- Home
- NEWS
- REGIONAL
- THIS WEEK'S PAPER
- BLOGS
- Multimedia
- OPINION
- A&E
- LISTS
- PEOPLE
- EVENTS
- Classifieds
- Subscribe
Arts Funding
Arts backer Efroymson returns to contemporary museum he helped start
June 15, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinJeremy Efroymson recently agreed to return to the financially flailing Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art as its executive
director and work for free. Efroymson, one of the museum's early leaders, has a strategy for seeing IMOCA through a financial
rough spot, but what remains unclear is how the museum will wean itself off his support.
MoreSkyline Club gets behind local artists
June 1, 2009
The Skyline Club has reserved one wall of its main dining room for local artists and will also host a series of artist receptions
for its members and the general public.
MoreCarmel Community Players retools after lost grant; group facing $75,000 debt, loss of longtime venue
June 1, 2009
Kim PuckettCash-strapped theater group Carmel Community Players has nixed its summer musical, canceled its Summer Camp for Kids, and
pulled out of Carmelfest 2009 after being denied the public funding it has received for years.
MoreArts Council faces grants-divvying dilemma
June 1, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Arts Council of Indianapolis faces the unenviable task of divvying up less than $1 million in city grants for the arts,
compared with $2.15 million that was awarded last year.
MoreIn tough times, remember the arts as a civic duty
May 25, 2009
Attend arts events, visit our cultural organizations, and support our sports teams. If you don't make regular donations to
arts and cultural organizations, there has never been a better and more important time to give.
MoreKeep Indianapolis Beautiful and Lilly team up on I-70 landscaping project
May 18, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinSome of Indianapolis' main entrances from Interstate 70 are in line for a $2 million makeover.
MoreNFP of NOTE: Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis Inc.
April 6, 2009
The Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis inspires passion for classical music across central Indiana through broadcast programming
and outreach.
MoreA love letter (and plea) about supporting local arts
March 23, 2009
Carol FaenziWhen was the last time you took your child or teen-ager to hear classical music, or see a contemporary dance performance a
la Dance Kaleidoscope? When was the last time you went to see a play?
MoreChase foundation decides to stop funding violin competition
March 23, 2009
The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis has lost a major corporate gift less than two years from curtain time.
MoreA merger of education and art
March 2, 2009
The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based not-for-profit that supports education reform, is sponsoring an art show March 6 at
the Harrison Center for the Arts.
MoreOrchestra lays off eight as donations, ticket sales drop
February 16, 2009
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will look to volunteers to help cover the work done by eight people who were laid off
last week in a move to trim $600,000, or 2 percent, from the $29.5 million annual budget.
MoreIMA wins key grant for lab
February 9, 2009
The Indianapolis Museum of Art is one step closer to establishing its first conservation science lab, which Conservator-in-Charge David Miller said would put the IMA on par with museums in New York, Chicago and Boston—at least in terms of technology.
Arts leaders brainstorm for new funding streams
February 9, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinA panel convened by IBJ discusses the lack of funding dilemma and need for broad-based support in the Indianapolis arts community.
IMA cuts will delay Art & Nature Park
January 6, 2009
Lou HarryThe Indianapolis Museum of Art today announced a series of cutbacks designed to trim $1.7 million from its budget due to revenue
shortfalls and "significant losses" to its endowment.
MoreArts advocates seek money from Indy government
December 22, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Arts Council of Indianapolis is leading talks with city councilors, Deputy Mayor Nick Weber and the chiefs of top cultural
organizations about how to create a bigger pot of revenue for the arts.
MoreDean hopes Herron's public-art projects will prompt attention for the school's new master's degree.
December 15, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinIUPUI's Herron School of Art and Design is raising money to expand its classrooms — especially for those artists engaged
in sculpture and public projects.
MoreEconomic slump causes ISO leaders to delay capital campaign
December 1, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's operating loss of $293,000 during the most recent fiscal year is not nearly as troubling
in the long term as the symphony's shrinking endowment.
MoreCultural Development Commission may lose millions used to promote Indianapolis art
November 10, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinA commission that has drawn $12.5 million in grants and public money to promote Indianapolis' artistic side is awaiting word
on its future.
MoreIndyFringe leads effort to build artists' apartments
November 10, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinIndy Fringe executive director Pauline Moffat and Gary Reiter, a board member of the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival
Inc., want to build an affordable live-work complex near Massachusetts Avenue.
MoreInternational Film Festival exec moving to Nashville for paid job
November 10, 2008
The Indianapolis International Film Festival is losing volunteer executive director Brian Owens to a paid gig in Nashville,
Tenn.
MoreArts fund-raising model not embraced locally
September 8, 2008
Sam StallThese days, many Indianapolis arts organizations barely know where their next dollar will come from. But an innovative fund-raising model that's found success in other cities might provide that sorely needed cash. In Cincinnati, a venerable not-for-profit called the United Arts Fund, founded in 1927, stages an annual workplace campaign, then doles out the bountiful proceeds to local arts organizations.
Budget cuts loom for arts, parks as mayor tries to lessen deficit
August 4, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerAfter Mayor Greg Ballard's upset victory at the polls last November, local arts leaders were in a panic. They worried the no-nonsense former Marine would put public safety on a pedestal and slash Indianapolis' funding for cultural groups.
Black history museum loses site, may land on Indiana Ave.
May 12, 2008
Jennifer WhitsonThe clock is running out on plans to build the Indiana Museum of African American History in White River State Park, but the
ambitious project may find a new home on nearby Indiana Avenue. Less than two weeks before the museum's option on a two-acre
parcel of park land expires, backers were talking with IUPUI about locating the museum on unspecified university-owned land
along Indiana Avenue.
More
Sponsored by
ADVERTISEMENT
on Facebook & Twitter
on Facebook & Twitter
 Follow IBJ's Tweets on these topics: |
||
| @IBJNews | @Propertylines | @IBJTheScore |
| @IBJArts | @IBJHealthcare | @IBJDining |
| @IBJLists | @IBJSmallbiz | |
ADVERTISEMENT
Back to TopCopyright © All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.
Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing.
Additional Hosting & Delivery by
Who makes Tater Tots? They would be a good sponsor, because $3 Million for the alleged "Greatest Spectacle In Racing" is taters. Tiny, tiny taters. But at least they are making up something of the losses accumulated over the years in this dying sport. Buttock in seat is certainly not doing it, nor eyeball on TV, as evidenced by the lack of both.
We loved lakehouse and think the Arbor Village would be a great location. It is less than 2 miles from over 1000 rooftops in the 225,000 to over 1 million range. Many people could use the great fishers trail system to bike or walk there. Just an idea Scotty -- but maybe something closer to 3 Wiseman would good. The only microbrew in area is Ram (boring)
True, it's an ESPN production, but ESPN is just another name for ABC Sports, or what used to be ABC Sports since ABC Sports no longer exists as a name. ESPN=ABC Sports= ESPN. ESPN is, according to Forbes "the world's most valuable media property" worth $40 billion. Despite that, they fired 400 people this week.
The Prestige was a great flick.
Larry - even though the race is on ABC, ESPN does all of the work, so that is why ESPN is mentioned. Most sports on ABC are called something like "ESPN on ABC."