Toys: Amazing Works of Wonder
Join us on December 2 (First Friday) from 6 -10 pm as we showcase amazing works of wonder created by local artists.
This year, we will be accepting donations of new and gently used art supplies on behalf of VSA Indiana. This wonderful organization provides lifelong learning and creative expression through the arts for people with disabilities in Indiana. VSA Indiana (formerly Very Special Arts) has served Hoosiers for nearly 30 years.
To learn more about VSA, please visit VSAI.org.
We’ve invited Indiana’s finest artists to create a piece based on the theme of toys for our ninth annual show. Check out the talented artists participating in this year’s event:
Joseph Crone
Lauren Ditchley
Erin K. Drew
Elyse Elder
Jeff Geesa
Mike Graves
Susanna Hoone
Andre Jefferson
Penny Knight
Carol Myers
MaryAnne Nguyen
Jay Parnell
Brian James Priest
Casey Roberts
Aaron Scamihorn
Eric Stine
Barb Zech
Support local art and give back to a very unique and wonderful cause for the arts.
State of the Arts
With our move to the Murphy, we at Primary Colours want to ensure that we’re helping serve the needs of visual artists and the community. You can help!
Artists, take a few moments to provide us with some crucial feedback on the current art scene in Indianapolis. Your honest opinions will help us provide better opportunities to help emerging artists in the City.
Take the Survey Here.
NUVO Cultural Vision Award 2011
Aw, shucks. (looking down bashfully, shuffling the dirt with our foot)
NUVO just informed us that they have chosen Primary Colours to receive one of this year’s Cultural Vision Awards. In April 2000, we staged our first event, Allotropy, and 11 years later, we continue to create ways for visual artists and audiences to connect. Thank you, NUVO, for this great honor.
We’re pleased to share the stage on Friday, June 3rd at the Athenauem Theatre with these great 2011 honorees who do so much to make Indianapolis culturally vibrant:
- Good Earth Natural Foods Store
- Christine Collier and the Center for Inquiry schools
- Time for Three (resident ensemble at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra)
- Central Indiana Jobs With Justice
- Katz & Korin
- Bicycle Garage Indy
- Lifetime Achievement: Lois Templeton
More details to come…
We’ve Moved!
Primary Colours has moved the whole kit and caboodle to a cozy corner office on the second floor of the Murphy Arts Center (Suite 217), right above Red Lion Grog House.
When you’re out and about in Fountain Square each First Friday, we’ll be staffed and stocked, so poke your head in during your gallery rounds, see what we have up our sleeves, and give us your two cents about what we can do for visual arts in Indy.
With the new space, we share a gallery with Mt. Comfort, so expect some great gallery shows in the near future.
Our new mailing address is 1043 Virginia Ave, Box #23, Indianapolis, IN 46203. (Get Directions) Our phone is 317.721.ARTS (2787), or you can drop us a line at info@primarycolours.org.
We want to thank the great staff, management, artists, and neighbors at the Stutz Building for five wonderful years and encourage everybody to check out the Stutz Artists Association Open House on April 29-30.
First Friday is Ruschman Gallery’s Last
Man, we hate this.
Longtime Primary Colours supporter, Indianapolis arts advocate, founding member of IDADA, and all-around great guy, Mark Ruschman stunned the local art scene by announcing on June 12 that he will be closing his gallery after 25 years. The Ruschman Art Gallery has been a destination for exploring the best of the visual arts and a must-stop on First Friday.
You can bet that we’ll be there tonight to celebrate his contribution to the Indianapolis community. Join us.
“Our Farewell Exhibition” Works by gallery artists: painting, sculpture, textile, photography
Ruschman Art Gallery
948 N. Alabama St. (map)
Opening Reception
July 3, 2009
5:00 – 9:00pm
Check out David Hoppe’s excellent exit interview in NUVO.
Installation Nation 2009 – Videos
Wondering what Installation Nation is about? Check out these videos for a quick preview of our first annual installation only exhibition June 5th & 6th.
More press here.
Hope to see you there.
Indy Culture Matters Rally Roundup
A dreary day didn’t deter about 2,000 supporters from mobbing Monument Circle Monday to rally for the arts in Indianapolis. Did you go? What did you think?
The Indy Culture Matters rally was well-covered by local media and well-commented on by local bloggers. Here’s the roundup:
