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Communities of all sizes, from all corners of Indiana were represented by the 140 people who attended the IAC's June 8-9 creative placemaking workshop, "From the Ground Up" in Indianapolis.
Artists, arts administrators, community leaders, and economic development professionals were among those attending the sessions which included Cultivating Community Involvement, Creating Places, Working with the Public Sector, and Working with the Creative Community.
Attendees may be eligible for an Open Scene Creative Placemaking Consultancy. The deadline for application is July 31, 2017.
IAC Chair Kathy Anderson discusses the workshop impact for representatives from the town of Nashville.
For more information about Creative Placemaking, visit our new Creative Placemaking Toolkit,
The IAC's next statewide networking opportunity will be Indiana Arts Homecoming October 4 - 6, 2017. This year's theme will be "Community Engagement: Ideas, Stories & Change that Matters." Save the date, and click here for more information and RSVP your plans to attend.
 The Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites program will bring a full schedule of arts programming to Indiana State Parks and Historic Sites.
"During the summer there will be more than 200 arts activities happening in state parks and historic sites across the state," said Anna Tragesser, IAC Community Development Manager. "There will be 89 Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites activities in July alone, at 21 different locations and involving 29 different grantees.
View programs at Indiana State Parks
View programs at Indiana Historic Sites
Applications for the 2018 Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites program will open in July, with an application deadline of September 6, 2017 for organizations and September 13, 2017 for individuals.
The IAC will host two free grant application webinars July 12, 2017 for potential grant applicants. A webinar for individuals will be held at 2:00 p.m. (EDT), and the webinar for organizations will begin at 6:00 p.m. (EDT).
View the program guidelines and register for the webinars.
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 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently announced that the Indiana Arts Commission and 10 other Indiana-based arts organizations and cultural program providers are among its latest round of grants.
The NEA announced the second round of funding for Fiscal Year 2017 including 1,195 grants totaling $82.06 million. This round of grants include State and Regional Partnership Agreements; Art Works; and Our Town projects.
NEA grants to Indiana total $1,217,400. This includes $767,400 awarded through a state partnership agreement with the Indiana Arts Commission for programs that benefit Hoosiers in all regions of the state.
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 This year marks the revival of the Traditional Arts Indiana (TAI) Apprenticeship Program.
This initiative supports the continuation of cultural practices in Indiana communities by funding up to six apprenticeship pairs each year, enabling apprentices to learn essential knowledge and skills in traditional art forms from master artists.
Master artists and apprentices must submit applications and work samples by August 1, 2017. Mailed letters of support must also be postmarked by this date. Recipients will be notified by October 1, 2017.
Click here to apply for the TAI Apprenticeship Program.
TAI hosts this apprenticeship program in partnership with Indiana University's Mathers Museum of World Cultures, the Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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 Earlier this month, the Americans for the Arts (AFTA) release the Arts & Economic Prosperity V study finding the nonprofit arts and culture sector is a $440 million industry in Indianapolis.
This spending supports 14,729 full-time equivalent jobs and generates over $47.5 million in local and state government revenue.
The Arts Council of Indianapolis coordinated the call for participants in the local research effort.
"The arts are an important economic engine for the city of Indianapolis - bringing millions of dollars to the city, providing thousands of jobs and opportunities for creative individuals, and providing a staggering return on investment," said Dave Lawrence, president and CEO of the Arts Council of Indianapolis.
Download the full report
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 Arts Midwest recently announced its 2017-1019 Arts Midwest World Fest season beginning in fall 2017.
Over the next two years, Arts Midwest will bring four international music ensembles to nine smaller communities across the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Ensembles will spend one week in each community to share their music and culture through school workshops, masterclasses, and a public concert at the end of the week.
This program provides Midwestern communities the opportunity to hear music, language, and learn about cultures that may be lesser known in their area.
In Indiana, the partner community is Corydon and the partner organization is Main Street Corydon.
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 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seeking academic papers addressing critical issues of research, practice, and policy in the arts and special education for publication in Volume 4 of the Exemplary Programs and Approaches Professional Papers Series.
This series spans a wide spectrum of art forms, age groups, and learner profiles to contribute to the body of literature that informs the emerging field of the arts and special education.
Through the annual VSA Intersections: Arts and Special Education Conference and published professional development resources, the Kennedy Center's Office of VSA and Accessibility aims to achieve ambitious goals that support powerful arts education for students with disabilities.
Submission deadline is August 15, 2017.
