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Chatham Passage

Artist: Sean Derry

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Electronic/Technology ; Outdoor Sculpture

“Chatham Passage” is a multisensory artwork comprised of a sunken concrete scent vault with an ornate steel grate and LED lighting. Located in a historic alley in the Mass. Ave. Cultural District and adjacent to a night club, the scent vault will release a faint floral aroma recalling a scent historically associated with luxury. Both the luxurious scent and the ornate latticework of the vault cover reference the work of the former Real Silk Hosiery Mill, which was located adjacent to the alley as well. The vault form also references the historic coal vaults in the area. The ethereal qualities of the vault, grate, light and scent are intended to create an emotional environment that allows trail users to form unique relationships with the Indianapolis cityscape of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Sean Derry is a conceptual artist whose public projects seek to connect a site’s history with its current context and use. Derry earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in studio art from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and his Masters of Fine Art in studio art from The Ohio State University, where he studied with internationally renowned artist Ann Hamilton. Derry completed a successful site-specific public art project in Indianapolis in 2005 as a finalist in the Great Ideas Competition managed by the Arts Council of Indianapolis. His project “Charting Pogue’s Run” received national recognition at the annual conference of the Americans for the Arts when it was selected by the artist Mary Miss and Robert Rindler, artist and president of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, to be featured in the Public Art Year in Review as one of the most innovative and exciting public art projects to happen in the country that year. A former resident of Bloomington, he now lives in Pittsburgh. Quoted from: http://www.indyculturaltrail.org/chatham-passage.html

Cherub

Artist: David Kresz Rubins

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Historical ; Outdoor Sculpture ; Seasonal ; Temporary

Medium(s): Bronze

Each year since 1947, a 3-foot-tall, 1,200-pound bronze cherub mysteriously appears atop the Ayres Clock the day before Thanksgiving and stays there until Christmas Eve. The sculpture has its roots in drawings created for the 1946 catalog of L. S. Ayres, the city’s premier department store at the time. Advertising artist Virginia Holmes used angel illustrations to fill space in the somewhat sparse, post-war catalog and they became a hit. With its 75th anniversary approaching in 1947, the store commissioned sculptor and Herron School of Art instructor David Rubins to create the bronze sculpture. Employees unceremoniously placed the cherub upon their well-known clock at the corner of Washington and Meridian Streets on the day before Thanksgiving in 1947 and created a sensation that soon became a beloved tradition. Through the years, generations of residents visited downtown during the holidays to enjoy the store’s decorated Christmas windows and take a peek at the angel, especially since it was a tradition for shoppers to “meet under the Ayres’ clock.” The Cherub has greeted holiday shoppers every year except 1992, the year L.S. Ayres closed permanently. When the department store closed, the cherub was moved to the new department store owner’s warehouse in St. Louis. After an anonymous group called Free the Cherub distributed “Free the Cherub!” bumper stickers, made hundreds of calls and sent letters to local newspapers, the cherub returned in 1993 and has appeared each year since. Where the cherub lives during the rest of the year remains a mystery, and few know how the cherub appears atop the clock each year. In 2020 the cherub received a “spa day” to clean and repatinate it to its original brownish-bronze color. Read more about the cherub here.

Children at Play

Artist: Rebecca Robinson

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Outdoor Sculpture ; Temporary

Medium(s): Paint ; Wood

Viewers passing by Children at Play will hopefully feel a moment of nostalgia, remembering the wonderful days of being a kindhearted, kind-spirited child. The artist’s intention is to uplift and encourage our communities to thrive–to resonate with the importance of people who are the heart and soul of our communities as well as with the need to protect and empower our youth to strive for greatness. The artwork was originally installed in this location as part of Indy Art & Seek, a 2020-21 project with the Arts Council of Indianapolis and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. The artist donated it to Touba Gardens after the project’s conclusion so it can keep inspiring the community. Rebecca Robinson studied fashion design in Atlanta and continued her education at North Carolina Central University, where she majored in Art/Visual Communications and graduated with high honors. Her background also includes art history, printmaking, photography, graphic design, film studies, and creative marketing. She owns the fashion design company PSNOB and started a nonprofit organization called “ONE ARRT ”, which will become the first art supply brand that specifically supports all artists, art organizations, art education, museums/galleries and communities in need who would prosper with proper funding and resources. Rebecca’s other artistic endeavors include one-of-a-kind handbags, paintings made using concrete and tar, writing, and documentary filmmaking. Her work has been featured in dozens of media outlets and she is a member of The Eighteen Art Collective.

