The 2013 Lotus World Music and Arts Festival’s special exhibit showcases indigo textiles from around the world — from creatively reconfigured blue jeans and other custom-made garments, to finely woven fabrics.

Indigo has been used across cultures for more than 9000 years, making its unique blue one of the earliest and most prevalent colors in cloth. The antique to mid-20th century cloth objects in this exhibit come from private collections in Bloomington, Nashville, and Indianapolis. Taken as a whole, these textiles — from China, Italy, Japan, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sumatra, Peru, Germany, Iran, Guatemala, North America, and other countries — reflect indigo’s universality and reveal its practical and aesthetic uses.

When: September 6 – 28
Where: Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center (122 S. Walnut); Rosemary P. Miller, Treasurer’s, and Vault Galleries
Opening reception:
Sept. 6, 5 – 8 p.m.
Gallery talk by Rowland Ricketts
Sept. 11, 5:30 – 7 p.m., Rose Firebay
Gallery talk with World Blues Collectors William Itter, Barbara Livesey, Harold Mailand, Suzanne Halvorson, Jim Canary, and Joan Hart
Sept. 28, 3 – 4:30 p.m., in the Miller, Treasurer’s, and Vault Galleries

Since 1983 Kevin Pope has worked professionally as a humorous Illustrator. His art has been syndicated, licensed, integrated into advertising campaigns, sidekicked great writers visually in many forms of print and have moved and spoke in animation ventures. He has worked locally, nationally, and globally…visit gallery406.com for more information. Local tidbit: Kevin Pope is illustrator for Oliver Winery’s Beanblossom Hard Cider bottles.

Gallery is open Monday – Friday, 9 am – 6 pm. Exhibit runs until September 27.

“This is How I Live United” gallery showcases photographs taken by residents throughout the area, the capturing how they Live United by giving, advocating, and volunteering to create a better tomorrow for our community.

The exhibit will remain on display until Friday, September 27. Normal gallery hours are Monday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm.

Indianapolis artist and now Meadowood resident Jean Vietor, is widely known as a Nature artist with beautiful renditions of wildlife and landscape. Her work encompasses many, mediums such as watercolor, acrylic, graphite and ink, computer art, and polymer clay. This show is primarily a retrospective of Jean’s extensive work.

About Meadowood Retirement Community
Meadowood continues to develop as a leader in providing community-based retirement living as we grow and offer more options to our residents. As an industry leader, Meadowood enjoys the privilege of attracting distinguished retirees from around the country including physicians, artists, lawyers, former university presidents, directors, diplomats, athletes, administrators, alumni, faculty, trustees, and staff. It Includes 101 garden homes, 88 mid-rise apartments, a community building, and a 66-bed health pavilion. Meadowood accommodates not only the needs of our individual residents, but their imaginations as well.

Recent Explorations in Form and Color Porcelain by Scott Frankenberger. Functional porcelain, intended for use in the home or workplace. Scott enjoys embellishing the surfaces with a variety of marks and textures, as well as building up a layered blend of colors from overlapping glazes, slips, and overglaze decoration. By Hand Gallery is open Monday – Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm. Exhibit runs until September 28.

Blueline Gallery is excited to announce the opening of its new show, “ELEVEN,” a compilation of local artists. A variety of paintings, drawings, sculpture, and photography are being presented for the months of August and September, with eleven different artists being showcased. Artists include: Tylla Carlisle, Tom Colcord, Ben Durst, Grant Heger, Eduardo Izquierdo, Kim Luther, Katelyn Patton, John Shestak, Lauren Stern, Betsy Stout, and Zack Worcel.

Exhibit runs until September 27. Gallery is open Monday – Friday, 10 am – 3 pm.

“Line, Angle, Fold” : an exhibition by Patricia C. Coleman of works on paper and botanically dyed fabric.

Periodically Patricia revisits techniques and practices of her early works which were primarily abstract and defined by her, as hard edge. Through years of instructing children in arts classes, including summer arts camp programming at the John Waldron Arts Center, she introduced youth to basic paper folding and pop-ups techniques. Through the years her love of paper from pulp to surface for various treatments has continued to hold fascination for her. This work is representative of her current interest of pushing her own boundaries by incorporating complex folds and cutting to paintings on paper and botanically dyed fabrics. Botanically dyed fabrics are ecologically sustainable plant-dye methods that make use of renewable plant materials with the least harm to dyer and the environment.

Exhibit is open during El Norteno restaurant hours. See website for all hours. Exhibit runs until October 3.

“Past/Present” brings together a varied selection of older artworks and materials from The Kinsey Institute collection and pairs them with recent acquisitions, to explore the connection between the work of contemporary artists and artwork and imagery from past eras. This mixed media exhibition is offered as part of the Fall 2013 Themester: “Connectedness: Networks in a Complex World.” On display in our Corridor Gallery is “La Vida Sexual,” an exhibition of artwork from Latin America or produced by artists originally from Latin American countries, as well as Spanish-language materials from the Kinsey Institute Library. Included in this show will be a number of watercolor sketches by Cuban-born artist Emilio Sanchez.

The Kinsey Institute Gallery is open 1:30 pm to 5 pm Monday through Friday or by appointment from 9 am to noon. Admission is free. Due to adult content, visitors should be 18 years of age or older, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. Group guided tours of The Kinsey Institute may be scheduled by calling 812-855-7686.

Join us on Monday, September 9, from 3:30-5:30 pm as we welcome Teresa Lubbers, Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education, to discuss our community’s efforts to increase college and career readiness.
We will also have a panel of community groups presenting on Monroe County’s efforts to help students grow, graduate, and pursue their goals. We hope to see you there! Monday, September 9, from 3:30-5:30pm at Ivy Tech Community College’s Lamkin Hall. Space is limited, so please make your reservation with Macy Hughes at [email protected] by September 6.

We’re looking for skaters and refs—no experience required! We’ll teach you what you need to know at our 5-week training boot camp from Sept. 9th-Oct. 12th.

http://www.bleedingheartlandrollergirls.com/boot-camp-2013/

What: A 3 day/week boot camp to get YOU ready for league tryouts!
Who: This boot camp is for all new skaters, including those already in our Disorderlies program!
Where: Our warehouse, the Cardiac Arena! (known to most as 1801 N. Curry Pike, at the corner of Curry and Vernal)
When: Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays from Sept. 9 through Oct. 12
How much: $60 for boot camp + $35 WFTDA insurance (total of $95).
Why: Because BHRG wants YOU!

SCHEDULE RUNDOWN:
Mondays, 7-9pm. From 7-8, you’ll do technical skills/footwork drills with the league. From 8-9, you’ll learn about derby gameplay and rules in addition to doing off-skates workouts.

Thursdays, 7-9pm. Thursdays are the practice days for bootcampers and others in our newbie skater program, the Disorderlies. We’ll work on a variety of skating skills these nights.

Saturdays, 10am-12pm. Off-skates training for the first hour, then open laps to work on skills.

At the end of the boot camp, we’ll have a scrimmage–if you’ve passed your WFTDA minimums by then and are eligible, you can choose to participate for an extra $7.

Any questions / need more info? Just email [email protected]!

We’re also having a one-night skills camp on August 26th, which is a great lead-in to boot camp and an opportunity to talk to our skaters and get any questions answered. See the facebook invite here: https://www.facebook.com/events/626160747417457/?notif_t=plan_user_invited