Spirit & Place, IU Indianapolis

Spirit & Place Festival Exhibits
2024-09-22 - 2024-10-03, 2024-09-23 - 2024-10-04, 2024-09-24 - 2024-10-05, 2024-09-25 - 2024-10-06, 2024-09-26 - 2024-10-07, 2024-09-27 - 2024-10-08, 2024-09-28 - 2024-10-09, 2024-09-29 - 2024-10-10 and 20 more dates | IN
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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

WAIT LIST Big Tent Talk: Nadia Bolz-Weber on Gratitude
2024-10-11 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Eugene and Marily Glick Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, 46202, United States
This event is currently operating a waitlist.
Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained Lutheran pastor, founder of House for All Sinners & Saints in Denver, host of The Confessional podcast, and author of three New York Times bestselling memoirs, including Accidental Saints. She writes and speaks about personal failings, recovery, grace, faith, and really whatever the hell else she wants to. Hear Nadia tackle this year’s GRATITUDE theme from her unique and forthright perspective.
Registration strongly encouraged. Use the button below.

Spirit & Place Presents: My Black Country, An Evening of Story and Song with Alice Randall & Leyla McCalla
2024-10-18 15:00 - 16:30 | Madam Walker Legacy Center, 617 Indiana Ave., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Alice Randall is a New York Times best-selling novelist, award-winning songwriter, educator, and food activist. Her new memoir, My Black Country, celebrates the power of Black influences on country music. Joining Randall with a performance is multilingual singer/songwriter Leyla McCalla, founding member of Our Native Daughters and alum of the Grammy-winning The Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Registration strongly encouraged. Use the button below.