Children's Games

Artist: Rebecca Robinson

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Outdoor Sculpture ; Temporary

Medium(s): Paint ; Wood

Viewers passing by Children’s Games will hopefully feel a moment of nostalgia, remembering the wonderful days of being a kindhearted, kind-spirited child. The artist’s intention is to uplift and encourage our communities to thrive–to resonate with the importance of people who are the heart and soul of our communities as well as with the need to protect and empower our youth to strive for greatness. The artwork was originally installed in this location as part of Indy Art & Seek, a 2020-21 project with the Arts Council of Indianapolis and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. The artist donated it to Genesis Plaza after the project’s conclusion so it can keep inspiring the community. Rebecca Robinson studied fashion design in Atlanta and continued her education at North Carolina Central University, where she majored in Art/Visual Communications and graduated with high honors. Her background also includes art history, printmaking, photography, graphic design, film studies, and creative marketing. She owns the fashion design company PSNOB and started a nonprofit organization called “ONE ARRT ”, which will become the first art supply brand that specifically supports all artists, art organizations, art education, museums/galleries and communities in need who would prosper with proper funding and resources. Rebecca’s other artistic endeavors include one-of-a-kind handbags, paintings made using concrete and tar, writing, and documentary filmmaking. Her work has been featured in dozens of media outlets and she is a member of The Eighteen Art Collective.

Chilly Water mural

Artist: Jules Muck aka MuckRock

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Commercial ; Mural

Medium(s): Paint

The mural is located by the outdoor patio of Chilly Water Brewing Company on Virginia Avenue in Fletcher Place. The mural depicts a skeleton holding a beer in its extended arm. The beer is spilling to the ground and the splash forms the artist’s tag “MuckRock”. There are also musical notes, referencing the Chilly Water’s owners’ love of music. The mural was painted during an informal artist’s residency 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.

Chinland Asian Grocery

Artist: Artist Unknown

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Commercial ; Hand-Lettered Signage

Medium(s): Paint

This hand-lettered sign, displayed outside Chinland Asian Grocery, proudly displays the business’ name in red block letters. Hand-lettered signs are popular with businesses, as they allow the business to express their brand’s unique personality through art, support local artists, and draw the eyes of potential customers.

Chinquapin Oak Park

Artist: Barbara Zech, Nicholas Gehlhausen

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mosaic/Wall Relief

Medium(s): Ceramic ; Concrete

In 2016, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s IPL Project Greenspace transformed a vacant lot in the Springdale neighborhood into a place of honor for one of Indianapolis’ oldest trees, a chinquapin oak dating back about 300 years, complete with a historical marker and neighborhood storytelling about what the oak has “seen.” In conjunction with the pocket park, and with independent funding, the neighborhood commissioned two artists to create works highlighting different aspects of the initiative. Sculptor Nick Gehlhausen, a Springdale resident, created a hillside installation using pieces of a neighbor’s old concrete patio. The piece resembles roots, and aligns well with the base of the chinquapin oak tree (the Nowland Oak) at the space. The intention of the piece is to also help draw attention to the place, create awareness of the need for tree root protection, and connect with how the tree was preserved. Mosaic tile artist Barbara Zech created two different designs for sidewalk markers to help people find the pocket park and, once there, to help welcome visitors. The smaller markers are embedded into sidewalks and run for two blocks along Nowland Ave. and Brookside Parkway S. Drive, allowing visitors to discover another large, even older (about 450 years old–likely the oldest in Marion County) chinquapin oak tree in the neighborhood called the Temple Oak.

Chop Stick

Artist: visiondivision

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Functional Artwork ; Outdoor Sculpture

Chop Stick, created by the Swedish architecture duo visiondivision, provides visitors to 100 Acres a place to sit, swing, and enjoy refreshments in an outdoor pavilion crafted almost entirely from a single tree. The 100-foot-tall tulip tree—the state tree of Indiana—was found in a forest near Anderson, Indiana, and transported to 100 Acres with a large portion of its limbs intact. The design for Chop Stick revolves around the architects’ ambition to harvest a material as gently and thoughtfully as possible. A few fun facts about the work: The tree weighs more than 6 tons The bark from the tree was removed and kiln-dried to create the shingles that cover the concession stand Slices from the base of the tree trunk form the tops of the tables Quoted from: www.imamuseum.org/visit/100acres/artworks-projects/flow/chop-stick

