Dine at Lennie’s Restaurant or stop in for a pint at the Bloomington Brewpub at Lennie’s during business hours and get an eyeful of what the Stone Belt artists have been up to. Works in a variety of media by Stone Belt client artists from Bloomington, Bedford, and Columbus will be on display and available for sale.

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

New in the Galleries:

Pierre Daura: Picturing Attachments
Continuing through December 21, 2014
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
Tracing the arc of Pierre Daura’s life, the works in this exhibition rank among his most beautiful, original, and moving, and they place Daura firmly in the universe of other artists, from Rembrandt to Larssen, who responded to their family attachments with the highest visual creativity.

Colors of Classical Art
Continuing through December 21, 2014
Judi and Milt Stewart Hexagon Gallery, first floor, and the Gallery of the Arts of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor. This three-part exhibition in the Stewart Hexagon Gallery, the Gallery of Ancient Western Art, and on the web explores the importance of color in the Greek and Roman world by examining the materials and techniques used to manufacture and apply color, as well as the social contexts for its use.

Brush Ink Paper: Selections from the Collection of Dr. Thomas Kuebler
Continuing through December 21, 2014
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
The dynamic brushwork that is the hallmark of superior Asian painting and calligraphy is explored in this exhibition of twenty-six works from China and Japan ranging in date from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Partying in Ancient Greece and Rome
Continuing through December 28, 2014
Gallery of the Arts of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor

Pop Food
Continuing through December 28, 2014
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
Food provided a perfect subject for Pop artists. This installation includes a sweet treat by Wayne Thiebaud, an out-of-this-world still-life by Andy Warhol, and an artwork created with food as its medium by Edward Ruscha.

The Politics of Food
Continuing through December 28, 2014
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor
This installation focuses on several contemporary artists who use food as a reflection on consumerism and cultural identity (Chuck Ramirez), a social commentary on excess and gluttony (Tom Huck), and a platform for political activism on animal rights (Sue Coe).

Onya LaTour: Pioneering Modern Art in Indiana
Continuing through May 10, 2015
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
In 1941 Onya LaTour opened the Indiana Museum of Modern Art near Nashville, Indiana, creating a stir in local art circles. Two works from her personal collection are featured in this installation presented in conjunction with Onya LaTour on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art this fall, to which the IU Art Museum loaned four pieces.

New in the Galleries: A Visiting Portrait by Jacques-Louis David
Continuing through December 21, 2014
On view this fall is a newly discovered portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte by the French Neoclassical master Jacques-Louis David. One of the most influential painters of the French revolutionary period, David became the official painter to Napoleon in the early nineteenth century. This long-forgotten portrait was authenticated after conservation in 2009.

Focalpoint: Traditional Changes: Art from the American Southwest
Continuing through February 15, 2015
What does it mean to call an object “traditional” or “authentically Native American”? Explore these questions through examples of basketry, ceramics, textiles, and jewelry that came into being as a result of interactions with other Native American groups, contact with non-Native admirers and markets, or particular happenstances in a community’s history. Organized by Emma Kessler, curatorial assistant for the arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas.

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” – Maya Angelou. This first Group Show at Gather will reach deep within the soul to ponder the meaning of what a home is to the various artists involved. From a bed made from books to nesting bowls of hemp weave, to resting under leaves to a sofa reading a novel. The various modes of home confound and arouse us. Hours – wed/thurs/fri 12-5 sat 10-5 sun 12-4

The Mathers Museum exhibition hall and Museum Store are open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and closed all major holidays.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and E permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets.

“Açaí From Local to Global”
“Açaí From Local to Global” examines the transition of the açaí berry from a local Brazilian commodity to a global superfood. The exhibition is curated by Eduardo Brondizio and Andrea Siqueria, and sponsored by Themester 2014’s “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science,” an initiative of the IU College of Arts and Sciences.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“Food is Work: Tools and Traditions”
“Food is Work: Tools and Traditions” explores the tools and traditions used in the production of food. The exhibition is also sponsored by Themester 2014’s “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science,” an initiative of the IU College of Arts and Sciences.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“Instruments of Culture”
“Instruments of Culture” provides an overview of how musical instruments around the globe are classified and studied, and why.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“In Their Own Words: Native Americans in World War I”
“In Their Own Words: Native Americans in World War I” illustrates WWI experiences using photographs and veterans’ stories.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“The People of the Coffee Highlands of Nicaragua”
“The People of the Coffee Highlands of Nicaragua” traces coffee’s journey from the fields to our cups in a photo essay by Claudia Gordillo, funded by IU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Office of Global Educational Programs, and the US Department of State.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“Thoughts, Things, and Theories…What Is Culture?”
“Thoughts, Things, and Theories…What Is Culture?” explores the nature of culture.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“State of an Art: Women’s Wall Painting in Ghana”
“State of an Art: Women’s Wall Painting in Ghana” will show tradition and innovation in wall paintings by women in Ghana’s Upper East Region, as documented by photographer and curator Brittany Sheldon.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

Stone Belt Art will be on display from Nov. 4 through Feb. 1
Artist Reception, First Friday, Nov. 7, 6-7 p.m.

To kick off WonderLab’s Big-Headed Ants Special Exhibition, Stone Belt Big-Headed Ant artwork in a variety of media by will be exhibited and for sale! Join us for a First Friday reception to celebrate the artists and their work. WonderLab offers half off admission on First Friday evenings, but Stone Belt guests (clients, their families and staff) will get FREE admission for the reception and activities. Enjoy a meet and greet with the artists and light refreshments. Stone Belt guests check in at the front desk at arrival and mention “Stone Belt Artists”. Come early and stay late to enjoy the other special activities and the special exhibition on Big-Headed Ants.

