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This quintessential college town at the foot of the Southern Indiana Uplands has quite a reputation as a destination for artists and art enthusiasts. From museums to galleries, wineries to the largest farmers’ market in the state, Bloomington proudly marches to the beat of its own drum and, in the process, provides residents and visitors alike with an endless list of culturally-enriching activities and events.

Bloomington’s thriving arts scene is directly correlated to the presence of the flagship campus of Indiana University and the overwhelming influence and resources afforded by its students, faculty, staff and facilities.

Columbus, Indiana is a small town with a modern twist. Forget everything you think you know about the Midwest. Columbus is home to the largest collection of modern architecture outside of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Columbus has been called “a veritable museum of modern architecture” by Smithsonian magazine. Six post-modern buildings in Columbus have been named National Historic Landmarks. This city is one of Indiana’s treasures.

From two Dale Chihuly glass sculptures to a 20-foot tall Henry Moore statue, the public art creates added visual interest throughout the city.

For more than a century, Brown County has been a haven for artists of every medium from all over the United States. Its natural beauty, seclusion, local charm and hospitality have won the hearts and loyalty of many.

In the early 1900s, Theodore Clement “T.C.” Steele, an Indiana artist, “discovered” Brown County. Steele invited his friends and fellow artists to visit and the word of this special place soon spread. Brown County quickly became The Art Colony of the Midwest.

Nearly 200 working artists and craftsmen seek inspiration from the tranquil hills of Brown County today.

Visitors and locals agree it is the place for arts, nature, and adventure.

Located among the colorful hills of Southern Indiana is a 40-mile

stretch of scenic highway that connects three distinctly different communities, each known for its rich arts heritage.

Along Indiana’s twisted trail, State Road 46, traveling from East to West, Columbus, Nashville, and Bloomington offer some of the most inspiring art, architecture, museums, galleries, wineries, small farms and natural beauty in the Midwest. There is perhaps no other place to experience three cultural destinations that are so completely different along such a short expanse of road.

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Up to the present, artists interested in glass blowing had to travel to Indianapolis or Louisville to access the expensive equipment of a full glass blowing studio,

often at rates of $30 an hour and up. But a new group, the Bloomington Glass Guild, hopes to change this in the coming years by bringing a fully equipped, public-access glass studio to the area, says founding Guild member Abby Gitlitz. Newly formed earlier this summer, the Guild has eight members currently, with three more pending. Gitlitz hopes to draw additional members all the time and to have a successful fundraising event for the cause when the Guild revives a popular fall tradition, the Glass Pumpkin Patch. The Guild will create about 200 glass pumpkins and offer them for sale in various sizes (from $30 to $200, in sizes ranging from “lemon-size to volleyball size”). They will hold the sale on Saturday, October 16 from 10 to 3 on the Courthouse Square.

Abby Gitlitz had a peripatetic journey through the country in pursuit of glass skills. She studied stained glass at Bloomington High School South and learned glass blowing rather unofficially at MIT. At the time, the MIT glass program was offered under the aegis of Material Sciences, and the group was making glass from raw constituent chemicals, a dangerous practice involving heavy metals that OSHA soon prohibited. (Now glass artists

~by Thom Rhea

Abby Gitlitz. Studio photos by Kevin Watts

The Bloomington Glass Guild

and the Great GlassPumpkin Patch

Glass pumpkin photos from an Illinois “patch” by Abby Gitlitz.


GLASS GUILD continued from 5generally import pre-constituted glass from Germany.) Gitlitz involved herself in the two-year project of building a new glass furnace at the school, and upon completion, the school offered her a teaching position in glass. After MIT, she traveled to New Orleans and worked with a firm that made architectural glass but was subsequently displaced by Hurricane Katrina. She recently completed an MFA in glass at Southern Illinois University, and she returned to Bloomington last November.

The art glass movement began in the 1960s, an ancient material manipulated by new techniques. “It’s still very cowboy and very ghetto, and the artists all build their own equipment,” Gitlitz said. A well-equipped studio will cost in the area of $30,000, so artists are constantly sharing available space. Like ceramics, chemistry is a key to outcome and will vary greatly from studio to studio, and artist to artist. One factor in cost is that glass must be stored in a reservoir in a hot furnace (around 2100º), so a furnace is kept hot constantly for months at a time. An individual may require around 40 pounds of glass to work with, but a school will keep upwards of 300 pounds liquid at a given time.

A resident MFA student began the tradition of the Glass Pumpkin Patch locally about three years ago by purchasing a stock of glass pumpkins from a friend of his father’s. The idea most likely originated with the Bay Area Glass Institute in California.

The project of creating a full glass studio will likely take years, but the fact that glass blowers make much of their own equipment helps.

The Guild is always looking for new members at any level of experience. Gitlitz feels that the experience of handling and shaping the glass, creating links with an ancient craft, is its own best advertisement. Interested artists should contact Abby Gitlitz at (812) 345-2470.

”It’s still very cowboy and very ghetto, and the artists all build their own equipment,”

The Bloomington Glass Guild (left to right): Ellen Campbell, primary assistant, Abby Gitlitz, founder,Penny Stonecipher, primary assistant, Arin Stonecipher age 14, Nathaniel Kohlmeier age 14 (not pictured), Grant Joseph (not pictured).


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Clay TimesThreeThe tale of threeNashville, Indiana,PotteriesBROWN COUNTY POTTERYMARTZ POTTERIESBROWN COUNTY HILLS POTTERY

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Looking very comfortable in her new office, Jaime Sweany admitted that it was a good time to be the new

executive director for the Brown County Art Guild.

“My predecessor (Jennifer Lawrence) did an excellent job of making a lot of structural changes. We’re in a good place right now,” she said.

Although she officially took on this new position on September 1, Jaime isn’t new to the art scene or Brown County. Her father, Paul J. Sweany, was a fixture in the art community not only as prolific artist, but a long-time teacher (until his passing in 2009), as was his wife Peggy. Harry Davis, Frederick Rigley, and Marie Goth were among their many high profile friends even though the Sweanys were not officially members of the Guild. Jaime spent much of her youth going from one studio or event to another within those creative circles, and it became part of who she is today. “I have a primal connection to Brown County,” she confided.

Jaime is in fact, an artist in her own right. With a degree from I.U. in Fine Arts Studio, and a minor in Art History, she enjoys photography, ceramics, and drawing among other media. She owns the popular Wandering Turtle Gallery in Bloomington. In order to give the Guild her full attention, however, Jaime has made the difficult decision to sell her prized gallery.

“I deeply love my community-minded business. It has been the greatest delight of my life to work with so many talented visual artists, musicians, story tellers, and crafts people.” Her gallery won the coveted “Downtown Business of the Year” award in 2009 and was voted “Best Art Gallery” in 2004 and 2010.

Knowing that the choice for a new executive director was a tough one due to the pool of talented, qualified prospects, Jaime is optimistic that she is up to the challenges ahead, and is excited about goals she has been charged with by the board.

“I believe I was chosen because of my deep love for (and connectedness to) the art of the past along with my passion for the eclectic and my strong working relationship with many area artists. We want to bring freshness and fun to the organization.”

The Brown County Art Guild was formed in 1954 through the dedication of artists such as Marie Goth, Carl and Genevieve Graf, V.J. Cariani, and other early notables. In 1967, the struggling Guild purchased the historic Minor House on Van Buren Street, where it remains today. There it maintains an impressive permanent collection as well as providing a beautiful venue for its new contemporary members to exhibit their works.

With all the history the Guild has built, Jaime has very large footsteps to follow in, but she is comfortable with the challenge. In fact, she feels it is a calling. In a written statement she issued upon accepting her new position, she stated, “As a young girl, I spent much time…with my parents visiting Nashville and the studios of their

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Some of her plans include creating workshops, classes, and expanding media exposure to provide increased promotion for the artists and more community interaction. In reference to the recent economic downturn, she was not concerned. “The economy has had an impact on everyone. But we’re in a good position.” Nevertheless, she stated that increasing funding and visibility were key to their plans to move forward.

It all started with a phone call. A gentleman from Indianapolis called the Brown County Art Guild. His son was dating a woman in North Carolina whose grandmother’s portrait

had been painted by Marie Goth sometime in the thirties. The woman was modeling a green taffeta gown. He asked the staff if they knew the whereabouts of the portrait.

Just three months earlier a couple had donated a life sized portrait to the Art Guild and its title was “The Woman in the Green Dress.” Could it be the same woman?

Phone calls were made, emails were exchanged, and the Art Guild received the following account about the painting’s model Miriam Lindley Hearne:

“Miriam was 18 years old at the time the painting was done. As Miriam recalls, she had attended an art reception approximately a year before modeling for Goth, to which she wore the same green taffeta dress that she wears in the painting. It was Goth who approached Miriam, asking her to be her model and inviting her to stay at her Brown County cabin over the next summer while the paintings would be done. Miriam accepted at the encouragement of her father, and spent that next summer at Goths’ cottage. She does not remember much of the cottage itself, aside from there always being vases full of flowers, but she says that Marie and her companion, Varaldo Cariani, were wonderful, friendly people. There were good meals and good conversations. Of the actual time she spent in the artists’ studio, she remembers that she had to stand for very long periods of time, but that breaks would follow and there would be talk

“We have a strong history and I see a bright future,” Jaime stressed. “We want the Guild to be a stronger destination point. When people think of coming to Brown County, we want them to think of the Guild.” There are now over fifty member artists, sixteen of which have been newly selected, creating a diverse collection of art for visitors to enjoy.

Her experience in marketing will help insure this happens. She has set her sights on increased use of social media and other marketing tools. “One step at a time,” she said.

Everything she and the board have planned comes down to being

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The Woman in the Green Dress~by Jennifer Lawrence

Lydia Hearne and the green dress with the portrait of Miriam.

able to get visitors to think, “Let’s see what’s new at the Guild.”