Christian Park Neighborhood Sign

Artist: Jude Odell

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Functional Artwork ; Mosaic/Wall Relief

Medium(s): Concrete ; Mosaic

Part neighborhood sign, part public art, this project was completed with the active participation of the Christian Park neighborhood. Community members made the ceramic tiles, which were then glazed by the artist and assembled onto the poured concrete form. The result is a beautiful marker that both identifies the neighborhood and provides a sense of their beloved culture. Jude Odell is a clay artist living in the Twin Aire neighborhood of Indianapolis. She holds a BFA in Crafts and Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University and has been granted both an Individual Artist Fellowship and an Artist Project Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission and an Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Indy Arts council. She shows and sells her figurative claywork nationally in galleries and at juried shows, and creates clay installations and relief tile murals, mosaics, and painted murals. This project was supported by a grant from the City of Indianapolis through the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center.

Christopher Columbus

Artist: Enrico Vittori

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Historical ; Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze

The bust of explorer Christopher Columbus is cast in bronze.[2] He wears a period costume, and his hair falls at approximately chin length. His facial expression is unsmiling, his chin is raised slightly and his eyes gaze off to his left. On the sculpture’s proper left, below his left shoulder, the artist’s name is inscribed as E. VITTORI. The bust of Columbus measures approximately 39 inches (99 cm) by 23 inches (58 cm) by 29 inches (74 cm); it stands on a granite pedestal measuring approximately 82 inches (210 cm) by 62 inches (160 cm) by 58 inches (150 cm) and a base that measures 14.5 inches (37 cm) by 80 inches (200 cm) by 76 inches (190 cm). Below the bust is a granite pedestal with a plaque and relief carvings underneath. The carving on the front of the pedestal depicts a figure grouping with a man draped in fabric and wearing a crown of laurels standing in the center. His left arm is raised in the air and right hand rests in front of his waist. To the left and right of this man, three figures of Native Americans are featured, two of whom are kneeling before him; one on either side. The kneeling figure on Columbus’s left is a man, while the two figures on his right are women, one of whom is standing just behind his right shoulder. The relief on the pedestal’s proper right side depicts a seated woman with her right hand resting on her chest and left hand on a large anchor; her head is turned to her right. The relief on the pedestal’s proper left side is a profile view of a seated woman resting her right elbow on a globe. Below the relief sculptures, the pedestal slopes outward to meet a two-stepped granite base. The plaque on the pedestal’s front states: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BORN IN GENOA, ITALY 1451. DISCOVERED AMERICA OCTOBER 12, 1492. THIS LAND OF OPPORTUNITY AND FREEDOM WAS THUS PRESERVED FOR HUMANITY BY THE PERENNIAL GENIUS ABIDING IN THE ITALIAN RACE. REFURBISHED BY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 1956. Metal lettering on the pedestal’s back reads: ERECTED A.D. 1920 BY THE ITALIANS OF INDIANAPOLIS KOKOMO LOGANSPORT RICHMOND ETC. A plaque on the pedestal’s back reads: THE COLUMBUS QUINCENTENARY JUBILEE COMMISSION OF INDIANA INC., IN BEHALF OF INDIANA’S ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEDICATES THIS PLAQUE TO THE CELEBRATION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLUMBUS DISCOVERY OF AMERICA MAY THE GENIUS ABIDING IN THE ITALIAN RACE ENCOURAGE TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE OF ALL CULTURES AS AMERICA’S ULTIMATE CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANITY. Christopher Columbus was created by Enrico (Harry) Vittori, an Italian artist who lived in Indianapolis. Vittori attended the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy and traveled to Indianapolis in 1919 to work for an airplane company. The sculpture was presented to the State of Indiana in 1920 by members of Indiana’s Italian community. It is the only monument at the Indiana Statehouse donated by immigrants, and it was intended by the Italians to be a tribute to America. The monument stood unchanged for 35 years. In 1955 the Knights of Columbus funded the cleaning of the bronze bust and the addition of new bronze lettering on the back of the pedestal.[5] The sculpture was modified again in 1992 during the Columbus Quincentenary, which celebrated the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage to America. The Knights of Columbus installed a plaque bearing another statement about Christopher Columbus, bringing the total number of written statements on the pedestal to three. Christopher Columbus was installed on the Indiana Statehouse lawn shortly after its completion and has not been moved or viewed in any other location. However, the initial proposal for the sculpture requested that the piece be erected in one of the Indianapolis parks, and the location of “University Square” was listed as a potential site for the monument. Christopher Columbus was a gift from a group of Italian immigrants who lived in Indiana. It was commissioned with proceeds from a fundraising campaign lead by Vincent A. LaPenta, a surgeon and scientist who presided over the executive committee of Italian Propaganda. Indiana Governor James P. Goodrich dedicated the sculpture on October 31, 1920. LaPenta spoke at the dedication ceremony and stated, “Columbus can be considered humanity’s greatest benefactor.” The sculpture is owned by the State of Indiana, Department of Administration. Quoted from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus_(sculpture_by_Vittori)

