This exhibit documents the efforts off Indiana Senator Birch Bayh to, first, reform the Electoral College and then, almost immediately despairing of that, to abolish it in favor of direct popular election of the President.

The barriers encountered by Bayh and his staff over a sixteen-year period reveal the complex mix of historical fissures, party politics, congressional alliances, personal relations, political ambitions, and, finally, the coalitions of unlikely bedfellows that can ultimately decide the fate of even a reform supported by the overwhelming majority of the American people.

Documents in the exhibit are from the Birch Bayh Senatorial Papers, which are part of the IU Libraries’ Modern Political Papers collections. Originals of official documents of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments had to be returned to the National Archives, so some of the documents in the exhibit are copies made to preserve the completeness of the collection.

CMAD (Columbus Museum of Art & Design) is happy to present “Upon My Recent Validation…” an exhibition of paintings by Chad Serhal at Hotel Indigo. This exhibition will be on display at Hotel Indigo from April 27 through June 30.

Chad Serhal provokes thought using nostalgia; a mother’s kitchen wallpaper design, a father’s favorite actor, or a line from a grandparent’s favorite book. He makes statements using play on words, juxtaposition, and defining titles to force a mundane scene into your consciousness. His work is all within a few inches big because the materials he uses are small.

CMAD will host an artist reception on May 18, which will feature a gallery talk by the artist at 6 PM.

Learn about painters, fiber artists, photographers, and sculptors from Indiana and then let out your inner artist by creating your own Hoosier-inspired art!

Recently Dee Schaad has concentrated on earthenware. The pieces are all one-of-a-kind, tongue in cheek, figurative pieces based on history, myth and current events. Many have a story to go with the piece. They are made of white earthenware, stained and detailed with colored englobes and glazes. They are then fired to 1850 F. They are again fired with metallic lusters. All are fired multiple times and some are fired as many as five times. These pieces take many hours to complete. Most of the individual figures are designed and ready to hang on the wall. Others are vessel formatted and may be functional, but most are decorative and not very practical. He thinks of them as reliquaries for personal relics.

Dee Schaad’s work is included in numerous private, corporate and public collections. His ceramics have been shown in exhibitions regionally and nationally. Thirty of his ceramic figures from the series “Pilgrims on the Way to Canterbury”, were recently on display as part of the Art at the Indianapolis International Airport. His ceramics have also won numerous merit and purchase awards and have appeared in a variety of publications. Articles written by him have appeared in “Pottery Making Illustrated” and in Ceramic Sculpture and Studio Ceramics, both books, publications of the American Ceramic Society.

The featured artists for the month of June are James Oblack & Mary Riley. A reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, June 10 from 5:00-8:00 p.m.

James Oblack (Nashville, IN) received his B.S. degree in geology in 1975 with a minor in art. In the mid 70’s, James studied watercolor with Luke Buck, and watercolor soon became his medium of choice. Now, after 38 years, and over 600 art fairs and festivals, he is semi-retired and thoroughly enjoying painting. James became a member of the Brown County Art Guild in 2016.

A poem or line of prose is often the genesis of a painting for Mary Riley (Franklin, IN) and animals the embodiment of that inspiration. Drawing and printmaking were the beginning of Mary Riley’s artistic explorations and now oil on canvas is her medium of choice. Mary became a member of the Brown County Art Guild in 2016.

The Brown County Art Guild is located at 48 S. Van Buren Street in the heart of downtown Nashville. The Art Guild is open Monday – Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00 Noon – 4:00 p.m. For more information call 812-988-6185 or visit www.browncountyartguild.org

The Grunwald Gallery at Indiana University Bloomington is pleased to present STATIONTOSTATION: New and Visiting Faculty. The exhibit has been organized by Amanda Lechner and will open on May 12th and continue through July 21st, 2017. STATIONTOSTATION features fresh work by new and visiting faculty in the Studio Art Department, in the School of Art and Design who are transitioning to or from life at Indiana University. Works in the show represent a wide range of schemes and methods in media including film, kinetic installation, painting, printmaking, design, and sculpture. A panel discussion with participating artists will begin at 5:00 pm immediately followed by an opening reception in the Grunwald Gallery from 6:00 – 8:00pm .

Team Trivia with cake for fourth place. Better prizes? That’s for 1st, 2nd & 3rd. Is my team better than yours?