May 2020: Everglow
Nightsea Overglow, 24x36 in., acrylic, by Benaiah Cusack
MAYDAY MAYDAY
Virtual First Friday Gallery Opening
Friday, May 1, 2020, 6 pm
FREE VIRTUAL EVENT
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 22, 2020) – The Harrison Center and WFYI join forces this month to virtually present “Everglow,” new work by Benaiah Cusask in the Underground Gallery. Cusack’s collection of nocturne landscapes explores the atmosphere of Bio-Luminescence in a surreal world of bonfires, fireflies, and orbs that transport the viewer to another place and may spark a beacon of hope.
Watch the gallery tour safely from your home by tuning into WFYI or the Harrison Center’s Facebook pages.
In addition to “Everglow,” two more shows at the Harrison Center will open virtually this month. “Varied,” by Tom Day will be on view in our online gallery. The collection includes mixed media portraits, a number of which have been made during quarantine. Also opening in the online gallery, “The Endless Complexities of People & Places” features new work by Herron School of Art + Design seniors Gabriel Akre and Anita Gordon. Akre’s work, a series of paintings, explores landscape as a vehicle to express sublime experiences and their ability to draw us closer to the divine. Gordon’s collection of oil and acrylic paintings dives into one particular aspect of behavioral studies, labeled Behavioral Adaptation, that Gordon finds most fascinating in a visual translation through its repetitive nature. These shows will be on view on First Friday in our online gallery. Look out for more interviews and content from these shows, produced by WFYI, throughout the month of May.
“The Great Outdoors,” a new body of work by Emma Overman, remains on display and available for sale in the online gallery.
The Harrison Center invites local residents when out exercising or walking to enjoy the “Social Distance Window Walk,” a series of unique installations by local artists located in the windows on the perimeter of our building. This outdoor installation is currently open 24/7 for walkers & bikers to enjoy. Please observe all social distancing guidelines when viewing the exhibit.
Also on First Friday, the Harrison Center will unveil the completion of our historic smokestack restoration as public art—watch as colored smoke puffs from the top of the smokestack for the first time ever at 9:30 pm. Follow us on social media to see the video update on the smokestack in the week following First Friday.
With support from: the Arts Council of Indianapolis, the Indiana Arts Commission, Christel DeHaan Family Foundation, and Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation.
About the Harrison Center
The Harrison Center is a community-based, nonprofit arts organization that seeks to be a catalyst for renewal in the city of Indianapolis. Founded in 2001, the organization’s work is two-fold. The Harrison Center for the Arts is home to 36 artist studios and five galleries with programming that is designed to foster the creation of new art, build community among artists and emerging patrons, create new partnerships, and provide a forum for public conversations between artists and the community. The Harrison Center for the City seeks to connect people to culture, community, and place to strengthen Indianapolis’s core urban neighborhoods. For more information on the Harrison Center, call 317.396.3886 or visit www.harrisoncenter.org. Connect with the Harrison Center on social media at Facebook/HarrisonCenterArts, Instagram/harrisoncenterarts or Twitter/@HarrisonCtrArts.