CHROMATIC 2019 (1)

Artist: 6Cents, Jane, Libre, Lucian Agape, Omen 74, Stuffy (Kyle)

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

This wall was created during the inaugural (2019) CHROMATIC graffiti jam. Located on the south wall, it features pieces by (left to right) artists Cents, Omen 74, Lucian Agape, Libre, Jane, and Stuffy (Kyle). Jane’s pieces are found on either side of Libre’s work. CHROMATIC is a re-boot of the classic Indianapolis graffiti festival SubSurface, which ran annually from 2002 to 2015. The festival was created by Rafael Caro and Erica Parker of Blend Creative Minds, who as youths were inspired by seeing their graffiti idols come to town. As Broad Ripple residents, they felt called to revitalize the spirit of the festival for a new generation.

CHROMATIC 2019 (2)

Artist: Cros (J), Iznot, Kemp, Tusk One, Yorik

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

This wall was created during the inaugural (2019) CHROMATIC graffiti jam. Located on the east wall of the Egyptian, it features pieces by artists Iznot (top left), Kemp (bottom left), Yorik (top right), Cros (J) (middle right), and Tusk One (bottom right). CHROMATIC is a re-boot of the classic Indianapolis graffiti festival SubSurface, which ran annually from 2002 to 2015. The festival was created by Rafael Caro and Erica Parker of Blend Creative Minds, who as youths were inspired by seeing their graffiti idols come to town. As Broad Ripple residents, they felt called to revitalize the spirit of the festival for a new generation.

CHROMATIC 2019 (3)

Artist: Emily Gable

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

This wall was created during the inaugural (2019) CHROMATIC graffiti jam. Located on the south wall of Raffi’s, it features artwork by Bootleg Sign Co. (Emily Gable). CHROMATIC is a re-boot of the classic Indianapolis graffiti festival SubSurface, which ran annually from 2002 to 2015. The festival was created by Rafael Caro and Erica Parker of Blend Creative Minds, who as youths were inspired by seeing their graffiti idols come to town. As Broad Ripple residents, they felt called to revitalize the spirit of the festival for a new generation.

Circle

Artist: Sadashi Inuzuka

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Electronic/Technology ; Functional Artwork ; Outdoor Sculpture

Inuzuka’s contribution to ArtsPark was created in conjunction with the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ISBVI). Working from ISBVI student feedback, Inuzuka created this Zen-like sculpture composed of a 10-foot ring of black granite with a sand garden on the inside. When turned, the sand garden’s rotating arm smoothes the sand and triggers songs to play. These songs were recorded by ISBVI students. Aside from his aesthetic sensibility, Inuzuka’s status as legally blind made him uniquely qualified for this collaboration. Gift of Sheila Fortune Foundation with support from Carter Fortune, June M. McCormack, Cinergy Foundation, Inc, Sallie Mae Fund in honor of Dr. Don and Joanne Tharp Quoted from http://indplsartcenter.org/Assets/uploads/Artspark-brochure-2012.pdf

