This exhibition brings together the different roles, interests, and areas of research “pollination” that consumed Indiana University Distinguished Professor Thomas A. Sebeok (1920-2001). Sebeok described himself as an academic Apis mellifera (honeybee), who darts “solitary from flower to flower, sipping nectar, gathering pollen from flowers, serendipitously fertilizing whatever he touches.” The inquisitive polymath and world renowned pioneer in semiotics taught linguistics, anthropology, and Uralic and Altaic studies at IU from 1943-1991. This exhibit features unique materials spanning Sebeok’s career, focusing on his work in zoosemiotics and animal communication, visual arts and literature, and academic publishing.

Join us in celebrating the holiday season this year during our annual holiday show! We will be highlighting a variety of local artists and artworks. Featured items will include, but not be limited to hats, scarves, pottery, paper art, journals, art boxes, leatherwork, jewelry, ornaments, and wooden bowls.

This Friday is our once a year, Holiday Gallery Walk.
Beginning at 5:00p.m., The Venue will host a special exhibition of the art of Jean Dayton, and in addition, a dazzling array of hand-crafted, one-of-a kind holiday gift, Objects de Arte.
For this show, in her unique style, Jean has created a delightful assortment of mixed media pieces utilizing natural minerals, objects, and resins. These creations, in a variety of themes, colors, and sizes, are fresh, uplifting, and a treat for the eye. Jean makes it possible to gift a beautiful piece of her original art, at a reasonable, affordable price.
In addition, for this season the Venue artists (New and Established) have outdone themselves in providing us with a supply of great gift items that is both wide and deep. Paintings, Prints, Limestone and Metal Sculpture, Ceramics, Jewelry, Soaps, Turned Wood, Greeting Cards, and more. The variety and quality is amazing. And the majority of it is made right here in Bloomington.
So come to The Venue this Friday eve to enjoy the art and gourmet soup, and do at least some of your holiday shopping right here, in good old Bloomington, not just because we are local, but like our soup, because we are good.
Join Us.

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University is pleased to announce the upcoming BFA Thesis Exhibition. This exhibition will open Tuesday, November 27th and continue through Saturday, December 8th. The School of Art, Architecture + Design will hold the annual Awards Ceremony at 5:00 pm in FA015 on December 7th with an opening reception following from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Grunwald Gallery.

These exhibitions feature work created by graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts students in the School of Art, Architecture & Design 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.

Students exhibiting include: Milly Cai (Ceramics) Jasmine Shah (Digital Arts) Logan Doyle (Graphic Design), Boxun Hu (Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design), Grace Johnson (Printmaking), Anabelle Schafer (Painting), Hanyu Hu (Digital Arts), Brailyn Mowrer (Graphic Design), Katherine Warnock (Textiles), Lily Hollinden (Painting), Eric Suh (Digital Arts), Eliza Becker (Graphic Design), Tadeusz Sadowski (Printmaking), Reilly Gallogly (Textiles).

Whether or not the holiday season is peaceful and enjoyable all depends upon our state of mind. Leading up to the holidays can be quite stressful and when the day comes, often our expectations of how things should be are not at all how they turn out.
This year, prepare for the holidays by preparing your mind. Join us for this light-hearted and insightful Friday Night Lecture! Through guided meditations and Buddha’s practical advice, we will learn how to cultivate a more relaxed, joyful, and loving mind. In this way, we can begin to really enjoy the people and activities that are a part of our holiday season.

Everyone is welcome!

$12/person $6/students

The 2018 feedONE Christmas Spectacular is a Christmas variety show raising money for feedONE, a non-profit that feeds kids around the world. Every $10 we raise will feed a kid for an entire month. Come enjoy some Christmas music and help us make an impact this holiday season!