Cultural Trail leaders cancel plans for controversial statue
The Central Indiana Community Foundation and Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc. have pulled the plug on a controversial sculpture depicting a freed slave.
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Madonna confirmed for Super Bowl halftime show
The performer, currently in the studio working on a new album, has a new film, "W.E.," which she directed, wrote and produced and will open nationally two days before the NFL's signature event.
Art museum CEO Anderson headed to Dallas
Achievements during Max Anderson's tenure included opening the 100 Acres art-and-nature park as well acquiring the Miller House and Garden in Columbus. However, he also had to grapple with fiscal challenges that led to more than $7 million in budget cuts.
Decision nears on fate of freed-slave sculpture
Controversy 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.
Classes emphasize connection between artists, entrepreneurs
Universities and other not-for-profits are ramping up business training for artists and art students—in the form of workshops, classes and counseling—in hopes of making “starving artists” a thing of the past.
Number of Indiana arts organizations increased in 2010
Positive numbers could signal growth in sector that continues to lose jobs.
Broker takes on Indianapolis artists
Their work will be shown on yacht traveling East Coast this summer.
Wilson sculpture prompts talk about race, art
The Chicago-based Joyce Foundation has granted $50,000 to support the Central Indiana Community Foundation’s ongoing outreach efforts surrounding the controversial sculpture.
Children’s choir founder taps protege
Indianapolis Children’s Choir founder Henry Leck has named Josh Pedde as the first assistant artistic director in the 25-year history of the not-for-profit organization.
LOU’S VIEW: Getting it just right isn’t easy
This week, I felt a little like Goldilocks visiting the bear cottage—only in my search of things that were just right, I found everything to be too something or other.
Zionsville galleries watching Carmel arts district
Zionsville gallery owners are stepping up their collective marketing efforts as Carmel’s Arts and Design District has landed a new wave of artists and gallery owners over the past five months.
Big Car bringing arts events to eight Indianapolis neighborhoods
The arts collective in Fountain Square is embarking on a series of neighborhood events that include storytelling, drawing and installations.
Owner of Stutz studio opening gallery in Carmel
The opening is a homecoming of sorts for Kathleen O’Neil Stevens, who formerly operated a studio-gallery for her own work on East Carmel Drive.
Eiteljorg Museum’s Western art show generates more than $1M in sales
The sale is the only one of its kind east of the Mississippi River.
Indianapolis Museum of Art to present at international competition
A team of Puerto Rican artists sponsored by IMA will represent the United States in an exhibition in Venice.
Insurance seller chases music dreams with jazz label
Al Hall started Owl Studios in 2005 to promote local musicians and has expanded its roster of performers to 16.
Reverie Estate buys another downtown Indianapolis apartment building
The prolific developer of urban apartments plans to turn the building into an affordable artists’ community.
Local artist Knabe lands in Indiana Design Center
Walter Knabe, this year’s official artist of the Indianapolis 500, will set up shop this summer in the Indiana Design Center,
part of the Carmel’s Arts and Design District.
Entrepreneurial couples banking on demand for art
One art-collecting couple has opened a fine-art gallery in Zionsville, while the founder of a contemporary craft show is planning
a boutique in Irvington.
Indiana’s number of arts-related businesses declines
Washington, D.C.-based Americans for the Arts says the state had 9,950 arts-related businesses last year, a five-year low
and down 3.9 percent
from 2008.