Mar Magdalena Campos-Pons: Everything Is Separated by Water (Indianapolis Museum of Art)
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Community volunteers were honored Wednesday in the annual Community Service Awards, given to those who have shown exceptional effort in volunteer work.
Best of 3 (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The Indianapolis Museum of Art's dashboard (a visualisation of all sorts of information about the IMA, from the current value of its endowment to its average daily electricity consumption) is now about two years old. Today Rob Stein, the IMA's Chief Information Officer, published a long post about museums and transparency on the IMA blog: The concept of Transparency has received significant attention...
Beth's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Photo Source: Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog Many of us have a love and hate relationship with nonprofit dashboards. We know the power of numbers that tell us where we are headed or how well we are doing. But we...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Runners will take over most of the north half of Indianapolis on Saturday, and motorists are going to have to give the runners the right of way for several hours until the race is run.
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
PICK D'Amelio Terras 525 West 22nd Street, 212-352-9460 Chelsea November 7 - December 23, 2009 Opening: Saturday, November 7, 6 - 8 PM Web Site D’Amelio Terras is pleased to present “Blossom,” the debut of a new sculpture in five examples by Tony Feher. This fan-fold sculpture marks the artist’s latest venture with a familiar material in a new form as well as a shift in scale...
On the Cusp (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Lawrence Rinder talk at the IMA tomorrow evening in the DeBoest Lecture Hall. October, 27th at 6pm From the IMA's web site: In March 2002, a Newsweek headline regarding Lawrence Rinder proclaimed "This Man Will Decide what Art Is.” Join Rinder, Director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on October 27 as he converses with Maxwell Anderson,...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (AP) - The nearly 300 staff members at the Indianapolis Museum of Art will have to take an unpaid week off during the coming months in the latest cutback for the museum. Spokeswoman Katie Zarich say the furloughs, along with less spending on contractors, advertising and travel, are needed as the museum makes a 5.5 percent cut from this year's $25.5 million budget. The museum reduced...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
-- Mysterious: The owner of 11 stolen Andy Warhol paintings said he is choosing to waive the insurance policy that he owns to protect the paintings. (Los Angeles Times) -- Big gift: The Gates Foundation is giving $10 million to...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Employees at the Indianapolis Museum of Art will take a week of unpaid leave to help the museum trim costs and maintain free admission for visitors.
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Museum also extends salary freeze until 2010, cut expenses for contract work, ads and travel.
BlogJunction (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Heads should turn and take notice when 10 institutions are awarded the nation’s highest honor for outstanding museum and library service. Thanks to the bloggers at BlogJunction Illinois for the great write up featuring Illinois’ own Gail Borden Public Library. I’ve had the pleasure of connecting with Denise Raleigh, the library’s director of marketing, [...]
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The first exhibition to examine the religious visual culture of 17th-century Spain and Latin America will premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on October 11, 2009. "Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World" brings to life the challenges faced by visual artists such as El Greco, Francisco Zurbarán, Alonso Cano, Franciso Ribalta, Bartolomé Esteban...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) has been named one of 10 recipients of the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor for museums and libraries. The annual award, made by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) since 1994, recognizes institutions for outstanding social, educational, environmental, or economic contributions to...
City Parks Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
The sculpture garden-style park is being taken to a whole new level with the Virginia Bairbanks Art and Nature Park in Indianapolis. The new 100-acre area was formerly a gravel pit, quarry and construction site. The park will be run by the Indianapolis Museum of Art and will play host to natural amenities and art [...]
Arts Admin (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
My apologies for the lack of posts lately ... time to get caught up. And we start with last Friday's Arts Administration Symposium, where our students had a chance to hear from people in the field about what's happening out there. We began with a panel convened by Monika Herzig of our Arts Admin faculty, on the state of play in fund-raising for local nonprofits, and we heard from Deborah Klein of the...
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