Toying with Ideas examines toys across cultures, as well as throughout decades of American history, to analyze and question how toys have come to influence social roles, gender roles, and early childhood identity. Museum hours are Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm and Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm. Closed major holidays.

This Indianapolis trip will tour three famous Hoosier homes. Professor James H. Madison will join us to visit the Sunset Lane home of Eli Lilly, the Indiana Governor’s Mansion on Meridian, and the home of President Benjamin Harrrison. We’ll lunch in another historical home, the Propylaeum, a beautiful 1890 Victorian house. Free parking will be available at IU Stadium Lot 4.

More information and other Lifelong Learning classes can be found at http://www.lifelonglearning.iub.edu

The Bellevue Group is a cooperative of local artists working in a variety of mediums that actively display their creative talents within the community. Their exhibit will be on display at the Gallery Group, Monday through Friday, 9 am-5 pm. Exhibit runs through September 26.

This special Lotus exhibit at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center is a selection of traditional African fiber-art objects from the extensive collection of artist and IU Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts William Itter. These stunning woven textiles and baskets come from Sierra Leone, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and other areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Sponsored by IU African Studies Program and IU Emeriti House.

Runs from September 7 through 30. A gallery talk by Prof. Itter will be held on September 13 at 5:30 pm, followed by a reception.

Tuesday, September 18, 9 am–5 pm
Wednesday, September 19, 8 am–4 pm

Thomas T. Solley Atrium, second floor

The Art History Association (AHA) and IU Art Museum’s preparator have teamed up to bring you our annual “house-cleaning” sale. Pick up some reading material, as well as supplies for your art projects, gallery shows, and home-decorating needs at bargain prices. Proceeds from the sale benefit AHA and the Art Museum’s works-on-paper department.
Available for purchase will be:
· Gently used fine arts and non-fine arts books
· Metal and wood frames
· Pre-cut acid-free mats
· UV-blocking acrylic sheets
· Wire frame hangers

September 18–December 23, 2012, Tuesday through Saturday 10 am-5 pm, Sunday 12-5 pm.

Gallery of the Art of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor.

Blueline Gallery is proud to announce their exhibition for August and September. “Works from Life” is a collection of figurative drawings and Bloomington landscapes by award winning painter Mark Ratzlaff. Available for viewing during regular gallery hours, 10 am-5 pm Monday through Friday. Exhibit runs through September 28.

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.

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.