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  • Bookmark Indy
    Bookmark Indy
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture; Temporary
    Bookmark Indy is a temporary exhibition of 19 markers connecting literary Indianapolis to actual places in the city.  The life and work of writers Kurt Vonnegut, Mari Evans, Booth Tarkington, John Green, Maurice Broaddus, Adrian Matejka and more are illuminated not only through the place marker, but through a mobile-friendly website featuring contemporary artworks and performances inspired by Indianapolis authors and the places that influenced them, along with immersive audio, video, and photography. The marker locations are: Avalon Hill: Skiles Test Nature Park, 6828 Fall Creek Rd. (Susan Neville, In the House of Blue Lights; Gary Ledbetter, Murder in the House of Blue Lights) College Park: The Pyramids, 300 DePauw Blvd. (Adrian Matejka, “Ascendant Blacks”) Oldfields/Butler-Tarkington: Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, “100 Acres”, 4000 N. Michigan Rd (John Green, The Fault in Our Stars) Hawthorne: Central State Hospital (former), 3045 W. Vermont St. (writings by Central State patients) Meridian-Kessler: Red Key Tavern, 5170 N. College Ave (Dan Wakefield, Going All the Way) Mapleton-Fall Creek: Shortridge High School, 3401 N. Meridian St. (Madelyn Pugh, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Dan Wakefield, Marguerite Young: all attended Shortridge) Booth Tarkington Home (former), 4270 N. Meridian St. (Booth Tarkington, XXXXXX) Old Northside: Meredith Nicholson Home, 1500 N. Delaware St. (Meredith Nicholson, The House of a Thousand Candles) Lockerbie Square: 528 Lockerbie St. (James Whitcomb Riley, “Lockerbie Street”) 234 N. Davidson St. (Johnny Gruelle, Raggedy Ann) Mass Ave Cultural District: 345 Massachusetts Avenue (Kurt Vonnegut Jr., “Final Interview”) 448 Massachusetts Avenue (Mari Evans, I Am a Black Woman) Barton Towers, 555 Massachusetts Avenue (Etheridge Knight, “The Idea of Ancestry”) Woodruff Place: 735 Woodruff Place E. Dr. (Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons) Indiana Avenue Cultural District: 508 Indiana Avenue (Mari Evans, “Ethos and Creativity”) Wholesale District: City Market Catacombs, 222 E. Market St. (Maurice Broaddus, Pimp My Airship) 10 E. Market St. (C.L. Moore, Black God’s Kiss) Garfield Park: Tube Factory Artspace, 1125 S. Cruft St. (Marguerite Young, “The Middle West of Everywhere”; Alan Helms, Young Man from the Provinces: A Gay Life Before Stonewall) Monument Circle: 1 W. Washington St. (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Breakfast of Champions) Bookmark Indy is a project of Indiana Humanities, managed by Art Strategies LLC. Indiana Humanities is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to making the humanities disciplines accessible to Hoosiers through programs that promote thinking, talking, and interaction, thereby encouraging Indiana minds to create stronger, more vibrant communities.
  • Cardinals and Peonies
    Cardinals and Peonies
    Category: Mural
    This mural, created for a private residence, highlights the Indiana state bird and state flower, the cardinal and peony respectively. The mural incorporates the artist’s signature style of juxtaposing images against graphic lines and patterns. Martin Kuntz is an American artist living and working in Indianapolis. Born in Vlissingen, Netherlands, Kuntz moved to his Hoosier home at the age of 3. He graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland in 2008 with a BFA in Painting. He continues to work and show in various galleries in and around the Midwest.
  • Fissure
    Fissure
    Category: Interactive; Outdoor Sculpture; Temporary
    This design conceptually explores immigration, which is an issue with direct ties to the spirit and community of The Athenaeum Foundation.  Das Deutsche Haus was originally created as a social and community center for German immigrants in Indianapolis to feel safe, welcome, and celebrated.  Such a place continues to be necessary today for all immigrants, and especially refugees. Das Deutsche Haus changed its name to The Athenaeum in 1918 due to anti-German sentiment after World War I.  Today, there is still similar judgement and stereotypes placed on certain immigrant populations.  This artwork draws attention to such a complex issue, while also celebrating the historical context of German immigrants in the Indianapolis community. Owens + Crawley are an Indianapolis-based team of artists who work in complement with each other. Quincy creates abstract work out of a spontaneous spirit-filled place that taps into a universal human connection. Luke deliberately dissects, analyzes and categorizes segments of sound, light and/or visual elements to quantify and rearrange them into new, well thought-out systems. Both artists work from different realms of the mind, each providing part of the complete existence of human reality. This work is part of The Public Collection, which is a public art and literacy project developed by Rachel M. Simon to improve literacy, foster a deeper appreciation of the arts (and artists), and promote social and educational justice in our community. Each book share station holds a varied selection of books for diverse audiences and age groups. The Public Collection stations are free and available to everyone. Passersby can borrow and return books at their leisure. Books are supplied and stocked by the Indianapolis Public Library.
  • James Whitcomb Riley Mural
    James Whitcomb Riley Mural
    Category: Commercial; Mural
    The “Hoosier Poet” James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) is honored in this portrait mural adorning the Lockerbie Lofts residences.  The apartment complex is located adjacent to the historic Lockerbie neighborhood, where Riley lived from 1879 to his death. Riley was among the most popular and prolific writers of the late 19th- and early 20th century, known for his “uncomplicated, sentimental, and humorous” writing. Often writing his verses in dialect, his poetry caused readers to recall a nostalgic and simpler time in earlier American history. This gave his poetry a unique appeal during a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization in the United States. The artist, Blice Edwards Inc., is a partnership of artists Christopher Blice and Jon Edwards and is based in Indianapolis. Read more about their work at http://bliceedwards.com/
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