With a beautifully designed location and an abundance of talent along with a commitment to preserve Brown County’s artistic past while building a fresh, forward-thinking atmosphere, Jaime Sweany will no doubt make an indelible mark on the iconic Guild.

The Brown County Art Guild is located at 48 South Van Buren St. in Nashville, IN.

Call (812) 988-6185 or visit <www.bcartguild.com> for more information.

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“I love when people try things on,” she smiles. “I see them try something on and think, ‘I made that art,’” Her creations with chenille rely on color for the designs. Chenille looks different in one direction compared to another—the fibers catch the light differently at various angles.

When Marla selects her yarn, she doesn’t have a design in mind. “I find that I usually pick a yarn that intrigues me and then I find its purpose,” she says. Her ability to combine colors in unique ways enables her to focus on weaving. When knitting, she is free to explore the combinations of color, texture and structure.

Marla is very involved in the arts community of Nashville. “I was one of the first ones from outside Brown County to be accepted into the Art Alliance,” she explains. She meets frequently with other artisans from Brown County.

Marla was juried into the Brown County Craft Gallery in 2000 and managed the gallery for five years. Her work, along with 35 area artists, is available there year round. As a coop member she works her share of days there. She can sometimes be found straightening her

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A Fascination with Yarn

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Marla Dawson at the Brown County Craft Gallery. photo by Karen E. Farley

While most ten-year-old girls saved their money to buy jewelry or clothes, Marla Dawson saved hers for yarn. She learned to knit in school and from her aunt. In college she sold her hats and scarves

on consignment to earn extra money. Her father was an artist and textile designer. When he painted murals in homes, Marla watched as he created beauty with color. Assorted textiles filled their home and surrounded her with fiber and cloth.

After graduating from Southern Illinois University with a BS in Elementary Education, Marla took a job in environmental education and taught arts and crafts in a camp in Chicago. When the camp closed, she moved to Charleston, IL where she met her husband Ron and they bought a farm. She continued to knit, but when the local yarn store closed she decided to reopen the shop. She owned the shop for four years and in 1988 her husband Ron accepted a teaching position in Bloomington, IN.

Marla and her husband moved to Ellettsville with their two sons where she learned to spin and weave. “I believe that weaving and spinning my own yarns are an intrinsic part of my art,” she says. She enjoys spinning her own yarn before knitting it into wearable art.

Marla soon discovered Yarns Unlimited in Bloomington and with her retail background and passion for knitting she was immediately hired. She joined a group called the Bloomington Spinners and Weavers. “This active guild helped me to develop as a fiber artist,” she says.

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“People like to see the handmade objects—the real thing—in front of them,” says gallery director Betsy Stirratt on a quiet Monday morning in the darkened halls of SoFA Gallery. “It’s heartening.”

Since 1987 the School of Fine Arts Gallery has served Indiana University as the place to see contemporary art by national artists. It’s also the place where the work of students and faculty of the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts display their latest work. Stirratt, who has served as director since its inception, takes pride in the gallery’s achievements.

“Our main role is to show a range of things that people are making right now—from traditional figurative painting, to video art installation, to activist art. We like to find artists before they get to be well known, when we can still afford to bring them in. That’s something I love to do. Even a show like this (Personal Interiors: Recent work by Alan Feltus and Lani Irwin—closing October 8) we got because it was a traveling show and already on the road. If we had generated this show from scratch it would have cost at least twice as much. We’re a good value—we do a lot for very little.”

She knows that the Gallery can’t please everyone with their choices for showings. Someone will always think that the art is too experimental or not risky enough; too obvious or too obscure; too professional or

too unstudied. “We’re not always successful,” she laughs, “but that’s what makes it fun.”

When not exhibiting the work of touring artists, SoFA becomes a place to explore the work of graduating art students. “That’s part of our mission,” she says—preparing their students for life outside the university. “That’s a big part of what we do. It used to be people thought that if you were a good artist you would automatically be discovered.”

Of course, this has never been true; learning the business of art has always been as important as making it. “It’s so competitive out there. Artists have to take control, make decisions on where their work goes, and what sort of showing opportunities they get. Artists have to be active.

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and the SoFA GalleryMFA you want to get a teaching job, but these are few and far between,” she cautions. “Artists should be looking at other options, too. Working in museums or galleries, web design, free lance—depending on what you’re open to.”

An artist herself, Betsy paints as much as each day allows. “I’d love to just focus on the creative aspect of what I do and paint in the studio, but no,” she laughs. “I usually have a show coming—to work towards, to have that momentum. I try to work each day, even it it’s just one stroke, or just a look—to be engaged in it every day. It’s hard when there are so many other things you have to do to make a living.”

Stirratt studied in Louisiana before her graduate studies at Indiana University. She then worked for IBM briefly, and was a graphic designer in Indianapolis when she got the opportunity to move back to Bloomington. “When you work as a designer in a corporation you don’t have a whole lot of time to make art on your own. This is the perfect mix of business and art.”

In 2012 the SOFA Gallery will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. “I’m excited about that,” she says. “I feel like the Gallery is my baby. I got to raise it up from nothing. The IU Art Museum was using this gallery, and after they left, the university tried to figure out what to do with the space. Over time we built it into something that runs the gamut of traditional arts, non-traditional, and everything in between—all the genres of contemporary work.

“I can’t say that it was my idea,” she admits, “but with the help of the School of Fine Arts and Indiana University I was given the support I needed to start it. Over time it has become established and has grown.”

Which is all anyone can ask of a child. Coming this fall to SoFA Gallery: Resource Wars in

the American Arctic: Photographs by Subhankar Banerjee from October 22 to November 19; Tending a Difficult Hope: Leah Gauthier, a “journey towards self-sufficiency” inspired by the work of Wendell Berry, Bill McKibben and Cormac McCarthy, from October 22 to November 19; and Playing Fields, five American artists “exploring the boundaries of painting” from October 22 to November 19. Shows include workshops, lectures, classes, and other events. To RSVP for an event call (812) 855-8490 or contact <[email protected]>.

The SoFA Gallery is located in Room 123 of the Fine Arts building next to Showalter Fountain on the Bloomington campus. Admission is free and gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday. Their website is <www.indiana.edu/~sofa>. You can view Betsy’s artwork at <www.betsystirratt.com>.

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create an ideal environment for showcasing the Arts and Crafts Movement that encouraged a return to hand craftsmanship. The exhibit, Arts & Crafts Moments: Simplicity in Design, highlights artifacts and architecture from the Arts & Crafts Movement, and will run November 1, 2010, through March 30, 2012.

English society in the mid 1800s was characterized by rapid population growth, industrialization of manufacturing, and decreasing quality of production. The Arts & Crafts Movement was led by socialist designer and revolutionary, William Morris (1834–1896). Morris strongly believed that beauty and quality of goods could only be achieved through skilled craftsmanship and not solely by the production of machines. This belief, along with his socialist ideals, inspired his goal of making quality, hand-crafted products widely available, and of improving the working and living conditions of the average citizen. Morris, along with his fellow reformists, also had a strong dislike of the ornate Victorian style of the day and worked toward a simpler, more efficient design aesthetic.

This idea of simplistic design and a return to true craftsmanship found its way into all forms of art, architecture and media. Building design and furniture became more functional and practical, while ceramics and metalwork began to take on a more hand-made appearance. Wallpaper, book printing and textiles all felt

the influence of the Arts & Crafts Movement as it spread its way across Europe and throughout the world.

The Arts & Crafts Movement’s ideals didn’t begin permeating American design until the late 1800s, but quickly spread thanks to a positive reception by American designers. Many societies, magazines, and exhibitions were quickly developed across the United States to meet the growing interest in Arts & Crafts style. The Movement reached Indiana in the 1890s and was well-received, due in part to local artists Richard Gruelle, Brandt Steele, and Roda Selleck. Hoosiers embraced the style by designing

and decorating their homes with high regard to function, material, and craftsmanship.

Hoosier impressionist painter T.C. Steele and his wife Selma were proponents of the Arts & Crafts Movement. In building their Brown County home, the Steeles utilized many Arts & Crafts principles of design: use of local materials, a structure dictated by function, a flowing floor plan, and decorations created by local and regional craftsmen. Visitors to the T.C. Steele State Historic Site are able to see not only the Arts & Crafts architecture and design of the home, but also a large collection of artifacts including furniture, metalwork, books, textiles, and ceramics.

The Arts & Crafts Moments: Simplicity in Design exhibit will feature three rotations: artifacts currently at the T.C. Steele State Historic Site, objects from the Indiana State Museum collections, and items from a private collection. The exhibit will take the visitor on a journey through the Arts and Crafts Movement and offer a peek into the Steeles’ lives and their deliberate design choices. The exhibit will also be supported with special programs and events, including pottery painting, a lecture on furniture making, and an inside-look at rare books.

For more information on the site, the exhibit or programs, please contact the T.C. Steele State Historic Site at (812) 988.2785 or <[email protected]>. Information may also be found at <www.indianamuseum.org/tc_steele> or <www.tcsteele.org>.

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The opening exhibit at the IU Art Museum this fall ranges wide in many dimensions: chronological,

geographical, and cultural, across an array of objects. Just a list of loan sources gives some idea of this diversity, as objects were drawn from a private collector, the IUAM collections, IU Campus Art Collections, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, the Mongolia Society, and the Lilly Library. “From the Steppes and the Monasteries: Arts of Mongolia and Tibet” uses the thread of Buddhism to pull together objects and images from two otherwise very distinct cultures, whose histories overlapped in crucial and decisive ways.

