The City Gallery presents First Daughter of the First Daughter by Allison Ford (Studio AMF). Ford, a jewelry designer working in wood and metal, describes this show as a self-portrait in five pieces or elements of self, explaining that this has been her first experience creating work as a form of art therapy. She goes on to explain that each piece relates to something that has been difficult for her over the past year–from grief to aging, family changes to thinking about our place in the human family, diversity, white privilege, death and the ways we treat one another.
Known as one of Indiana’s premier plein air painters, Mary Ann Davis brings an impressionistic view of her travels to Speck Gallery in her solo exhibit, “Impressions.” Davis’s work has been included in Plein Air Magazine, American Art Review, Pastel Journal and Southwest Art magazines. She is a signature member of the American Impressionist Society Plein Air Artists Colorado and the Chicago Pastel Painters.
The Underground Gallery presents Enchantment: Fairies and Tales, illustrated work by Merle Pace and Lorie Lee Andrews.
In Hank & Dolly’s Gallery, Zebulun Wood, professor at IUPUI’s School of Informatics and Computing, and students will be presenting Tilt Brush, a Virtual Reality experience that allows users to paint in 3D.
Naptown Stomp returns this First Friday with live music and swing dancing in the gym.
The Harrison Center is home to 36 artists whose studios are open in March. This is the first open studio night of 2019 and guests can wander the building and meet the makers who call the Harrison Center home.
March exhibits hang through March 29.
Image: Randy’s Barn, Justin Vining.
With support from: Plat Collective, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, the Indiana Arts Commission, Christel DeHaan Family Foundation, Allen Whitehill Clowes Foundation, the Indianapolis Foundation, Sun King Brewery, and Matinee Creative.