The Hoosierman Triathlon is a sprint triathlon in southern Bloomington. The event takes place at Fairfax State Recreational Area. The swim is in Lake Monroe, the bike course explores Bloomington’s country roads, and the run course takes place entirely within the recreational area. There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer and duties vary greatly from helping to set up the race site, directing participants along the course, running the post race party, helping to clean up, and many more. Volunteers are an integral part of the race and your service will be greatly appreciated by everyone participating. Everyone who volunteers will receive a free event tshirt, breakfast, lunch, and a personal thank you from just about every participant.

The second session of the Limestone Symposium runs from June 10 through 16. Each session consists of seven days of immersive instruction carving limestone, including design, moving stone, splitting blocks, roughing out, using hand and pneumatic tools, lettering, and much more. Different guest instructors are featured each session. For beginners an introduction to using basic tools, roughing out, and working from a maquette or drawing is given on the first day. Techniques for carving and basic principles of sculpting are covered on day two. Tools are not provided.

Included in Sessions I and II:
Up to 8 cubic feet of limestone per session (approximately 1200 pounds), compressed air, electricity, water, and forklift. Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks. One Limestone Symposium t-shirt.

$800 per Session

Register at link provided by May 1

Master sculptor George Bauer leads this workshop in carving the figure. Working from a live model, participants learn to make a proportional armature and develop the figure in stone.

Included: Stone, live model, compressed air, electricity, water, forklift, continental breakfast, snacks, and a box lunch. Runs from June 10 through 16.

$800 per Session

Register at link provided by May 1

Independent Carving offers a chance to continue working in the stimulating Symposium atmosphere. Instruction is not provided. Stone can be purchased with advance notice. Open to participants in Sessions I or II or Symposium alumni. Runs June 10 through 16 and 17 through 23.

Included: Compressed air, electricity, water, forklift, continental breakfast, and a box lunch.

$350 per week

Register at link provided by May 1

Co-sponsored by Bloomington Parks and Recreation and the Lake Monroe Sailing Association, these lessons teach safe sailing skills to participants 18 years of age or older. No previous sailing experience is required. Instruction includes rigging, sailing upwind and downwind, docking, terminology, safety, and the rules of the road. For sailing details, call LMSA at 824-4611. For registration information, call 349-3700. *Ten percent discount for LMSA members. Recommended text is Sailing Fundamentals by Gary Jobson, available from local bookstores or from the Monroe County Public Library. This class is also appropriate for those who may have physical limitations that make the handling of smaller boats difficult.

Classes are held from June 9 until October 7. Register at least three days in advance.

Annibale and Agostino Carracci were the leaders of the Bolognese school that overthrew Mannerist aesthetics for a style based on the observation of nature, fusing Florentine draftsmanship with Venetian color. This installation features some of their major prints.

Runs until September 16

This installation presents the work of three contemporary Native American artists. It is part of the series, Contemporary Explorations, which features focused, rotating displays from the museum’s permanent collection that explore aspects of art from the 1950s to the present.

Runs until October 14

This exhibit at the Brown County Art Guild in Nashville showcases the work of landscape painters Ronald Mack and William Borden. The gallery is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours, Tues-Sat: 11 am-5 pm and Sunday: 12 pm-5 pm. Closed Mondays. Exhibit runs June 1 through 29.

Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the Arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas, Focalpoint, third floor Locally produced cotton and indigo dyes continue to play prominent roles in West African myths, beliefs, and ritual practices, in spite of the availability of inexpensive fabric woven and printed in factories. Through this most personal means of expression, West Africans use their indigo-dyed cotton wraps to communicate a wide range of social, political, and religious messages. Visitors to this small installation will gain insight into the meanings of those messages as well as an understanding of the technologies, innovations, and marketing strategies employed by West African weavers and dyers.

Recurring daily through July 1.

Lift it! Move it! Explore the science of pulleys and levers as you effortlessly pull yourself high off the ground in a pulley chair, lift a heavy block of stone with the strength of your little finger, design a catapult to lay siege to a castle, build a model of an amusement park ride and more! This exhibit on simple machines will remain at WonderLab from June 05 until September 23.

WonderLab’s hours are 9:30 am to 5 pm Tue-Sat, 1 pm – 5 pm Sunday. Open extended evening hours until 8:30 pm the first Friday of the month.