The work of Avi Katz is on display in the City Hall atrium throuhgout the month of June. Avi was born and raised in Israel and is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York. As a newcomer to Bloomington, Avi said he was compelled to do illustrations of local scenes in a uniquely visualized documentation from a non-conventional angle. His art is greatly influenced by French graphic novels and animation and the combination of the European style and local landmarks results in fresh observations of familiar places. Avi did the artwork for the Scott Russell Sanders fiction stories in the June/July 2012 issue of Bloom Magazine. This is his fourth exhibition.

The exhibit will be on display June 1-30. Exhibition hours are 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, as well as additional evening and weekend hours when City Hall is open for meetings.

Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30, this all-day festival in downtown Bedford includes limestone carving displays, a car show, live music, beer gardens, and BBQ.

This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures examines the nature of culture through the exploration of cultural traditions surrounding life stages and universal needs. It is free and open to the public during regular museum hours, and will run until August 27.

Mathers Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm

This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures examines history on a large scale, through exploration of cosmic, biological, and human origins. It is open weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from May 8 to August 26, 2012, and is free.

Mathers Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm

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.)

Indiana Festival Theatre presents “The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs”, a children’s musical based on the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.

The long-suppressed account of the Big, Bad Wolf is brought to light in Piggsylvania’s Trial of the Century, where the audience as the jury must decide the Wolf’s fate. Parents and children will delight in this thrilling courtroom dram-edy… with music! and ham!

June 23, 26-30, July 2, 3, 5-7 at 11:00 a.m.
Studio Theatre

See web link for tickets.

Stages Bloomington Half-Day Summer Camp will culminate in a showcase on Friday, June 29th at Sherwood Oaks Christian Church. The half-day campers, grades 1-5, will share what they have learned about Africa at 11 am. This event is free and open to the public.

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.

Man as Object presents works of art that examine the visibility of men and masculinity from female/feminist/transgender perspectives. By surveying the ways men are represented in contemporary art by women, this exhibition opens new dialogues regarding the myriad of ways women view men in today’s culture and society. It marks an important development in feminist art, which has long concentrated on images of women meant to challenge stereotypical notions of womanhood. A gallery filled with works depicting men, created by women, actively resists the prevalence of the male gaze in art. This traveling exhibition will be accompanied by a selection of artworks by female artists depicting men that is drawn from the permanent collection of The Kinsey Institute.

Runs April 13 – June 29.

The Kinsey gallery is open Monday – Friday, 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm.

Stages Bloomington Full-Day Summer Camp will culminate in a showcase on Friday, June 29 at 2 pm. The full-day campers, grades 6 and up, will share work around the theme, “Salute to the Sea.” This event is free and open to the public