As the CCIC follows state and county regulations, masks are no longer required for vaccinated visitors but are highly encouraged, and individual artist studios may continue to require masks within their space. The CCIC is a 500,000 square foot building, making social distancing somewhat easier than other venues, but the smaller studios may also maintain limitations on visitor numbers at times.

Open Studios and Galleries

Several studios and gallery spaces will be open throughout the building. This list is not all-encompassing; some artists may decide to open that night based on current information and comfort levels. The Schwitzer Gallery, located on the second floor of the North Studios, will present Radie Steiner.

Stokol Gallery
Sofiya Inger, a mixed media artist and painter, working with textile, mosaic, soft sculpture, and natural materials. Dancing in a tunnel is a mixed media installation about looking for light and finding way in darkness.

Arts & Images by Anthony Armstrong
Anthony Armstrong presents an array of abstract paintings and fine art framed photography. Armstrong’s abstract paintings highlight bold colors, deep textures and layers in his mixed media presentations. Armstrong is a self-taught abstract painter and photographer. His photography tries to capture the essence of life from his various European destinations. Anthony Armstrong is located in the South Studios.

Roberta Avidor
Roberta Avidor, a representative painter in oils and watercolor, brings her intrigue with local Indianapolis scenes to canvas and paper. Sometimes, though, she will go off on a completely different tangent to explore other intriguing subjects. Roberta Avidor is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Bebito Toys
In the Bebito Studio, you’ll find unique and adorable plush toys created from mostly repurposed and up-cycled materials. They are cute, cuddly and eco-friendly. This small but welcoming space is loaded with quirky stuffed toys, hand-dyed fabric, and other charming artifacts by Rachel Hedges. No two are exactly alike, but they will all make you smile. Dolores and all the Bebito Toys are looking forward to seeing you again at the Bebito Studio. Bebito Toys is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Circle City Metalworks
Circle City Metal works is helmed by Dan Jones (“Dano”), and shows art in a space called the Down The Hall Gallery. This month will showcase Dano’s abstract work as a lifelong visual artist, a welder and a poet in S.O.S – Showing Our Scars. This show will features works of art from artists who suffer from mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety and panic attacks. The purpose is raise awareness and to stop the stigma. Dano expresses himself using color, textures and layers of paint, and working in acrylics and aerosol paints helps to achieve these expressions. “Metal health issues are something that I deal with every day,” Jones said. “My art is my therapy.” Circle City Metalworks is located in the back corridor, near the South Studios.

Daily Epiphany Studio: Michele Burns and Kurt Kriese
Daily Epiphany Studio will present work by Michele Burns featuring a lot of greens, golds, and copper by day, with super-bright green blue and aqua glow by night. Burns’ art draws from diverse inspirations. She features recurring elements of pattern and tessellation, texture, added objects, delicious colors, organic abstraction, mandalas, art deco motifs, and naturally photo-luminescent minerals that create a “Nightlight Art” second composition when the lights go out. She makes these luminous paints herself with minerals that are 30 times brighter than ceiling stars and glow for 10-20 hours after any light exposure. Daily Epiphany is located in the South Studios.

Darkroom Revelations
Darkroom Revelations is pleased to again feature the outstanding photography of Lesley Ackman and Charles Yang with their show, Reading Between the Euclidian Lines. Ackman’s work includes photographs from her Euclidian Photography collection that look at the geometric shapes that surround us and the pleasing aesthetics of graphic design. Yang’s images feature his street/environmental portraits, capturing the solitary moments when we engage in our reading of paper or digital media. Darkroom Revelations is located on the first floor of the North Studios.

Stephanie Doty
Stephanie Doty will be showing new works in painting and ceramics. Her work is inspired by her everyday life experiences and how we take those experiences for granted. She works in collage and heavily textured surfaces to enhance the layers of surface colors. Stephanie Doty is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Taylor Figg/Oliver Upside Down
Taylor Figg, of Oliver Upside Down, specializes in digital, cat-themed art, and also creates catnip-filled cat toys. An Indianapolis native with a degree in Media Arts and Sciences at IUPUI, Figg has a passion for helping animals in general. “I utilize my design ability to generate funds for rescues. I donate a portion of all of my profits to various cat organizations and rescues and wildlife rehabilitators,” Figg said. Taylor Figg is located on the second floor of the North Studios, sharing a space with Rachel Hicks.

