Bump City with Lauren Curry | October 12th, 4-5pm Bump City is an all levels, all bodies, all genders, all good guided dance party. Be there or be somewhere else. Those are your only two choices. Bollywood with Usha Sirimalle | October 12th, 5-6pm Using a creative mix of technique, energy, and emotion, but most of all massive fun, Usha will teach participants poses, grace, hand and foot movements and expressions.These are all key elements of Bollywood dance, which allows participants to…

Join Alan Nakagawa as he talks about his book A.I.R. Head: Anatomy of an Artist In Residence.  Book Summary: Within a short amount of time, Alan Nakagawa found himself in the midst of several artist-in-residence opportunities. It started with the Getty Villa and then the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. Within a few years, Nakagawa had a half of dozen completed or in the mix. And then the emails started coming. Artists wanted to meet with Nakagawa to find out…

Artist Kaila Austin will have a series of live painting sessions of the John Wesley Hardrick mural open to the public at Tube Factory artspace: October 11, 3-6pm, October 25, 3-6pm, November 1, 3-6pm, November 8, 3-6pm and November 22, 3-6pm. She will be at SPARK on the Circle at Monument Circle painting the Harwick Mural on October 13, 2-5pm. The exhibit will run through December 17 with Tube Factory artspace’s regular business hours Wednesday-Friday, 9am-6pm, Saturdays and Sundays 9am-3pm.…

Have a question about the city of Indianapolis? Questions such as: is the Circle going to close completely? Who picks up the trash after events? Find out the answers to nearly any question you have about the city of Indianapolis and how it works. Every third Monday the Department of Metropolitan Development will be out at Spark to answer all your questions!

Join SPARK artist in residence Brittany Fukushima for a plein air painting session. Use painting (or drawing) as a way to observe and document your surroundings. Brittany will walk you through how to select a good composition and basic block-in strategies to begin your painting.

About: A producer/visual artist from Indianapolis, IN, Mandog combines elements from everywhere and anywhere and cooks them down into a nice Mandog soup. Hip-hop is his specialty, but you might find him boppin' around in other genres as well. Mandog was the Champion of the 6th Annual Jay Brookinz Beat Battle at The Vogue Theater (2014) and had another first place finish at a Jay Brookinz Battle League round at the Hi-Fi (2015).SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy, the…

Come join Rob Funkhouser from @rhythmdiscovery for a drum circle on the circle! For this activity, participants will get the opportunity to learn how to express themselves on hand drums and explore the basics of playing with other people. Working with Rob, participants will begin making sounds on the instruments and learn some basic rhythms inspired by traditional music.  

Amulet Making: People have created small pouch amulets to hold anything with protective energy and value. These are often made with everyday materials already on hand: medicinal plants, salt, metal, stones, and symbolic objects. The recipes and the names for these amulets vary by place. The ingredients connect us to our ancestors, the environment, and the places we live. The pouch can be worn on the body, kept in a pocket, or hung up in the home. Come make an…