experiences and lead session participants to question the ways society uses labels to define and constrict people’s opportunities and futures.​​​​​​​
A partnership between the Indiana Chapter of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange, PACE Indy, and Dove Recovery House for Women.
Contact the event organizers at 317-274-2462 or suhyatt@iupui.edu.
Walk-ins welcome, but registration strongly encouraged by Nov. 4.
Register below.

Weaving the Web: Circling into Community
2022-11-05 08:00 - 10:00 | Garfield Park Arts Center – Main Gallery, 2432 Conservatory Dr., Indianapolis, IN, United States
During this all-ages event, guests will explore interactive arts activities designed to help the community look past differences and discover commonalities.
View the Ivy Tech student-created exhibit, “I Am Unique,” while engaging in art activities designed to help participants draw connections between their similarities and the importance of creating interconnected and supportive environments where both unique identities can shine and collective identities can flourish.
During this all-ages event, guests will explore interactive arts activities such as constructing a life size poem, making improvisational music, and working together to create a massive web of colorful ribbons. There will also be printmaking, button making, and coloring stations.
Both GPAC and Ivy Tech will host virtual versions of the exhibitions on their websites.
A partnership between Ivy Tech Community College, Central Region including Early Childhood Education and Fine Arts; Garfield Park Arts Center; and Trinity Haven Indy.
Contact event organizers at 317-327-7135 or GPAC@indy.gov.
Walk-ins welcome! This event is “come-and-go” style, but registrations are requested to help the event organizers prep enough supplies.
Register below.

Looking Forward: Black Indianapolis Artists Imagine the Future
2022-11-05 13:30 - 14:30 | Herron School of Art + Design – Eskenazi Hall, Basile Auditorium, 735 W. New York St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
This exhibit and panel discussion address the long-lasting impact of African American enslavement on our shared history and sense of identity. These offerings provide a space to delve into complicated histories by focusing on Indianapolis artists and how identity creates the context for telling stories.
Artwork in the exhibition Past is Present: Black Artists Respond to the Complicated Histories of Slavery comes from contemporary African American artists addressing the legacies and impacts of slavery and the 160-year-fight to receive equal rights and acknowledgement for their contributions to our collective culture. By featuring works of both nationally renowned and local artists paired with primary source documents from the Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Museum, and others, this exhibit and panel discussion will help attendees see how slavery has shaped not only our nation, but our neighbors, friends, and communities.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Doors to the galleries will open at 3pm to give visitors an opportunity to meet with the artists, curators, and participants for an informal tour of the exhibit. This panel for Looking Forward: Black Indianapolis Artists Imagine the Future features moderator Kaila Austin, Campus and Community Engagement Coordinator for the exhibit; Curator Dr. Jonathan Square, Assistant Professor of Visual Culture at the Parson’s School of Design; and local artists Shamira Wilson, Matt Cooper, and Lobyn Hamilton.
A partnership between IU Herron School of Art and Design at IUPUI, Center for Africana Studies and Culture at IUPUI, and IUPUI Senior Academy.
Contact event organizers at 317-274-2462 or ktaustin@indiana.edu.
Walk-ins welcome!

Virtual opportunity also available by registering here.
Event: Saturday, Nov. 5, 5:30-6:30pm
Exhibit: Sept. 28, 2022—Jan. 15, 2023, 12-5pm
Matthew Cooper. DNA No. 28, 2022. Oil and paper on canvas. 36 x 24 in.
