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  • Commerce City
    Commerce City
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    Commerce City was commissioned by Eugene and Marilyn Glick, founders of the Gene B. Glick Company and the Glick Philanthropies. The Glick Foundation’s goal of helping youth reach their full potential through education and life experience is similar to that of Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, for whom the sculpture was originally built. Commerce City acknowledges the work of Junior Achievement and reflects on how a city is formed by its forces. Jeff Laramore has a rich background in design and communication. Over the course of his career, he has received national recognition for works in many mediums. In the past decade, he has focused on three-dimensional, site-specific executions that strive to bring people together, while capturing and embodying a spirit of place.
  • Common Thread
    Common Thread
    Category: Mural
    The design features an ornamental, geometric pattern threading together 26 columns representing the evolution of our alphabet. The premise of the artwork is that there is a common thread linking all cultures.  The columns decorated with colors and symbols represent the diversified personalities that make up our society.  The bulkheads represent this common thread which we are typically unable to witness in its entirety. Funding for Vibrant Corridors, a city-wide effort to create murals in key underpasses and gateways around downtown Indianapolis, is provided in part by the Lilly Foundation and the Glick Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and Downtown Indy. This mural was completed during the 2014 Lilly Global Day of Service with the help of more than 200 Lilly Employees. J. Chin assisted the artist in creating the mural.
  • Community & Technology (Blue to Green)
    Community & Technology (Blue to Green)
    Category: Mural
    This mural was designed by Indianapolis artist Megan Jefferson and completed by Megan and Corey Jefferson and Holly and Dave Combs as a Department of Public Words project. It was commissioned by TCC Software Solutions. The artist thinks of this mural as a visual representation of a breath. It is inspired by both the green grass below the mural and the blue sky above. There is a bit of a “secret” message on each end of the mural. In binary code, one side says “technology” – representing TCC and their focus on software solutions, and the other end says “community” – representing the focus of DPWords’ work.
  • Community Canvas
    Community Canvas
    Category: Interactive; Mural; Outdoor Sculpture
    Community Canvas, located in the Martindale-Brightwood community, is an interactive art piece, a public mural, and a chalking canvas that allows neighbors and community members to engage and creatively chalk their visions inspired by the question, “To make the world a better place I…” Visitors can use the chalk provided to draw pictures, write quotes, and express themselves on how to positively impact their community. Although initially intended to be temporary, the community (through Circle Up Indy) contributed funds to build it as a permanent outdoor installation at their pride and joy, the new Martindale-Brightwood library branch.  The artwork was purchased by the Martindale-Brightwood community after appearing for a year as a temporary installation with Indy Art & Seek, a 2020 project of the Arts Council of Indianapolis and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. Boxx the Artist is a self-taught artist, painter, body painter, art instructor, muralist, and entrepreneur. She has been actively practicing the medium of acrylic paint for approximately 4 years professionally, yet has been a lifetime artist in various other forms. Boxx’s visual practice uses acrylic, digital, and mixed mediums to capture different aspects of life in the African diaspora. She focuses on people and experiences, and often documents history as she sees it being created. People are used as metaphors to address relevant social issues and create a dialogue for change. Boxx is expanding the realms of her creativity through integrating technology, intersecting acrylic with mixed mediums, and exploring interactive and public art.  
  • Community Heroes
    Community Heroes
    Category: Mural
    This mural depicts individuals who lived in the 46218 area of Indianapolis and who worked hard to make it a true community. Arranged like saints in a medieval altarpiece, and against a similarly heavenly yellow background, they represent activity over the past 50 years from people who believed in the “common unity” of people. The artist hopes that viewers will be inspired by their example to find the hero in themselves, and play their part in restoring their community. Portraits include Barbara Boyd, Judge Z. Mae Jimison, and Rev. Andrew J. Brown. The mural was completed as part of Indy Art & Seek, a project by the Indy Arts Council and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to pair artists and communities to create site-specific art that encourages neighborhood residents to see their surroundings in new ways. The mural artist, Gary Gee, began his career as a graphic designer with an Associate’s degree in Visual Communications from Ivy Tech Community College, then received his BFA from Herron School of Art & Design, IUPUI in 2016.  This additional experience allowed him to move his work in a more self-expressive direction. He is a painter and a sculptor, creating works on canvas and in clay, often using non-traditional substrates and an incongruous mix of different media. Gary’s work references urban street art, art history, and hip hop culture. He describes his work as very “take-charge,” with loud, aggressive, and vibrant riffs that pour from his heart and soul. He is a proud product of the 46218 zip code.
