The Brown County Art Guild is pleased to present the winners of their Annual Young Artist Show. Artists under the age of 18 participated in this event. It will be on display through the month of February.
Located in the heart of Nashville, the Brown County Art Guild is open the month of February on Friday & Saturday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m. or by appointment on other days. A reception for the artists will be held Saturday, February 27, 2016, from 2-4 p.m. (awards presented at 3 p.m.) with music by IU Senior Kaitlyn Williams at the Brown County Art Guild at 48 S. Van Buren St. in Nashville, IN. For more information, call 812-988-6185 or visit browncountyartguild.org

From the builders of some of America’s earliest railroads and farms to Civil Rights pioneers to digital technology entrepreneurs, Indian Americans have long been an inextricable part of American life. “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” explores the Indian American experience and the community’s vital political, professional, and cultural contributions to American life and history. The exhibition moves past pop-culture stereotypes of Indian Americans to explore the heritage, daily experience, and diverse contributions of Indian immigrants and their descendants in the United States. Weaving together stories of individual achievement and collective struggle, “Beyond Bollywood” uses photography, narrative, multimedia, and interactive stations to tell a uniquely American story, while conveying the texture, vibrancy, and vitality of Indian American communities.

“Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” was created by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The Mathers Museum’s presentation of the exhibit has been generously funded by Indiana University alumnus Robert N. Johnson, the Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program, the Asian American Studies Program, and the Department of American Studies. Gallery is open 9am-4:30 pm Tues-Fri and 1pm-4:30pm Sat/Sun.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and ST permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets.An access ramp is located at the Fess Avenue entrance, on the corner of Ninth Street and Fess Avenue. Reserved parking spaces are available on Ninth Street, between Fess Avenue and Indiana Avenue. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-6873.

For the past 40 years, Albert Nelson has made annual pilgrimages to Indiana Limestone Country to collect stone with which to work. During this time, he has fallen in love with the people, the material, and the process of stone carving.

This show is a collection of his most recent works. As with all his art, the subject centers around family, relationships, and the importance of faith, hope, and love in our daily lives.

Exhibit runs through 2/26/16.

Join us for a free Noon Concert. Free lunch will be provided after the performance. Our Noon Concert series is brought to you through a partnership with the Office of International Services.

Please meet in the museum’s third floor office. No pre-registration is required, but space is limited. Admission will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

While focusing on the museum’s large collection of drawings by the American artist Abraham Walkowitz depicting modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan, Nan Brewer, IU Art Museum’s Lucienne M. Glaubinger Curator of Works on Paper, will also discuss dance-related images by a range of artists from Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Max Beckmann to Phillippe Halsman and Walt Disney.

From the colonial period to the present, Haiti’s sacred drums of Vodou have been revered and celebrated in some circles, while feared and systematically destroyed in others–yet they have consistently been located at the center of Haitian experience. Using several instruments from the Mathers Museum collection as a backdrop for conversation, Rebecca Dirksen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, will discuss the historical and contemporary significance of tanbou (drums) within Haitian culture and the American ethnographer-collectors whose paths ultimately brought these instruments to Indiana University. This presentation will be amply illustrated with archival recordings and fieldwork video. Dirksen has published in the Yearbook for Traditional Music, Ethnomusicology Review, the Bulletin du Bureau d’Ethnologie d’Haiti, and elsewhere; she is presently writing a book on music, disaster, and development in Haiti. The event is free and open to the public.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and ST permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets. An access ramp is located at the Fess Avenue entrance, on the corner of Ninth Street and Fess Avenue. Reserved parking spaces are available on Ninth Street, between Fess Avenue and Indiana Avenue. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-6873.

On Friday, February 12, beginning at 6 p.m., The Venue will feature the hand-crafted jewelry of Amy Greey, the Raku Ceramics of Dr. Al Scovern, and a Valentine-making party lead by local artist, Linda Meyer-Wright.

Amy Greely is one of the most creative and revered metalsmith jewelry makers in the Midwest. She began her art education at the Herron School of Art. Further studies at Indiana University provided her knowledge and experience in traditional metalsmithing techniques. Amy has been juried into the Indiana Artisan Group.

In Amy’s hands, sterling silver is formed, textured, and enhanced with an array of patina choices offering a rich and varied palette. Further additions of gold/silver bi-metal add another layer of contrasts resulting in a fresh approach to traditional processes. Amy will be present and showing her newest creations, some of which are specifically appropriate for Valentine’s Day gifts.

Dr. Al Scovern has mastered a western version of the traditional Japanese ceramic techniques of Raku. Dr. Scovern has also traveled the American Southwest and studied the techniques of Indian pottery makers. That influence, too, can be seen in many of his creations. All of his ceramics are stunningly beautiful. These are your family’s heirlooms of tomorrow.

And because Sunday is Valentine’s Day, and because nothing warms the heart of a loved one like a handmade Valentine, we will host a Valentine-making party, lead by artist Linda Meyer-Wright. Some supplies will be provided. Join us and we will make memories.

All women are fickle. That sums up this opera’s theme—and that’s exactly what the cynical bachelor, Don Alfonso, sets out to prove. He’s willing to bet big bucks that no woman can stay true to her man for more than one day.

His victims? Two gullible young soldiers who are ready to wager that their fiancées—who are sisters—are paragons of virtue. These guys are positive that their girls will pass any fidelity test with flying colors. But they don’t!

So what happens when the sisters end up unwittingly swapping fiancés because the men’s tricky deceptions work only too well? Is it reconciliation or emotional devastation? Find out as you enjoy this multi-layered Mozartian confection that dazzles with brilliant arias and ensembles.