Many of the earliest objects, from the 1st millennium BCE, are bridle, saddle, and chariot ornaments, showing reverence and affection for the horses that became their great tactical advantage over the years. The ornaments show animal shapes with a variety of rings for attachment. Similarly, decorative plaques adorned clothing, weapons, and fittings. Objects document many aspects of life that have not changed much for centuries: butter lamps that burn in devotion before Buddhist images, flint strikers, snuff bottles, and portable shrines to carry sacred images while on pilgrimage. The annual Nadaarm festival, documented in photographs here, celebrates some of the constant aspects of a rugged, nomadic life: riding, wrestling, and archery.

Many of the Buddhist paintings here have darkened appreciably over years of exposure to the smoke of candles and butter lamps. Exhibit curator Judy Stubbs said that not only can you easily smell the smoke on the pieces themselves, the wrappings they were shipped in often showed greasy, translucent stains from the residues as well. Although many pieces here were packed and

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shipped from previous exhibitions, the pieces are delicate and fragile and require continual curatorial care. In addition, the iconography is dense and complex, the names a fearsome string of tongue-twisting consonants. “It takes a lot to stay on top of this imagery,” Stubbs said wearily. “Every deity has a benevolent, boon-bestowing aspect and a wrathful aspect. The wrathful aspects look monstrous and terrifying, but you must consider that these scrolls are used for meditation. The frightful appearance represents the incredible power required to overcome obstacles and banish ignorance.”

This transfer of sacred power also occurs during festivals and feasts where celebrants transform themselves into deities by dancing in large, impressive masks made of paper-mâché and clay, with several splendid examples represented

here. The slowly whirling motion of the dancers, to the beating of drums and the chanting of monks, induces a state of trance, with the power to perform the ritual exorcism of demons. A distinctive feature of Tibetan Buddhism has been the persistence of elements of shamanism, like the drum, the trance, and the demonology, holdovers from Neolithic times, which may add to the characteristic intensity of their iconography. The struggle for enlightenment takes on notes of unsettling savagery. “Palden Chamo,” for instance, rides sidesaddle on her mule over a sea of blood. Her saddle blanket is made from the flayed skin of her son, an avowed enemy of Buddhism.

The Mongol empire became acquainted with Buddhism by the time of Kublai Khan in the 14th Century, with many noble families converting. As the empire declined

in power into the 16th Century, one Mongol leader looked to the lamas of a new Buddhist sect in Tibet, the Gelugpa, for counsel and legitimacy. Altan Khan thus bestowed the name “Oceanic Priest” (Dalai Lama) on an office that would come to lead Tibet into new prominence and prosperity as the Mongol empire continued its decline.

Multiple disciplines are represented in the exhibit through sacred books and sculptures, including charming portraits of important Lamas of the past. Medical diagrams chart the human body, astrological charts diagram the heavens, and political maps attest to the political holdings of an imperial prince, all encompassing what the Tibetans consider sacred knowledge of the world.

“From the Steppes and the Monasteries” will be on view through December 19, 2010.


Downtown Columbus is one of those places where great ideas are

layered on top of each other. For instance, there is Déjà Vu All Over Again, a show featuring work made from recycled materials. That is possible because of Yes Cinema and Conference Center, a venue hosting specialty films, comedy shows, concerts, and poetry readings. Yes Cinema is in turn possible because of Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center, an association of near-downtown residents and their advocates.

This is the second year for Déjà Vu All Over Again to be held at Yes Cinema. It will

One of the Center’s areas of focus has always been providing training in basic skills needed for the world of work for residents of the area it serves.

A downtown theater specializing in off-the-beaten-path cinematic fare had gone out of business and the Lincoln-Central staff and board decided it would make an ideal vehicle for its skill-honing efforts. Initially, 75 percent of the staff at the reopened movie house was comprised of Lincoln-Central clients. “They learned basics most of us take for granted, like how to dress appropriately and show up on time,” says Allman.

Eventually, they realized that some specialized knowledge was required. “We needed people who actually knew how to thread a film, as well as people with financial experience,” says Diane Doup, Lincoln-Central’s community outreach coordinator.

“Here’s a real testimony to what kind of community Columbus is,” says Allman. “We knew a local bank had an employee who had been in the theater business. We asked to ‘borrow’ him for a period of time, and the bank was happy to lend him to us to train our people.”

He admits to a learning curve that made for some memorable situations, like showing movies upside-down, or showing the high-school basketball classic “Hoosiers” with Spanish subtitles. Still, the theater developed a niche in the city as a venue for affordable, interesting fare.

Yes Cinema expanded into the presentation of live comedy, poetry readings, concerts, and televised sporting events. Movies are booked out of Cincinnati, while comedy acts are

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take place Saturday, November 6 from 10 am to 4 pm Artists whose fields range from bookbinding to jewelry to mosaics to fiber arts will participate.

Artist Marilyn Brackney is the catalyst behind the show. She has taught young people for many years how to reuse materials for art. “One day I was talking to Greg Hartwell, former director of recycling education for the Bartholomew County Solid Waste Management District about the quality of work that’s possible to make out of trash,” she recalls. “He liked the idea and I took it on as sort of a challenge.”

Brackney organized two juried shows in 2005, one for Earth Day and one for America Recycles Day. Shows in 2006 and 2007 followed. These were held at the Commons and Viewpoint Books in downtown Columbus. The flood of 2008 intervened, and the old Commons was torn down, but Yes Cinema stepped up to host Déjà Vu last year.

Included in the proceedings is a Shred-a-Thon. Speedy Shred, a local document disposal company, will accept documents from the public. Volunteers will be on hand to help unload them.

Yes Cinema became a Lincoln-Central operation by happenstance. “We always thought we’d get into some kind of entrepreneurial venture, but we thought it would be more like widget-making on a cottage-industry scale,” says executive director Randy Allman. Continued on 22

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and snacks. It took many weeks for the painting to be completed. For Miriam, the experience gave her the feeling that she was involved in some way in the Brown County art group. For her, it seemed exotic and exciting to be a part of it.”

Lydia Hearne and her brother Ben were recently in the area to see the portrait of their grandmother. They brought with them the same green taffeta dress that has been in storage since the 1930s. Lydia shared that Miriam was very touched by her summer in the country and that she developed a fondness and appreciation for the outdoors.

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When she is not blending yarns to create her “one-of-a-kind” pieces, Marla teaches knitting classes at Yarns Unlimited. “I have been doing so since 1989,” she adds. “It’s something that I really enjoy.” Her enthusiasm for teaching others was recognized at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in the Blue Ribbon Pavilion. Marla’s “sheep to shawl” team, The Sheer Delights, received recognition from the late Governor O’Bannon. One of their shawls is on permanent display.

In 2009, her weaving was juried into the Indiana Artisan Program. Her link to the group is an important relationship as a professional artist. This association allows her to network with other Indiana artists and show the importance of arts education to Hoosiers, tourists, and students.

Marla’s creations include handwoven scarves of rayon chenille, cotton, and wool. Her custom designs can be seen at art shows and galleries throughout the Midwest. She belongs to several art organizations including Midwest Weavers Association, Weaving Indiana, and Art Alliance of Brown County.

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booked by a local person involved in that field. “We’ve had some big names and amazing shows,” says Allman. “We’re now at the point where they’re contacting us.” He cites Dan St. Paul, Mike Armstrong, and Tim Cavanaugh as some of the prominent funny men who have played the Yes stage.

Cool Beans, a sandwich-and-coffee shop, is adjacent to the theater’s lobby. It operates as a partner to Yes Cinema.

Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center was formed fifteen years ago. “It grew out of some conversation among various entities in the community about how to reach families,” says Allman. “We’d been trying to solve 90s problems with 70s solutions.” Allman, who previously worked in Bartholomew County’s court system, and other original organizers brought in consultants to assist with formulating concepts. Focus 2000, the forerunner to the current Vision 20/20, which addresses the city’s growth in a strategic, overarching way, became involved, as did several area foundations. The Center’s offices are at 11th and Sycamore Streets. Funding comes primarily from fundraisers such as comedy show ticket sales and the Bill Stearman Shootout basketball event, as well as United Way and various foundations.

Brackney anticipates about twenty artists in this year’s show. It will occupy the theater lobby, conference center, and the hallway between Yes Cinema and Sears.

“Déjà Vu reinforces Yes Cinema’s presence as a venue offering top value for the Columbus-area resident’s arts-and-entertainment dollar,” says Allman.

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“I really do believe we all have it within us to express our unique vision of the journey we are on and it seems to be a healing thing. At least for me, the creative, artistic path is an essential thing. It was part of my healing, and it is part of the life ahead.” —Jan Lucas-Grimm, My Beautiful Leukemia

to attend law school, but after graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in English Literature, she wanted a change and moved to Chicago.

While living in Chicago, Jan discovered theater and the world of art. She was intrigued by the acting culture and took an acting class. She met her husband Tim while working in theater. They moved to Los Angeles and both began successful acting careers. Although they enjoyed their work in the entertainment industry, they lacked inspiration. “It was like we were working without soul,” Jan says.

After their sons were born, they moved back to the Midwest and purchased eighty acres of farmland west of Columbus. Tim began writing and playing music and Jan designed album covers, wrote, performed with Tim, and raised their sons. Their artistic life blossomed.

Then, on February 16, 2005, their lives changed with one telephone call. Jan began an adventure into a world filled with unfamiliar obstacles and extraordinary challenges. “There were many times I didn’t even feel human,” she says. “It was like watching myself in a movie.”

Her world consisted of chemo treatments and endless medical tests. During her hospital stay, someone brought her colored pencils and a drawing pad. The anonymous gift inspired Jan to bring her journey to life on paper. “I started to sketch stick figures that were renditions of me,” she smiles. Her first image was the “Blue Girl.” The drawings of blue girls were interpretations of herself as she tried to define a “moment” in her illness. “They helped me to see humor through all of it,” Jan says.

