For Everyone In Indiana – Arts Project Support Review 

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In 2022, the IAC took the critical step of looking deeply at our programs, services, and operations, starting with an evaluation of the Arts Organization Support grant program. Read more about the process to review the Arts Organization Support Program.  

Following this review, the IAC will now complete a similar evaluation of the Arts Project Support (APS) program. The IAC has enlisted the support of external consultants Ruby Lopez Harper and Sara Peterson to guide this process and provide recommendations for strengthening the impact of the program on applicants, the agency, and the State of Indiana.

If you are interested in sharing your perspectives on the APS program and the future of project support for arts and creativity, there are four upcoming opportunities for you to participate. Each of the following virtual input sessions will last 90 minutes and will be facilitated by the consultant team
Image of Porucho's dress, colorful with handwritten credit from a student on it

Image Courtesy of Indiana State Museum

A Designer Original

Article from the Indiana State Museum Blog

Katie Pourcho’s student-designed dress has been worn to the White House and displayed at the statehouse. Now, it has a permanent home in our house.

In April, Pourcho donated to the museum two dresses, shoes and accessories that she had worn to Washington, D.C., when she met President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden after being named 2020 Indiana Teacher of the Year. The clothing was designed by her K-2 students at Danville North Elementary School.

“Art is meant to be seen – and it’s not meant to stay in my closet,” Pourcho said. “And from the very beginning, as we were putting this together, in the back of my head I was thinking that after the trip to D.C., it would be just too amazing if it was actually in a museum and my at-the-time second-graders and first-graders and kindergarteners could say, ‘I have work at the museum.’ How cool is that for a child to say?”

Read the full article.

How to make your home and workspace fuel your creativity

Excerpt of an article by Stephanie Diamond, The Creative Independent

Seventeen years ago, I emailed my network of friends and fellow artists asking for leads on a new-apartment hunt. Long after I’d settled into my new place, so many incredible referrals kept pouring in that I couldn’t keep them to myself. I started sharing my trove of apartment leads with my wider network, and Listings Project—a weekly roundup of opportunities serving artists and creative communities—was born.

As Listings Project has grown, my team and I continue to correspond with each lister directly. In the process, we have collected a wealth of insights on how people who derive their income and/or fulfillment from their creativity tend to live and work, how they aspire to live and work, and what makes a living arrangement or workspace fuel a creative practice.

In this guide, I will draw on my own observations as well as the experiences of our community to offer some insights on the process of finding and reconfiguring our homes and workspaces to inspire (not zap, drain, or deplete) our artistic lives.

Read the guide.

The Summer Institute for Creative Teaching

Are you looking to find a new way to engage students? The Indiana Arts Commission is partnering with the Indiana Department of Education to present The Summer Institute for Creative Teaching, a free one-day creative training workshop for Indiana Educators.

Research shows creative teaching strategies, also known as arts integration, improve student engagement, student learning retention, and student literacy skills. Integrating the arts into core subjects is a highly effective and rewarding approach to meeting standards while reaching diverse learners, engaging students, and making a memorable and enjoyable experience for all.

Participation in the workshop will include:

  • One day of immersive training in creativity and connections to standards

  • Exploration and enhancement of curriculum through arts integration

  • Hands-on collaboration with other Indiana educators

This one-of-a-kind learning opportunity will take place on July 11, 2023, at Franklin College. The deadline to register for the Summer Institute for Creative Teaching is June 14, 2023. Register now. 

Call for Poets: Bicentennial Unity Plaza Legends Mural

Indiana Humanities and the Indy Arts Council seek to commission an Indiana poet to write an original poem inspired by the lives, careers, and legacies of a group of Indianapolis “legends” from the past 200 years, to accompany a new multi-portrait mural to be installed in the summer of 2023. The goal of the poem is to provide a literary perspective on the legendary status of these individuals, and to help viewers understand their enduring impact on Indianapolis and the world. Applications are due by June 18, 2023.

Learn more and apply.

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