  • Community Mural
    Community Mural
    Category: Mural
    This community mural was done by the class of 2016 from nearby St. Anthony Catholic School. It portrays an ideal community and shows several structures from the neighborhood and downtown Indianapolis. The River West Art Alley is an outdoor community art gallery located on the West Michigan Street corridor in the neighborhood of Haughville. It is made possible by a grant from LISC Indianapolis as part of the River West Great Places 2020 placemaking initiatives.
  • 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.
  • Coneflowers
    Coneflowers
    Category: Commercial; Mural
    The mural, depicting one of Indiana’s most beloved native flower species being visited by bees, is located on the side of a building at The Forest Flower garden center. Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower) is a showy, easy to grow perennial that tolerates moderate drought, and has many benefits including feeding important pollinators and holding soil. The flowers, when dried, can be used to make a tea that reportedly strengthens the body’s immune response system.  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.
  • Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument [removed]
    Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument [removed]
    Category: Archive; Historical; Memorial/Monument; Outdoor Sculpture
    The Confederate Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument was first erected in 1912 by the United States government to honor the 1,616 Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war at Camp Morton in Indianapolis. It is one of only four memorials to Confederates sponsored by the Federal government. The monument was originally placed in the old Greenlawn Cemetery, where the soldiers had been buried. In 1928, when the cemetery closed, the remains of the soldiers were moved to Crown Hill Cemetery. At the request of the Southern Club of Indianapolis, the monument was moved to a site in Garfield Park near the Southern Avenue entrance, making it more visible to the public. Names of the dead are inscribed on bronze plaques, including those of 24 African-American soldiers. On the north side of the monument, the following inscription is engraved: “Erected by the United States to mark the burial place of 1,616 Confederate soldiers and sailors who died here while prisoners of war and whose graves cannot now be identified.” The monument became publicly controversial in 2017 after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, made the public more aware of the racism inherent in Confederate monuments wherever they appeared. Although there had been plans for years to eventually remove it to Crown Hill Cemetery and place it with the soldiers’ remains, nothing had been done because of the conflict between people who believed it should remain in place to remember Southern history (and who sought to refurbish it), and those who felt it glorified slavery and should be removed. A third faction believed a public interpretive project should contextualize the monument and its meaning, allowing all voices to be heard. 2017’s urgent public calls to remove the sculpture, including one incident of an individual attacking it with a hammer, resulted in more practical discussions about how it could be moved, but no action was taken until the summer of 2020.  In the middle of nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and increased public support of the Black Lives Matter movement, the hurtful symbolism of Confederate monuments was again brought to the forefront and the City of Indianapolis dismantled the monument. It is currently in storage.    
  • Confluence
    Confluence
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    Confluence was commissioned by the Art Center as a signature piece for ARTSPARK and one of the few permanent pieces in the landscape. One hundred tons of Indiana limestone was transformed into a design referencing ancient stone pillars and a contemporary vision of the White River. The stones were rough-shaped at the quarry and dressed at the Art Center by the artist along with students and volunteers in a collaborative, team-oriented workshop. The sculpture creates a place that connects the Art Center to the river with native stone. Robert Stackhouse is noted for his monumentally scaled watercolor paintings, drawings, and prints as well as his sculpture. By the early 1980s, when Stackhouse had installed major A-frame constructions in many outdoor and museum environments and his diverse serpent and ship forms had become increasingly well known, he had already been regarded as one of the country’s most prominent sculptors Gift of Michael and Mary Ann Browning, Gradex Corp, Hoadley Quarries, Inc., Independent Limestone Co. Quoted from indplsartcenter.org/Assets/uploads/Artspark-brochure-2012.pdf
  • Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial
    Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial
    Category: Historical; Outdoor Sculpture
    The Medal of Honor Memorial is a monument located in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It is dedicated in honor of all recipients of the Medal of Honor, the United States military’s highest award for valor. The memorial was unveiled May 28, 1999, during Memorial Day weekend. The Memorial is located on the north bank of the Central Canal, adjacent to Military Park (Indianapolis), and consists of 27 glass panels set in concrete bases. Indiana Limestone in shades of buff, gray, and pink are also a part of the monument. The panels are arranged into 15 walls, each representing an armed conflict in which a Medal of Honor was awarded. The names of the recipients are etched into the glass. At the time of dedication, there were 3,436 Medal of Honor recipients etched into the monument. The Memorial also contains an elaborate lighting system that illuminates certain panels to correspond with a 30-minute audio tour that is played over a speaker system. The audio tour is made up of stories about the wars, and accounts of living Medal recipients. Many of the stories were recorded by Medal of Honor recipients. After reading an article in the New York Times written about a June 1998 meeting in upstate New York about an annual meeting of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Chairman of the Indianapolis based IPALCO John Hodowal and his wife Caroline, were inspired to assist in the creation of a memorial to honor these individuals whose courageous acts earned them the Congressional Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest military honor. The site that was chosen was the same area where Indianapolis’s first recorded Independence Day celebration was held. Additionally, the site was utilized as a military camp during the U.S. Civil War. Site preparation began in November 1998, and construction of the memorial began in January 1999. 96 living Medal of Honor recipients attended the unveiling and dedication of the monument on May 28, 1999; the last Memorial Day of the millennium. The designers of the monument were architect landscape artists Eric Fulford and Ann Reed of ROAMworks . IPALCO Enterprises sponsored the monument. The Memorial received a 2001 Merit Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor_Memorial_(Indianapolis)
  • Connected
    Connected
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    Northeast of the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center and near the Krannert Memorial Library sits Connected, a bronze and steel sculpture by Bernie Carreño. The steel portions represent individuals, countries, or groups and their tendency to be isolated. The cast bronze section is the connection that keeps these entities from floating completely apart. This is the state that keeps us from ever being disconnected from our past involvements and relationships. The bronze represents flexibility and can move closer and farther apart depending on time and situation.
  • Connection
    Connection
    Category: Digital Art; Electronic/Technology; Indoor Sculpture
    The ceiling of the pedestrian bridge at the Indianapolis International Airport is covered with a field of interactive illuminated dot lights that display several colors and exhibit a range of intelligent and playful behaviors, accompanied by sounds. Quoted from: electroland.net/projects/connection/
  • Connor's Pub
    Connor's Pub
    Category: Commercial; Hand-Lettered Signage
    This hand-lettered sign, displayed outside Connor’s Pub, proudly displays the business’ name in green letters, along with a painting of a leprechaun drinking a beer. 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.
  • Convergence
    Convergence
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    Convergence comprises two pieces. The street-level piece is a tall, vertical art work placed on the south side of the Indiana Avenue and Michigan Street bridge over the Downtown Canal. The canal-level art work is a rendition of an old canal lock and includes historical information, a water fountain, and a bench for Canal visitors to enjoy. This gateway serves as a highly visible, artistic place-marker, attracting residents and visitors from street down to the Canal. The artist team of Bernie Carreno, Luis Morales, and David Thomas designed, fabricated, and implemented this artistic gateway. Their proposal was chosen after a competitive process that involved public input on the top three proposals.
