Spirit & Place, IU Indianapolis

Spirit & Place Festival Exhibits
2023-04-26 - 2023-05-07, 2023-04-27 - 2023-05-08, 2023-04-28 - 2023-05-09, 2023-04-29 - 2023-05-10, 2023-04-30 - 2023-05-11, 2023-05-01 - 2023-05-12, 2023-05-02 - 2023-05-13, 2023-05-03 - 2023-05-14 and 20 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

Civic Circle: Religious Pluralism (Virtual)
2023-05-17 14:30 - 16:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Spirit & Place’s Civic Circle gatherings invite you to reflect on our democracy and grapple with what it means to live by America’s civic values. This spring we will focus on the value of religious pluralism by using a different source material at each gathering. In other words, each dialogue is unique!
Whether or not you are a person of faith, the Constitution protects you. So what does “religious pluralism” mean in terms of a shared civic or societal value? How is it different than religious liberty and how do we live into the work of nurturing a religiously pluralistic society?
Using the civic reflection dialogue method, this participatory gathering – you’ll be doing most of the talking! – aims to help you unpack your civic values with others who also care about their role as citizens, that is, as those who show up for each other in public life.
Register using the button below. A Zoom link will be emailed to you separately.

Powerful Conversations on Race - Exterminate All the Brutes, Pt. 4
2023-05-21 11:00 - 13:30
Powerful Conversations on Race [PCR] is a monthly community dialogue series exploring topics around race and racism and the resulting impact.
Powerful Conversations on Race is a way for us to get comfortable talking about uncomfortable histories and is, therefore, rooted in historical documents and subject matter.
This IS NOT a lecture or book club, but a space for community to come together and dive deeply into a variety of topics concerning race. This is an immersive experience. As such, we’ll spend a considerable amount of time in small groups to dialogue with each other about these topics.
For the May 2023 dialogue, we will wrap up our dialogue sessions focused on the documentary “Exterminate All the Brutes,” which dives into the historical context of white supremacy and whiteness. The documentary is approximately 1 hour long and will be followed by 1+ hour of dialogue. THIS GATHERING IS VIRTUAL ONLY.
All dialogues are virtual and occur on Eastern Standard Time / Eastern Daylight Time.
Registration ends at 12noon on the day of the event. A Zoom link will be sent prior to the event date.
Register Below.
