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.

• This Saturday, September 10, 2011, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Indianapolis City Market (222 E. Market St.)
• Entry fee is $20 on Paint Day.
• Save $5 by registering online in advance.
• Read the Official Rules here.
• Check out video from 2009′s Paint Day.

You have just four hours to paint with the materials we provide. You can’t bring easels or transfers, but you can bring chairs. The public is invited to watch our artists paint free of charge.

Check out today’s featured artists. Their works remain on sale at Gallery 924 at the Arts Council until Dec. 22! If you haven’t yet checked out the TOYS show, don’t miss your chance.

Jamie Pawlus and Frankie (Australian Shepherd), Chicken With Its Head Chewed Off, 2010, found object–plastic farm animal, NFS

Pam Wishbow, Odds and Ends, 2010, acrylic on panel, $300

Holly Streekstra, Sawing a Man in Half Effect, 2010, mixed-media, $1,067

Ryan Alvis, Beluga Bath, 2010, acrylic on canvas, $200

MAMUS, Toys were so much fucking cooler when they where radioactive and covered in lead paint., 2010, polymer clay, found objects, acrylic paint, $300

Blythe Noble Hager, American Strings, 2010, mixed-media, $200

Aaron Scamihorn, The Totalitarian of Toys, 2010, digital illustration, $200

Jeffrey S. Martin, “Oh, and remember: next Friday……is Hawaiian shirt day. So, you know, if you want to, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans.” 2010, mild steel, $50 per piece; 10 pieces

Eric Smith, Cobra Grenadier, 2010, serigraph, $40

Bruce Dean, “Uncle Luey” AKA – SS Rotterdam, 2010, ink and pastel on archival paper, $400

Justin Cooper, Steam Train (detail), 2009, mixed-media on wood

Carl B. Leck, Sockem (detail, 2010, mixed-media, $2,500

Nathan Shinkle, The Depths (detail), 2010, house paint and wheat paste on board, $750

Judie L. Sloan, Glass Ball Gown, 2010, blown glass, $300

Phil Velikan, Model Kit, 2010, Resin, $1,000 (original); $150 (kit; edition of 20)

Mike Altman, ALTered #53 (detail), 2010, mixed-media, $100

Emma Overman, Snow Globe (detail), 2010, acrylic on birch, $1,250

Kyle A. Herrington, Telephone Etiquette, 2010, mixed-media on paper, $500

Justin Akiem Trapp, Heaven Only Knows!, 2010, ceramic, $100 per piece; 11 pieces

Nate Greuel, Imagination, 2010, photography, tracing paper, wood, metal, $150

For those who missed it, never fear. The show remains up Gallery 924 at the Arts Council , gloriously featuring amazing work from 20 local artists, until December 22. You can still buy some great pieces, featured in the following video:

Gallery 924 is located at 924 N. Pennsylvania St. (map). Hours are Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. They accept cash, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.

We’ve made slow progress of late, but some other organizations have surged lately. Here’s where we stand as of November 16 with just three days to go:

You can help very simply. There’s only one step:

1. Join our “Primary Colours” Cause page at http://www.causes.com/causes/523960.

You may be one of 289 people who have already joined our previous “Support Primary Colours” Facebook Cause page. Currently, we’ll hit 3rd if we double the people who join. Scion could give us as much as $5,000!

You do not have to donate. YOU SIMPLY NEED TO JOIN OUR CAUSE AT http://www.causes.com/causes/523960.

If you would like to donate before Nov. 19, Scion will match your gift up to $1,000. We’ve raised $775 in so far, and Scion will match another $225.

Right now, we could use your help.

We’re part of a challenge among about 30 arts nonprofits nationwide. The top three groups with the most followers by November 19 (at 5pm PST) will share the remainder of the $100,000 Scion has pledged. There’s only one step:

1. Join our “Primary Colours” Cause page at http://www.causes.com/causes/523960.
   

You may be one of 289 people who have already joined our previous “Support Primary Colours” Facebook Cause page. So far, 44 of you have joined our other Cause page. This puts us tied for 9th with Sacramento and LA! Currently, we’ll hit 3rd if 50 more people join. Scion could give us as much as $5,000!

You do not have to donate. YOU SIMPLY NEED TO JOIN OUR CAUSE AT http://www.causes.com/causes/523960.

If you would like to donate before Nov. 19, Scion will match your gift up to $1,000. We’ve raised $775 so far, and Scion will match another $225.

We can do this! We’re sure of it. Please take a moment and do this simple thing.

Once again, The Vogue Theatre in Broad Ripple provided the area for combat in the seventh staging of the Art vs. Art Main Event by Primary Colours and Groove Truck Productions.

As the doors opened, a line of spectator judges quickly formed up College Avenue on the pleasant September night. Upon entering, the crowd quickly learned which 32 canvases received the most online votes and survived the first cut to compete. Bargain hunters quickly snapped up several of the 104 paintings not making the cut and plunked down $50 to claim their canvas.

As A Squared Industries spun the hot tunes, the crowd filed past the top 32 contenders and selected three canvases on their ticket stubs. Once the ballots were cast and furiously but meticulously counted, the top 16 paintings were brought to the stage to do battle.

Emcee Mike Wiltrout took the stage with the bejeweled trophy belt in hand. In Round One, last year’s winner, Mab Graves (#102), fell to defeat at the hands of two-time winner Amory Abbott (#89). Doug, the auctioneer, was busy selling Mab’s painting for $500 along with most of the other paintings during the first two rounds.

Through the first two rounds, only two painting succumbed to the dreaded Wheel of Death, one (#71) by chainsaw and another (#39) by a Viking’s blade.

Round 3’s two bouts determined the final two combatants by the slimmest of margins. Jessica Dunn’s Goya Cookie Monster (#63) fell by .6 decibels to Andrew Bridges’ King Kong corn (#80) and suffered an embarrassing destruction via the Monet Shot.

The last former champion remaining, Ryan Alvis’ ice cream caterpillar (#70) had maneuvered its way through the field and beat out Carl Leck’s unlucky bunny (#36) by only one-tenth of a decibel! Carl’s bunny proved even more unlucky drawing the Instant Death on the Wheel and suffering a death by Wiltrout’s firebreathing and Molly’s Hatchet.

So, only the final bout remained, and with King Kong corn battling the ice cream caterpillar. Just .6 decibels brought the marauding vegetable to defeat and ruin at the hands of the BP oil drum.

Ryan Alvis emerged as the 2010 Art vs. Art Champion receiving the belt, the serenade, and the Big Check for $4,000. Given the option of keeping his winning canvas or putting it up for auction, Ryan immediately chose auction. A spin of the Wheel landed on Chainsaw, and the auction commenced. When the gavel finally fell, Ryan had sold his piece for a record $1,025!

Congratulations to Ryan and all who competed!