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Levitt VIBE Indianapolis Music Series Concert – September 8th
Levitt VIBE Indianapolis Music Series Concert - September 8th Big Car Collaborative, Arte Mexicano en Indiana, and our partners are excited to be part of a national program of the Los Angeles-based Levitt Foundation to bring FREE, family, friendly, live concerts to Garfield Park in Fall 2024 — and continuing in 2025 — as part of the new Levitt VIBE Indianapolis series! To learn more about the Levitt Foundation, head over to their website, levitt.org. Where: The lawn…
Find out more »Artist Workshop: Fiber Art and PomPoms with Mary Jo Bayliss
Come to SPARK and join artist Mary Jo Bayliss to learn how to create pompoms and contribute them to her Taylor Swift inspired community artwork titled, "The Village". Visitors will be able to make pompoms that will be used in Mary Jo's final piece! Come join in on this collaborative artwork and make sure to stop by the circle later to see the final finished piece when Taylor Swift enters her "Indy era" and performs in Indianapolis! A statement from…
Find out more »Lunch Break Live! With The Play Testers Presented By Lake City Bank
Come join us at SPARK for a lunchtime local concert! Lunch Break Live is presented by Lake City Bank. The Play Testers is a duo experimental group exploring musicking in the 21st century through written compositions and improvisations. The bandmates are clarinetist Eric Salazar, aka The Clarinet Guy, and bassist Alexo Cazares. Both are performers and composers who love to share their musicking. You can catch them playing board games or making music in Indianapolis. We…
Find out more »Cyanotype Workshop With Aurora PhotoCenter
Cyanotype is a camera-less photography made out in the sun, rather than in a darkroom. You place objects — such as plants — on top of a piece of photo-treated paper, and then use the sun to expose the paper. The result is an image that is an exact outline of the object. It’s a fun and magical way to engage photography! Although it may be new to modern people, cyanotype has been around since photography was invented in the 1800s.…
Find out more »Artist Workshop: Single Fancies With Joan Wyand!
Come join artist, Joan Wyand, on the circle to get a tiny painted masterpiece on one of your fingernails! The process involves painting a background color on the nail and once dry, Joan will paint an image of your choice. Past designs have included emojis, hearts, tiger stripes and more detailed imageslike Moby Dick and Godzilla! The artist loves a challenge, so feel free to suggest your own ideas. One nail per visitor! More about Joan: Joan Wyand recently received…
Find out more »Artist Workshop: Fiber Art and PomPoms with Mary Jo Bayliss
Come to SPARK and join artist Mary Jo Bayliss to learn how to create pompoms and contribute them to her Taylor Swift inspired community artwork titled, "The Village". Visitors will be able to make pompoms that will be used in Mary Jo's final piece! Come join in on this collaborative artwork and make sure to stop by the circle later to see the final finished piece when Taylor Swift enters her "Indy era" and performs in Indianapolis! A statement from…
Find out more »Indy Humanities Story Time With John David Anderson
John David Anderson is the best-selling author of several critically-acclaimed novels for young people, including Posted, Granted, and Ms. Bixby's Last Day. His books have garnered several awards, been translated into multiple languages, and frequently appear as honorees on state reading lists. Before becoming a middle-grade novelist, Dave (as he prefers to be called) taught at the University of Illinois. Before that he yearned to be Indiana Jones, but his parents wouldn't buy him a whip. Dave lives with his ever-patient wife…
Find out more »Artist Workshop: Fiber Art and PomPoms with Mary Jo Bayliss
Come to SPARK and join artist Mary Jo Bayliss to learn how to create pompoms and contribute them to her Taylor Swift inspired community artwork titled, "The Village". Visitors will be able to make pompoms that will be used in Mary Jo's final piece! Come join in on this collaborative artwork and make sure to stop by the circle later to see the final finished piece when Taylor Swift enters her "Indy era" and performs in Indianapolis! A statement from…
Find out more »Lunch Break Live! With M. Moskaliuk Presented by Lake City Bank
Come join us at SPARK for a live lunch break time concert with M. Moskaliuk, presented by Lake City Bank! M. Moskaliuk is a composer with a background in creating and performing live electronic music. His fascination with vintage analog synthesizers sparked his love of sound and music. His work attempts to capture fleeting emotions and ineffable moments in time. We at Big Car are teaming up with Downtown Indy and the City of Indianapolis — with support from the…
Find out more »Artist Workshop With Giselle Trujillo
Come join us at SPARK for a FREE workshop with artist Giselle Trujillo! About the Artist: Inside of me, like inside of everyone, there are many characters waiting to come out in order to be somehow present in this world. They come out from a pencil and play with papers, from our mind and play with our life. Once, when I was a child, I was close to the sea and I understood everything it said to me. then my hands…
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