For more information and to make submissions
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56 life-size sculpture on display in Elkhart County
From easily missable details in some of the lifelike bronze sculptures to the epic scale of others, everyone involved in bringing the work of Seward Johnson to Elkhart county has a favorite part. The 56 sculptures brought by the Convention and Visitors Bureau were installed in towns and cities throughout the county. Click here for details. (source: Indiana Economic Digest)
MLK and Father Hesburgh sculpture unveiled in South Bend
Like a moment frozen in time, the image of two famous civil rights leaders joining hands in Chicago in 1964 is now a permanent part of the landscape in downtown South Bend. Read the details here. (source: Indiana Economic Digest)
Street art meets wheat art on Fowler silo
Cameron Moberg has plenty of time 80 feet up on a boom lift - occasionally looking out past the wind turbines to Benton County's endless horizon between putting spray-painted touches on a silo next to the county's lone stoplight - to reaffirm what he learned a summer ago. Find out more here. (source: Indiana Economic Digest)
Star Plaza Theatre to be demolished
After a brief reprieve, the longstanding Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville will be torn down. The Times of Northwest Indiana reports owner White Lodging has decided to demolish the theatre, along with the nearby Twin Towers, next summer to make way for a new development. Read the story here. (source: Inside Indiana Business)
Basiles give IRT a "significant gift"
Great news from the world of art budgeting: the IRT wraps up this year's season with a balanced budget and a brand new "significant gift" from Frank and Katrina Basile. Click here for details. (source: NUVO)
IMA names new COO
The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) has announced Kathryn Haigh has been promoted to chief operating officer. Haigh joined the museum in 2007 and most recently served as deputy director for collections, exhibitions and facilities management. Click here for the story. (source: Inside Indiana Business)
ISO CEO to lead National Symphony Orchestra
The chief executive officer of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is stepping down to take on a new role in Washington, D.C. Click here for the story. (source: Inside Indiana Business)
ISO denies wrongdoing by Urbanski, leadership
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is defending its conductor and leaders, describing claims of age discrimination and harassment made by a tenured musician as "outlandish" and "baseless." Read more here. (source: Indiana Economic Digest)
Symphony on the Prairie lands new sponsor
After 35 years, a longstanding event in Fishers has a new title sponsor. Cincinnati-based The Kroger Co. is partnering with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the Kroger Symphony on the Prairie. Click here for the story. (source: Inside Indiana Business)
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How arts advocates plan to save the NEA
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has been a target before. This time is different. Click here for the story. (source: Variety)
Data shows why the arts are good for the US economy
Since President Donald Trump first announced his intention to defund the National Endowment for the Arts, there's been a flood of dialogue about the ways that art "lifts us up" and "brings us together." Though much of it has been intelligent and heartfelt, very little has focused on the data that defends the arts at a policy level. The numbers pointing to the importance of the arts in America are astounding. Read more here. (source: Quartz)
Report highlights impact of the arts in healthcare
A growing body of research is bringing attention to how the arts - including literature, performing and visual arts, as well as architecture and design - can greatly enhance the healthcare experience. Grantmakers in the Arts recently released a report "Arts in Medicine Literature Review" that summarizes highlights from studies supporting arts in medicine across human development, as well as the work of artists and arts organizations in healthcare settings. (source: Grantmakers in the Arts)
Teachers beat prison "macho culture" with art program
In the early 2000s, Hollywood invested in the urban fairy tale where a teacher is called into the principal's office of a school in a low-income, broken part of town and is requested to help "build character and morale." Unfortunately, we live in a reality that doesn't have enough ballroom dance and poetry classes to keep kids in school and out of prison. Read more here. (source: PBS)
Pulitzer Prize winner named new U.S. Poet Laureate
Tracy K, Smith, the country's new poet laureate, would like to start a conversation. "A poem asks you to let go many of your assumptions, move away from your own certainties and to listen," says Smith, 45, a Pulitzer Prize winner whose appointment to a one-year term was announced earlier this month by the Library of Congress. Click here to learn more. (source: NBC news)
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Indiana
Arts Education & Regional Services Director, Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Lafayette, IN
Creative Classroom Connections Site Director (part-time), Art with a Heart, Indianapolis, IN
Executive Administrative Assistant, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
Institutional Giving Manager, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Out of School Time Programs Support, Art with a Heart, Indianapolis, IN
Other states
Artistic Director, Anima-Glenn Ellyn Children's Chorus, Glenn Ellyn, IL (Deadline July 31, 2017)
Artistic Director, Denver Center Theatre Company, Denver, CO
Director of Artistic Administration, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati, OH
Director of Audience Experience, Austin Opera, Austin, TX
Director of Major and Planned Gifts, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa, FL
Director of Marketing & Communications, ZACH Theatre, Austin, TX
Executive Director, Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia, PA (Deadline June 30, 2017)
Finance & Operations Director, South Arts, Atlanta, GA
Managing Director, Near West Theatre, Cleveland, OH (Deadline June 30, 2017)
Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Palm Beach Symphony, Palm Beach, FL (Deadline July 16, 2017)
Music & Artistic Director, Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, FL (Deadline July 14, 2017) |