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When Jan Lucas-Grimm and husband Tim appeared onstage in a recent production at the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis, their characters mirrored the unconditional love that got them through

difficult times. “I thought of them when I put together this folk opera,” Artistic Director Bryan Fonseca says of the couple. That absolute love, along with a brigade of steadfast friends and family, helped them weather more than a few storms over the past five years.

Most of her adult life, Jan has made a living doing theater, making television commercials, movies, and television shows. All that came to an abrupt halt in 2005 when she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. When she reflects on her life, there is compassion in her voice.

As a child, Jan remembers drawing in pen and ink. She dabbled in art throughout high school, but decided art was not in her future. She planned

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allowed her to go inward when she couldn’t focus on television or reading books. Her sketching became her therapy and she covered the walls of her hospital room with the drawings.

Anxious to get home, Jan continued to sketch through a second round of chemotherapy. Back on their farm, her environment gave her inspiration to draw during the recovery phase of her illness. She did a series called The View from the Leukemia Couch. “I drew a lot about being on that couch in my living room,” she smiles.

In December, 2005, Jan returned to work. The Indiana Repertory Theater cast her in A Christmas Carol. During one of the performances, her character entered from a trap door under the stage. During the scene, she felt weak and couldn’t open the door. The next day she found out

she had relapsed. She would need a bone marrow transplant.

Jan expressed her shock in a portrait called Relapse. “When I found out, it was like a fireball hit me in the stomach,” she recalls. After a successful transplant and recovery,

she began painting landscapes. “I thought, ‘I am not going to paint the illness anymore.’”

Since her transplant in 2006, Jan has added another credit to her resume. She wrote a book chronicling her illness. In July, Hoosier Books published My Beautiful Leukemia. The 178-page work is a beautiful lesson on triumph through suffering.

“The biggest part of my journey was how art functioned for me,” she adds. “I found hope in the creative process.” Her drawings gave her a safe place during a time of uncertainty and something to hold on to while navigating her illness and finding her way back home.

Jan Lucas-Grimm can be reached at <[email protected]>. Her artwork is on display at Stillframes Gallery during the month of October. Visit her website at <www.mybeautifulleukemia.com>.


Michael Clark has always harbored two passions: visual art and music. While

he trained academically for the former, it’s the latter that has made his career as a record producer and session musician the focal point of the last several decades. The balance is tipping now. He has a website for his mixed-media works, as well as an upcoming show in the gallery space at Hotel Indigo in Columbus.

“I spent so much time concentrating on music for so many years, my confidence in the area of art kind of waned,” he says. Positive feedback from friends and a mentor have convinced him that he still has his painting chops.

His recent body of work consists of computer-generated images which he finishes with hand-painted flourishes. Categories of subject matter include motor sports, music, nature, and buildings. The colors and contours he imparts to

objects and faces in his pieces are where his personal interpretations of otherwise fairly photographic images really become apparent. One striking example of this is his painting of the Cummins race car that occupied the pole position in the 1952 Indianapolis 500. The faces of the racing team standing around the car are more suggested than defined, yet the viewer gets a sense of each person’s essence. This piece has particular significance for Clark, as his father, a Cummins employee, worked on the car’s fuel system, and Michael posed for a photo with it as a youth.

He likens the process he uses to that of the multitracking and mastering he does in the recording studio. He uses such applications as Sketchbook, Abstractions, Meritum Paint, and Color Splash to work on the basic image. He can perform this work from his iPad. Then he goes to his computer and finishes the digital portion of the process with Corel Draw. The next step is to print the image on a large sheet, typically 22” x 28”, and physically paint on it. “That’s like the mastering phase,” he says.

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The Columbus native graduated from high school in 1970 and roomed with Roger Bannister of the renowned bluegrass-playing Bannister family at Ball State University. He majored in commercial art. He and Bannister formed the Buck Stove and Range Company and, while still in college, held down a residency at Kings Island, opened for several name acts, and played a number of folk festivals.

After graduation, he went to several interviews for graphics jobs, but a call from Karl Hinkle of the Wright Brothers beckoning him to tour with Hinkle’s new band signified the moment that set the course for his career. In the late 70s and early 80s he found work recording commercial jingles. Area singer-songwriters came to regard him as a go-to producer.

In 1988, he began an association with Bob and Tom, the Indianapolis morning-drive radio personalities. He works closely with their musical director Steve Allee, creating zany routines that employ a wide variety of genres.

Today, Static Shack and The Lodge are the two main studios he uses for production activities. He also performs on various instruments at live engagements.

His favorite art media prior to the digital age were pen and ink and oil. When digital technology arrived on the scene, he was mainly focused on its uses in the recording studio. “I had my hands full with that,” he says. “You have to do it every day to remember where various tools are. It was a great help when these new programs for the iPad came along.”

He cites an old friend, Donna Stouder, currently marketing and public relations director for the Columbus Area Arts Council, as the mentor who catalyzed his return to visual art. “She’d been asking how my art was coming over the years, and I didn’t have much of an answer,” he recalls. “If it wasn’t for her, I probably wouldn’t have done it.”

Now, he has the Hotel Indigo show booked, with the opening reception taking place December 2. He is exploring other venues in Columbus and other cities for more exhibitions.

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“Look What We Have Done,” the new show at the Columbus Learning Center,

is a diverse assortment of works by eight artists who have all graduated from Herron School of Art and have some connection to the ten-county area served by Indiana University-Purdue University at Columbus. It is the Learning Center’s art-exhibit program’s way of celebrating IUPUC’s fortieth anniversary.

The artists represented boast a wide range of media, techniques, and aesthetic approaches, as well as ages. Their Herron graduation dates range from 1945 to the late 2000s.

Donna Ostick, the 1945 graduate, has works spanning the last sixty years on display. She painted a new work, a watercolor of sunflowers, for the show.

Jenn Day Talley, who graduated in 2006 and now teaches art at Indian Creek Middle School in Trafalgar, generally employs bold background colors. In her acrylic work, one sees a recurring motif of floating circles orbited by rings of dots.

Albert Martin, whose biography mentions the childhood influence of Marvel Comics on his style, combines elements of action cartooning with biblical imagery. In a depiction of Samson bringing

down the temple pillars, the strongman’s long, strikingly black mane frames his grimace. A face-only portrait of Christ is clearly set at the time of crucifixion. The subject is wearing the crown of thorns and looking upward in crazed anguish. Martin deals in

other subject matter as well, such as a futuristic spacecraft firing missiles, and even a skinny boy seated on his snack-strewn living room floor, laughing and playing a video game

while his dog gazes at him.

Whitney Ulm, who own Eminence Photography, demonstrates an ability to combine a subject’s relaxed, in-the-moment demeanor with his or her unique dignity. This trait is on display particularly in a portrait of an ordinary-looking couple, in which the girl is standing

behind the boy, her arms around him. It’s ostensibly a moment, like any other, yet fraught with subtle information about who they are.

Sara Hanlon, who has shown in the Hoosier Salon as well as several other juried shows, and is also active as an arts journalist, has several nature pieces on display. Her

strength in this type of painting is her ability to evoke a sense of atmospheric conditions, such as low clouds or fog, or making a particular angle of light on mountain faces

indicate a particular time of day.

Janet Stoner spent many years teaching art in various public school systems. Her return to active creation of her

own art involves several media, including photography, painting, collage and 3-D assembly. The photographs she has contributed to this show demonstrate a keen eye for capturing fleeting moments in nature, such as a sunset’s light on water, and wave patterns on water.

Christine Blizzard, Assistant Professor of Painting at Texas Tech University, has such credentials as a solo exhibition at SOHO20 Chelsea, exhibition in the Texas and Southwest Biennials, and residencies at the Montana Artists Refuge and the Vermont Studio Center to her name. Her animations have been featured in film events in Cincinnati and Berkeley. For Look What We

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Mural across from the Town Hall

canvas. Her use of book covers as subject matter is an intriguing element of her approach as well.

Sculptor Charles Cain’s original major at Herron was visual communications, but his sculpture studies led him to switch to fine arts. Both his actual pieces in this show and the environments in which they are placed are studies in contrasts. “Endless Tree,” surrounded by plants and recessed in the convergence of the flat surface of the angular outside wall of the auditorium section of the Learning Center and the round outside wall of the Johnson Family Atrium, is a stark, smooth work suggestive of driftwood. Its surfaced is smooth and brightly metallic. The branch-like horizontal segments zigzag upward, suggesting an infinite climb. The inside sculpture by the entrance to the atrium is itself a study in angles and circular contours, and its surface is an oxidized reddish-brown.

The tour of the show, which runs through January 15, is self-guided. Maps are provided in the lobby of the Learning Center. In addition to the show, permanents exhibits by sculptor Dale Chihuly and quilt artist Daren Pitts Redman are on display. The building, located at 4555 Central Avenue, is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 to 6 Friday, and 8 to 3 on Saturday.


A unique project is underway between two important Brown County art organizations and

the West Baden Springs Hotels to bring together the best of Indiana Art and one of Indiana’s most beautiful historical entities. The effort will result in the opening of The Hoosier Masters Gallery at West Baden in mid-November, located on the magnificent rotunda.

Both the West Baden Springs Hotel and the French Lick Springs hotel have undergone major restorations in recent years and are major tourist destinations. They have been recognized by numerous major tourist publications for their beauty and service, competing on a world wide scale. It seemed only right that they should become home to some of Indiana’s world class artists.

The art groups involved are Indiana Heritage Arts, Inc. of Nashville, a non-profit organization that supports the work of Indiana’s heritage style artists, and the Brown County Art Gallery Foundation. Each year IHA holds a major art competition and sale at their home base in the historic Brown County Art Gallery. Most of Indiana’s top professionals and amateurs are members of IHA, and enter the competition each year. Winners exhibit in the IHA room at the Art Gallery year round. Members of IHA will be offering paintings for sale in The Hoosier Masters Gallery at West Baden under the auspices of IHA. IHA also has a permanent collection of current Hoosier Masters and some of

those paintings will be on display in the hotel as well. Part of any sale proceeds will benefit IHA.