Full Circle Nine Gallery
The Full Circle Nine Gallery will feature Mike Meares with Exploration into Music. Meares will also host a special guest appearance of musician and artist Peter Adriel Kennell. Mike Meares loves to work in layers of line and color to create bold engaging works of art that attempt to capture the energy that one feels when listening to music. He’s fascinated by creating strange imagery, characters, and worlds that draw the viewer further in, hoping to inspire their own imaginations. Peter Adriel Kennell was born in Indiana and raised in Eureka, Illinois. Graduating from College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, Kennell studied painting, music, and landscape design. His visual art and music draw upon folk traditions, myth, and literature; exploring the relationships between people and their environments. Kennell has performed his original music in houses, venues, and festivals across the United States and in Australia. Full Circle Nine Gallery is located on the first floor of the South Studios.

Glen Fuller/Fuller Design
Glen Fuller is an artist, designer, and explorer with current emphasis on original lighting and furniture. “My latest fabrication processes include vacuum infusion molding of carbon fiber composites (Indy 500 auto sport and aerospace technology), 3D printing, and Japanese organic papers reimagined with new to world applications and forms,” Fuller said. Glenn Fuller/Fuller Design is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Victoria Gillieron
Victoria Gillieron decided that one day she wanted to become an artist. She got a studio and soon found she had absolutely no idea what she was doing. Other artists quickly came to her rescue, took her under their wings, and mentored her, providing not only painting instruction, but also information on where to buy supplies, frames, how to enter juried shows, etc. After years of intense study fixing millions of mistakes, and painting well over a couple of thousand paintings, Gillieron has developed an impressionistic style that allows her to capture brief moments of beauty with oil paints and a few brushes. Victoria Gillieron is located on the first floor of the South Studios.

Glass Arts Indiana, Inc.
Glass Arts Indiana creates a collaborative glass community to support emerging and established artists; host fun, interesting and educational events; increase appreciation and understanding of the glass arts; and promote glass-related opportunities in Indiana and the U.S. Finished works are available and visitors will get to see glass-blowing in action. Glass Arts Indiana, Inc. is located on the first floor, in the corridor.

Raymond Gray Designs
Raymond Gray showcases unique textiles that are reformed and shaped to suspend from their canvases in Floating Fiber. Raymond has been a fashion designer and textile artist for over 30 years. Many of his artworks were made using leather, wools, natural fibers, vintage buttons, zippers, and acrylic paints. “Using new-life (repurposed) textiles and art mediums, the textures, colors and patterns with spur of moment inspirations helps me through my journey with depression because I zone my thoughts and feeling into my art,” Gray said. Raymond Gray is located in on the first floor of the South Studios.

Sylvia Gray of Sara Love/Sylvia Gray
Sylvia Gray is a surface designer who paints on silk and canvas. She uses color and shapes to create patterns on both silk and canvas. She is an Indiana artisan and is known for her beautiful scarves and art wearables. “Art provides a way for me to see things in a new way,” Gray said. Sylvia Gray/Sara Love are located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Chuck Horsman Art
Chuck Horsman works in oil on canvas and paints with brushes and a palette knife to get a dynamic, textural feel to his work. His paintings have an abstract expressionist style with a touch of realism. His studio holds portraiture and figurative pieces as well as some cityscape work, and he’s very excited to show several new pieces related to the Kentucky Derby, as well as a couple of surprises. Chuck Horsman is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Gary Hutchison
Gary Hutchison has been on a decades-long adventure to learn and experience the many facets of photography, from nature and landscapes to portraits, fine art and beyond. He also takes pictures of his backyard squirrels. Various car-related photos will be on display, from rusty wrecks to race cars. “Race cars, hot rods and show cars means summertime to me, and the opportunity to get outside and do some photography,” Hutchinson said. Gary Hutchinson is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Jedediah Johnson
Jedediah Johnson is an artist, teacher, and photographer whose work focuses on body positive portraiture and nudes. He showcases an annual Beach Body series, photographing a widely varied selection of people with different body types in swimsuits to show that every body is a beach body. Born and raised on the east side of Indianapolis, Johnson opens his studio most First Fridays to offer short portraiture sessions ranging from $15-$25 per person. Each month he offers portraits using one of his unique lighting methods. A few examples of his techniques are tricolor light, ultraviolet photography, tracers, laser light-painting, and kaleidoscope. Jedediah Johnson is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Larry Lad, LadArt
Larry Lad is a self-taught painter experimenting with a variety of media and surfaces, such as cigar boxes, recycled material, and unique surfaces. “While I start with a general idea of what I would like to create, I am learning to listen, to see, and to let the art tell me where to go next,” Lad said. “With COVID, we have been given the gift of time. It has allowed us to produce some new art and new poetry. It has also taught us patience.” Larry Lad, LadArt is located in the corridor on the first floor.

