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Since the 2000-2001 season, Clowes Memorial Hall has collaborated with Hoosier artists to display their works in the Grand Lobby as part of a rotating art exhibit. Exhibits are free and open to the public during regular business hours – Monday through Friday 9 am – 5 pm. For further information call 317-940-9697. |
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Mary Jo DeMyer
Friday, August 17 – Sunday, October 7
Gallery Tour: Sunday, September 16 @ 2 pm
Before FREE JCFA Showcase (Chorale, Wind, Percussion,
Jazz) concert @ 3 pm
Mary Jo DeMyer works in a variety of media and is influenced by a
varied life. She is an artist of life, whether in her garden or at her
easel, at the potter's wheel or cutting paper. Mary Jo's work was
last seen at Clowes during the exhibit at SPOTLIGHT 2012. |
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AVMA Friday, August 17 – Sunday, October 7
Gallery Tour: Sunday, October 7 @ 2 pm
Before FREE Honor Choir concert @ 3 pm
AVMA paints landscapes that exalt the warmth of the Mediterranean
region, and the diverse contours of Europe and its colors:
the reds, the oranges, the yellows, the purples and blues.
AVMA received formal education in drawing and painting at an
early age in Spain and France. But only later in his life, he returned
to painting, experimenting with different painting styles, including
expressionism, cubism and impressionism. He currently resides in
Indianapolis and has taught sociology at Butler University since
1993. |
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Slawek
Friday, August 17 – Sunday, October 7
Gallery Tour: Sunday, September 30 @ 2 pm
Before FREE Butler Symphony Orchestra concert @ 3 pm
Slawek understands the camera as a pen or pencil which we use
to make fast notes. All that he does is, in fact, "draft notes with
a camera." While classic photography is capturing a moment, his
camera is trying to understand what Light is telling him. Slawek
calls this process "reflections."
Slawek was born in communist Poland and moved to the United
States in the 1980s. His path has taken him from Manhattan to
the Midwest, and he currently lives in Indianapolis.
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Butler Creates – An Alumni Art Exhibit
Tuesday, October 9 – Sunday, October 21
Gallery Tour: Sunday, October 21 @ 2 pm
Before FREE Wind Ensemble concert @ 3 pm
Butler Creates – An Alumni Art Exhibit will return for the third
year. Butler Alumni artists were encouraged to submit their
original artwork, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography
or other forms to be considered. This year's show will
begin October 9 and run through Butler's Homecoming, October
19 – 21, 2012.
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Gavin Smith & Stuart Sayger Gallery Exhibit
Tuesday, October 23 – Wednesday, November 21
Gallery Tour: Sunday, November 11 @ 2 pm
Before FREE Jazz concert @ 3 pm
Illustrator Gavin Smith creates a world
in ink and images in his comic book
Human City, as well as his other artwork
for Blue Juice Comics and magazine,
album and merchandise artwork.
"Comics" are narrative artwork in the
form of separate panels that represent
individual scenes. Despite their name,
comic books are not necessarily humorous
in tone: modern comic books
tell stories in a variety of genres.
Gavin, originally from Peru, IN, moved
to Indianapolis after graduating in
2011 from Kupert School for Cartoon
and Graphic Art in Dover, NJ. He
describes himself as "Writer/Artist of Human City. I draw comics and talk way too much about
Bruce Springsteen."
Stuart Sayger is a self-taught artist from Indianapolis who works primarily in the comic book
industry. His work is executed mostly in inks, gouache, and oil and chalk pastels. His clients include
DC Comics, Microsoft, Upperdeck trading cards, and Warner Bros. Stuart drew the comic
Bionicle for Lego toys for two years, which was the largest circulated comic in the world. |
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Allan Yates & Paul Lightfoot
Tuesday, November 27 – Monday, January 7
Gallery Tour: Friday, December 7 & Saturday, December 8 @ 7 pm
Before FREE ticket required Rejoice! concert @ 8 pm
Interested in photography
since childhood,
Allan Yates' vision has
grown and matured from
meticulously executed
formal landscapes to many
man-made objects and
urban scenes that yield
interesting images. A door
had been opened, and
Allan stepped through it to
see where it would lead.
Allan photographs using manual focus mechanical film cameras
in various formats. Allan last exhibited his work at Clowes during
SPOTLIGHT 2012.
Paul Lightfoot creates close-up photographs which resemble
abstract paintings in many ways. His subject matter presents
intriguing visual puzzles that are executed in vivid, bold colors with a minimum of Photoshop
fine-tuning. He has recently published a book of his work titled, Visual Lingua Franca. |
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Patricia Gaines-Mills
Wednesday, January 9 – Saturday, February 2
Gallery Tour: Thursday, January 24 @ 6:30 pm
Before FREE ticket required Common lecture @ 7:30 pm
A direct expression of her innermost beliefs and experiences, the
artwork of Patricia Gaines-Mills is full of emotion, history and
knowledge about life, which in turn creates a journey that encompasses
reality and thought. Patricia says, "My breath is my art."
