Art Walk happening downtown this weekend
The Fourth Friday Art Walk in Nashville will be Friday Sept. 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. Participating galleries, all within a short walking distance of each other in downtown Nashville are: Hoosier Artist Gallery, The Emerald Pencil, B3 Gallery, Ascension Fine Arts, Jeff Hagen Studio, Artist Associates of Brown County at the Playhouse and the Brown County Art Guild.
Most will offer light refreshments and other activities, including a needle felting demonstration at Hoosier Artist by Sally Mae Kinsey. Live music will be heard on the streets by buskers Dave Sisson and Sam Herrin outside the Brown County Playhouse and Nate Tipton at the Village Green.
This is an opportunity to see new fall art collections, meet local artists and shop for a variety of arts and crafts. For more information, call 812-340-8781 or pick up a brochure/map at the Visitors Center or any gallery.
Registration open for annual art conference
The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) opened registration for the fourth annual Indiana Arts Homecoming taking place online from Oct. 14 through 15.
The Indiana Arts Homecoming is a gathering of Indiana’s artists, arts providers and creative communities who are doing work every day to create opportunities. Traditionally, the conference attracts more than 300 attendees from all communities throughout the state.
“Gatherings are the heartbeat of community, and the arts nurture communities that are engaged and meaningful,” Rishard Allen said. Allen is the manager of Grant Services & Education Partnerships for the Arts Council of Indianapolis and steering committee co-chair. “That’s why it’s so important for us to pivot Homecoming to still give everyone the opportunity to gather, even if it’s virtually.”
This year’s conference will be free to attend and features a lineup of 18 breakout sessions, six “creative intermissions,” two keynote addresses and two peer discussions.
Visit eventbrite.com/e/indiana-arts-homecoming-tickets-119334347245 to register for the conference.
Gallery featuring two artists this month
During September, the Hoosier Artist Gallery is featuring the art of painter Carina Larsson and ceramicist Della Wood.
Larsson, who is from Sweden, paints open portraits of horses, woodland animals, and humans with soft abstract backgrounds in acrylics or oils and cold wax.
Wood creates lyrical and imaginative images of cloud horses in clay as well as functional cups, bowls, and boxes.
The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at 45 S. Jefferson St. Wearing a mask is required.
BC Art Gallery reopens with new exhibits
The works of C. Curry Bohm are on display at the Brown County Art Gallery, 1 Artist Drive. The show ends Oct. 16. Bohm was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1894 and made his first visit to Brown County in 1920.
The Indiana Heritage Arts annual exhibition and sale will be Oct. 24 through Nov. 14 at the Brown County Art Gallery. The call for entry opened July 27 and will close Friday, Sept. 25. All entries and payments must be submitted online. For more information, visit browncountyartgallery.org.
Visitors to the gallery are required to wear masks, use hand sanitizer and practice social distancing. The number of guests in the gallery at one time will be limited.
IHA postpones annual show, has new requirements
In order to work within the COVID-19 protocols of the Brown County Art Gallery, the Indiana Heritage Arts Board has made adjustments to this year’s annual exhibition.
The new show dates are Oct. 24 to Nov. 14 at the Brown County Art Gallery, 1 Artist Drive. Changes include early drop-off days and online opening with no reception.
For more information, visit indianaheritagearts.org/annual-exhibition/2020-exhibition.
