One Day Left to Meet Our Goal! |
If you are a last-minute person, your moment has arrived! Fundraising for the Alley Activation project is coming to a close and you can help us reach the goal! If Harrison Center raises $50,000, the IHCDA will provide a matching grant of $50,000, but ONLY if we meet our goal. Tomorrow (August 15th) is the last day and your support is what will put us over the goal.
Over the years, the historic alleyway behind the Harrison Center has "aged"—and not very gracefully. New public art, light installations, repairs, and several themed scavenger hunts will make the alley a place of joy and beauty.
Give now to be part of recreating this alley as a place for neighbors to walk, a place for art activities, and a place for joy by donating before time runs out. |
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This month in the Speck Gallery, experience For The Love Of by Becca Ito with Leah McMichael, Katheryn Pourcho, and Katie Ito. Celebrate Indiana’s precarious beauty: field and forest, friendship and flight. Ceramics, surface design, storytelling, and regenerative agriculture come together to image the places we love and the world we want to see.
Read more on our blog. See For The Love Of in the Harrison Center’s Speck Gallery through August 25th and on our online gallery through September 29th. All pieces are available for purchase online and in person.
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| Storytelling Drawing Sessions |
Did you know we host weekly "drawing" sessions in the City Gallery? (Really, you can create in whatever medium you prefer.)
Storytelling Drawing Sessions give artists a chance to engage in the stories of long-term residents of Indianapolis. As community members tell their stories, artists are invited to listen, converse, and create. These sessions are free to the public and held weekly on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:00 in the City Gallery.
Learn more and register to attend here. |
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| Art Adventure Scavenger Hunt with Indy Fringe |
August 17th - September 3rd stop in the Harrison Center for an Art Adventure Scavenger Hunt in partnership with the IndyFringe Festival, a celebration of the arts in Downtown Indy.
Explore our 65,000 sq ft building with eight art galleries and studios featuring 40 working artists. Get stamps on your IndyFringe Passport (available in City Gallery) by finding edgy, curious, equitable, and eclectic work.
Guests who see one performance at each IndyFringe venue and participate in the Art Adventure Scavenger Hunt will be entered into a lottery for incredible prizes.
Harrison Center is open Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm for scavenger hunt self-guided tours.
Also, alongside September's First Friday, the Harrison Center will host Fringe Night. In the Lift Gallery, viewers can enjoy artwork on cardboard by Kenyon Mason as well as Fringe on Wheels, a mobile performance venue parked on Delaware Street. |
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As a science illustrator, Nina Grauley brings art and science together through watercolor to celebrate the incredible diversity of edible plants in Indianapolis and encourage people to go out into nature. The works in Hidden in Plain Sight were created during her Artist Residency at the Harrison Center in the Spring of 2023.
Grauley explains, "Paying attention to the particularities of a community - whether it is made up of plants or people- is an act of love."
Read more on our blog. See Hidden in Plain Sight in the Harrison Center’s City Gallery through August 25th and on our online gallery through September 29th. All pieces are available for purchase online and in person.
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