The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market is held every Saturday from 8 am until 1 pm, from April through November.

The Farmers’ Market is located at 401 N. Morton St. next to City Hall – Showers Building. Locally grown produce, annual and perennial plants, and a variety of prepared foods are available. Purchase your food directly from farmers and ask them questions about their products. Local entertainment adds to the shopping as well as socializing experience. Tantalizing scents and the inviting atmosphere may cause you to make the Market a weekend tradition.

Several new exhibits will be on display at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center from June 7 – 29. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 9 am -7 pm, Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm

Drew Etienne: “Order, Chaos, and the Cosmos”
Etienne features landscapes of vast distances with references to science fiction and 1960’s Op-Art.

Payson McNett: “Automating Instinct”
McNett explores our modern world as a state of being part-nature, part-machine.

James Lax: “Recent Carvings”
Celebrate Limestone Month this June with a visit to see Lax’s richly ornate, historically-inspired pieces.

Colette Ross-Boggan: “Experiences”
Ross-Boggan may spark memories of your own childhood with her intricate and lovingly detailed works.

Design, build, test, and engineer all kinds of structures! The special exhibition’s three-dimensional building experiences include the Skyline Toolbox, developed and designed by Chicago Children’s Museum, where children can use wooden struts and braces, fabric curtain walls, and real construction tools to build imaginative, original structures big enough for them to walk inside! Other components include the Earthquake Shake Table, the Multilevel Building Zone, the Bridge the River Cantilever Challenge, unique materials construction stations, and more. There also is a special place for toddlers and preschoolers to build with age-appropriate materials.

Thrive in Love! Join us for a transformative weekend, geared towards couples in every stage of the journey. Learn life-changing tools to turn problems into possibilities, breakdowns into breakthroughs, conflict into connection, and mediocre into magnificent! Gain an abundance of new understanding, insights, and inspiration to take your love to a whole new level. Expand in ease and joyful togetherness, and discover your potential to thrive! In the BEST of ways, your relationship will truly never be the same. June 8 and 9. *This is not an overnight retreat, and couples can go home Saturday night if they choose.

An exhibition of garden-inspired fiber art by local artist Martina Celerin hanging at the Monroe County History Center.

Exhibit runs until June 23.

The newest Community Voices Gallery exhibit, on display at the Monroe County History Center, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association. Exhibit is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm, and runs until July 31.

The mission of the Indiana Extension Homemakers is to strengthen families through continuing education, leadership development, and volunteer community support. Its activities have included: support for Riley Children’s Hospital; support of Ronald McDonald House; Health Awareness Programs; annual participation in National Make a Difference Day; and support of local community projects.

Cardinal Stagte Company presents their production of ‘Charlotte’s Web’. Wilbur, Charlotte and their barnyard friends have never been more delightful than in this acclaimed adaptation of “the best American children’s book of the past two hundred years.” A timeless tale of bravery, selfless love and abiding friendship.

Age recommendation: suitable for children 2 and up
Run time: 60 minutes
Show Location: Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium

Showing June 8 – 23. Visit website to see all showtimes.

Several new exhibits can be seen at the Indiana University Art Museum. The galleries are open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm, and Sunday, 12 pm to 5 pm. Running time varies by exhibit. Check website for more detailed information.

Breaking the Gilded Ceiling, Women Artists of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
March 5-August 25, 2013

This installation will feature women artists—some former artist’s models, some wives and mothers, and some trailblazers—who worked in a variety of media. Included will be work by photographers Anna Atkins, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Laura Adams Armer, as well as prints and drawings by Mary Cassatt, Suzanne Valadon, Gwen John, and Käthe Kollwitz.

Three Remarkable Women: Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Margaret Chinnery, and Félicité de Genlis
March 23-September 1, 2013

The IU Art Museum will premiere a focused exhibition featuring Vigée Le Brun’s Portrait of Mrs. Chinnery (1803) and selected materials from the Lilly library. The exhibition presents an unusually rich opportunity to use a single artwork as a lens for an interdisciplinary study of the history, politics, art, literature, and music of its time.

New in the Galleries: Pierre-Auguste Renoir: A Visiting Master Print
May 29-August 18, 2013

One of the originators of the Impressionist style, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was particularly noted for his depictions of his friends, family, and their children in scenes of domestic activity and repose. A favorite subject included two young girls pinning flowers on a hat. Renoir did several versions of this scene in a variety of media, including an important large-scale lithograph that is on temporary loan to the IU Art Museum for the summer. The installation will be complemented by several small prints by Renoir and two portraits of the artist by Pierre Bonnard and Jean-Louis Forain.

New in the Galleries: Sam Gilliam: A Lyrical Abstractionist in Indiana
May 29-September 15, 2013

Sam Gilliam draws on a wide range of inspiration, from his African American heritage and abstract expressionism to the poetry of Pablo Neruda and jazz music. Although associated with the Color Field painters of Washington, D.C., Gilliam had a strong connection to this region of the country. This installation will feature several works produced at IU’s Echo Press and a miniature watercolor painting given by the artist to Bloomington’s Second Baptist Church in honor of his brother Clarence and his wife Frances, who were recently named by the City of Bloomington as a Black History Living Legends.

Special Installation: Tapa: Unwrapping Polynesian Barkcloth
May 29-September 1, 2013

This spring, students taking the course On Exhibit: The Pacific Islands have had the opportunity to create a small installation, as well as an online web module focusing on Polynesian tapa cloth from the permanent collection of the IU Art Museum.

The Bloominglabs Blue Barrel Bonanza is a 2-part, affordable workshop designed to help you construct your own rain and compost barrels using pre-used containers. During the summer months, lawns and gardens account for an average of 40% of household water useage. Water barrels can help to reduce water usage and bills by allowing you to tend to your lawn and garden using naturally harvested rain water .

Compost barrels work to decompose reusable yard, fruit, and vegetable waste that would otherwise contribute to growing landfills and greenhouse gas emissions. Save money on trash pickup, garbage bags, fertilizer, and mulch while providing your garden with rich nutrients–including nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus–from your own yard and kitchen refuse.

2 sessions, June 8 at 10am and June 15th at 10am

$40 for workshop plus materials (priced per barrel). Food grade option also available. Please contact us at contact at Bloominglabs dot org to reserve a spot and specify barrel options.

Learn about Latin American poetry and make your own cardboard book from recycled materials. The workshop will include reading poems from Latin American authors, creative writing, cover design, illustration, and book binding. Workshop led by poet and editor Giancarlo Huapaya and coordinated by Cristian Medina.

This workshop will take place on Saturdays 10am-noon, June 8 – July 27 in Room 1A at the Monroe County Public Library (7 weeks). It will end with an exhibition of the books in the Farmer’s Market. This workshop is free but you need to be registered to participate.

To register, send an email to [email protected] or call 812-320 7839.

This project is being sponsored and supported by El Centro Comunal Latino (Latino Community Center), Center for Latin American Studies (CLACS), and Casa Katatay.