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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:

More details to come…

April 5, 2011 | Categories: Arts in Indy | Leave A Comment »

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.

February 28, 2011 | Categories: Arts in Indy | Leave A Comment »

TOYS Artists of the Day: Friday

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

December 17, 2010 | Categories: Artists, Event Updates, PC Events, Toys | Leave A Comment »

TOYS Artists of the Day: Thursday

Here for your aesthetic enjoyment are 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.

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

December 16, 2010 | Categories: Artists, Event Updates, PC Events, Toys | Leave A Comment »

TOYS Artists of the Day: Wednesday

Here for your aesthetic enjoyment are 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.

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)

December 15, 2010 | Categories: Artists, Event Updates, PC Events, Toys | Leave A Comment »

TOYS Artists of the Day: Tuesday

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

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

December 14, 2010 | Categories: Artists, Event Updates, PC Events, Toys | Leave A Comment »

TOYS Continues through Dec. 22

Thanks to everyone who showed up the big TOYS opening last week, all 369 of you!

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.

December 9, 2010 | Categories: Event Updates, PC Events, Toys | Leave A Comment »

‘Tis the Season for TOYS

Primary Colours welcomes the holiday season as only it can, with our annual invitational holiday art exhibit, TOYS. For the uninitiated, the exhibit features art fashioned around the theme of toys, and invited artists are free to interpret the theme however they see fit.

OPENING: The opening for this year’s art showcase takes place at Gallery 924 at the Arts Council (924 N. Pennsylvania St. – map) on Friday, December 3, 2010 from 6 to 9 p.m. We’ll have wine from New Day Meadery and craft beer from Brugge Brasserie and free apps from the Bar at the Ambassador.

AFTER PARTY: Join us down the block at the The Bar at the Ambassador (39 E. 9th St.) to continue the celebration, meet the artists, and hang with the Primary Colours gang.

The biggest change in this, our eighth installment, is that for the first time, the exhibit will remain on display beyond our opening night in the gallery for viewing and purchase, remaining up through December 22.

We’ve chosen the following artists to each produce a piece of artwork for this year’s exhibition:

* Mike Altman
* Ryan Alvis
* Justin Cooper
* Bruce Dean
* Nate Greuel
* Blythe Noble Hager
* Kyle A. Herrington
* MAMUS
* Carl B. Leck
* Jeffrey S. Martin
* Emma Overman
* Jamie Pawlus
* Aaron Scamihorn
* Nathan Shinkle
* Judie L Sloan
* Eric Smith
* Holly Streekstra
* Justin Akiem Trapp
* Phil Velikan
* Pam Wishbow

Exhibiting artists keep 75% of the proceeds they receive from the sale of their art. The remaining 25% goes to the Gallery, and, per tradition, Primary Colours will not a take cut. It’s all about supporting the artists and the Arts Council’s new gallery.

The opening for this free event coincides with the IDADA (Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association) First Friday Art Tour.

This year, we’re teaming up with VSA arts of Indiana and asks attendees to bring new or very gently used basic art supplies, such as acrylic, watercolor or tempera paints; colored pencils; erasers; paper; canvases; and brushes that volunteers will collect at the door. VSA will use donated supplies to provide arts activities to young patients and their families at Riley Hospital for Children and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital in addition to community arts classes around the state.

VSA arts of Indiana provides lifelong learning and creative expression through the arts for people with disabilities in Indiana.

November 19, 2010 | Categories: Artists, PC Events, Partnerships, Toys | 4 Comments »

Update: Scion Cause Challenge

Primary Colours is participating in the Scion x-CHANGE 15-city Fall Tour. 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.

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:

Rank Arts Organization City Cause Followers
1. Mad Lab Columbus, OH 582
2. Voxtropolis Sacramento Sacramento, CA 524
3. Baltimore Love Project Baltimore, MD 328
4. Fruit of the Soul San Diego, CA 254
5. RED DOT Project Cleveland, OH 173
6. Primary Colours Indianapolis, IN 163

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.

November 16, 2010 | Categories: Event Updates, Support Primary Colours | Leave A Comment »

Scion Facebook Cause Challenge

Last weekend, we participated in the Scion x-CHANGE 15-city Fall Tour. We’re excited by the great turnout on such a beautiful weekend. Scion x-CHANGE was able to raise $625 onsite for Primary Colours, and Scion has matched that amount. So Scion x-CHANGE has donated a total of $1,250 to Primary Colours’ Cause Page.

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.

October 12, 2010 | Categories: Event Updates, Support Primary Colours | 1 Comment »

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