Sunday, November 9, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor

Indiana native Onya La Tour opened a museum in her Brown County farmhouse in 1940, displaying some five hundred modern artworks she had collected as a member of New York’s avant-garde. Anastasia Karpova Tinari, the organizer of the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s current exhibition, The Onya La Tour Collection: Modernism in Indiana, will examine La Tour’s unconventional collection and discuss several works now housed at the IU Art Museum.

Midwest Premiere of New Orchestral Score!
Considered among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton’s The General is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. Rejected by the Confederate army as unfit and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee (Marian Mack), young Johnnie Gray (Keaton) sets out to single-handedly win the war with the help of his cherished locomotive. What follows is, without exaggeration, probably the most cleverly choreographed comedy ever recorded on celluloid. Johnnie wages war against the unpredictable hand of fate while roaring along the iron rails—exploiting the comic potential of Keaton’s favorite filmic prop: the train. Presented with live orchestral accompaniment and new musical score by Andrew Simpson. (35mm presentation)

These screenings are made possible thanks to the generous support of Old National Bank. Since opening, IU Cinema and the Jacobs School of Music have collaborated on multiple silent feature films with a student orchestra and maestro, as well as premieres of new scores for student films.

*Free tickets for IUB students and children
Advanced tickets are free to the first 100 IUB students with ID for each screening. Children ages 12 and younger are admitted for free on Sunday, November 9. All other tickets are $6.

Andrew Simpson
Andrew Earle Simpson, composer, pianist, and organist, is ordinary professor and head of the division of Theory and Composition at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. A composer of opera, silent film, orchestral, chamber, choral, dance, and vocal music, his musical works make multi-faceted, intimate connections with literature, visual art, and film, reflecting his own interest in linking music with the wider world, an approach which he calls “humanistic music.” He is Resident Film Accompanist at the National Gallery of Art and House Accompanist at the Library of Congress’ Mt. Pony Theater in Culpeper, Va. Andrew is also an alumnus of Indiana University.

Jeff Clements will be at the Barnes and Noble in Bloomington on November 9th to talk his new updated and expanded edition of his widely-acclaimed book, Corporations Are Not People (with a foreword by Bill Moyers). In this timely and comprehensive second edition, Jeff describes the history of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, its damaging effects, and the growing movement to reverse it.

Jeff is the Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of Free Speech for People.

Shaun Thomas Dingwerth, Executive Director, Richmond Art Museum, and author of a recent book The
Richmond Group Artists, will tell the story of this group of artists who developed a distinctive impressionistic style, and whose interest in fostering art in their community made an authentic contribution to the history of art in America. Richmond, Indiana became an important center for art in the Midwest, a place that nourished and inspired the artists whose work this book celebrates.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theater proudly presents Aoife O’Donovan & Noam Pikelny on Sunday, November 9 at 8 PM. Tickets are $22.00 for this reserved seating event. Presale tickets are available to BCT donors starting at 11am on Thursday, August 14 and tickets will go on sale to the general public at 11am on Thursday, August 21. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 812-323-3020, online at www.bctboxoffice.com, or in person at the BCT Box Office at 114 E Kirkwood Avenue.
Arguably two of the most celebrated musicians of their generation within the roots music field, Aoife O’Donovan (Crooked Still) and Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers) have been crossing paths at venues and festivals for the last decade. In 2012, Noam Pikelny released Beat the Devil & Carry A Rail, which featured O’Donovan as a guest vocalist and garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album. Pikelny then enlisted O’Donovan to be the lead vocalist on the album release tour. “I found myself in a pretty unique situation—I was out on the road, promoting a mostly instrumental album, but somehow was lucky enough to have my favorite singer in the world, Aoife O’Donovan, in the band. We started arranging some of Aoife’s original songs and some of our favorite old bluegrass tunes to help round out the set. It was such a joy that we both came to the realization that one day we’d have to revisit playing together with that being the central focus.”

Performing as a quartet, the show features a mixture of vocal and instrumental music, ripe with intricate three-part harmony and grounded firmly in tradition. Rounding out the ensemble are bassist Barry Bales (Alison Krauss & Union Station) and fiddler Shad Cobb (John Cowan Band). “Aoife and I wanted bandmates who would be equally adept at playing our new original music as they’d be at classic repertoire. I can’t think of any two musicians as versatile Barry and Shad who have such a profound understanding of the roots of this music,” Pikelny says.

Noam Pikelny
Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the “pros’ top banjo picker,” Noam is a founding member of Punch Brothers, a string ensemble which The Boston Globe calls “a virtuosic revelation” and The New Yorker describes as “wide- ranging and restlessly imaginative.” In September of 2010, Pikelny was awarded the first annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. In 2012, Noam’s second album, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail, received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Bluegrass Album. His latest release, Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, is the first complete banjo adaptation of Kenny Baker’s 1976 seminal recording of Bill Monroe instrumentals.

Aoife O’Donovan
O’Donovan’s most recent album, Fossils, was released in 2013 to critical acclaim and was hailed as “a vocalist of unerring instinct” by the New York Times. The album features 10 original songs by O’Donovan, and contributions from friends and frequent collaborators, including Sam Amidon and Dave Douglas. She is known as the lead singer of Crooked Still and Sometymes Why, and for singing on the 2013 Grammy-winning The Goat Rodeo Sessions with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile and Stuart Duncan. O’Donovan is working on her sophomore solo album, due out next year.