School of Fine Arts
The third annual Summer Festival of the Arts, which is quickly becoming one of Indiana University's most anticipated summer traditions, begins today. The festival began in 2011 as a way to support the creation of new arts events. It also showcases the many cultural offerings that help make the community such a vibrant arts destination for townies and tourists, as well as those attending the various camps, conferences and workshops held over the summer on the Bloomington campus.
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The Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at IU Bloomington will honor Benjamin Cirgin, Rebecca A. Jones and Katie Hayden, three undergraduate Fine Art Award recipients, at a reception Monday, April 15.
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Australian Aboriginal artist-activist Richard Bell will visit Indiana University's Bloomington campus April 11 to 16, where his traveling solo exhibition "Richard Bell: Uz vs. Them" is on display at the IU Art Museum. The museum is the final venue for the exhibition, which closes May 5. Bell will give a free public tour of his work at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 14, following a concert featuring the didgeridoo, clapsticks and bullroarer performed by world musician Adam Riviere.
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Indiana University Bloomington's 2012-13 Outstanding Junior Faculty awards will support the creation of innovative textile art and research on public investments in energy, the worldwide loss of coastal mangrove forests, the development of anti-malarial drugs, the relationship between vision and balance, and the appropriateness of cancer screenings.
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During one of the best seasons to explore Indiana University's Bloomington campus, the IU Art Museum is encouraging visitors to "Fall for Art" with exhibitions featuring embroidered textiles from China, contemporary landscape paintings and one of the nation's strongest university collections of German Expressionist works. Exhibitions open Oct. 6, and a full schedule of related programs is planned.
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The lurid, hand-painted posters advertising Bollywood, Kung Fu and science fiction films were meant to do one thing: draw crowds to Ghana's improvised movie theaters in the 1980s and 1990s. The ethnographic art form and films of the era are the focus of "Axe of Vengeance: Ghanaian Film Posters and Film Viewing Culture," an exhibition and short film series sponsored by the Grunwald Gallery of Art and IU Cinema.
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