The Brown County Art Gallery Foundation meantime, will be exhibiting a number of pieces from its Permanent Collection of early Indiana artists to hang not only in the new gallery but in strategic areas of the hotel. Visitors to the West Baden Springs Hotel will find the work of T.C. Steele, Marie Goth, Will Vawter, Adolph Shulz and other famous Brown County painters in the Lobby and Library. In addition, the Foundation is putting together a history of the Brown County Art Colony so visitors to West Baden and French Lick can learn about other important historical events that were taking place elsewhere in southern Indiana around the same time as the development of the French Lick Springs Resorts. Members of the Brown County Art Gallery Artists Association are also active members of IHA and their work will also be represented in the new space at West Baden.

While it is likely that people traveled back and forth between Nashville and French Lick during the early heydays of the hotels, there is a direct connection—a Presidential one. In the early 1930s, Franklin Roosevelt laid out his ideas for the New Deal in a speech to governors who were gathered at the French Lick Springs Hotel. The country was in deep in the Depression and Roosevelt launched his Presidential campaign from French Lick.

Connecting Hoosier Master Artwith a Hoosier Historic Resort

~by Lyn Letsinger-Miller

November 26, 27, 2010

Visit the Brown County Winter Art and Craft Fair at the Season’s Conference

Center in Nashville, IN the day after Thanksgiving, November 26, and following Friday, November 27. This annual show has been a serene, arty escape from the rat-race of big-box store shopping for more than 30 years.

The Winter Fair is juried and administered by members of the Brown County Craft Guild, a not-for-profit group of area artisans. There is room in the Season’s Conference Center for 45 booths and there is usually a waiting list for the spaces.

Among the arts and crafts that will be available this year are painting, ceramics, baskets, weaving and knitting, dolls, stained glass, rugs, jewelry, quilted wall art, furniture, metal art, photography, mosaics, folk and gourd art. Other booths will display hand-milled soap, recycled vintage textiles, knitted clothing and socks. Most of the exhibitors come from Indiana. About 75 percent of the exhibitors are regulars.

Hours at the Conference Center, located at 560 State Road 46 East in Nashville are 10 am to 6 pm on Friday and 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday. Admission to the show is by $1 donation or a special invitation post card. There is ample parking at the Conference Center. More information can be obtained by calling Cathy or Paul Hendrickson at (317) 604-5254 or e-mailing <[email protected]>.

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Shortly after he was elected, he sent his most able representative back to Indiana to see how his New Deal programs were progressing. That representative was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and during her travels through Indiana, she made a surprise visit to the Brown County Art Gallery on a warm July morning in 1934. Mrs. Roosevelt and her companions first visited a couple of shops and bought some handcrafted souvenirs including a Nancy Hanks dolls designed by Mrs. Ralph Sperry. She then headed down the street to the Brown County Art Gallery. It was the work of Association artist James Topping that caught her eye. His two paintings featuring Indiana landscapes were still leaning against the wall, waiting to go up on exhibit. Mrs. Roosevelt asked if she could buy them and would the gallery take a personal check. She directed that the paintings go on display and shipped to her later. She then bought an etching of “Simon’s Barn” by Oscar Erickson which she took with her back to the White House

Gallery photographer Frank Hohenberger had a conversation with the First Lady about his portraits that were on exhibit in the gallery, and she posed for a picture. It is part of the collection at the Lilly Library at Indiana University.

Present day art lovers visiting Nashville can travel south to see the new gallery at West Baden. And those who like what they see at The Hoosier Masters Gallery at West Baden can easily make the short trip north to Nashville.

Hoosier Master ArtHoosier Historic Resort

~by Lyn Letsinger-Miller

The eighth annual Holiday Market, the final City of Bloomington Community

Farmers’ Market of the season, is Saturday, November 27 from 10 am through 3 pm at Showers Common, located at 8th and Morton Streets in Bloomington. Admission is free.

Visitors who appreciate a more relaxed and intimate shopping experience are invited to the Sneak Preview of the Holiday Market’s 50 fine art and craft vendors located inside City Hall on Friday, Nov. 26 from 4 until 7 p.m. Artists show and sell work in a variety of mediums, from jewelry and ceramics to photography and clothing. Admission to the Sneak Preview is $2 per person; children under the age of 12 are admitted free.

The Holiday Market hosts approximately 50 farm vendors with a wide variety of products. Under the Market canopies will be prepared food and baked goods, Christmas trees, dried flower bouquets, ornamental wreaths, and farm products such as bread, goat cheese, honey, and maple syrup.

Saint Nick will be on hand with live reindeer on the plaza outside City Hall. Chestnuts will roast on an open fire and musicians will perform outside and inside.The TubaSantas will perform at 2 pm.

More information will be available on the Holiday Market Web site, <www.bloomington.in.gov/farmersmarket>, as the Holiday Market dates draw near.

Holiday Market

Bloomington Handmade Market will hold its holiday sale at the Bloomington Convention

Center, located at 302 S. College Avenue, from 10 am to 5 pm on November 6. The market will feature handmade work by over 45 artists and crafters from around Indiana. Work sold at the market will be unique, handmade goods, including household furnishings, pottery, clothing, paintings, photography, books, sculpture, bags, ceramics, jewelry, handmade soaps, stained glass, and other items.

This exhibit will be the group’s third since forming last November. Founding members Mia Beach, Sally Harless, and Nicole Wolfersberger act as a three-person jury to review submissions twice a year from artists all over the state. Over a hundred artists applied to be exhibitors during the last term. Bloomington artist Mia Beach said that word of mouth has been strong for attracting new applicants, along with Facebook and website exposure

The Bloomington Handmade Market was started by Bloomington artists who saw a need for an independent, local event in which artists could sell unique handmade items. The group works to find new exhibitors every time, with an emphasis on contemporary design and uniqueness. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information on the Bloomington Handmade Market, please contact: <[email protected]>.

November 6, 2010 November 27, 2010

HANDMADEMARKET

Bloomington


GingerbreadCreate it with

Brown County is proud to host the first annual Create it with Gingerbread Log Cabin Competition taking place at the

Traditional Arts Building, 46 East Gould Street, Nashville, IN, November 21–28, 2010.

Mary Howard, co-owner of locally owned and family operated salad dressing company, Hootie Doot, has always thought that a gingerbread competition would be a great fit for Brown County. “I came up with the log cabin theme, because Brown County is log cabin country and it works off of events we already have related to log cabins.”

The Competition will have three categories: Adult (18 years and older), Teen (12–17 years old), Child (11 and under). Over $2,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded, with Best of Show receiving $1,000.

Entries will be judged on originality, use of gingerbread in a log structure, overall appearance, creativity, decoration, construction, and difficulty. Except for the base, entries must be constructed entirely of edible materials. Entry form and fee of $10 must be received by the Convention and Visitors Bureau, 10 North Van Buren Street, Nashville, IN 47448, no later than, Monday, November 1, 2010. Full details, entry forms, and online registration are available at createitwithgingerbread.com.

The exhibit opens on Sunday, November 21 at noon with an awards ceremony at 2 pm and remains on display until Sunday, November 28. Entries, with the exception of Best of Show, will be available for purchase by silent auction with proceeds benefiting the Brown County

Historical Society. Best of Show winner will be auctioned at the Brown County Children’s Auction, Friday, December 3 to benefit children in Brown County. Visitors are encouraged to participate by placing their vote for the People’s Choice Award.

Information on holiday activities in Brown County available at <www.Christmasinbrowncounty.com> or call the Brown County Visitors Center at 800-753-3255.

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The year is 1975. Mortgage interest rates are at 7.25 percent. Oil is $13 per barrel. Jimmy Hoffa disappears. Saturday Night Live appears. The original “Party of the Year” premiers in

Columbus, to support programming for the Driftwood Valley Arts Council (now recognized as the Columbus Area Arts Council).

This year’s fundraising Gala is Saturday, October 23, 2010. To pay homage to the 35th Anniversary, the theme of this year’s Annual unCommon Cau$e is Boogie Nights.

“We are honored to carry on with the vision that was started 35 years ago, supporting access to the arts for our community,” said Sarah Cannon, Co-chair of this year’s event. The unCommon Cau$e Gala Dinner and Auction benefits the Columbus Area Arts Council and the United Arts Fund of Columbus.

“Put on your best white leisure suit or wrap dress and disco down to the music of the Flying Toasters,” said Melanie Remillard, Event Co-Chair. “And bid, bid, bid, as well!” There is a silent auction, an action packed live auction, and the popular “Best of the Catalog” raffle. The auctions feature unusual items including exclusive getaways, dinners and events.

The popular group The Flying Toasters will be providing dance music following the auction. The Flying Toasters are a popular group from Indianapolis that plays hits spanning from the 70s to present day. “It’s ironic that we have the Flying Toasters providing the live entertainment,” said Kim Ledger, Event Co-Chair. “Their name reminds me of the original screen savers on personal computers. In 1975, when the unCommon Cau$e gala began, Bill Gates and Paul Allen began a little computer company named Microsoft.”

Local epicurean star Gethin Thomas, will prepare a stunning gourmet dinner.

Tickets can be purchased online at <www.artsincolumbus.org>. Advance reservations for tables of up to eight are also available for friends and businesses. “Tickets have sold out in years past, so I encourage you to get your tickets early,” added Cannon.

For further information about this event, please visit <www.artsincolumbus.org> or call the Columbus Area Arts Council at (812) 376-2539.

unCommon Cau$e in Columbus“Boogie Nights” October 23, 2010


The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced on September 9, 2010 that

the City of Bloomington and the Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District (BEAD) would begin serving as Regional Arts Partner for the IAC’s Region 8. Region 8 includes Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, and Owen counties, and was previously represented by the BAAC.

