Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sunday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.

New in the Galleries: Spanish Painting in the 1960s: Works from the Collection of Doris Steinmetz Kellett
May 6–September 7, 2014
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
Works by members of the Catalan-based group Dau al Set and artists associated with the avant-garde Galeria Juana Mordo in Madrid are featured.

New in the Galleries: ‘Max Beckmann’s Woodcuts’
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
February 4–June 22, 2014
Although the German Expressionist artist Max Beckmann was a prolific graphic artist (producing 374 prints during his lifetime), he created fewer than 20 woodcuts. Most were produced during the 1920s, when Germany was experiencing a revival of interest in the medium. Seven prints from this period will be featured in this installation.

Special Exhibition: Matisse’s Jazz and Other Works from Indiana University Collections
April 2–June 29, 2014
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
In addition to highlighting the IU Art Museum’s rare complete suite of twenty color stencil prints from Jazz—Matisse’s last and greatest book project—this exhibition will include more than thirty other works by this modern master from the holdings of the Art Museum and Lilly Library. Special attention will be paid to the artist’s works on paper and book illustrations from the 1920s through the end of his career.

Special Exhibition: Francesco Solimena: Picturing the World for an Eighteenth-Century Royal Wedding
April 2–June 29, 2014
Judi and Milt Stewart Hexagon Gallery, first floor
Through a selection of pieces coming from the Getty Research Institute, the IU Fine Arts Library, the Lilly Library, and the IU Art Museum collection, this exhibition focuses on one of the IU Art Museum’s masterpieces, Francesco Solimena’s Allegory of the Four Parts of the World, highlighting the painting’s history, patronage, and iconography. This exhibition features a thirteen-minute documentary, The World around Solimena.

“Featherspholio”
A photographic exhibition by Bloomington artist and avid birdwatcher Scott Evans featuring birds of North America. Runs through May 31.

Hours: Mon-Sat 9:30 am-5 pm, Sun 1-5 pm

The Bloomington Battle Games Club, a chapter of the national foam-fighting organization Belegarth, meets every Sunday at Bryan Park (weather permitting) to fight. Medieval and fantasy – inspired combat is re-enacted using foam weapons of several varieties. Multiple styles of gameplay are practiced, including team-based and free-for-all. Visit the Facebook page for further information.

Cuban born Sonia is sent to the United States by her parents to elude the rising intensity of the Communist revolution in Cuba in the early 1960’s. She never sees her parents again. Years later, she marries a Jewish man, they settle in the Midwest, bring up two children, and attempt to blend their customs from their separate backgrounds.

When Sonia learns of her son’s decision to leave college, enlist in the military and fight against terror in Afghanistan in the weeks following 9/11, memories of her own childhood overwhelm her. She struggles to reconcile being forced as a young girl to leave Cuba at the dawn of Fidel Castro’s rule with her own responsibilities as a mother facing uncertainty. Sonia must find a way to come to terms with her past, her lost parents, her own children and her adopted country—or risk losing everything that she loves. Set between post-revolutionary Cuba and post-9/11 America, Sonia Flew telescopes the large cultural and political forces of a historic moment to examine their impact on the intimate lives of ordinary men and women.

Directed by Martha Jacobs.

TIckets available at the Buskirk-Chumley Box Office, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave, 812-323-3020, www.bctboxoffice.com

Sunday, May 25, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
Boston-based composer and jazz pianist Christopher Bakriges and bassist Jeremy Allen (assistant professor in Jacobs School of Music) will perform original works inspired by Matisse’s cut-outs, with historical interpreter John Moore reading excerpts from the artist’s own words.

Last Sunday Poetry Reading & Open Mic
Presented by the Writers Guild at Bloomington
Sunday, May 25
Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center
first floor, Rogers Room
3-4:30 pm
With guest readers: Michelle Fay Deschenes and Eric Rensberger
Free
Come early to Sign Up for OPEN MIC
For more information go to: www.writersguildbloomington.com

A public art troupe based in Bloomington called Cloud Preaser (www.cloudpreaser.com click on the cloud) has just transformed an old bank in downtown Bloomington into the greatest funhouse of art you’ve ever seen. With over 500 balloons, 1250 lbs. of sand, 1000 feet of reflective mylar, an 8 person tent, a 1000 lbs. bank vault door, and a 20 ft. tall inflatable dancing man, we’ve created an alternate reality that will change the way you look at your city in five minutes.

This project is being held at The Headquarters Gallery, a traveling art gallery that has street level entrance at the SE corner of Kirkwood Ave. and College Ave. right across the street from Chase Bank. The address is 101 W. Kirkwood Ave. Suite 001. Gallery Hours are 3pm-10pm

There will be a Closing Reception for the show this Saturday, May 24th starting at 7pm and going until midnight.

Early Music Associates, Inc (EMA) is pleased to announce that the Bloomington Early Music Festival will emerge this year with a series concerts and community activities from Tuesday, May 20 to Sunday, May 25. All events will take place in downtown Bloomington and are free and open to the public.
The ‘pop-up’ festival celebrates the abundant talent of Jacobs School students and members of the Bloomington community and is the first project of a recently reorganized not-for-profit (EMA) that nurtures the growth of early music performance in the region throughout the year.

“We’re thrilled to see the Bloomington Early Music Festival return to its roots through a partnership with Gamma Ut, the student wing of the Early Music Institute,” said Leela Breithaupt, board member of Early Music Associates. “This is a wonderful opportunity to bring together talented musicians specializing in Medieval and Baroque music with the Bloomington community in an energetic, fun-filled celebration that combines old music with new avenues of performance.”

Partnering with the festival are a number of community groups and venues, including Classical Revolution Bloomington, the Jacobs School of Music’s Project Jumpstart and Early Music Institute, the First Presbyterian Church’s new concert series, the Runcible Spoon, the City of Bloomington’s Saturday Morning Farmer’s Market, the Monroe County Courthouse, and the Mathers Museum.

DJ ENGLISH & Misfit Toy Karaoke. Come to sing. Come to dance. DJ English & Misfit Toy Karaoke present no cover karaoke and dancing every Sunday. Sometimes if you ask nicely we are known to get the furry costumes out. Could be the bear. Could be the bumble bee. $2 drink specials.