Patricia is both artist and teacher, exhibiting locally and internationally.
She last exhibited her artwork at Clowes in 2007. Her preferred
medium is acrylic, which she believes allows her true freedom of
expression with the use of color, tone, texture and form. |
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Mona Jackson
Wednesday, January 9 – Saturday, February 2
Gallery Tour: Thursday, January 24 @ 6:30 pm
Before FREE ticket required Common lecture @ 7:30 pm
Influenced by her love of Picasso and by a trip to Paris at the
age of 14, Mona Jackson – daughter of beloved blues artist B.B.
King – took up art as a career after a diagnosis of schizophrenia in
1985. Her choice of medium is crayon on found wood, giving her
pieces an almost folk art quality.
Mona received her artistic training by copying the masters out of
art books from the library. She also studied sociology at Franklin
College from 1970-74. |
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Terry Border
Tuesday, February 5 – Saturday, March 2
Gallery Tour: Sunday, February 24 @ 2 pm
Before FREE Butler Symphony Orchestra and Choir concert @ 3 pm
Terry Border plays with shape, word-play, or our preconceived
ideas about everyday objects to create photonarratives.
He feels that the more fun he has creating an
image, the more enjoyment others have viewing it.
Born in South Carolina in 1965, Terry grew up in Indianapolis
and currently resides in Greenwood, IN. He
graduated from Ball State University with a BS degree in
Fine Art Photography. |
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"Visions and Voices" The Scholastic
Art & Writing Awards
Tuesday, March 5 – Sunday March 17
Gallery Tour: Sunday, March 17 @ 2 pm
Before Award Ceremony @ 4 pm
The exhibition "Visions and Voices" is a sample of the
winning entries of 7th – 12th graders from the Central
and Southern Indiana Region. The Gold Key winners
will be forwarded to the national level for adjudication.
Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University in cooperation
with the Hoosier Writing Project at IUPUI is host of the
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for the fourth year. |
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SPOTLIGHT Art @ Clowes 2013
Tuesday, March 19 – Monday, April 22
Gallery Tour: Saturday, March 23 @ 2 pm
Before FREE Butler Symphony Orchestra and Choir Requiem concert @ 3 pm
The exhibition complements the annual performing arts fundraiser,
SPOTLIGHT to raise money for the Indiana AIDS Fund and
HIV/AIDS education and prevention. Both artists have agreed to
donate a portion of their sales to the fundraiser. The exhibition
theme of Courage and Hope is relevant to all, and especially to
those living with HIV and those who work to prevent the future
spread of the disease.
Philip O'Malley collaborates with the nuances and idiosyncrasies of
both the materials and surface to engage in real and complicated
conversations, and create unique visual experiences by revealing
moments from these conversations.
Philip studied Interior Design at the Purdue School of Engineering
and earned a BFA degree from the Herron School of Art and
Design. His last exhibit at Clowes was during SPOTLIGHT 2012.
Vicky Shaffer White "loves lines!" Lines represent her trying to
order the events in her life, and the layers represent the complexities
and "color" the experience.
Vicky has been painting over 25 years in Indianapolis. She received a BA degree in Fine Arts
from the Herron School of Art and Design. |
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Tina Lynch Wilson
Wednesday, April 24 – Friday, May 17
Gallery Tour: Wednesday, April 24 @ 6 pm
Combining her interest in the simple depiction of the beauty of
nature in Japanese art with the patterns and symbolism of Japan,
Tina Lynch Wilson transforms the traditional space of calm green
landscapes into flat, pattern-covered forms. She brings the familiar
landscape to a world where the sky is patterned peonies and
the waters reflect daisies.
Tina teaches art to the students at Eagle Creek Elementary School.
She has received her BFA degree from Western Michigan University,
a BA degree in arts education from the Herron School of Fine
Art and Design and a Masters of Education from Indiana Weslyan
University. |
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Michael Brown
Tuesday, May 21 – Monday, July 1
Gallery Tour: Friday, May 24 @ 6 pm
Using the human figure to study light, motion and process, painter
Michael Brown has recently included topical narrative imagery
in his work. His studio medium for painting is oil on canvas.
Born in 1972, Michael was raised in Fortville, IN and currently
resides in Indianapolis. He studied at the Herron School of Art and
Design with a focus on illustration and at Ball State University he
studied painting. |
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For more opportunities to experience and purchase original artwork by Indianapolis-area artists, visit www.BeIndypendent.org
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