Visits to see new works by Jay Parnell, the surprise/secret event at the Murphy Arts Center, the Wheeler Arts Center, and Wug’s make up most of the evening/ night touring a small portion of the downtown Indy art scene.

Thanks!

provided by
Jim Walker
community art coordinator
www.bigcar.org

This month’s First Friday was festival-like. Starting on Mass. Ave. with Art Bank’s “Robbing the Bank”, the Indy Fringe gathering, and ending at the party atmosphere of Fountain Square.

Luke Austin Daugherty will lead his “Jam Band” and we will have artists in the parking lot painting, and dancing to the music. See more about this event at:
www.myspace.com/robbingthebank
www.lukeaustindaugherty.com
www.facebook.com/robbingthebank

Also check out our new web site at www.artbankgallery.com or become a friend at www.facebook.com/theartbank.  An active Google Map is on our website for your convenience.

We now have a side walk and can open our front doors.  People are walking the block and things are beginning to look very good.

Pass this on to your friends and tell them to look at our new website and to also become a friend of ours

Art Bank
811 Mass. Avenue
Indianapolis, IN. 46204
317-624-1010

The First Friday videos are intended as documentaries of the IDADA First Fridays and samplings of what is going on in the Indy arts community. I’ve been hectically busy this July and have just finally had the opportunity to edit and upload this video from earlier in the month.

The garden house gallery of Rosanna Hardin Hall behind her 3rd generation Woodruff Place home is a comfortably elegant destination. She’s having another opening for August that you might want to add to your First Friday agenda. Located at 700 Middle Drive Woodruff Place.

I’ve neglected getting to Harrison Center for too long. July’s show was interesting with a nice sampling of what is being produced locally.

The August First Friday is coming up soon. Click Here to download the PDF of your current brochure/map.

Dan Cooper

Currently funded at $167.5 million, this increase would bring the NEA’s budget to $170 million. In his statement, Chairman Moran acknowledged that, “the increase recognizes the value we place, as a nation, on our artistic and cultural heritage.”

On Arts Advocacy Day 2010, Americans for the Arts presented a panel of witnesses before Chairman Moran’s Appropriations Subcommittee calling for a significant increase in funding for the NEA. This diverse group of witnesses included Terri Aldrich, Executive Director, Minot Area Council of the Arts; Brig. Gen. Nolen V. Bivens, U.S. Army (ret.); Jeff Daniels, Golden Globe-nominated film and stage actor; Kyle MacLachlan, Emmy-nominated TV, film, and stage actor; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Charles Segars, CEO, Ovation; and Robert L. Lynch, President and CEO, Americans for the Arts. Video from the hearing and further details, including the witnesses’ testimony, are available
online here.

Thanks to all of our grassroots advocates for your letters and calls to Congress and for attending Arts Advocacy Day this year. We’re seeing the results of your participation!

Next Steps:
The FY 2011 Interior Appropriations bill will next go to full committee and then to the full House of Representatives for consideration.  Both the House and Senate have been slow to proceed on funding measures this year, and it’s possible that many of the final appropriations decisions will take place after the elections and conducted in a “lame duck” session in November and December. Nonetheless, we must continue to put pressure on the Senate to match this funding level. Please take two minutes to visit the Americans for the Arts E-Advocacy Center to send a letter to your members of Congress letting them know that the arts are important to you!

Copied from Advocate for the Arts

The art fair is part of an Under the Big Tent Productions initiative called Art has a Heart!  This initiative raises funds to provide low-income children and their families with free memberships to local arts and cultural institutions, including the Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis Zoo, and Indiana State Museum.

Entertainment lineup:
The Waldemere Revival
Fifth on the Floor
Inner City Music School
Dee Quarles

Event dates and times: July 24, 2010 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The art fair will be held on the parking lot of the Art Bank Gallery, located at 811 Massachusetts Ave, corner of College and Mass Avenue.  Admission is free.

Organization information:
Art Fair on Mass Avenue is presented by Under the Big Tent Productions in partnership with the Art Bank Gallery.  Under the Big Tent Productions, Inc. is a registered nonprofit organization in the state of Indiana whose mission is to increase access to the arts and culture for low-income children and families in Indianapolis.

Information provided by
Nina McCoy
n.l.mccoy@sbcglobal.net

Max Stolkin "Untitled"

Stolkin likes the physicality of expression.  Through the day in/day out labor of creating, he has established a sense of being in the world.  He is interested in the breadth of nature and our fragile place there. The work of time on natural forms, destruction and brutality yield a staunch beauty.  Max’s work itself is subject to a similar process. Failure sets him in places he needs to work out of, initiating change in the work.  Max is interested in objects that can stand still in time and hold grace.

Exhibition title:  Max Stolkin
Opening Reception will be Friday, August 6th from 5:00 pm to midnight
Exhibition dates August 6th, 2010 to August 30th, 2010

Exhibition location:

ARTBOX Gallery, Stutz II
217 West 10th Street, Suite 125
Indianapolis, IN  46202
317/955-2450
Entrance and parking on Senate Avenue, between 9th & 10th
www.artboxindy.com
Gallery hours: Tues. – Fri. 11-5, and by appointment

New downtown location is open (5-10pm) for First Friday as well:
ARTBOX Gallery, Downtown
245 S. McCrea Street
Indianapolis, IN  46225
317/955-2450
Off of Georgia & Meridian Streets, across from Omni hotel entrance, first floor of Janus Lofts Building
Gallery hours:  Wed.-Thurs. 12-8, Fri.-Sat. 12-10, Sun. 10-5, and by appointment

Information provided by
Meegan Fournier
ARTBOX Gallery Manager
meegan@artboxindy.com