Regional Arts Partner organizations meet IAC criteria for providing services to multiple counties in their geographic region. Organizations are awarded a grant to meet key service delivery in their regions. These include community arts programming, regional services, and arts organizations and project re-granting. Funding for each region is based in part on population and geographic size of the region.

Miah Michaelsen, Assistant Economic Development Director for the Arts, said that with recent budgetary constraints imposed by the state, both the grants provided by the IAC and the responsibilities required by them will be somewhat diminished from previous years. For example, the Arts Partners will no longer provide cultural planning.

Previously, regional partners were required to submit detailed outlines of cultural planning for their regions and to keep the state updated on their specific progress toward those goals at least twice a year. A central

agency would give a community a chance to assess its needs in this area, to regroup and make a plan for going forward. “I believe that the IAC may intend to do some cultural planning for the state as a whole in the future,” Michaelsen said.

The City and BEAD are new partners for Region 8, as is Hanover College for Region 12 in southern Indiana. Representation for the twelve state regions may change further as the IAC is expected to encourage turnover in partnerships next spring. Michaelsen said that the City would be a regional partner for a year at most. “We are interested in mentoring other applicants for the position,” she said. “We are happy to serve Region 8 through this transitional period and will work with the IAC to identify and connect with additional partners to provide arts and cultural services to the region’s constituents.”

The IAC’s decentralized Regional Arts Partnership provides key core services such as arts planning, technical assistance and information referral, and arts organization and project re-granting. Regional Arts Partners annually provide grants to more than 300 community-based arts organizations and cultural programming providers statewide. On behalf of the people of Indiana, the Indiana Arts Commission advocates engagement with the arts to enrich the quality of individual and community life.

Spears GalleryHoliday

Open House

Potter Larry Spears will host the annual Spears Gallery Holiday Open House on Saturday,

December 4 and Sunday, December 5, from 10 am to 5 pm each day.

New functional and decorative works in stoneware and porcelain pottery have been created for this annual event. Larry’s work continues to evolve, incorporating many of the county’s beautiful landscape colors into his glazes and developing his thrown forms to include a body of organic shaped vessels, jars, and wall sculptures; with several new works designed specifically for the week-end open house. New works from photographer Kyle Spears and weaver Joan Haab will also be available during the weekend open house. Light refreshments will be available. Spears Gallery, 5110 St. Rd. 135 South, Nashville, IN is located in Brown County just 7 miles off State Road 46, on State Road 135 South, (just beyond the Horseman’s Camp entrance to Brown County State Park and on your way to Story). For additional information call (812) 988-1287, e-mail <[email protected]> or visit <www.spearspottery.com>.

December 4, 5, 2010

BEAD to Serve as IACRegional Arts Partner

~by Tom Rhea


BROWN COUNTY:Brown County Art GalleryCollector’s Showcase 2010Oct. 9 &10 featuring Edward K. Williams

Back Roads of Brown County Studio TourEntire month of October

Create it with Gingerbread Log Cabin CompetitionNov. 21-28 at Traditional Arts Building in Nashville. Entry forms by Nov. 1 Info www.Christmasinbrowncounty.com 800-753-3255

Art in the Round Ornament ExhibitDec. 3-19 “Art in the Round” Ornament Exhibit at Brown County Art Guild Dec. 19 Reception 2-4, Silent auction ends at 4:00, proceeds to benefit the Art Scholarship Fund

Brown County Art GuildOct.: Allen Hutton featured Nov. Patron/Senior ShowsDec. Holiday ExhibitInfo (812) [email protected] www.bcartguild.com

Ferrer GalleryOct.: “Sharing the Vision” Dick, painter and Dixie Ferrer, mixed media and Barb Brooke Davis, textile artist Oct. 9 Reception 5-8 Nov. 13, 5-8 Brown County artist, Cheri Platter, jewelry and ceramics Dec.: Demonstrations throughout the month gallery artistsArt classes w/Dixie Ferrer, guest instructors 61 W. Main St., Village Green Building 2nd level. Ferrer Gallery represents local, regional and national artists. Info (812) [email protected] www.ferrergallery.com

Brown County Art GalleryNow-Oct. 4 Summer ShowOct. 9 &10 Collector’s Showcase Oct. 11-Feb. 2011 Assoc. Fall/Winter Exhibit Oct. 30-Nov. 7 Fall Patron Exhibit Nov. 26-Dec. 31 Holiday Exhibit Info (812) 988-4609 www.browncountyartgallery.org

Brown County Winter Art and Craft FairNov. 26 & 27, Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-5 Seasons Conference Center Nashville

Holiday Open HouseDec. 4 & 5, 10-5, Spears Gallery 10 miles south of Nashville on SR 135 Info (812) 988-1287

BLOOMINGTON:Monroe County Photo ExpoOct. 1 & 2, Reception Oct. 1, 5-8, at Blueline Media (north side of the square). Includes a photo contest & photo exhibitions, workshops and talks by Steve Raymer and Malcolm Abrams Info www.monroecountyphotoexpo.org

Great Glass Pumpkin PatchOct. 16, 10-3 Courthouse SquareBloomington Glass Guild Fundraiser

Bloomington Handmade MarketNov. 6, 10-5, Bloomington Convention Center at 302 S. College info [email protected]

25th Fiber Art Show and SaleNov. 12 & 13, Fri. 6-9, Sat. 9-5 Bloomington Spinners and Weavers Guild’s Annual Fiber Art Show and Sale Fellowship Hall of First United Church at 2420 East 3rd Street in Bloomington

Local Clay Potters’ Guild 13th Holiday Pottery Show and SaleNov. 12 & 13, Fri. 5-9, Sat. 9-5 St. Mark’s United Methodist Church 100 N. Hwy 46 Bypass in Bloomington

Holiday MarketNov. 27, 10-3, Free Sneak Preview Nov. 26, 4-7, $2 City Hall 401 N. Morton St.

Gallery Walks2010 Gallery Walks remaining are October 1, December 3, Receptions 5:00-8:00Visit www.gallerywalkbloomington.com

Bellevue GalleryOct. 1-31: Martina Celerin, “Reduce, Recycle, Re-weave...”Oct. 1-Nov. 27: Bellevue Gallery members Karen Holtzclaw, Patricia Coleman, Joanne Shank, Brett Volpp and others.Oct. 1 Reception 5-7:30Dec. 3-Jan. 31: Lubna Safi, PhotographerDec. 3 Reception 5-7:30Gallery Hours are 10-4 weekdays. Evening and weekends subject to theater activity.107 W. 9th St. in the lobby of the Bloomington Playwrights Theater www.bellevuegallery.org

By Hand GalleryGallery Hours: Mon-Sat, 11-5:30 #109 Fountain Square Mall 101 W. Kirkwood Ave. Info (812) 334-3255 [email protected] www.byhandgallery.com gallery406406 S. Walnut St. Info (812) 333-0536 www.spectrumstudioinc.com

Glorious Moments109 E. Kirkwood Ave. Info (812) 287-8212 www.gloriousmoments.com

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Area Arts Calendar.......................................................Gallery North on the SquareOct.:“Mystics and Messages,” paintings by Carolyn Rogers RichardNov. -Dec.: A Feast of the ArtsIn the Wicks Building 116 W. 6th St.Info (812) 339-5729 www.gallery-north.org

pictura galleryNow-Oct. 31: Horizons 20/21Curated by Lee MarksNov.-Dec.: Osamu James Nakagawa122 W. 6th St. Info (812) 336-0000www.picturagallery.com

The Venue, Fine Arts & GiftsOct. 1-13: Dean E. Howard, metal Anne Ryan Miller, stained glass Oct. 5, 5:30 Ron Elkins, lecture and demo.Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 11-7, Sun. 12-5, CLOSED MondayInfo (812) 339-4200 www.TheVenueBloomington.com [email protected]

Wandering Turtle Art Gallery and GiftsNow-Oct. 12: In Conjunction with the first annual Monroe County photo expo “Abstracts in Nature,” photographs by Robert Anderson Oct. 1 Reception 5-8 Music by Andy Cobine Duo Starting Oct. 15: 5th Annual “Dia de los Muertos Community Altar” Oct. 29 Closing Reception 5-8Nov. 4-28: “Food the Americas Gave the World”, watercolors by Arlene Huss CookNov. 5 Reception 5-88th Annual Winter Solstice ShowDec.: “A Tribute to Paul J Sweany” Dec. 3 Reception 5-8 Gallery Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10-7Fri. & Sat.10-8 Sun. 12-5In the Wicks Building 116 W. 6th St.Info (812) [email protected]

IU Art MuseumNow-Dec. 19: ~From the Steppes and the Monasteries: Arts of Mongolia and Tibet ~African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture1133 E. 7th Street on the campus of IUInfo (812) 855-5445 [email protected]

SoFA GalleryNow-Oct. 8: ~Anatomy, Botany, Geology: Nature Narratives by Bonnie Sklarski~Personal Interiors: Recent work by Alan Feltus and Lani Irwin and Feltus and Feltus: photographic and video worksOct. 22-Nov. 19: ~Resource Wars in the American Arctic:Photographs by Subhankar Banerjee~Tending a Difficult Hope: Workshops and Events~Playing Fields features the work of Patrick Berran, Melissa Oresky, Ryan Schneider, Olivia Schreiner and Jered Sprecher. Oct. 22 Reception 7-9Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts1201 E. Seventh St., Room 123(812) 855-8490Hours Tues.-Sat. noon-4closed Sun. and Mon.

