Volunteers from the Monroe County Energy Challenge will be at the Farmers Market to demonstrate energy-saving techniques, share info on incentives, and get people involved in the Challenge. Stop by to find out how you can get involved!

Stone Belt Art will be on display from Nov. 4 through Feb. 1
Artist Reception, First Friday, Nov. 7, 6-7 p.m.

To kick off WonderLab’s Big-Headed Ants Special Exhibition, Stone Belt Big-Headed Ant artwork in a variety of media by will be exhibited and for sale! Join us for a First Friday reception to celebrate the artists and their work. WonderLab offers half off admission on First Friday evenings, but Stone Belt guests (clients, their families and staff) will get FREE admission for the reception and activities. Enjoy a meet and greet with the artists and light refreshments. Stone Belt guests check in at the front desk at arrival and mention “Stone Belt Artists”. Come early and stay late to enjoy the other special activities and the special exhibition on Big-Headed Ants.

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.

Focalpoint: Traditional Changes: Art from the American Southwest
Continuing through February 15, 2015
What does it mean to call an object “traditional” or “authentically Native American”? Explore these questions through examples of basketry, ceramics, textiles, and jewelry that came into being as a result of interactions with other Native American groups, contact with non-Native admirers and markets, or particular happenstances in a community’s history. Organized by Emma Kessler, curatorial assistant for the arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas.

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.

“Moco’s Prehistoric Past”
Come see and examine fossils of plants, organisms, and animals found in the Hoosier state and learn how they contributed to Southern Indiana’s natural landscape. The history center is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00am-4:00pm. Runs through March 31.

The History Center is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-4pm.

Celebrate this holiday season with local art and help keep Bloomington vibrant! For the holiday months, By Hand Gallery has put together a special show featuring our local Bloomington artists. The show highlights more than 45 artists and a variety of media, with choice fine art pieces by Rudy Pozzatti.

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University is pleased to announce Slow Hand. This exhibition will open Friday, January 16 and continue through Friday, February 13. F Scott Hess will give a lecture on his work on Friday, January 16th at 5:00 pm, with an opening reception following from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Grunwald Gallery.

The exhibition Slow Hand aims to emphasize the rewards of sensuous touch and imagination in recent painting. Departing from the strictly observed gives the artist free reign in the manipulation of the chosen subject matter. In opposing the perceptual or ocular response to a given subject, the artists in this exhibit approach painting from a conceptual and conceived perspective, resulting in imaginative and sometimes fantastical images that are narrative in nature. Rather than being subservient to the literal appearance of the world or by only admitting events and characters that are likely to occur in everyday life, the artist allows the imaginative and subconscious point of view to exist or even dominate. These artists frequently use techniques, such as glazing or an obsessive attention to detail, that could not be accomplished using perceptual techniques. This way of developing a painting privileges the emotional and psychological over the journalistic and quotidian – or rather, it allows the journalistic and the quotidian to be transformed in order to arrive at a greater emotional and psychological truth.

A Short Introduction to the Artists

Nancy Morgan Barnes received her undergraduate degree from St. Mary’s College in South Bend, IN and her graduate degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, where she later taught. Her paintings have been exhibited in Italy and throughout the United States. She shows at the Greenhut Galleries in Portland, ME and gWatson in Stonington, ME.

John Brosio is a graduate of the University of California at Davis and the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. He shows at Arcadia Gallery in New York and was an intern at George Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic. He teaches at Laguna College of Art and Design.

Paul Fenniak received his BFA from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and MFA from Concordia University, Montreal. He is represented by Forum Gallery in New York and has had solo shows there and at the Galerie de Bellefeuille in Montreal. Fenniak has participated in many group exhibitions in museums across the United States and has received several awards, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.

F. Scott Hess attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria, and Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, earning a BSA from the University of Wisconsin in 1977. He is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Fellowship and a J. Paul Getty Museum Individual Artist’s Fellowship. He is represented by Hirschl and Adler Modern in New York and Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Los Angeles. He currently teaches at the Laguna College of Art and Design.

Tina Newberry received her BFA from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and MFA from Indiana University in 1986. She lived and worked in Philadelphia for over 2 decades, where she taught at Drexel University. She has shown at the More Gallery in Philadelphia and currently shows at Hemphill in Washington, DC. She is currently an Associate Professor of Painting at Indiana University.

Caleb Weintraub received his BFA from the Boston University School for the Arts and his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. He has had solo exhibitions at Peter Miller in Chicago and Jack the Pelican Presents in New York. He has been an artist-in-residence at Redux Art Center in South Carolina and The Santa Fe Art Institute. He is currently an Associate Professor of Painting at Indiana University.

This exhibit and corresponding programs were made possible by the College Arts and Humanities Institute and the Painting Guild, both at Indiana University.

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.

Bloomington, IN – The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University is pleased to announce Implied Action: Performance Through Object. This exhibition will open Friday, January 16 and continue through Friday, February 13. An opening reception will be held on Friday, January 16 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Grunwald Gallery.