Wendell Lowe Fine Art
Wendell Lowe has a unique style of abstract expressionism finger painting. Since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2009, Lowe’s style has evolved from detailed chalk pastel landscapes and photography to his current work. His work evolves from deep in his soul and documents his Parkinson’s journey. “My finger paintings deal with my Parkinson’s and my Parkinson’s Psychosis,” Lowe said of his work that sometimes combines his finger painting techniques with prints of his own photography. Wendell Lowe Fine Art is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Grace Marshall, Grace M Design
Grace Marshall has always had a passion for using her hands to create beautiful and functional designs. Making unique jewelry with precious metals and gemstones has been both a challenging and rewarding career choice. Besides showing her own collection of fine jewelry, Marshall is now offering Permanent Jewelry, having a gold or silver chain welded around a wrist or ankle. Grace M Design is located on the first floor of the North Studios.

Amy Rheinhardt
Occupying the space where illustration and fine art overlap, Amy Rheinhardt presents work in a broad range of media, including graphite, charcoal, ink, acrylic, gouache, and oil paint. She draws inspiration from a variety of sources, including literature, language, folk stories, and the natural world, which she then uses in the creation of works of dreamy realism. Amy Rheinhardt is located on the first floor of the South Studios.

Andrea Townsend Studio
Andrea Townsend is a freelance painter/muralist and a graduate of Herron School of Art and Design with a BFA in painting. Her most recent work includes mixed media portraits and abstracts that depict urban landscapes along with interactive pieces that alter image perception with movement and reflection. She focuses on mixed materials and the use of light in her paintings and uses her appreciation of architecture to create her own urban atmospheres. Inspirations for her work include material, cities, architecture, and the process of building both literally and metaphorically. Andrea Townsend is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

Steven Vinson
Steven Vinson is a mixed media artist and a painter. Vinson prefers to specialize in paintings of local infrastructure. Steven Vinson is located on the second floor of the North Studios.

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The CCIC is also open during regular business hours, with the Schwitzer Gallery accessible throughout the week. Several artists and galleries will remain open for their regular ‘retail’ hours, usually on weekends, and posted on their own websites and social media. Some studios will also be open by appointment.

The Circle City Industrial Complex has become a destination for art appreciators and supporters of local work, with the total number of artists working within the CCIC topping 100. Just northeast of the Mass Ave. Art and Theatre Cultural District, at 1125 Brookside Ave., the CCIC Artists First Friday programming is a must-see stop, while events and viewable hours continue throughout the month.

The Main Entrance of the building (identified by its black marble façade) provides easy access to both the South Studios and the North Studios (with a wheelchair accessible ramp and elevator). Maps of the building are also available in several locations to help visitors find all that the building has to offer.

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About the Circle City Industrial Complex Artists

The Circle City Industrial Complex (CCIC) is a nearly half-million square foot industrial building, located at 1125 Brookside Ave., and was formerly home to the Schwitzer automotive company. Its industrial appeal remains and artists and artisans have made the space their home, carving cozy studio, work, and show spaces from the concrete and steel structure, and the CCIC Artists have grown in number to over 50 galleries, individual artists and artisans. The main artist entries are the North Studios entrance and the South Studios entrance, each marked with signage along Brookside Avenue. The CCIC provides free parking in a large lot, and is accessible by the Pogue’s Run Trail, connecting to the Monon Trail and the downtown Cultural Trail system. The complex also offers other art-supporting destinations such as the Centerpoint Brewery, Eighth Day Distillery and The Fowling Warehouse.

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