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.

Saturday, November 15 is America Recycles Day. Visit any of the 5 Recycling Centers and make recycling part of your daily life. The District provides FREE bulky item disposal at Rural locations, FREE Electronics recycling at all locations and FREE prescription disposal at the South Walnut Recycling Center. Our Orange Bag program lets YOU control your trash budget. Less trash means more cash. If you do your part, you’re part of the solution. Visit us online at gogreendistrict.com, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Use it less, use it again, use it forever.

Come out and have a great breakfast to support a great cause. The American Legion Post 18 is partnering with Bloomington High School North Band Boosters to sponsor a breakfast buffet in support of the North band program.

Support the PTO and get your holiday shopping done early by buying fine arts, crafts, photography, and home arts from local vendors.

This facility is a tobacco and drug free environment.
It is handicap accessible. Food and restroom facilities will be available.

From April through November, farmers and vendors fill Showers Common with locally grown produce, annual and perennial plants, and freshly baked bread for the Saturday morning Market. Local musicians perform while thousands of people find their way among the corn and tomatoes, local dairy products, and warm scents of fresh herbs. The Market often feels like equal parts shopping, socializing, and treasure hunt. Come early so you can amble among friends as you seek out that dried lavender or fresh basil you have been dreaming about.

The Market is open every Saturday, April through September, from 8 am until 1 pm and Saturdays in October and November from 9 am until 1 pm The season ends with the Holiday Market on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, from 10 am – 3 pm.

Bloomington’s three holiday guild shows: Local Clay Potters’ Guild, Bloomington Spinners & Weavers Guild and Bloomington Glass Guild now all together!
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Bloomington’s three holiday guild shows: Local Clay Potters’ Guild, Bloomington Spinners & Weavers Guild and Bloomington Glass Guild now all together under one roof at the Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center, November 14-15, 2014.

About the Guilds:

Local Clay Potters’ Guild is a group of 22 professional artists living and working in South Central Indiana. The holiday show features functional pottery made from stoneware and porcelain clays, as well as, free standing and wall mounted sculptural pieces. The work is hand built and wheel thrown. Each piece is unique due to the variations in natural materials and the firing process in each kiln. The work is decorated and glazed using a variety of minerals and techniques. The result is a wide range of form, color and texture in these one of a kind pieces. The show is displayed as a gallery setting.

The Bloomington Spinners & Weavers Guild, established in the early 1980’s is made of up 40 professional and non-professional fiber artists. Our mission is to raise public awareness about the fiber arts and to provide a forum for the growth and education for our members. Many in the guild raise fiber producing animals and plants, spin, and hand-dye their yarns. We have sponsored a fall fiber show and sale since 1986. Made from a variety of fibers, the show features quality handcrafted wearable art such as scarves, shawls, and jackets, items for the home such as rugs, blankets, tea towels, and baskets, vintage inspired beaded purses, handmade paper items, and felted works of art. Our members demonstrate spinning and weaving throughout the show.

Bloomington Glass Guild is an organization open to all who dream about glass, work with glass, admire glass or just want to learn more about glass.

This event is for all ages and takes place on 11/14 from 4-9 and 11/15 from 9-5

There will be an Artisans Cafe as well as the Big Cheese food truck!

Bert Gilbert, sculpture; Thomas Norpell, architectural miniatures; Ivy Tech Fine Arts Students, Fall Show & Capstone Show, various media. Browse multiple galleries in a beautiful, historic downtown setting. M-F 9-7; Sat 9-5. Call ahead for holiday hours: 812-330-4400.

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.

An art and fine craft show that began in 2005 as a modest exhibit held in celebration of Earth Day has grown into the premier event of its type in the state. This year will mark the tenth time the Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show has been presented. Now held in observance of America Recycles Day, this year’s show will feature more than 60 professional artists.

Art lovers who attended shows in the past have been astonished to see the quality of art and fine crafts made from materials most people throw away. The event serves to demonstrate that with imagination, much of what we consider useless can be turned into something beautiful, and repurposing materials to create art will help save energy, natural resources, and landfill space.

Artists from Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio will show art and fine crafts such as painting, sculpture, jewelry, wearable art, woodworking, glass art, and weaving. Held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, November 15 at The Commons in Columbus, Indiana, the event is free and open to the public.

Returning for her third Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show is Indianapolis artist Anita Hopper. A member of the prestigious Indiana Artisan and the Featured Artist of this year’s show, Hopper visits thrift shops looking for old leather apparel and upholstery. She deconstructs and cleans the material, and then she repurposes it to make beautiful, one of a kind purses and accessories.

Hopper will join dozens more of amazing professional artists, with one third of the exhibitors participating in their first Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show. They include Indre Pralataviciute-Mineikiene who makes fantastic dragons and other paper mache characters and Kentucky Crafted member Cathy Wade Ridge, a master at creating wearable art entirely from gently used cashmere sweaters.

One of the more unusual entries is that of newcomer and Ohio artist Bob Blum who fashions jewelry from antique sequins, which date from 1890 to 1950. About five years ago, Blum came upon the glittery material when he discovered the sequins in a warehouse where they’d been abandoned since World War II. He bought the lot, and now he hand strings the little gems, combining them with beads and other materials, to create stunning necklaces that he calls art jewelry.

Martha Bladen of Vevay, Indiana is making her professional debut as an artist. Although she’s been creating her quilt-like collages for years, this will be the first time she’s appeared in a show as large as Déjà Vu. Painter Barry Beeker and metal artist Chuck Baker, both of Hope, Indiana, are participating in their first Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Shows, too.

Traveling from Fort Myers, Florida to participate for the first time is Hope Frasier. The Sunshine State artist uses a special material she invented to turn old fabric into waterproof containers. Ted Lyons and Ron Kerr search the Hoosier countryside looking for old barns to purchase and deconstruct. Back in their Greenfield workshop, they turn the wood into handsome furniture such as bed frames, benches, cabinets, and tables.

Children are encouraged to attend this daylong event, as there will be activities for them, as well. In celebration of America Recycles Day, employees from kidscommons Children’s Museum will present art activities with an earth-friendly theme. There’s no charge to participate, and kids of all ages are welcome.

In observance of the show’s tenth anniversary, several activities are planned during the week preceding the event. They include a children’s design competition called the Cardboard Challenge, a free showing of the award-winning documentary Waste Land, and a preview exhibit at Phi Gallery in the Hotel Indigo Columbus Architectural Center. A reception for the participating artists will be held there from 5:30 until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 14.

The Bartholomew County Solid Waste Management District, Columbus Area Arts Council, Columbus Area Visitors Center, Hotel Indigo, Jordy McTaggart’s, Papa’s Deli/Papa’s Grill, Pentzer Printing, Puccini’s, and Yats-Columbus sponsor the annual event. For more information about Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show, call the Columbus Area Arts Council at 812-376-2539 or see the Déjà Vu Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DejaVuArtAndFineCraftShow.

“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