Public Art
Plan seeks to turn towpath into arts corridor
May 19, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe city of Indianapolis and private-sector players are lining up behind an effort to rebrand the Central Canal Towpath as
an art-themed destination dubbed Art 2 Art by adding artwork and improving the trail.
MoreCultural Trail leaders cancel plans for controversial statue
December 13, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Central Indiana Community Foundation and Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc. have pulled the plug on a controversial sculpture
depicting a freed slave.
MoreHigh-profile art at airport removed for video wall
November 29, 2011
IBJ StaffSponsors will pay for a controversial video-art installment that is replacing a prominent artwork on the bulkhead above the
main escalator at Indianapolis International Airport.
MoreDecision nears on fate of freed-slave sculpture
October 7, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinControversy has swirled around a piece of art commissioned for the Cultural Trail’s $2 million public art program. What
ultimately happens to Fred Wilson’s “E Pluribus Unum” sculpture of a freed slave could alienate local African-Americans
who oppose it or draw the scorn of national art critics.
MoreAirport faces quick decision on public art
August 24, 2011
Scott OlsonThe Indianapolis Airport Authority is proceeding with plans to install a video advertising wall at the airport in early September
and will need to make a controversial decision within the next week on whether it will replace a local artist's work.
MoreCultural Trail unveils garage's million-dollar art installment
April 28, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe latest piece of art to be installed along downtown Indianapolis’ Cultural Trail will cost almost as much as the
first eight displays combined.
MoreWilson sculpture prompts talk about race, art
January 29, 2011
IBJ StaffThe Chicago-based Joyce Foundation has granted $50,000 to support the Central Indiana Community Foundation’s ongoing
outreach efforts surrounding the controversial sculpture.
MorePeace gardens slated for downtown
January 14, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Cultural Trail being built through the heart of downtown will include sculptural gardens dedicated to Martin
Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln, an extension of the $2 million Glick Peace Walk.
MoreFish sculpture poached from iconic IU fountain
August 12, 2010
Associated PressA bronze fish that is part of the Bloomington campus's Showalter Fountain is missing just a year after it was replaced
following an absence of more than 20 years.
MoreIMA plans arts installations along White River
July 16, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Museum of Art will receive a $200,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant for a series of installations
along a six-mile stretch of the White River.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 100 thoughts on 100 Acres
June 26, 2010
Lou Harry
100 Acres, a new art and nature park, opened behind the Indianapolis
Museum of Art June 19. This major addition to the city’s
cultural and social landscape seemed worthy of at least 100 thoughts—and two videos.
Downtown public art campaign loses funding
October 10, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe organizations that spearheaded the city’s public art campaign are crippled for a lack of funding. While other public
art efforts are under way in Indianapolis, no one organization has the money to commission an exhibit large enough to fill
downtown.
MoreCorporate sculptures lauded as landmarks, investments
September 5, 2009
Gabrielle PoshadloIn hard times like these, why would corporations spend on sculptures? Because sculptures create one-of-a-kind landmarks, and
the art has potential to grow in value.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Rickey's sculptures, Phoenix's 'Zoomerville' advance Indy's art reputation
May 18, 2009
Lou HarryThis week, art in the wind and an original musical.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Booking art on the library's pedestals
May 4, 2009
Lou HarryThis week, new artwork in front of the Central Library, and a Pulitzer-winning
play at IRT.
MoreChakaia Booker tire art might replace Opie's
September 10, 2007
Jennifer WhitsonAs Julian Opie's pop art sculptures get carted away this week, officials are in talks with New York City artist Chakaia Booker
about featuring her work in next year's public art blowout. Booker's shtick-sculptures created entirely from used tires.
MoreArts Council ready to play matchmaker
February 5, 2007
Jennifer WhitsonLeaders of the 20-year-old Arts Council of Indianapolis want to broaden the organization's approach to arts advocacy. They
say they'd like to act as a cultural broker of sorts, making sure local artists are connected with possible patrons.
MoreNational Guard proposing new monument
January 29, 2007
Peter SchnitzlerThe Indiana National Guard wants to build a downtown monument to commemorate its centuries of history. But concerns over design
threaten to derail the $2.5 million proposal before it gets off the drawing board.
MoreCircle Truss proposed as gateway landmark
January 1, 2007
Jennifer WhitsonThe Arch welcomes visitors to St. Louis. San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge ushers in the masses. And soon the Circle Gateway
Truss could greet travelers entering downtown Indianapolis.
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we love that we were right in our predictions for the outcome of Tony's boondoggle. We aren't negative, we are positive that the league that never has will continue to blow chunks and stink up the place
I was initially excited to learn that this wasn't rubber-stamped, but if all that is required is to add some shrubs and some "window dressing" over the first floor of the garage, then I'd call it a waste of everyone's time. It should be noted that the Hearing Examiner is a DMD employee who reports to the same administrator as the DMD staff planner who recommended approval of the garage and whose report said that the requirement for ground-floor retail had been "satisfied". Better luck with appealing the inevitable approval at the MDC, where the commissioners are appointed by the Mayor, City Council, and County Commissioners, thus, presumably not all obligated to facilitate the administration's plans.
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New airport, new Lucas Oil Stadium, expanded convention center, $30,000,000 Pacer gift, Stupid City Way Project, Broad Ripple Parking Garage $ Giveaway, Money blown on lethal bike lanes. The list is endless..
We have complete morons in City Government with grafter buddies sitting in the wings also stealing parking meter revenue. Go to www.adavceindiana.com and read about Chicago Parking Meter Corruption.
It's all theft of taxpayer resources and complete lack of financial stewardship and devoid of integrity.
I would just like for basic city services please.