Circle City

Artist: Barbara Zech

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Ceramic ; Mosaic

This two-part mosaic mural, bookending the bridge at the Vermont Street basin of the Downtown Canal, consists of hundreds of handcrafted tiles meant to create a visual dialogue between the viewer and the environment. The circular motif mirrors the ripples and waves of the water and the colors reflect the rich palette of the canal area. Zech created and glazed the tiles in her studio and hand-applied them to the bridge site. The artist, Barbara Zech, works out of her Indianapolis, IN studio. She exhibits locally and nationally, and travels often for art-related ventures. She has made numerous trips to Africa, where she co-founded a craft micro-enterprise for HIV+ individuals in Kenya; and participated in the International Ceramic Workshop in Malawi. Zech’s original ceramic wall pieces and handcrafted custom tile can be found in residential and public spaces, including Community North Hospital and Simon Cancer Center. Her community tile installations can be seen at several area schools, such as the Indiana Deaf School’s Monon sculpture made up of American Sign Language tiles. Read more about the artist at http://www.barbarazech.com/ The mural installation comprises two of 46 murals commissioned by the Arts Council of Indianapolis as part of its nationally renowned 46 for XLVI mural initiative.

Cirque Indy

Artist: Artist Unknown

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Commercial ; Hand-Lettered Signage

Medium(s): Paint

This hand-lettered sign, painted on the garage door of Cirque Indy, proudly displays the business’ name in white letters along with two white stars, all within a black circle surrounded by small black lines pointing outward. Hand-lettered signs are popular with businesses, as they allow the business to express their brand’s unique personality through art, support local artists, and draw the eyes of potential customers.

Classic Cuts Barber Shop

Artist: Artist Unknown

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Commercial ; Hand-Lettered Signage

Medium(s): Paint

This hand-lettered sign, displayed outside Classic Cuts Barber Shop, proudly displays the business’ name. Hand-lettered signs are popular with businesses, as they allow the business to express their brand’s unique personality through art, support local artists, and draw the eyes of potential customers. The name of the business is painted on a banner, which is surrounded by paintings of a barber pole, a large pair of scissors, and a straight razor pointing to a smaller banner that says “No Loitering.”

ClusterTruck Mural

Artist: Pamela Bliss

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Commercial ; Mural

Medium(s): Paint

This mural is a fun take on ClusterTruck’s business, which is to provide a central preparation and to-your-door meal delivery service on behalf of its food truck partners. The mural was designed by Phanomen Design, an Indianapolis-based interior design, architecture and marketing creative team with the mission to make environments more attractive and profitable. It was painted by Pamela Bliss, an Indianapolis-based muralist and sign painter. Learn more about the painter and her other work at https://www.facebook.com/PamelaBlissArt/

Cole Noble District Mural

Artist: Shannon M. Johnson

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

The triptych mural, created by Shannon M. Johnson, depicts the past, present, and future vision for the Cole Noble District of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Funded in part by an Imagine Grant administered through Downtown Indianapolis, Inc., the mural was commissioned in 2011, installed in 2012, and dedicated on May 24, 2012. Located on the north wall of the Flanner & Buchanan Funeral Center at the corner of College Avenue and Market Street, the Cole Noble District Mural uses three panels to represent the neighborhood. On the left side, the mural highlights the history of the neighborhood with the foundation of Cole Motor Cars. In the center, the mural draws attention to sports and entertainment in the area today. On the right side, the mural depicts community renewal and growth in the future. The mural was created using source photography and illustrations provided by the Indiana Historical Society and the Indianapolis Star. The artist is an Indianapolis-based creative communications and marketing support professional. With a diverse experience in marketing, communications, and graphic design, Johnson has worked on a number of projects in the area, including client service, arts, civic, social, political, corporate, and private projects. Find more information about the Cole Noble District here.

Colonial Inn

Artist: Artist Unknown

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Commercial ; Hand-Lettered Signage

Medium(s): Paint

This hand-lettered sign, displayed outside the Colonial Inn parking lot, proudly displays the business’ name in black letters. Hand-lettered signs are popular with businesses, as they allow the business to express their brand’s unique personality through art, support local artists, and draw the eyes of potential customers.

Colonization of Community

Artist: Luke Crawley, Quincy Owens

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Fiberglass ; Sound

These four sculptures include a community-based sound art composition in which neighborhood residents were interviewed and recorded regarding their hopes, dreams, and celebratory stories of the King Park Area in Indianapolis, IN. The sculptures are approximately 8′ tall and fabricated out of fiberglass with an internal steel frame and were created by artists Quincy Owens and Luke Crawley. These sculptures are a selection from the original Colonization of Commonality that made its debut at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, MI in 2013. “Colonization of Commonality” speaks to how humans form social identities and belief systems based on the interpretation of larger ideals and shared experiences within a larger societal definition. Quincy Owens is a husband and father of five children who loves to open his studio door every day to make something out of nothing. He graduated from the University of Indianapolis, lives in Indianapolis and has a studio at the Harrison Center for the Arts where he works as a full-time Artist. Luke Crawley is a science and mathematics teacher at University High School in Carmel, Indiana. He is the father of two boys who constantly model the joy found in authentic scientific exploration and artistic creation, which Luke tries to capture in his scientific and artistic endeavors.