Implied Action: Performance Through Object is an exhibition featuring four Visiting Assistant Professors in the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University. Carissa Carman (Textiles), Mike Calway-Fagen (Sculpture), Carrie Mae Smith (Fundamentals) and Keith Allyn Spencer (Fundamentals) either make objects or use found items to convey the history of, presence of, or potential for performance. These objects range from an article of clothing suggesting the act of wearing; to those that have a history of action, whether artistic or utilitarian; to objects that document and become evidence of past performance. While these artists teach in various areas of IU’s studio art department, it is evident that process, object, and performance are integral to each artist’s studio practice. Implied Action: Performance Through Object is curated by Marla Roddy, Public Relations Coordinator at the Grunwald Gallery of Art.

An Introduction to the Artists

Carissa Carman earned her BA from the University of California Chico (2001) and her MFA in Fibers at Concordia University, Montreal (2012), where she also was a research assistant for Subtela, Hexagram. From 2003-2009 she was based in New York City, where she received residencies and grants from Women’s Studio Workshop, Andy Warhol Foundation, New York Foundation of the Arts, New York Council of the Arts, Chashama North, Vermont Studio Center and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council amongst others. She has presented nationally and internationally in New York City, Seattle, Indiana, Florida, Montreal, Sackville New Brunswick, Cuba, Italy, and France. Her artworks are in major collections at Yale, Rhode Island School of Design, and Virginia Commonwealth. Carman is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in Textiles at IU Bloomington.

Mike Calway-Fagen is a visual artist, writer, and curator based in Bloomington, Indiana. He received his BFA from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and an MFA from the University of California in San Diego. Mike has upcoming solo shows at Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis, Ditch Projects in Portland, Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Recent group exhibitions include the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, LAXArt in Los Angeles, NurtureArt in Brooklyn, and Goucher College in Baltimore, among others. Mike has attended residencies including the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, The Fine Arts Work Center, and Sculpture Space in Utica, NY. Mike’s work has been reviewed in publications including Art Papers, World Sculpture, and A5 Magazines. Mike also writes and curates with recent essays appearing in Temporary Art Review and BurnAway online magazines. His upcoming curatorial project, State Park, opens in California in early 2015. Most recently Mike was a Jerome Fellow at Franconia Sculpture Park where he built and installed a large-scale public sculpture titled, Dyramid.

Carrie Mae Smith, a New England native, is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, and completed an MFA in Sculpture at the University of Delaware, 2013. Her work investigates marginalized histories and utilitarian forms. She is interested in traditional construction techniques and fine craftsmanship whether working with wood, steel, panty hose or cheese-puffs. Smith has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, is a recipient of artist grants from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund and the Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation. She was awarded an Artist Residency at Winterthur Museum and Gardens, a Summer Fellowship in Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware, and most recently completed a residency at RAIR (Recycled Artist in Residence) in North East Philadelphia, PA.

KEITH ALLyN SPENCER was born and raised in the American desert southwest border region. An emphasis w/ the middle letter of his name helps diminish the perpetual mix-up with similar named persons: Keith Spencer, Kevin Spencer, Kenneth Allan Spencer, Spencer Kenny Allen, Kanye West, so on and so forth.
Currently, Kurt resides with his family in Bloomington, Indiana, USA – the tie-dye capital of the world. He is a (just) Visiting Assistant Professor at Indiana University, trying to navigate towards long-term job security, cul-de-sacs, and organic groceries. Kent has showcased his works in various group shows, “p0p-up” spaces, coffee shops, bars, blogs and academic galleries. Most recently, Karl has held solo exhibitions at the Composing Rooms-Berlin, Juicys Gallery-NYC, Welcome Screen-London, OFG.XXX-Dallas, PULSE, Target, Pizza Hut and the Rhode Island Credit Union so help you God. Forthcoming solo exhibitions include New Galerie-Paris and Dragon Express-Bloomington.

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.

Encounters and Collisions is the IU Contemporary Dance Theatre 2015 Winter Dance Concert.

Enjoy cutting-edge dance styles as European Contemporary Ballet and American Modern Dance meet and mingle in this innovative production, featuring a brand new work by London-born choreographer Ihsan Rustem and works by IU favorites, guests, and new faculty Nyama McCarthy-Brown.

Ticket Prices: $15 for Students, $20 for Seniors, $25 for Adults

January 16, 2015 @ 7:30 p.m.
January 17, 2015 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
January 18, 2015 @ 2:00 p.m.

For more information visit: http://www.indiana.edu/~thtr/productions/2014/encounters.shtml

La dolce vita would be a documentary if it weren’t so extravagant. Everyone in it really was someone about the Roman scene of the time, and the situations and locations are spot-on as representative of their time. Yet from its first stunning widescreen pan, it’s also a film of the most exuberant camerawork, pointed imagery, vivid performers, and entrancing music, a study of encroaching boredom that somehow manages never to be boring, a modern fresco of decadence. Contains mature content. In Italian language with English subtitles. (35mm presentation.)

Melinda Kay

Singer/Songwriter

Saturday, January 17 , 5:00 PM

Price: Free

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