  • Conveyance
    Conveyance
    Category: Archive; Functional Artwork; Outdoor Sculpture
    The Public Collection is a public art and literacy project developed to improve literacy, foster a deeper appreciation of the arts (and artists), and promote social and educational justice in the community. Through a curated process, several Indiana-based artists were commissioned to design unique book share stations or lending libraries that are installed in public spaces around Indianapolis. 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. Conveyance is intended to translate the transformative properties of reading into an immersive inhabitable environment. A person engaged with a book can transport themselves from one reality to another. Reading can provide new understandings, make connections between people and places, and provide an escape from one’s surroundings. A simple rectangular volume hides a world of information within that can transform a person’s experience. Similarly, inside of Conveyance’s simple, singular shell exists a vivid three-dimensional interior that represents the complexity and depth of human experiences and emotions through reading. As the project is sited directly adjacent to The Alexander, it was important that it have a presence that compliments the collection of art that exists inside the hotel. All of the work is graphically interesting and visually impactful, framed and balanced by less complex architectural forms. This proposal takes a similar approach, where geometric shapes of a wide color range contrast a simple white volume. The interior form is created through Delaunay triangulation, where each pyramidal shape extrudes more as is gets higher in the space. At the lower portion they flatten out entirely to interfere less with users, while at the highest they become truncated and sunlight is allowed to penetrate the volume. The color transitions from magenta to cyan to yellow as it wraps the interior and onto the book storage, allowing the project to be experienced in various ways, from multiple vantage points. Integrated low voltage lighting will be embedded in the deck and on the storage units to up-light the interior at night, activating the project throughout the evening. While it is seen and easily accessible by users from South Street, the project’s placement on the site also acts as a visual backdrop for potential events in the lawn of The Alexander. The scale of the project allows for multiple people to occupy the space, and the placement of the book storage units provides access from both sides of the project. Integrated seating elements will provide a temporary place to rest while perusing the books available. The project will attract users and provide an actual space to inhabit, instead of simply being an object in the environment. Source
  • Cool Books, Food For Thought.
    Cool Books, Food For Thought.
    Category: Archive; Functional Artwork; Indoor Sculpture
    Like a children’s book illustration, imagine the magic visitors will experience when they approach a stunningly crafted, wood refrigerator in the corridor off of the lobby of the museum. When they open the door, the light goes on illuminating the possibilities of books they can read. A refrigerator may be the most often used item in people’s homes. It’s welcoming and draws one to it. It spontaneously inspires use, encourages togetherness and leads to good health. It’s accessible art with an ulterior motive, feed your mind and heart, read a book. From: http://www.thepubliccollection.org/artists/tom-torluemke/
  • Cosmic Traveler
    Cosmic Traveler
    Category: Mural
    Mac Blackout (born Mark Dunihue McKenzie on June 17, 1977) is an American visual artist and musician from Chicago, Illinois. The founding member of The Functional Blackouts, Daily Void, Mickey, New Rose Alliance and MBB (Mac Blackout Band), he’s also known as a prolific solo recording artist. His projects have been released by Sacred Bones, HoZac, FDH, Pelican Pow Wow and many other prominent independent record labels (see discography). These genre defying recordings range from lo fi noise punk to catchy glam rockers. Mac was born in Bedford, Indiana, later attending college at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana where he graduated with a BFA in 1999. During his high school and college years he became a well known street artist in the midwest underground. In 1999 he moved to Chicago, Illinois channeling his creative energies into music and the music related art of posters and album covers. From 2000 to present day he has formed several bands releasing more than 10 full length albums as well as a slew of singles in which he has designed many of the covers. He continues to front MBB. Mac is currently a freelance illustrator, muralist, and fine artist creating album covers, posters, drawings, prints, paintings, murals, and mixed media sculptures.    
  • Cottages of the Near Eastside / A Crossing Through Irish Hill
    Cottages of the Near Eastside / A Crossing Through Irish Hill
    Category: Mural
    The two sides of this simply-painted underpass mural highlight two of Indianapolis’ oldest Eastside residential areas.  These neighborhoods were once home to the thousands of immigrants that flooded into Indianapolis during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in search of a fresh start. Cottages of the Near Eastside, on the east wall of the underpass, showcases the facades of homes in the Holy Cross, Cottage Home and Windsor Park neighborhoods as well as in Fountain Square and irish Hill on the Southeast side.  if you are familiar with the area, you can pick out the individual houses represented. A Crossing through Irish Hill, on the west wall, depicts the history of the rail industry in Indianapolis since service first began in the mid-1800s. The Irish Hill neighborhood developed concurrently with the railway, and was historically considered one of the Midwest’s strongest Irish-American communities. The artist, Jarryd Foreman, is an Indianapolis-based graphic and advertising designer.  At the time of the mural’s commissioning, he worked for Angie’s List, headquartered adjacent to Irish Hill.    
