Concurrent with the opening of the museum for the 2015 season, as well as the annual heirloom seed sale, the Wylie House will be hosting the Bloomington Water Color Society’s exhibit featuring paintings inspired by a visit to the museum last summer. Hours are extended on Saturday, March 7 until 4pm. The paintings will be displayed in the Education Center and will remain on exhibit through April. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the artwork during our regular open hours, Tuesday-Saturday, 10m-2pm.
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3 Friday / April 3, 2015
Wylie House Museum and Bloomington Watercolor Society Exhibit: We Paint… Heirlooms!
10:00 am to 02:00 pm
Wylie House Museum: Morton C. Bradley Education Center, 307 E. 2nd Street
http://www.indiana.edu/~libwylie/events.html
3 Friday / April 3, 2015
Exhibits at the IU Art Museum
10:00 am to 05:00 pm
IU Art Museum, 1133 E. 7th Street
http://www.artmuseum.iu.edu
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sunday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.
New in the Galleries:
Onya LaTour: Pioneering Modern Art in Indiana
Continuing through May 10, 2015
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
In 1941 Onya LaTour opened the Indiana Museum of Modern Art near Nashville, Indiana, creating a stir in local art circles. Two works from her personal collection are featured in this installation presented in conjunction with Onya LaTour on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art this fall, to which the IU Art Museum loaned four pieces.
WWI War Bond Posters
Continuing through May 24, 2015
During World War I, mass-produced color posters encouraged enlistment, helped raise capital for the war effort, and solidified public opinion against the enemy. Two vintage posters for war bonds, one American and one French, are featured: although both depict a German soldier, they have very different styles and impacts.
Nature’s Small Wonders: Photographs by Ansel Adams
Continuing through May 24, 2015
America’s most famous nature photographer, Adams was also an ardent conservationist who served on the board of directors for the Sierra Club for thirty-seven years and was active in the Wilderness Society. He used his dramatic black-and-white photographs to encourage the preservation of America’s natural wonders, particularly those found in the U.S. National Parks.
This installation is on view from January 13 through May 24, 2015, in the Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art. It is presented in conjunction with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Sycamore Land Trust, whose mission is to protect the beautiful natural and agricultural landscape of southern Indiana.
Finding Atget
Continueing though May 24, 2015
French photographer Eugène Atget’s imagery mixed a nineteenth-century aesthetic with a modern sensibility, garnering him admiration and respect from the young Berenice Abbott, who became his champion. This installation features a vintage print by Atget and several later prints from his original negatives.
Women behind the Camera
Continuing through May 24, 2015
The world of professional photography in the early- to mid-twentieth century was largely a men’s club, but a small group of talented women paved the way for future generations of female “lensmen.” Portraits by three of these pioneers—Imogen Cunningham, Berenice Abbott, and Toni Frissell—are featured.
Pop Textiles
Continuing through May 24, 2015
Textiles designed by Pop artists Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, and Claes Oldenburg are featured. These bold and inventive compositions on fabric blur the boundaries between fine art, craft, and industrial production.
Robert Salmon: Romantic Painter
Continuing through May 24, 2015
Two paintings by Robert Salmon help elucidate the artist’s foundation in English Romanticism, which continued to inform his painting after his move to Boston in 1828.
Focalpoint: Fantastic African Hats: Power, Passage, and Protection
Continuing through May 24, 2015
These twelve richly embellished African hats celebrate the prestige of their owners, evoke complex histories of trade and commerce, and provide protection from harm. Organized by Brittany Sheldon, graduate assistant for the arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas.
3 Friday / April 3, 2015
Rudy Pozzatti
10:00 am to 05:30 pm on May 30
By Hand Gallery
http://www.byhandgallery.com
New work from fine-art printmaker Rudy Pozzatti.
3 Friday / April 3, 2015
BFA 2 Thesis Exhibitions
12:00 pm to 04:00 pm
1201 E 7th St. Room 110
http://www.indiana.edu/~grunwald
The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University is pleased to announce this year’s BFA Thesis Exhibitions. These exhibitions feature work created by graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts students in the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University. Each exhibition features student work from a variety of the studio areas: ceramics, digital art, graphic design, metalsmithing and jewelry design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles. To gain professional experience, exhibiting students participate in the planning of their shows and installation of their pieces.
BFA 2 will open on Wednesday, April 1 and continue through Saturday, April 4. An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 3 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at the Grunwald Gallery. This exhibition features the work of Coley Gillespie (Textiles), Alex Lawless (Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design), and Cheryl Wellum (Graphic Design).
For further information, please contact the Grunwald Gallery at (812) 855-8490 or [email protected]. We invite you to visit our website at http://www.indiana.edu/~grunwald/. The Grunwald Gallery is accessible to people with disabilities. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, noon – 4:00 pm, closed Sunday and Monday. All events are free and open to the public. For more information on the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University, please visit www.fa.indiana.edu.