COLUMBUS:Ethnic ExpoOct. 8,9 Downtown Columbus

unCommon Cau$eOct. 23 “Boogie Nights”Gala fundraiser to benefit arts organizationsColumbus Area Arts Council417 Third StreetInfo (812) 376-2539

Déjà Vu All Over AgainNov. 6, 10-4 Recycled Art Show Yes Cinema, 4th and Jackson Streets Columbus

Phi Gallery Hotel IndigoDec.: Michael Clark Reception Dec. 2 Downtown Columbus Info (812) 376-2534

Columbus Learning CenterNow-Jan. 15, 2011: “Look What We Have Done” Featuring Herron Graduates who have a Columbus Connection 4555 Central Ave. Columbus, INInfo (812) 314-8507

Stillframes GalleryOct.: Jan Lucas-Grimm Nov.: Nancy Beck Dec.: By Invitation Show 50-100 Artists408 Washington St. ColumbusInfo 866-221-2939

HOPE:Art Guild of HopeNov. 19 “Christmas of Yesteryear” An old-fashioned Christmas walk around the Hope Town Square 5 to 9 pmClasses available by Rena Dillman contact her at (812) 546-4707 308 Jackson St. Hope, Indiana

MARTINSVILLE:Art SanctuarySecond Fridays 6-9, Open Sudio Nite Oct.: Main Gallery: Reinvention Convention Recycle ShowLower Gallery: Quilt Show Oct. 8 Open Studio, Folk MusicNov.: Main Gallery: Member Only Show Nov. 12 Open Studio, Music Dec.: Main Gallery: Members Only Show Dec. 10 Strolling Madrigals Dec. 11 Christmas Open House 10-3 Upcoming Workshops:Nov. 6 Pastels with Donna Shortt Info www.artsanctuaryindiana.com Open noon-4:00 on Sat. & Sun.I190 N. Sycamore St. Martinsville, IN Info (765) 342-8422 www.artsanctuaryindiana.com

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RUTH CONWAY LINDA KNUDSEN Silk and Fire LampsWood-fired pottery lamp bases topped with hand-dyed silk shades.Always on display at By Hand GalleryFountain Square Mall, suite 109Bloomington, IN 47404(812) 334-3255www.silkandfire.com

MARLA DAWSON Naturals by MarlaFiber ArtistOriginal hand-woven, hand-knit designs~ An Indiana Artisan ~Work at Brown County Craft Gallery and Homestead Weaving StudioHome studio in Ellettsville, IN (812) 876-9477 www.weavingbymarla.com

AMY GREELYAmy Greely StudioCreative MetalwearFun, lightweight earrings fabricated with a variety of metals, enhanced with gemstones, crystals, pearls, and patinas.Available at New Leaf in Nashville, IN ~ An Indiana Artisan [email protected] www.amygreely.com(812) 988-1058

CHRIS GUSTINHomestead Weaving StudioHandwoven “Recycled Rugs,” clothing, household items. Yarn, looms, spinning wheels, supplies for every fiber fanatic.~ An Indiana Artisan ~6285 Hamilton Creek Rd.,Columbus, IN 47201Southeastern Brown County(812) 988-8622Studio open 11 - 5 most days.Also available at Brown County Craft Gallery, Nashville, [email protected]

ROBERT N. ANDERSONThe Nature of ThingsNature and Landscape Photography on CanvasAvailable at Stillframes Gallery 408 Washington St. in Columbus, IN 47201(812) 372-0762 / [email protected]

BARB BONCHEKDizzy ArtPen and InkFree hand drawn geo motion designs in pen and ink. Originals, prints, greeting cards, custom designs.Available in Bloomington at Venue Gallery for Fine Art and Gifts, Wandering Turtle Gallery, Green Bean Cafe and in Nashville at Ferrer Gallery.Studio in Greene County by [email protected](812) 876-19079817 N. Black Dog LaneSolsberry, IN 47459

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JOAN HAABCountry Mouse Weaving StudioHand woven chenille designer garments 7965 Rinnie Seitz Road Nashville, IN 47448 (812) 988-7920

CATHY HAGGERTYPainting InstructionPainting lessons for individuals or small groups(812) 988-4091 [email protected] 39 E. Franklin St. in Nashville, IN (next to train)

“The Creator Archetype”

SHARON JUNGCLAUS GOULDTrained SoulCollage® Facilitator “ Discover your Wisdom, Change your World with SoulCollage®”SoulCollage® is an intuitive, visual process for the discovery of your creativeInner Self. Join us for a powerful and fascinating learning experience asyou create your own personal deck of cards. Delightful and amazing!Workshops, retreats, classes, and individual [email protected](812) 343-5285 or (812) 988-0597

RUTH HAYESPen & Ink , Mixed Media 4116 White Rd.Spencer, IN 47460(812) 935-7756www.fossilcreekdesigns.com [email protected] Pen and ink with color overlay of architectural subjects. Custom portraits of homes and businesses.Studio in rural Western Monroe County.

ANABEL HOPKINSLandscapes in pastel and oilAlso Abstract ExpressionismLessons at Les Nympheas Studio in rural Brown County(812) 340-8781Art available at:Hoosier Artist Gallery, Nashville, IN Hoosier Salon Gallery, Broad Ripple, Indianapolis, IN (812) [email protected]

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ANN LANKFORDGourd Artist Studio in Homestead Primitives Antique Store and also in Martinsville’s Art SanctuaryGourd painting workshopsWill host club luncheon or group meetings. Demonstrations available.Commissions.48 N. Old State Road 67 S.Martinsville, IN 46151 (765) 342-8097, (765) 342-8516 Fri. and Sat. from 11:00 to 4:00 Anytime by appointmentwww.homesteaddesigngourds.com

JOE LEEIllustrator, Painter, ClownPen and ink, watercolor illustrationsBook illustrator “...for Beginners” seriesEditorial cartoonist for Herald TimesChildren’s illustrationINto Art and Our Brown CountyBloomington, IN(812) 323-7427 [email protected]

CHRIS LYNCHOil Paintings and SculptureMake a memorable heirloom from a photo, miniature portrait handpainted on Christmas ornaments. Date and names included. Portraits can be of people, homes, or animals. Also sculpture from photos.house of [email protected](317) 409-9686

LANA MORGANHand-painted Furniture and Small Vintage ItemsUsing country, garden, shabby-chic, and Victorian rosesVintage Rose36 E. Franklin St.Nashville, IN 47448(812) 988-7283

NORTHWOOD (pseudonym)

PaintingsA journey through neo-abstract expressionism as well as contemporary impressionism with a touch of mystery Carol Clendeningwww.carolclendening.com [email protected](812) 825-1803

ELIZABETH O’REAR Fine ArtistOil, Acrylic, Watercolor—Animals, Still life, LandscapesVisit Elizabeth O’Rear Studio/Gallery 8850 SR 135 S in Southern Brown County (812) 988-1090 (812) 390-7216, on line at www.elizabethorear.com and Brown County Art Gallery, Nashville

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MICHELE HEATHER POLLOCKLost Lake StudioHandmade books, 2D & 3D contemporary framed fine artOpen during studio tours in June and October, and by appointment.Also available at Brown Co. Craft Gallery [email protected] N. Lost Lake Rd., Columbus, IN 47201(812) 988-0198

WALT SCHMIDT BETTY WESTHUESHickory Tree Studio & Country LoomFunctional stoneware pottery, blacksmithing, furniture, colorful recycled rag rugs, tapestries, socks and paintings Also: By Hand Gallery-Bloomington, IN and Brown Co. Craft Gallery-Nashville, IN Local Clay Guild Show Nov. 12-13, 2010 in Bloomington, IN 5745 N. Murat Rd. Bloomington, IN 47408 (812) 332-9004 [email protected] www.hickorytreestudio.com

SUE WESTHUESMixed Media Gourd ArtAvailable year round in Nashville, INat Brown County Craft Gallery and Weed Patch Music Company Sue Westhues, P.O. Box 1786Bloomington, IN 47402(812) 876-3099

TRICIA HEISER WENTE Fine Art Portraiture Bloomington Studio / Gallery By Appointment Only (812) 824-9578 www.triciawente.com

LAURIE WRIGHT Printmaker408 Washington Street(Inside Stillframes Photography)Columbus, Indiana 47201(812) 343-3209By appointment or by chancewww.lauriewright.com

GEORGE & PHYLLIS ZAJICEKTippers Willow Glass StudioKiln-fired, lampwork, stained glass, torch work, glass painting, restorationsP.O. Box 680 Nashville, IN 47448(812) [email protected]

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PAM HURSTPam Hurst DesignsArt Glass Beads and Artisan JewelryWhere glass, metal, and stone collide to create jewelry that will make your heart smile. Custom work available. Workshops and private sessions available, see website for details. (317) [email protected]

SUZANNE LAWLEREverything’s A Canvas2D and 3D ArtArt Sanctuary/Studio 102B(765) 349-1770Experience the Exciting Technique ofWheel & Hand Built Pottery & Mixed-Media Collage. Offering Home School Art Education/Youth and Adult Classes/ Group Parties. Accepting Commissions for Murals and Custom Painting.

NANCY BECK FINE ARTCommissioned PortraitsPets, Family, Children, MilitaryStudio 202 Art Sanctuary(317) [email protected]

CHRISTINE MAXWELLRugs by ChristineHand Woven RugsStudio 001BWed. 9:30 am–11 am, 1 pm–4 pmThurs. 1 pm–3:30 pm(765) [email protected]

NANCY MAXWELLFine Art StudioOriginal oils, prints, & cardsOpen Oil Studios Wed. 10am-noon, 1:30-3:30pmDrawing Studio Thurs. 6-8 pmOpen Wed. 10-5, Thurs. 2-8, most Fridays 10-3, or by appointment (765) 318 [email protected] SOCK MONKEY JUNGLE

(765) 342-8422www.artsanctuaryindiana.com

190 N. Sycamore St Martinsville, IN 46151

Art Sanctuaryin Martinsville

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ELLEN WILSON-PRUITTPorcelain ArtistFine hand painted porcelainCommission portraits and animalsMartinsville, IN 46151(317) [email protected]

YOGA BY KELLY MARTIN, KIM COOPER, ROBYN THOMPSONBreathe & Flow YogaKelly Martin, RYT (317) 223-9398 Kim Cooper, Certified (765) 343-2065Robyn Thompson, Certified (765) 346-2800Schedule/Info available at:www.breatheandflow.webs.com

In ancient times, craftsmen formed guilds to share the secrets of technology, a system

that thrived into the 16th Century in Europe. Textile workers, masons, carpenters and glass workers were among the early guilds.

