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 […]
Seating for the in-person discussion on Nov. 6 has reached capacity. Please register to participate in the discussion virtually and/or sign-up for a time to tour the exhibit on a different day. Exhibit and community conversation to record, elevate, and archive the histories of memory keepers who have lived, worked, and played in Twin Aire […]
THIS EVENT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING A WAITLIST. Learn about monarch butterflies and the importance of conservation while helping to complete a new mural! Is there a better metaphor for “change” than the metamorphosis from caterpillar to chrysalis and finally to butterfly? This mysterious transformation process has evoked awe for millennia. This event asks what wider […]
RE-SCHEDULED DUE TO ILLNESS. REGISTER FOR THE JANUARY 11, 2022 VIRTUAL EVENT HERE. Look at the historic therapeutic care used in the state's psychiatric hospitals and compare this care to the newly integrated trauma-informed care model to see how much has changed. The Indiana Medical History Museum (IMHM) has been a careful guardian of the […]
Change – personal and societal – has the power to bring us together and divide us. Hear from spoken word artists, writers, and community leaders on what it means to wrestle with and accept the consequences of change. New and profound communal bonds are often formed as we grow into an embrace our true identities. […]
Watch the short film "When We Were Syrian: Early Lebanese in Indianapolis" here. Watch a debut performance of the film, “When We Were Syrian: Early Lebanese in Indianapolis,” and learn more about the forgotten past of Arab Indianapolis. “When We Were Syrian” is a deeply moving autobiographical short film that reveals a past overlooked in […]
WATCH A RECORDING OF THIS EVENT HERE. What do the Bible, Torah, Qur’an, and sacred music say about change? How do we hold space for grief and still find opportunities for joy and growth? We seek common experiences in different traditions through panel discussion and song. Sacred texts in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions […]
Watch a recording of this event here. Community stakeholders will join in a panel discussion to talk about how they are incorporating equity, diversity and inclusion into their work and making Johnson County a more inclusive community. This event brings leaders from Johnson County’s public school, higher education, and health care systems together to talk […]
Through cooking demonstrations and more, explore why romanticized versions of Thanksgiving are harmful to Native Peoples and how you can incorporate indigenized alternatives into your celebration. November is Native American Heritage Month as well as the month many Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. The Eiteljorg and its partners invite you to explore ways of honoring Indigenous people […]
Good history doesn’t always make for good drama. Share your feelings about the best (and worst) portrayals of the past on screen through clips and conversation with our panel of local filmmakers and historians. What happens when Hollywood defines how we think about history? Can we create an historically accurate film without taking dramatic license? […]
TO WATCH A RECORDING OF THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE. TO LISTEN TO A FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEW ON WFYI'S "ALL IN," CLICK HERE. Climate change is real, and the danger is urgent. Can religion contribute to meaningful change, or are the main solutions political? Join Peter Thuesen, author of Tornado God, as we discuss one of the […]
The power of images is strong and enduring. Depictions of African peoples and blackness have changed over time and influence contemporary thinking and action. Since the Enlightenment, Black humanity has been routinely attacked, ridiculed, and questioned, and altogether denied. However, this was not always the case. This multimedia exhibit featuring images, video, and historical testimony […]