  • Counterpoint
    Counterpoint
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture; Temporary
    Counterpoint is architectural in form and dynamic in visual movement. The main body of the sculpture is approximately 10 degrees from the vertical. This tall slender form is precariously balanced by the outstretched stone that hovers above and to the side of the tilting column. The overall composition is a delicate balance of light and dark forms working in unison, creating visual tension and a structural dance. The work is made of powder-coated steel and limestone that is carved in a manner that accentuates the movement of the piece. Gold leaf adorns the form balanced on the cantilevered arm. In April 2018, the piece was installed on the Washington Street Bridge in the White River Park.  The installation is temporary (approx 3 years). Dale Enochs is a mixed-media sculptor based near Bloomington, Indiana.  He has executed numerous temporary and permanent public works in Indiana.
  • Coyote (1970)
    Coyote (1970)
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    Coyote (1970) is a faithful replica, in limestone, of the 1970 Indy 500 car driven by AJ Foyt.  Rendered in actual scale, the detail indicates the sponsorship of many companies like Ford, Firestone, STP.  The car number is “7”.  The sculpture was a gift to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from Architectural Stone Sales and the Evans family of Bedford, Indiana. A.J. Foyt (1935- ) is a legendary race car driver, the only one to have won the Indy 500 (four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona race, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans races plus the 12 Hours of Sebring race. He has been inducted into numerous racing sports halls of fame. The Coyote was a brand of race car chassis designed and built by Foyt’s team for him to race.  It was used from 1966 to 1983, with Foyt himself making 141 starts in the car, and winning 25 times.  Two of those wins were at the Indy 500 race, in 1967 and 1977.  Later, driver and race team owner Eddie Cheever obtained permission from Foyt to use the Coyote name for his new Daytona prototype chassis, debuting in 2007.
  • Creative Confluence
    Creative Confluence
    Category: Commercial; Mural
    Graffiti artist Dazed created this text mural for Creative Confluence, a creative membership space and production studio. Creative Confluence’s name is painted in white angular letters with a dripping purple background. Dazed is a street artist in Indianapolis. He often utilizes text and pop culture images in his artwork on the sides of trucks and cars as well as interior and exterior walls.
  • Crescendo
    Crescendo
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture; Temporary
    Crescendo is the successful implementation of the Art Center’s first National Endowment for the Arts grant. A national call was issued to find an artist who could create a sculpture for ArtsPark during a one-week residency with an interactive community component. Kansas City, Missouri artist Beth nybeck was selected to make the sculpture. Nybeck and the Art Center collected over 6,000 tiles in which members of the community wrote answers to the question “What have you discovered?” These tiles were attached to an armature by the artist and are the main component of the finished piece. Completed October 19, 2012 and on display for 3-5 years. Made possible by a National Endowment for the Arts Art Works grant and the Efroymson Family Fund, a CICF fund. Quoted from http://indplsartcenter.org/Assets/uploads/Artspark-brochure-2012.pdf
  • Crown Hill Equatorial Sundial
    Crown Hill Equatorial Sundial
    Category: Functional Artwork; Outdoor Sculpture
    The Equatorial Sundial was commissioned by Crown Hill in 1985, fabricated at Woolery Stone Company in Bloomington, Indiana in 1986 and 1987, and completed on site in 1987 by designer and sculptor David L. Rodgers. At the time, it was declared Indiana’s largest equatorial sundial. “We wanted to build something that would catch the interest of the public,” explained Stewart D. Tompkins, then executive vice president of Crown Hill Cemetery. “We also wanted the structure to be educationally stimulating.” The sculptor incorporated several site-specific factors in his design. A dominant form in the sculpture is the circle. Its presence derives from its appearance in the late art deco style mausoleum, designed by D. H. Bohlen and Son, before which it stands. The artist concentrates on the themes of man’s orientation in time and space and the natural order of things. By designing a sculpture that is a functional sundial, he establishes for Crown Hill Cemetery a visible relationship between human time and cosmic time. The sculpture, therefore, relates the cyclic birth, maturation and conclusion of each day to the beginning, development, and fulfillment of individual human life. (the above text is quoted from http://crownhillhf.org/inmemoryof_sundial.html) David L. Rodgers was a limestone sculptor based in southern Indiana, active in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • Crown Hill Neighborhood 1
