This year’s event will take place on June 15th and 16th at Service Center, 3819 Lafayette Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46254. Here, art lovers can explore the containers that house installation pieces, which can range from interactive light and sound experiences to more traditional large-scale visual art that makes creative use of the space.

This year’s Installation Nation is the third time the Indianapolis-based arts nonprofit has hosted this exhibition staged outside. At the event, attendees can wander in and out of the containers that house the installation art. Food and beverages from local business will be sold in addition to live music will be part of the event. Admission is $5. Kids under 12 get in free.

Hours of the event are Friday 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. and Saturday 4 – 11 p.m. Food trucks, beverages and kids activities will also be available.

Primary Colours/Primary Gallery is proud to present the work of local artist, Martin Kuntz.

The Fun Machine Died is a body of work that includes several large scale canvases made up of colorful oils and acrylic that display various deconstructed icons of pop culture.  Martin Kuntz derives meaning from a society filled with over-stimulated imagery and explores these images within the subconscious. Issues explored range from gender roles and masculinity to violence, wealth and death.

Opening reception takes place June 1, 2012 (6-10pm) at the Primary Gallery, located on the second floor the Murphy Arts Center, suite 217. The closing reception occurs June 22, 2012 (6-9pm). For questions or viewing appointments after June 1, please email info@primarycolours.org or call (317) 721-2780.

Original artwork by Aaron Scamihorn

We’ve extended the deadline date to Wednesday, April 25 and we’ve added more bang for your artistic buck by increasing the size of our containers!

Primary Colours presents the return of Installation Nation, a unique installation art event, on June 15-16 2012, at Service Center, 3819 Lafayette Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46254. Visual artists will be chosen to create 12 installation pieces within metal shipping containers in a space measuring 8 ft. wide, 8 ft. high, and 20 ft. long (updated from 8ftx8ftx10ft.)

Artists will need to submit a proposal to create an installation within the confines of a metal shipping container. Among these proposals, Primary Colours will select 12 projects and give each artist $500 to create their vision.

Submission fee for each entry to Installation Nation is $20
(via mailed check or paypal)

All RFP’s must be submitted by April 25, 2012.

(poster created by Aaron Scamihorn)

The Arts Council of Indianapolis and Primary Colours collaborate each year to offer a series of professional development workshops for central Indiana artists. Past topics have included accounting, legal matters, portfolio development, photographing your own artwork, technology issues for artists, writing your artist statement, grant writing for artists and more. For this, our eighth year, we are leaving the summer months to drinks on patios and long weekends at the lake and starting our workshop series early this year.  Stay tuned for topics, presenters and more details on spring and fall workshops coming soon.
Upcoming Workshops:
March 21:  The Supplemental Materials Seminar
April 11:  Handling, Packing and Shipping Artwork
April 25:  How to Become a Teaching Artist

First in our spring series:

March 21: The Supplemental Materials Seminar

When submitting to any professional opportunity, your supplemental materials such as work samples, reviews and other print material can be just as important as the project or grant itself. In order to be taken seriously by a panel of professionals selecting grants or commissions, your supplemental materials must be professional and top notch. Come to this workshop to see examples of good and bad submissions. Learn what panels are looking for and what turns them off right away. If you plan on submitting for a grant, residency or gallery show this year, this workshop is a must do.

When: Wednesday, March 21, 6-7pm
Where: Arts Council of Indianapolis
924 N. Pennsylvania St
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Free Parking.
Who: Artists of All Disciplines
Cost: FREE
Presenter: Shannon Linker, Director of Artist Services and Gallery 924, Arts Council of Indianapolis

Seating is limited so please RSVP with your name and the names of any guests who may be joining you to artistservices@indyarts.org. Please put the name of the workshop in the subject line.

Scienceology
February 17, 2012
Closing Reception
6-9pm
1043 Virginia Ave.
Suite 217 / Second Level
Indianapolis, IN 46203

Just in time for the Superbowl, we at Primary Colours are proud to present another wonderful show at the Primary Gallery.

Scienceology is an collaborative show  exhibiting the works of Jeff Geesa and Ryan Szeszycki.

What is Scienceology?
Through a representational approach to abstraction (thoroughly abstract concepts made visible) Scienceology explores the nature of understanding, of “knowledge”, and the attempt thereof.  Scienceology is the exploration of science and pseudo-science and is not Science proper.  It is a holistic, however fragmented and incomplete, picture created in equal parts by pieces of knowledge and unimaginably vast areas of ignorance, like particles clustering into the infinitely dense as space expands moving the clusters farther and farther apart. At a certain level of complexity understanding fails and we are left with simplicity, beauty. Occasionally Culture, Science, and the Brain get a fleeting glimpse of the true nature of things. Simple, beautiful.

Hours/Location

Opening reception is on February 3, 2012 (6-10pm) at The Primary Gallery located within the Murphy Arts Center, second floor, suite 217. Closing reception will occur on February 17, 2012 (6-9pm).

Happy New Year!

Before we completely say good bye to 2011 we have a few mentions to brag about. We made Nuvo’s Year in Review for the Visual Arts and Nuvo honored us with a great review for our Annual Holiday Show Toys.

Here’s to 2012, we promise to make it even more memorable than 2011.

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 Friday (10.28.11) is the closing reception for Missed the Boat.  Art is still available for sale as well as the artist, Justin Cooper will be in attendance.

In case you missed it, Justin Cooper’s opening reception was a hit amongst October First Friday visitors at the Primary Gallery. A great crowd and several pieces sold. Not to mention, we had a marathon game of Hungry Hungry Hippos playing away inside the Primary Colours board room.
We look forward to seeing some familiar faces as well as new ones!