Color Fuses

Artist: Milton Glaser

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Lighting ; Paint

Color Fuses consists of 35 bands of painted color and corresponding illumination wrapping the base of the Minton-Capehart Federal Building. Commissioned by GSA’s Art in Architecture program in 1974, the piece emerged from collaboration between Glaser and building architect Evans Woolen, who shared the goal of making the austere building more appealing to the general public. Color Fuses celebrates the interplay of color and light to make the stark, heavy building appear to float weightlessly. To further this effect, Glaser programmed the exterior perimeter lighting, visible from dusk to dawn, to illuminate his mural in a slow rise and fall sequence at night. This rhythm alludes to the gradual rising and setting of the sun and the timeless wonder associated with the qualities of light as it shifts and reveals itself on the horizon. At the time of its installation, Color Fuses was one of the world’s largest contiguous murals, measuring 672 feet in length. Although the effect of the lighting was minimal when it was originally installed and had to be abandoned, after a 2014 restoration with digitally-controlled LED technology the combination of color and light finally enhances and enlivens the pedestrian experience as the artist intended. Milton Glaser (b. 1929) is a celebrated graphic designer, probably best known for inventing the iconic “I [heart] NY” logo in 1977. At the time he was commissioned to create Color Fuses, Glaser owned his own design firm and was one of the founders, and chief designer, of New York magazine (1968). Read more about this artwork at http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/141903 and http://blog.art21.org/2012/08/28/no-preservatives-restored-and-renewed-milton-glasers-1975-artwork-color-fuses/

Color Me Fishers

Artist: William Denton Ray

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint ; Wood

Located in the bistro area of the Fishers Kroger supermarket, Color Me Fishers is a whimsical celebration of the rich history, vibrant culture and close community of the City of Fishers. Within the artwork, viewers can find icons such as the year Fishers was established, the Conner House, Geist Reservoir, Fishers Station and even the city flag. Food shapes unite the design, in the same way that food brings people together. The mural is made from individual pieces of painted wood, assembled as if it were a giant puzzle. William Denton Ray is an Indianapolis native, a mixed-media painter, sculptor and designer working with a variety of forms and approaches. He attended the Columbus (OH) College of Art and Design where he majored in Advertising Design before transferring to the Herron School of Art & Design, IUPUI, to focus on painting and drawing. In 2009 Ray received a coveted Stutz Residency Award and has had solo exhibitions in Indianapolis and Boston as well as numerous group exhibitions throughout the U.S. Ray has executed several public art projects in Indianapolis. His work is in many public and private collections in Indianapolis and in the U.S., France, and Australia. He maintains studios at his home on Indianapolis’ Northside and at the Harrison Center for the Arts in downtown Indianapolis. Read more about Ray at http://www.whimsicalfunk.com/

Color the County - Greenwood

Artist: Amy Hommell

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

Colorful circles and tree mural painted as part of the Johnson County Community Foundation’s 25th anniversary. In 2016, three murals were installed in three different cities and towns in Johnson County.

Color the County - Trafalgar

Artist: Chrissy Robertson, Patrick Tisdale

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

This mural was created as part of the Johnson County Community Foundation’s annual mural program, Color the County. It was designed by Chrissy Robertson and Patrick Tisdale, and painted by community members. The design is an ode to the important role pollinators like bees play in keeping our ecosystem healthy.

Color the County - Whiteland

Artist: Dave Windisch

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

In 2017, Whiteland received its first-ever piece of public art as part of the Johnson County Community Foundation’s “Color the County” program. The program was begun in 2016 to celebrate the Foundation’s 25th anniversary. Each year, at least two murals are designed and created by local artists for towns in Johnson County. For each mural, there is usually a community paint day where locals are invited to participate in the painting of the murals in a “paint by number” system that the artist(s) have created for them. On the east wall of a local business in Whiteland, Bargersville artist Dave Windisch created a large Valentine’s-Day style heart in shades of red with yellow rays and a light gray shadow. A red pencil line underneath the heart leads to a large red pencil on the right of the mural.