In 21st Century Bloomington, two active guilds gather one weekend in November to present annual exhibits and sale of the work of their members, events that are eagerly anticipated and attended.

This is the 13th year for the Holiday Pottery Show sponsored by the Local Clay Potters’ Guild and is held at St. Mark’s Methodist Church at 100 N. Hwy 46 Bypass in Bloomington.

Just a short distance away, the Bloomington Spinners and Weavers Guild will hold their 25th annual Fiber Art Show and Sale at First United Church, 2420 E. 3rd St. More than 35 members and guests will exhibit many fiber arts with ongoing demonstrations. Items offered for sale include woven clothing, shawls and scarves, rugs, runners, dishtowels, tapestries, knitted sweaters, socks, hats, mittens and scarves, dolls, baskets, beaded bags, yarn and fiber.

Twenty-two members of Local Clay Potters’ Guild reveal a wide

variety of creativity while working with the same materials. Using stoneware and porcelain raw earth, low fire and high fire clay in wood, electric and gas reduction kilns, every piece is distinctive. The complexities of the glazes are the results of the heat, internal vapors and the chemical transformation caused by the composition of the various minerals used.

Adam Egenolf’s crystalline glazes demand precision kiln temperatures to grow the crystals slowly as the kiln cools. The firing of Ruth Conway’s wood kiln is a project that lasts 24 hours and the glaze results vary depending on how the ash settles within the inferno of 2350 degrees Fahrenheit. Susy O’Donnell reproduces early American pottery using red earthenware covered by a white slip and intricate carving. Allyson May focuses on alternative firing, especially Raku, a rapid and spontaneous method of glazing and firing pottery which was created in Japan in the 16th Century.

Hours for both shows are 5 to 9 pm. Friday and 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and both are free admission. More information is available on the guilds’ websites at <www.bloomspinweave.org> and <www.localclay.net>.

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Two Great Shows in One WeekendNovember 12, 13, 2010Bloomington, Indiana

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Autumn in Brown County isn’t only about the changing colors of the trees. It’s also

about the art that is being produced on the back roads. And there is no better way to combine the two than to take the free Back Roads of Brown County Studio Tour.

During the entire month of October, 15 artists’ studios will be open to the public. At the studio locations, you can meet 21 Brown County artists and craftsmen, watch them work and explore the spaces that inspire them. And since it’s October, getting there is half the fun. Most of the studios are tucked into the woods along picturesque, winding country roads rich with fall color.

There’s a little something for everyone. If you have an interest in pottery, you will find plenty to choose from. At Oak Grove Pottery, Judy and Tom Prichard make functional and decorative pieces in a variety of glazes. Greg Schatz offers wood-fired and gas-fired pottery. Larry Spears creates unusual teapots, bowls, mugs and other functional and decorative pottery. At Carmel Ridge Clayworks, Mindy Weddle features stoneware and porcelain ceramics.

At Faerie Hollow Studio, Cheri Platter creates jewelry from Precious Metal Clay (PMC), often using lampworked beads created by her husband Dallas.

Jennifer Burt will be featuring her silver PMC jewelry and dichroic glass pendants and earrings.

At Homestead Weaving Studio, Chris Gustin creates her own hand-woven designs in throws, scarves

and clothing and makes rugs from repurposed fibers. Her “Recycled Rugs” are environmentally friendly functional fiber art.

Anne Ryan Miller, Sandy Taylor, and Michael Burt all work in stained glass, but in very different styles. Miller features unique stained glass with metal overlays, while Burt’s designs have a contemporary feel but often incorporate a centerpiece of an ancient trilobite fossil or slice of agate. Taylor’s stained glass pieces often feature calligraphy and she offers stained glass and mosaic frames to complement her nature and travel photographic prints.

Kyle Spears also displays black and white and color photography at Spears Gallery.

Joe Henderson, at Hickory Hill Studio, offers hardwood clocks, furniture and accessories, while his wife Peggy creates baskets, jewelry, and gourd art.

Rose Bolte also uses gourds in her art, but offers mixed media and other 3D pieces as well. At Lost Lake Studio, Michele Heather Pollock works in 2D and 3D contemporary mixed media and hand bookbinding.

For those looking for paintings, Amanda Mathis works in acrylics to create Americana and folk art. Charlene Marsh paints plein air in oils. Mary Jo Limp, a guest artist at T.C. Steele State Historic Site, will have original paintings in oil, watercolor and acrylic. And Monique Cagle, at Sleepy Cat Studio, works in acrylics. In addition, she offers painted glassware, crocheted and felted items, and hand crafted jewelry.

The holidays are just around the corner, and many of the artists are

already gearing up for them, with great one-of-a-kind gift ideas. And be sure to reward yourself and enhance your tour by participating in the “I Love Art!” program with drawings for artwork at the end of the event.

The tour is free to the public. A well-drawn map and road signs will guide you from studio to studio, allowing you to explore the scenic back roads along the way. Each studio on the month-long tour operates with their own days and hours of business so be sure to check the brochure for those you plan to visit.

Contact information and pictures of each artist’s work can be found at <www.BrownCountyStudioTour.com>.

Maps are available at various area businesses, participating studios, the Brown County Visitor Center, and can be downloaded from the studio tour website.

Nashville Dance Studio will usher in the winter season on Saturday evening, December

11, with a presentation of “Cinderella” at the Brown County High School Auditorium. A cast of nearly 50 student dancers will bring this timeless fairytale to life. Tickets are available at Nashville Dance Studio or at Spears Gallery. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors. (Tickets purchased the evening of the performance will be an additional $1).

For additional information please call Jan at (812) 988-1287 or e-mail <[email protected]>.

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Glorious Moments Fine Art Gallery109 E Kirkwood Ave[812] 287-8212 www.gloriousmoments.comHours: Wed–Thurs 11-6, Fri–Sat 11-8, Open for private appts.

Glorious Moments exhibits an eclectic art collection featuring original artwork by local and international artists that includes paintings, prints, stained glass, jewelry, Russian miniature lacquer art, sculpture, ceramics, photographs, textiles, antique rugs. The gallery features an extensive collection of Edward Curtis photogravures and Jerry Garcia prints available.

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by Hand Gallery101 W Kirkwood Ave #109 Fountain Square Mall[812] 334-3255 [email protected]/~byhand Hours: Mon–Sat 10-5:30

located inside Fountain Square Mall, by Hand Gallery is a 30 year young fine crafts cooperative showing the work of local, regional and national artists. We feature jewelry, pottery, knitting, weaving, wood, glass, photography, paintings and more.

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bellevue Gallery107 W 9th St[812] 349-4242 www.bellevuegallery.org Hours: Mon–Fri 10-4, Weekends subject to theater activity

A Cooperative Fine Arts Gallery for over 20 years, on exhibit is artwork by local and

regional emerging artists. located at the edge of the bloomington Entertainment and Arts District in the lobby of the bloomington Playwrights Project Theater.

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gallery406Spectrum Studio of Photography & Design 406 S Walnut St [812] 333-0536 www.spectrumstudioinc.com Hours: Mon–Fri 9-6, First Fridays 9-8

gallery406 showcases local and regional artists focusing on, but not limited to, photography. The gallery features the work of Kendall Reeves with additional artists rotating every two months.

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Gallery north on the SquareThe Wicks building116 W 6th St[812] 339-5729www.gallery-north.orgHours: Wed-Sat 11-6 or by appt.

A fine art gallery on the north side of the courthouse square featuring the work of local and regional artists with frequently changed exhibits in watercolor, oil, acrylic, and mixed media paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewelry, and fiber art. Gallery north hosts guest artists and special exhibits throughout the year.

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pictura gallery122 W 6th St [812] 336-0000 www.picturagallery.com Hours: Tues-Sat 11-7

located on the courthouse square at the corner of 6th and College, pictura gallery specializes in fine photographic art. new

exhibitions by local, regional and national artists are featured monthly. Styles range from contemporary to traditional.

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The Waldron Galleries & Gallery Shop122 S Walnut St [812] 334-3100 www.Artlives.orgwww.flickr.com/photos/thewaldrongalleryHours: Mon & Wed 9-5, Tues, Thurs & Fri 9-8, Sat 11-5

The Waldron Galleries are a community space for aspiring artists to exhibit in the Rosemary P. Miller Gallery, Flashlight Gallery, Vault Gallery, or Education Gallery.

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The Venue, Fine Arts & Gifts114 S Grant St [812] 339-4200www.TheVenuebloomington.com Venue.Colman@gmail. comHours: Tues-Sat 11-7, Sun 12-5, Closed Mon

The Venue brings you original, award winning oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings, and limited edition prints from acclaimed local, regional, national, and international artists. Also showcased is a wide array of uniquely crafted jewelry, pottery, glass, and metal/mineral sculpture.

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Wandering TurtleArt Gallery & Giftsinside the Wicks building116 W 6th St[812] 330-1990www.wanderingturtle.comHours: Open 7 days weekly, late hours on First Fridays

Featuring multi-media artwork and hand-crafted gifts from over 130 local and regional artists. Also offering bloomington books, cards and apparel, local and world music, jewelry, ceramics, home accessories, and a great selection of fair-trade, internationally handcrafted products.

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