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

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

Beginning instruction in hand carving, work at your own pace. One or more days, pay as you go. Workshops are 9am – noon Monday-Friday. Participants may continue working independently through the afternoon. Participants must bring safety glasses and wear sturdy shoes, no sandals or flip-flops are permitted.

Included: Tools and 2 cubic feet of stone (approximately 300 pounds)

$50 per day, $200 per five-day week. Runs June 4-8, 11-15, and 18-22.

Register at link provided by May 1

Kids learn to carve by hand on limestone blocks approximately 8 inches square. One to five days, pay as you go. Workshops are 9-11am Monday-Friday. Participants must bring safety glasses and wear sturdy shoes, no sandals or flip-flops are permitted. Parents must accompany children ages 10-16.

Included: Tools and stone.

$50 per day, $200 per five-day week. Runs June 11-15

Register at link provided by May 1

This exhibit at the Blueline Gallery includes a number of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art by Virginia Patrick, Paul Smedberg, John Terrill, and Roast Hoggmann. The exhibit will run during regular gallery hours until June 23. Free and open to the public.

The Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center presents this exhibit, a behind-the-scenes look at the costume and poster design for Ivy Tech’s highly-acclaimed debut student production about Depression-era taxi drivers contemplating a strike. This exhibit, along with others, runs from June 1 to 28 and is viewable during regular gallery hours (Mon – Sat, 9 am – 7 pm.)

The Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center presents this exhibit, “True West”. Epic landscapes, myths, and stereotypes collide as Ball State University photography instructor Chris Toalson explores what the American West truly is, and never was. The exhibit is viewable during regular gallery hours (Mon – Sat, 9 am – 7 pm). Runs through June 28.

Ivy Tech offers community art classes to the general public year-round at The Waldron through the Center for Lifelong Learning program. This exhibit displays the art created by some of the talented area artists who teach these classes. The exhibit is viewable during regular gallery hours (Mon – Sat, 9 am – 7 pm). Runs through June 28.