    Crown Hill Neighborhood 1
    Category: Mural; Temporary; Traffic Signal Box Art
    When designing this box, the artist considered what “community” means to the largely Black Crown Hill neighborhood.  He opted to use photographs of residents acting communally:  picking up litter, enjoying each other socially, attending meetings to decide as a group what happens in their neighborhood.  The result is a vivid portrait of the people and activities that makes a place a neighborhood, and just might turn people’s thinking around who believe that “nothing happens” in Crown Hill. William Rasdell is a photographer and graphic artist based in Indianapolis. His images examine the ways that ethnic convergence can enrich cultures with foods, religions, languages and the arts, and he focuses on the impact of the African presence throughout the diaspora seeking to understand how these cultural relationships have evolved into contemporary societies. In addition to working in Black neighborhoods in his hometown, he has created pictorials that bear witness to the path of influence and retention in daily life and custom in Uganda, Israel, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad/Tobago and across the United States.
  • Crown Hill Neighborhood 2
    Crown Hill Neighborhood 2
    Category: Mural; Temporary; Traffic Signal Box Art
    When designing this box, the artist considered what “community” means to the largely Black Crown Hill neighborhood.  He opted to use photographs of residents acting communally:  picking up litter, enjoying each other socially, attending meetings to decide as a group what happens in their neighborhood.  The result is a vivid portrait of the people and activities that makes a place a neighborhood, and just might turn people’s thinking around who believe that “nothing happens” in Crown Hill. William Rasdell is a photographer and graphic artist based in Indianapolis. His images examine the ways that ethnic convergence can enrich cultures with foods, religions, languages and the arts, and he focuses on the impact of the African presence throughout the diaspora seeking to understand how these cultural relationships have evolved into contemporary societies. In addition to working in Black neighborhoods in his hometown, he has created pictorials that bear witness to the path of influence and retention in daily life and custom in Uganda, Israel, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad/Tobago and across the United States.
  • Crucible
    Crucible
    Category: Outdoor Sculpture
    Created in 2014, Don Lawler’s Crucible sculpture was installed on the west side of Martin Hall at the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) campus in 2016. Crafted from Indiana limestone, Crucible weighs over 7,000 pounds and stretches 5 feet in diameter. This massive sculpture stands as the latest addition to UIndy’s Fifth Third Bank Campus Sculpture Walk. Over a career of over 30 years, Don Lawler has created stone sculptures on a professional basis for public and private outdoor sites. Lawler creates contemporary sculptures that focus on the positive. Common themes include spiritual concerns, the goal of self actualization and the potential of daily self renewal. The monumental scale of Lawler’s stone sculptures further represent the artist’s affinity for building imaginative and creative encounters with art. Lawler artist hopes to create sculptures that will endure for ages; speaking to everyone in the universal language of concept, design and craftsmanship. For more information about the artist, see: http://www.donlawlersculpture.com/ For more information about the UIndy Fifth Third Bank Campus Sculpture Walk, see: http://www.uindy.edu/
  • Crystal Ball Printing
    Crystal Ball Printing
    Category: Commercial; Hand-Lettered Signage
    This hand-lettered sign, displayed outside Crystal Ball Printing proudly displays the business’ name in bold black letters against their white building and features a painting of a white tree in a red circle above their windows. 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.
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