This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures is a companion piece to the book by Eric Sandweiss, and presents a survey of Cushman’s extraordinary work, an archive of photographs that is the largest known body of early color photographs by a single photographer—14,500 in all, most shot on vivid, color-saturated Kodachrome stock. It will run until December 21.

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

William Fillmore, “Essentially Human,” sculpted figures. Barry Barnes, “Two Sides to Every Story,” ceramic vessels and wall hangings. Carol Myers, “Horizons in Pencil and Wax,” mixed media. Ivy Tech ARTS students Fall Semester Show.

The month of November brings a number of new exhibits to the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center. William Fillmore sculpts figures that are extraordinarily life-like but served with a twist—you will be amazed, amused, and possibly even frightened. Whether on vessels, wall hangings, or large scale sculpture, every clay surface that Barry Barnes touches erupts in a profusion of color, texture, and pattern. Indianapolis artist Carol Myers offers a sheaf of what she calls “pencil prayers”, graphite meditations with watercolor accents, lightly layered in encaustic wax. And the Ivy Tech fine arts students will be presenting their fall semester projects.

All exhibits on display through December 1, during regular gallery hours: Monday through Friday, 9am – 7pm; Saturday 9am – 5pm.

During the month of November, the City of Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District (BEAD) will showcase paintings in watercolor created by members of the Bloomington Watercolor Society (BWS) in the Atrium of City Hall. Exhibit is free and open to the public during regular hours (9am – 5pm, Monday through Friday). Runs until November 30.

This installation, running from September 11 to December 31, will focus on three photographers Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Weston, and Harry Callahan, who used their romantic partners as their subjects. Whether portraits or nude studies, these images reveal a sensitivity that comes from the artists and sitters’ close personal relationships.

This installation is presented in conjunction it the special exhibition “A Place Aside: Artists and their Partners,” on view at the Kinsey Institute Gallery, September 28–December 20.

Artists working in Paris and Lorraine during the Baroque period developed distinctive styles—which focused on the vibrancy of the line—that differed markedly from their Italian and Dutch contemporaries. The two print kiosks in the early part of the gallery feature French works by Jacques Bellange, Claude Lorrain, Jacques Callot, and Claude Mellan, whose engraving is a tour de force of printmaking that creates the face of Christ using a single line.

Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor. The British Pop artist Joe Tilson used tabloid journalism and news photography as the basis for many of his prints and multiples of the late 1960s. Becoming increasingly political, he saw the pictures of revolutionary leaders and current events as a means for social commentary. This installation will include several of his works from this turbulent period.

Runs until December 30. Open during regular museum hours (Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm, Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm.)

Santa Claus will be appearing at the Macy’s Court area of the College Mall from November 17 through December 24. Kids are invited to come meet and greet Santa and pose for photos. Many holiday specials will also be available from retailers. Visit website to see all mall hours, including special holiday hours.

Adam Thorman describes his body of landscapes, “What Light Remains in the Absence”, as an ode to the weight of light and the presence of absence. They are soft and subtle visual records of permanence and transience in the forms of rocks and tides on the American west coast. Laura Plageman’s “Response” is an equally thoughtful exploration of the same region. She challenges perceptions and our sense of what is permanent, what is precious, and what is malleable by physically altering the paper of the print and re-photographing the result to form her own new landscapes. These works will be on view together at Pictura, running through December 29.

Pictura Gallery is open 11 am – 7 pm, Tuesday – Saturday.

The Grunwald Gallery of Art is pleased to announce the upcoming BFA Painting Exhibition and The School of Fine Arts Abroad: Overseas Study Exhibition. These exhibitions will open to the public on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. A reception will be held on Friday, November 30, from 6 pm – 8 pm in the Grunwald Gallery of Art.

The BFA Painting Exhibition will highlight artwork created by students in the BFA Painting Program at the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University Bloomington. Students gain professional development by actively participating in the planning and installation of their exhibitions. This year’s show will also feature thesis work by graduating BFA Painting students.

Gallery is open 12 noon – 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday.