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  • "Cue" Tribute Wall (2)
    "Cue" Tribute Wall (2)
    Category: Mural
    Known as the “Prince of 16th Street,” Cue’s influence on graffiti in Indianapolis can be seen throughout the city. He passed away in 2016, and periodically other artists will create tributes to him. This one is located at 46th and Keystone, and includes the work of several artists (including Esay) taking turns inscribing Cue’s name.
  • A Bit of Me in You (Echo Point)
    A Bit of Me in You (Echo Point)
    Category: Indoor Sculpture; Outdoor Sculpture; Temporary
    C.T. Hankins is an Indianapolis artist who uses photography and sculpture to produce interactive artwork. A Bit of Me in You is an expansion of the installation he created for the Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery in October 2015. The form is a wall made up of thin, rectangular mirrors. The artist has left a number of empty spaces in the wall, so that the viewer can interact with other viewers on the opposite side of the wall; seeing another person’s face where one would expect to see one’s own creates a startlingly intimate, if temporary, relationship between strangers. This sculpture was first featured in the Indianapolis Arts Center’s summer 2016 hosting of Primary Colours’ annual Installation Nation exhibition of temporary outdoor art, and was featured in the 2017 ArtPrize public art exhibition in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Hankins had won a fierce competition among local artists for funding to bring the piece there.  It is currently on view at Shortridge High School.  
  • Concord Building Murals
    Concord Building Murals
    Category: Mural
    In fall 2020, Midtown Indy commissioned three artists from the We Are artist group to create new murals for the ground floor windows of Midtown’s Concord Building. The theme of the murals is “investing in the community,” with each mural representing a different kind of investment, including knowledge and love. Participating artist Gary Gee says he hopes the artwork brightens up peoples’ days. “Public art is relevant, especially since there’s a lot going on right now and people are feeling darkness and despair. We’re hoping the murals can bring positive impact and spark some conversation.” Gary Gee is a painter, sculptor, and graphic designer. He received his associate’s degree in Fine Art from Ivy Tech Community College and his B.F.A. in Integrated Studio Practice from the Herron School of Art, IUPUI. He has received numerous awards and shows his work regularly in Indianapolis. Omar Rashan is a figurative illustrator and fine artist, creating paintings, design projects, and community interventions. He has been a featured artist at Tea’s Me Cafe and appears in the Meet the Artist, Flava Fresh, and We Are group exhibitions on a regular basis. Latoya Marlin is known for her paintings of strong, voluptuous women that speak of love, friendship, sisterhood, and appreciating the skin you’re in. She studied art at Indiana University Bloomington and relies on her family’s history of creativity to keep her energized in her work.
  • Deaf School Gateway
    Deaf School Gateway
    Category: Mosaic/Wall Relief; Outdoor Sculpture
    VSAI (now ArtMix) teaching artist, Barbara Zech, was a visiting artist with ISD art teacher Scotty Zwicker’s classes for years leading up to this project. They had a vision to create something on the Monon Trail to share Deaf culture with the community. The gateway was a Deaf-Hearing community collaboration in all aspects of design / planning, building, and development. To create this sculpture, the artist led workshops with ISD students over the course of a school year and all K-12 students participated, with elementary students contributing the small hand designs and the middle and high school students creating the American Sign Language tiles.  These tiles include signs for the alphabet, the days of the week, and numbers. The students hope that passers-by will try signing, and perhaps learn a sign as they appreciate this piece. The gateway emulates the historic architecture of the main building on campus, and was designed by the artist in collaboration with a Deaf architect.  Other partners in the project included CSO Architects and Shiel Sexton, while the plaza plantings and pavers were provided by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful through their IPL Project Greenspace program. Barbara Zech is an Indianapolis-based ceramic artist. She earned her B.F.A. from the Herron School of Art in 1995 and exhibits regionally and nationally.  In addition to her studio and public art work (both temporary and permanent), she is an active arts educator providing creative therapeutic experiences for people with disabilities.  Zech has made numerous trips to Africa, where she co-founded a craft micro-enterprise for HIV+ individuals in Kenya, and she participated in the International Ceramic Workshop in Malawi. She served as a consultant to ISD to set up a fully equipped ceramic studio, and trained the art teacher on kiln firing and ceramics. This ceramics studio is part of the High School art studio and is still used today.
  • Half Liter BBQ mural
    Half Liter BBQ mural
    Category: Mural
    This mural of a steer’s skull decorated with flowering vines is located at Half Liter BBQ, and is a clear reference to the meat served at the establishment. The mural was created during an informal artist’s residency in Indianapolis in the summer of 2019. Jules Muck, aka MuckRock, is a street artist from England who learned her craft in the 1990s from Lady Pink and many other legends of graffiti and hip-hop culture.  After working extensively in New York, she moved to Venice, California in 2008.  She currently works nationally and internationally, with major works in various locations including Miami’s famous Wynwood district, produced with Art Basel Miami. MuckRock’s street works are both invited and unsanctioned, and she has created work for gallery exhibitions.
  • Let's Talk About Sex...or Not
    Let's Talk About Sex...or Not
    Category: Mural
    This mural, created by an informal artist’s residency in summer 2019, is on the back wall of StorageSpace, an independent contemporary art gallery curated by artist Brent Lehker.  The design, featuring amorous bunnies partially censored by caution tape, and the title are a direct reference to a mural previously painted by the artist on the Near Eastside in October 2018.  The mural was controversial during its 24-hour existence, and was ultimately painted over by the building owner. The bunnies are a signature image of the artist. Jules Muck, aka MuckRock, is a street artist from England who learned her craft in the 1990s from Lady Pink and many other legends of graffiti and hip-hop culture.  After working extensively in New York, she moved to Venice, California in 2008.  She currently works nationally and internationally, with major works in various locations including Miami’s famous Wynwood district, produced with Art Basel Miami. MuckRock’s street works are both invited and unsanctioned, and she has created work for gallery exhibitions.
  • McCord Park Sundial
    McCord Park Sundial
    Category: Functional Artwork; Outdoor Sculpture
    The McCord Park sundial is dedicated to a local police officer, William Whitfield, 37, who was the first African American police officer killed in the line of duty in Indianapolis. There is speculation that the shooting was racially motivated and not a random act of violence, since Officer Whitfield had only recently been assigned to work the white neighborhood around College and Fairfield in plainclothes–the first-ever black officer to do so. His death remained virtually unpublished at the time, and he was buried in an unmarked grave at Crown Hill Cemetery. The case remains unsolved to this day. The shooting took place shortly after 11:00 p.m. on June 18, 1922, in an alley just west of 3600 N. College Ave.  Officer Whitfield said a man who was roughly dressed approached him. The officer called to the man and informed him that he was a policeman, pulling back his coat to display his badge. When ordered to stop, the man ran. Officer Whitfield pursued on foot. After running only a short distance, the man turned, pulled a revolver and fired. Officer Whitfield returned fire, but the suspect fled and disappeared, leaving the officer down, struck by a bullet in the abdomen.  After calling for help, a passerby volunteered to take him to the hospital. He lingered for 21 weeks, finally succumbing to his injuries on November 27, 1922. The officer had been with the police department since 1910 and had an exceptionally good record, and prior to his transfer had patrolled the Indiana Avenue corridor. In August 1998, a write-up of the circumstances of Officer Whitfield’s death and burial appeared in an IPD newsletter. Inspired by the article, members of the police department established a fund to buy a grave marker for the fallen officer. It took only three hours to raise the monies needed for the purchase. On November 30, 1998, full honors were given Officer Whitfield in a tribute at Crown Hill Cemetery where the gravestone was dedicated. In 2002 Leon Bates, a longtime resident of the Watson-McCord neighborhood, launched an effort to memorialize Officer Whitfield at Watson-McCord Park, near the site of the shooting. Bates had dedicated years to researching the shooting. The sundial was designed by Expo Design, with its ceramic tiles made by Barbara Zech, a local clay artist, leading students from a nearby IPS school.  The tiles have the theme of “home” and “community.” The park renovations were headed by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful.  
  • Midtown Indy: A Place We Call Home
    Midtown Indy: A Place We Call Home
    Category: Mural; Temporary; Traffic Signal Box Art
    The design of this traffic signal box is inspired by its location at 38th and Illinois, the point at which four distinct Indianapolis neighborhoods come together.  Historical and crowdsourced photographs from all four neighborhoods wrap around the box, with original photography by William Rasdell filling in the gaps. The message is that Midtown is a vibrant part of the city, filled with people who love where they live. William “Bill” Rasdell is an Indianapolis-based photographer and digital artist whose work focuses on exploring the impact of the African diasporic presence worldwide.  He has photographed communities in (among others) Israel, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cuba, Mexico, and Barbados as well as in the United States.
  • Please Don't Tell My Mom
    Please Don't Tell My Mom
    Category: Mural
    Stylized people and dogs line the backside of this building. The artist features his signature stick of dynamite on the side of the building and humorous text on the doors. Matthew Aaron is a musician, writer, and visual artist based in Indianapolis. His street-art-influenced mural style often incorporates a signature element of a dynamite stick, which could either mean “this is terrible” or “this is fantastic.”
  • StreamLines: Water as a Resource
    StreamLines: Water as a Resource
    Category: Archive; Outdoor Sculpture; Temporary
    Mary Miss/City as Living Laboratory created a series of installations for StreamLines along five major tributaries of Indianapolis. The theme for the site at the Central Canal was “Water as a Resource.” Topics at the site included precipitation, infrastructure, industry, engineering, recreation and ecosystem services. Water is essential for transport and therefore many cities are built along waterways to facilitate the transport of goods. Canals represent some of the greatest engineering projects in history. This canal—an ambitious but failed attempt to connect local waterways with the Erie Canal—bankrupted Indiana in the 1800s. Although it was never fully completed, today it is the source of most of Indianapolis’ drinking water and the Towpath continues to provide a valuable resource for transport — not of goods, but of people on foot and wheels. StreamLines was an interactive, place-based project that merged the sciences and the arts to advance the community’s understanding and appreciation of Indianapolis’ waterways. This work was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation and was modeled on the City as Living Laboratory/FRAMEWORK. StreamLines featured a collection of installations along Indianapolis’ waterways and adjacent greenspaces inviting the community to learn, explore and experience the science of local water systems through visual art, poetry, dance and music. StreamLines was administered by the Center for Urban Ecology at Butler University. For more information, visit StreamLines.org or on social media as @StreamLinesIndy.
  • The Harmony Mural (SoBro)
    The Harmony Mural (SoBro)
    Category: Mural
    This mural was installed by the artist group Department of Public Words in 2015 to beautify an otherwise unremarkable section of the Monon Trail south of Broad Ripple (SoBro).  Megan Jefferson, a painter, DPWords collaborator, and SoBro resident, asked for input from neighbors as to which words best describe the SoBro area. Accordingly, each panel of the mural bears one of the words Harmony, Beauty, Love, Vibrant, Diversity, Peace, and Respect and the words are gathered together at the mural’s northernmost end.  The brightly colored panels form the backdrop to elaborately detailed white mandalas, which were created by fellow artist and frequent collaborator Jamie Locke. “I am proud to live here, and I am happy to beautify it,” says Jefferson. “Everything about SoBro and this mural makes me happy.” (quoted in http://www.townepost.com/indiana/broad-ripple/beautification-along-the-monon-trail-continues-with-the-department-of-public-words/)
  • Together, We CAN!
    Together, We CAN!
    Category: Mural
    This mural was painted as part of the 2017 Indy Do Day, a city-wide effort for neighbors to come together to improve their community.  The mural was painted by members of the Midtown Anchor Coalition, which includes the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association, Butler University, Christian Theological Seminary, Citizen’s Energy Group, Crown Hill Cemetery, the International School of Indiana, Midtown Indianapolis Inc., and Newfields. The title of the mural is based on a quote by Helen Keller, “We live by each other and for each other. Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” The theme refers to three virtues which are held to be the cornerstones of personal character:  responsibility, resilience, and respect.  Known as “The Three Rs,” in education they are widely acknowledged as traits that enable successful learning. James Whitcomb Riley Elementary School (IPS School #43) is located within the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood and has a strong partnership with the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association.  Among its alumni is the famed American novelist, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The artist, Christi Ziebarth, lives in Warsaw, IN. Her education as a graphic designer informs the striking composition.  She designed the mural so that the volunteers who painted it could select the colors themselves, with the only rule that adjacent shapes had to be different colors.  Her inspirations for the design include stained glass, ethnic batik fabrics, and mosaics.
  • You Are Here
    You Are Here
    Category: Mural
    Playful hanging stars and beaming spaceships wrap around this building, with text used in a humorous way on doors and building fixtures. The association of aliens from space with conceptual statements is a playful commentary on mainstream thought. Matthew Aaron is a musician, writer, and visual artist based in Indianapolis. His street-art-influenced mural style often incorporates a signature element of a dynamite stick, which could either mean “this is terrible” or “this is fantastic.”
  • ZERO
    ZERO
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    ZERO is a wind-powered, kinetic sculpture that mesmerizes viewers with its constant motion and repetitive patterns.  The sculpture is made from shapes that catch the slightest breeze and pass the energy from the wind to each spinning arm in a precise order.  The title comes from the circular shape of each element and the overall circular form. The artist, Anthony Howe, is a native of Utah and at the time of ZERO’s installation, maintained a studio on Orcas Island, Washington.  Initially experimenting with sheet metal, he became a full-time artist in 1994 to create the works for which he is best known.
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