3 Friday / April 3, 2015
“Secret Impressions: The Reproduction of Erotica Prior to the Camera” by The Kinsey Institute
01:30 pm to 05:00 pm
Indiana University, The Kinsey Institute, Morrison Hall 3rd Floor
http://kinseyinstitute.org
The Kinsey Institute art and library collections contain thousands of examples of erotic imagery produced over centuries by artists around the world. Secret Impressions presents a selection of lithographs, engravings, etchings and woodblock prints from the mid-19th century and earlier. These artworks from France, England, Italy, Germany, Holland, and Japan illustrate the means by which pornographic and erotic images were mass produced before the invention of the camera. Wealthy collectors could commission paintings, but others could purchase prints at a lower cost. Once photography was invented in the 1830s, it quickly became a popular medium for depictions of the nude figure, as well as erotic imagery. The first photographic process to become widespread was the daguerreotype, which produced a unique image. With the invention of a process that used a negative to make multiple photographs, the mass production of erotic images became possible. Hold That Pose features daguerreotypes, tintypes, albumen and gelatin silver prints, stereocards, and other examples of photographic processes that were used in the 19th century by professional photographers to produce and distribute erotic material.
The Kinsey Institute is open to visitors from 1:30 to 5:00 pm weekdays or at other times during office hours by appointment only. Admission is free. Due to adult content, visitors should be 18 years of age or older, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. To schedule a group guided tour of The Kinsey Institute, please call 812-855-7686.
3 Friday / April 3, 2015
Wylie House Museum Spring Speaker Series: A Woman’s Work is Never Done – Housekeeping in Old Bloomington.
03:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Wylie House Museum: Morton C. Bradley Education Center - 317 E. 2nd St
http://www.indiana.edu/~libwylie/events.html
Talks are free and held on Friday afternoons at Wylie House Museum’s Morton C. Bradley, Jr. Education Center, located next door to the museum at 317 E. Second St.
Sheryl Vanderstel, Wylie House Museum Docent
A look at daily life in the 1830s and 40s and the challenges of keeping house in the growing western town of Bloomington. Margaret Wylie’s days were filled with cleaning, cooking, laundry gardening, sewing – the list is endless! How did she do it? This will be look at the myths and realities of a woman’s life in the mid-19th century.
3 Friday / April 3, 2015
Huazhao Festival–A Chinese Celebration of Flowers
03:30 pm to 06:00 pm
Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington
http://www.mathers.indiana.edu
Welcome the spring and learn about Chinese flower traditions during the Huazhao Festival, hosted by IU’s Chinese Calligraphy Club. The festival of flowers will feature demonstrations of calligraphy, tea preparations, musical performances, and hands-on crafts. The event will be free and open to the public.
Children / Eat and Drink / Entertainment / Festivals / Live Music
3 Friday / April 3, 2015
‘Rock & Wine’ Friday Rings Class
06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Wood Merkaba Healing Arts
http://www.woodmerkaba.com
Unwind and add some sparkle to your weekend!
In this 2 hour jewelry making session you will make a ring with any stone you choose from our crystal shop!
This class includes:
• One Healing Crystal
• Magical Thinking: 101 mini-book
• Complimentary wine or tea
• All the supplies needed to create your one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry
This class is taught by jewelry designer and healing crystal expert, Jessica Ann Miller. Because she’s a crystal healer, you will be able to ask any questions you’ve ever had about crystals!
How the piece is made:
Electroforming is a type of modern alchemy where particles of copper form a coating through electrodeposition. Pure copper is known to amplify crystal energy, boosts flow of chi and brings vitality and luck. Once you design your piece, you leave it with us to complete the electroforming process. It takes 12-36 hours to get a nice copper deposition. You can take a peak in our studio to see what’s ‘cooking’. Your jewelry piece will be available for pick up approximately one week after class date.
3 Friday / April 3, 2015
First Friday at the Fell: Brett Volpp, “Now in 3D”
06:00 pm to 09:00 pm
I Fell Building
http://ifellbloomington.com
Brett Volpp is a painter whose current interest is in creating sculpture that informs and inspires both himself and his audience, about his painting process–an emotive brushstroke in found wood pieces. His hope is for a strong interaction between 2D and 3D. Volpp’s work will be featured for the April First Friday at the Fell and on view throughout the month of April. The Fell gallery will be open Thursdays & Fridays from 4 to 6:00 p.m.
3 Friday / April 3, 2015
Opening Reception: MFA Thesis Exhibitions
06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Indiana University Art Museum
http://artmuseum.iu.edu
Every spring IU Art Museum collaborates with the Hope School of Fine Arts and the Grunwald Gallery to present thesis exhibitions of graduating SoFA MFA candidates. Three exhibitions, lasting twelve days each, will be presented this year. At 6:30 p.m. during the opening receptions, each exhibitor will give a brief talk about his or her work.
Joseph Kameen, painting
Vincent Pontillo-Verrastro, metalsmithing and jewelry
Greg Watson, painting