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Thanks for an Amazing Year!

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Dear Friends of Primary Colours,

As the sole employee of an amazing arts organization, I may just have the best job in Indianapolis. But it is all of us who help make our city a thriving environment that showcases and develops professional visual artists and educates, entertains, and engages audiences. With your support as an audience member, artist, donor, or friend we had an amazing 2009:

  • We dared to stage a new event, Installation Nation, which featured installation artists creating their work within 40-foot shipping containers on an empty lot in Lockerbie. Thanks to generous support from the Efroymson Family Foundation, we gave each artists a stipend toward creating their site-specific art.
  • We once again partnered with the Arts Council of Indianapolis to present three free workshops for the professional artist. Sessions taught the basics of completing an online portfolio, showing work in nontraditional spaces, and learning to develop better face-to-face communication with media, gallery owners, and potential buyers.
  • This summer, Primary Colours was one of only 24 Indiana arts nonprofits to receive a $25,000 grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
  • Art vs. Art was more successful than ever: 113 artists painted at the Stutz Building, 58 paintings sold for $5,175, a record crowd attended the Main Event at the Vogue, and, thanks to Butler Scion, we put up a record purse of $3,500.
  • Just this month, we held a very well-attended seventh installment of TOYS at ARTBOX; the invitational holiday exhibition (with chutzpah!) featured works by 20 local artists.

By my calculations, we directly helped 197 artists this year. The most direct example is Mab Graves, who since winning Art vs. Art has sold several other pieces and has started to receive acclaim throughout the Indianapolis art community.

That’s what I love about this job: directly helping artists, helping them become more professional and more successful, and getting audiences excited about attending art events.

You can help in this effort as well. To feature installation art, put on free workshops, give 70-100% of sales back to artists, we rely on donations from friends like you. Can you help accelerate our progress in 2010 by making a year-end contribution?

  • Or send a check to Primary Colours. 212 W. 10th Street, Suite A380, Indianapolis, IN. 46202.

Also, if your company would like to partner with us or donate to us, please let me know.

On behalf of the gang at Primary Colours, I wish you a warm and wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year. Don’t forget that local art makes a great gift!

Happy Holidays,
Hugh Vandivier
hugh@primarycolours.org

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