Color the World with Love

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Archive ; Mural

The mural project–one of a number of murals under the banner “Color the World with Love”–was created to bring “harmony through geometry,” instilling beauty through art to neighborhoods such as this one on the Near East Side. The artwork was created with neighborhood and youth group volunteers. Public participation not only offers a fun sense of pride for people working together on an art project, but the finished work becomes a source of peace and unity — a cherished community landmark. Exploring shapes and patterns, the geometry of hyper-cubes and fractals, the proportioning, balance and their inherent uses as defined by the mysteries of the cosmos, artist Andrew Severns’ style is purely the reflection of his own curiosity. According to Severns, “Art and music are means for scientific discovery, and all truths shall be conveyed through poetry.”

Colors of Cancer

Artist: Anonymous Cancer Patient

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

Lilly Oncology on Canvas (LOOC) has provided individuals affected by cancer with an opportunity to share their stories through art and narrative. Since its founding in 2004, in partnership with the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, thousands of LOOC participants have been inspired to share their journey with countless others. This mural illustrates the journey taken by a mother and her daughter. The mother’s daughter was diagnosed with cancer and soon saw it spread to other parts of her body. Each petal brings awareness to the different areas cancer can grow in.

Colors of the White River

Artist: Marc Anderson

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

This Riverside mural project was coordinated by the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) as a part of Indy Do Day 2016. The mural was designed for the Reconnecting to Our Waterways initiative by local artist Marc Anderson. IMA and IUPUI volunteers did the mural installation and painting. The mural was created partnership with Fusek’s Hardware, who donated the supplies used to create the mural, and Mo Eldin, the business owner of the building where mural is located. Reconnecting to Our Waterways (ROW) is a grassroots initiative designed to catalyze and bundle neighborhood quality-of-life initiatives, neighborhoods assets, and opportunity for residents living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The goal is to enrich the livability of Indianapolis and the well-being of residents by generating new and sustainable opportunities to learn about and experience art, nature, and beauty along targeted natural waterways and the neighborhoods around them. Indy Do Day, a community partnership led by the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, is a “day of service” that helps the people of Indianapolis get to know their neighbors, take ownership of their neighborhoods, and take care of one another. Indy Do Day is described here as “decentralized, ground-up, people-powered community improvement…about building the most civically-engaged community in the nation where every day is a Do Day.” Marc Anderson is an Indianapolis artist specializing in painting, sculpture, murals, and illustration. Anderson graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.F.A in sculpture and has worked as an art preparator/packing specialist at Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) while pursuing is own artwork. Featuring: Blue Dasher Dragonflies, a Red Ear Sunfish, a Great Blue Heron, a Red-Eared Slider Turtle, & a Green Frog. Bordered by the White River, Fall Creek, & the Central Indiana Canal, the Riverside Neighborhood Waterways are home to these colorful, water dwelling animals. Indy Do Day – September 29-30, 2016 Thank you to: Riverside Civic League, Reconnecting to Our Waterways, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Fuseks Hardware, Go Green Auto Recycling, Mo & all the volunteer painters, Mike & all the neighbors

Coming Soon...Seriously

Artist: Jamie Pawlus

Date created: Oct 04, 2023

Category: Archive ; Outdoor Sculpture ; Temporary

Medium(s): Metal ; Plastic

Installed in 2018 as part of a larger project with Transit Drives Indy and the Arts Council of Indianapolis, Coming Soon…Seriously commented in a humorous way on the long process to bring the Red Line Rapid Transit to Indianapolis. The artist was inspired by signs in the environment to create a sign-like sculpture that worked all through the life cycle of the Red Line: the pre-construction publicity, the construction period, the period after construction but before service, and the new rapid service that started in September 2019, when buses began to arrive at the new station every 10-15 minutes. The artwork was intended to be temporary, and was deinstalled in early 2021. A sound component remains, however, to continue to give Red Line riders a bright moment in their day. The sound element was installed in late 2019 and features musical and ambient sound clips. A highlight is the voice of Indianapolis journalist Jill Ditmire, who passed away in February, 2021 just before the sculpture was deinstalled. Jamie Pawlus is a conceptual artist based in Indianapolis. She lives in the Fountain Square neighborhood, just blocks from where the sculpture was installed.

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