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Circle Side Chats with Jeannie Regan-Dinius
A Grave Matter in Indiana: Cemeteries and Hoosiers Presenter: Jeannie Regan-Dinius Talk Description: Before most of any city was developed, the first thing our pioneers established was burial grounds. Whether a family site, religious based, or community focused these essential spaces evolved in importance, design, and use. This Spark will explore the city’s relationship with these places. Bio: Jeannie R. Regan-Dinius, Director of Special Initiatives, has a life-long interest in history, family history, and research. She earned her Bachelors in Public…
Find out more »Bollywood & Tai Chi with Indy Movement
Bollywood with Usha Sirimalle | September 14th, 4-5pm 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 explore the meanings of songs and dance and act them out. Bollywood is an upbeat fusion dance class that showcases traditional Indian Dance (Bhangra), and classical and modern (influenced by Hip Hop and salsa)…
Find out more »Ask The City
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!
Find out more »Plein Air Painting with Brittany Fukushima
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: Brittany Fukushima is an Indianapolis-based painter and teaching artist who uses their practice to interpret their environment. Drawing and painting become a means to investigate the natural world, express the intangible, and to present alternate ways of seeing.…
Find out more »Lunch Break Live Alejandro Reyna
About: Alejandro Reyna is an Indiana-based teaching artist who teaches private voice lessons at Butler Community Arts School and is a tenor staff singer for El Coro Latino at Christ Church Cathedral. The melodies you will hear today are some of Alejandro's most cherished. Alejandro thanks his parents for cultivating his taste and passion for the music of Mexico and Latin America.
Find out more »Boo! A knitting/graffiti project with Mary Jo Bayliss
A gathering where knitting and graffiti collide! Simultaneously inspired by traditional knitting and graffiti, this ever-evolving piece combines fiber adjacent activities, coloring sheets derived from graffiti and knitting motifs, and opportunities for participants to share their creative path stories. You are invited to come join the fun, because without YOU, Boo, this project can’t happen. About the artist: Mary Jo Bayliss specializes in creating environments that help people feel at ease using space, light and color to achieve these goals.
Find out more »Circle Side Chats with Norm Minnick
Talk Date: September 21 Recovering Etheridge Knight Talk Description: This talk will discuss the process of recovering Knight's unpublished and out-of-print works for The Lost Etheridge: Uncollected Poems and the forthcoming book On Etheridge Knight for the University of Michigan Press's Under Discussion Series. Poems will additionally be shared. Bio: Norman Minnick is the author of three collections of poetry and editor of several anthologies. Most recently, he is the editor of The Indianapolis Anthology and The Lost Etheridge: Uncollected…
Find out more »Sticker Event with Brittany Fukushima
Stickers! Come make your own stickers with SPARK artist in residence Brittany Fukushima! Use sticker paper and any tool to create your own original stickers. Keep them for yourself or give them to friends! Also, leave with a copy of Brittany’s own scratch-and-sniff sticker sheet. About: Brittany Fukushima is an Indianapolis-based painter and teaching artist who uses their practice to interpret their environment. Drawing and painting become a means to investigate the natural world, express the intangible, and to present alternate ways of seeing.…
Find out more »Live Painting with Dailyn Eades
In a two part series Dai is going to be live painting at SPARK. Occurring September 24th & October 1st. She’s going to use color & texture to abstractly represent the feeling of joy, community, hope and aspiration. Please feel free to speak & interact with her as she creates.
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