A relief stone carver based in Brown County, Indiana, Sidney Bolam began her career as a painter and an illustrator. Though Indiana Limestone now stands in for paper, her imaginative works remain close to her roots in illustration. Using an array of tools and artistic techniques, Sidney meticulously and lovingly textures each piece. The resulting sculptures – simultaneously fantastical and earthy – are reminiscent of medieval illuminated manuscripts. And just as any good illustrator will do, Sidney’s pieces will light up a part of your imagination you may have forgotten you had.

When the world is crashing all around her and she lacks the words to express herself… now that is when she really paints…Kate Cole… Kontrolling the Chaos.
Join us for an evening of art, music and live performance art. This is a free public event. Light refreshments will be provided :-)

A relief stone-carver based in Brown County, Indiana, Sidney Bolam began her career as a painter and an illustrator. Though Indiana Limestone now stands in for paper, her imagination-inspiring works remain close to her roots in illustration. Using an array of tools and artistic techniques, Sidney meticulously and lovingly textures each piece. The resulting sculptures – simultaneously fantastical and earthy – are reminiscent of medieval illuminated manuscripts both visually and even etymologically: illumination comes from the Latin “illuminare” -‘to light up’. And just as any good illustrator will do, Sidney’s pieces will light up a part of your imagination you may have forgotten you had.

Come hear the IU Jacobs School of Music’s jazz studies students play for prospective students and families.

Part of the Wounded Galaxies Festival: 1968 – Beneath the Paving Stones, the Beach festival and symposium

Full festival + symposium schedule at:
http://mediaschool.indiana.edu/woundedgalaxies/

This show opens Friday, February 2.

6 p.m. – Opening of Rikki Ducornet’s exhibition of prints
7 p.m. – Reading of Rikki Ducornet’s writings by local poets

The exhibition runs through Sunday, February 11.

Author of nine novels, three collections of short fiction, two books of essays, and five books of poetry, Rikki Ducornet has received both a Lannan Literary Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award For Fiction. She has received the Bard College Arts and Letters award and, in 2008, an Academy Award in Literature. She has illustrated books by Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Coover, Forrest Gander, Kate Bernheimer, Joanna Howard and Anne Waldman. Her collected papers are in the permanent collection of the Ohio State University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. In addition, solo exhibitions of her paintings have been mounted in the U.S., Portugal, Chile, Costa Rica, and Canada. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago Chile, The McMaster University Museum, Ontario, Canada, and The Biblioteque Nationale, Paris.

In addition to Rikki’s art, we will have readings of her work by Ross Gay, Chris Mattingly, Jennifer Moore, Joan Hawkins, and many others.

The I Fell Gallery invites you to Rikki Durcornet, A Retrospective, featuring 14 giclee prints from 2007-2017 inspired by encyclopedia plates devoted to natural history and anthropology. Two of the prints belong to a series for Amnesty International’s human rights campaign: I WELCOME.

A reading of Rikki’s literary work will take place at 7 p.m. The reading will be led by Ross Gay, Chris Mattingly, Jennifer Moore, Joan Hawkins, and others.

This event is part of Wounded Galaxies 1968: Paris, Prague, Chicago Festival and Symposium.

Come honor the deep midwinter with a purifying halotherapy session and a unique guided meditation at Bloomington Salt Cave. Journey to our own inner hearth, listen deeply, and stoke the twin flames of creativity and will as we prepare for spring. Please bring a journal and pen/pencil. No previous meditation experience is required. Space is limited! Please pre-register by coming to Bloomington Salt Cave or call 812-339-2805 to give your credit card number.

Come out to the Player’s Pub on Friday, February 2 from 8–11 p.m. to see local Bloomington band, Elm Heights, and support the Bloomington chapter of Operation Friendship international exchange program! The band will be playing Americana and country music, along with some modern pop hits. The cover charge is $7 and the proceeds benefit the exchange program. Bring your appetite because the Player’s Pub has some delicious food. Children 10 and under get in free. Good music, good times, for a great cause!

Weekly EDM dance party featuring Bloomington’s hottest DJs. This is the first installment of a month-long weekly bass music throwdown, this week featuring:

Backwhen (dj set)

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