We celebrated with the Polk Group, Greatriarchs, and other community partners at 16th street's Polk Stables groundbreaking on Wednesday. Speakers included Polk Group's Sajan George, City Council President Vop Osili, Deputy Mayor Judith Thomas, Harrison Center's Joanna Taft, and artist Bill Rasdell. Polk Stables will be a unique co-working space for artists and entrepreneurs, also featuring a maker's space, event space/gallery, and restaurant. The Harrison Center will provide artists for studio residencies and exhibits. We are looking forward to partnering to preserve and contribute to the neighborhood culture.
Image provided by Michael Durr of North Indy Magazine.
House Fire
See the House Fire. Recent Herron School of Art and Design graduates have covered the walls of the Hank & Dolly's Gallery with canvases, drawings, and pillows painted with flesh tone colors. The exhibit features an array of subject matter but focuses mainly on the human body and our relationship to domestic spaces.
Be on the lookout for a blog post about this show later this week, or browse House Fire on our online gallery.
Harrison Center Researched for
Academic Journal
The Harrison Center's work to fight cultural gentrification is featured in an ENGAGE! academic journal article, Storytelling to Conserve a Community's History. The authors: IUPUI doctoral students Desmond L Kemp, Latosha Rowley, and Stacia Murphy explore PreEnact Indy and its impact on the neighborhood. Read the full article here.
Welcome, Selah!
Selah Henry is one of our high school interns engaging in creative projects around the Harrison Center this summer. Selah first learned about the Harrison Center from her grandmother, Greatriarch Aster Bekele.
Selah loves working with textiles, drawing, and creating digital art. She is currently working with a fellow intern on porching blanket project. Read more about Selah here.
Conversations About Art
People react to art in a variety of ways, and this new video created by intern Hogan Hickman celebrates the variety of perspectives brought by art patrons. Watch college students, high schoolers, and even young kids observe and comment on art around the Harrison Center.
