Dishing up art monthly at the Harrison Center
Harrison Center Executive Director Joanna Taft created the monthly Art Dish series as an opportunity to encourage conversation between artists and potential patrons using the lure of first-rate cuisine.
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Explore: Brown County tour lets visitors see how art is made
The Back Woods Studio Tour, a self-guided swing through rural Brown County through the end of October, showcases the work and work spaces of more than 20 artists and craftsmen.
Quirky Stutz complex is growing spot for techies, but still home to artists
Twenty-five years after developer Turner Woodard purchased the old Stutz factory complex at 10th Street and Capitol Avenue, the sprawling facility hosts 200-plus tenants.
Arts group Big Car to remake area near its new home
The arts-focused Big Car Collaborative, birthed in Fountain Square in 2004 and most recently headquartered at Lafayette Square Mall, has found a permanent place to park on Indianapolis’ south side.
Locally based Wine & Canvas grows to 48 locations nationwide
The husband-and-wife-owned Wine & Canvas has grown from two to 347 employees in just four years with profitability increasing at a double-digit clip, 48 locations coast to coast and plans for international expansion.
Zionsville galleries watching Carmel arts district
Zionsville gallery owners are stepping up their collective marketing efforts as Carmel’s Arts and Design District has landed a new wave of artists and gallery owners over the past five months.
Owner of Stutz studio opening gallery in Carmel
The opening is a homecoming of sorts for Kathleen O’Neil Stevens, who formerly operated a studio-gallery for her own work on East Carmel Drive.
Insurance seller chases music dreams with jazz label
Al Hall started Owl Studios in 2005 to promote local musicians and has expanded its roster of performers to 16.
Local artist Knabe lands in Indiana Design Center
Walter Knabe, this year’s official artist of the Indianapolis 500, will set up shop this summer in the Indiana Design Center,
part of the Carmel’s Arts and Design District.
Indiana Design Center lines up tenants
The $25 million project, which is the cornerstone of Carmel’s Arts & Design District, has signed 11 interior design-related tenants
and a restaurant.
Carmel arts foundation adds directors; Stutz names residents
The Carmel Performing Arts Foundation has appointed its first independent board members, Rollin Dick and Rosemary Waters.
In downtown Indianapolis, two local artists will receive free studio space in the Stutz Building
for the next year.
Indy-art-loving lawyer pays studio rent for artists
Paul Hunt, a partner with Barnes & Thornburg, recently decided to pay seven months’ studio rent for two artists at Harrison
Center for the Arts. And the Columbia Club on Monument Circle is looking for new members.