Say Goodbye to July with a Weekend of Art!

Lots of arts events are happening this weekend in Central Indiana! Whether you're in the mood for dancing or enjoying some fine art with a glass of beer, this weekend has something for everyone.

Broadway Art Show

On July 25th-27th, the Monticello Public Library is hosting its 7th annual Broadway Art Show! The show includes work from 60 local artists with work ranging from pottery to paintings. The show begins on July 25th! A schedule for the show is listed below.

Friday, July 25th

5:00-9:00 pm

Saturday, July 26th

9:00 am-5:00 pm

Sunday, July 27th

11:00 am-4:00 pm

Art & Ale

As a new feature part of the Broadway Art Show, the Monticello Public Library is hosting an Art and Ale Biergarten. Participants will be able to taste a number of beers from Indiana Craft breweries on Saturday, July 26th from 12:00-5:00 pm. General admission is $12 per ticket and includes two drink tickets. Additional tickets can be purchased at the event.

Free National Dance Day Workshop

Celebrate National Dance Day at Studio b in downtown Lafayette! Dance enthusiasts of all skill levels and ages are invited to participate. Come learn the official National Dance Day routines from our skilled instructors and then be a part of our community performance! Videos of our event will be posted on Facebook, and if selected, could even appear on Fox Network's "So You Think You Can Dance"! Bring your friends and family to help us celebrate the art and beauty of dance! The workshop will take place at 1:00-3:00 pm on Saturday, July 26th. 

Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art Tours

See an unparalleled collection of historic Indiana paintings in a grand Classical Revival mansion furnished with museum-quality American antiques, including several impressive grandfather clocks and music boxes. Get a sneak peek at outstanding ceramics by historic and contemporary Indiana ceramic artists. Tour schedules and prices are listed below.

Saturday, July 26th

10:00-11:30 am

1:30-3:00 pm

Sunday, July 27th

1:30-3:00 pm

Tickets are $10 for adults in advance and $12 at the door. Children are half price.

Ceramic Painting Workshop

The Max Tannenbaum Cultural Center in Crawfordsville is holding ceramic painting classes at 10 am-12:00 pm on Saturday, July 26th. Paint a summer theme  on your ceramic items.  Enjoy a cool pottery painting art class and escape the heat for an evening! Purchase price includes your item to paint, use of the glazes and the final firing in our kiln. Items can be picked up at the Rotary Jail Museum next to the Tannenbaum Cultural Center, during regular hours of operations Wednesday through Saturday 10-5. Bring your paper ticket or pay at the door! Tickets cost $10 and up.

Rock the Arts Festival

Rock the Arts is an interactive Art and Music Festival held in Downtown Rensselaer. This year's festival will include art displays, artisan booths, food vendors, a beer & wine garden, and musical performances, which include Fever Fever, Brandon Whyde, and the Howling Tongues. Admission is free and donations are accepted. All proceeds benefit the Prairie Arts Council. The event will be held on Saturday, July 26th in Potawatami Park and last from 1:00-11:00 pm. 

So long July! Check back soon for art classes and other events coming up in August!

Gallery Walk Highlights

It was a great turn out for Gallery Walk last Friday! Thank you to everyone for joining us in supporting the arts in Lafayette. Be sure to join us again for September Gallery Walk on Friday, September 19th!

Here are some highlights from this month's Gallery Walk!

                                    

Art Classes in July

Do you have the artist's bug this summer? The perfect cure is to dive into an art class! Browse the list below for art classes and exhibits being offered in the Greater Lafayette area and throughout Central Indiana in July!

Art Classes

Tannenbaum Cultural Center

Crawfordsville, IN

Ceramic Painting Workshops

July 26th
10 am

Create your own project! With a special focus on painting summer themes -- but you can choose any theme! Cost is $10 and up.

Summer 2014 Art Camp

All camps are from 1 - 5 p.m on Monday through Friday and will meet in the Tannenbaum Cultural Center. We are adding a new camp in 2014 for ages 12 - 18.

Ages 7 - 12 July 14 - 18 $70  
Ages 7 - 12 July 28 - August 1 $70 (This is a repeat session of the earlier July camp.)  

For more information on classes at the cultural center, click here.

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
Lafayette, IN

Creative Writing Summer Camp

July 14-July 18

9:30 am-12:00 pm

The Creative Writing Summer Camp will immerse participants in the world of art and writing and engage them intellectually and emotionally. Daily writing prompts will foster creativity as participants interact with pieces in the Art Museum's permanent collection. Participants will use artwork to learn literary techniques. They will examine how artists create scene and setting and also explore how the visual and literary arts intersect.

Class time will be used to work on a poem, short story, essay or graphic novel, and participants will have the opportunity to share works-in-progress to discover what's working well and also to learn how to strengthen each piece.

At the end of the week all participants will have created  publishable final pieces and the Creative Writing Summer Camp will culminate with an on-site reading for parents and peers.  

For more information, click here.

Kids Fundamental Painting 

July 14-August 11

10 am-12:00 pm

Kids will learn the fundamentals to acrylic painting.

All materials are supplied in the class.

For more information, click here.

Adult Acrylics 

July 14-August 11

5:30-7:00 pm

Fundamental basic acrylics techniques for beginners.
Experienced students can join the course to advance in their techniques.

For more information, click here.

Origami Star

July 15-July 17

9:00-10:00 am

Students will use value, line, shape and texture while learning various watercolor techniques. Students will learn origami techniques while folding their water colored papers into a three dimensional star.

Ages: 6th-8th Grades

For more information, click here.

Printmaking

July 15-July 17

10:30-11:30 am

Students will learn a variety of printmaking techniques including printing with Styrofoam and bubble printing.

Ages:  2nd - 4th Grades 

For more information, click here. 

Clay for Small Hands

July 15-July 17
12:00 pm-1:00 pm

Students will learn to roll a coil, make a pinch pot, and create a slab. We will use texture, line, and form to make three different projects.


For more information, click here.

Lala Gallery and Studio
Lafayette, IN

7th Annual K-12 Summer Clay Camp - Ocean Creatures

July 21-25

Each camper will create 3-4 projects based on the camp theme, and create on the potters wheel too. 

AM Sessions 9am-12pm

PM Sessions 1-4pm

For more information call 765-414-7962

Send your camper with lunch and participate all day!

For more information on classes, click here.

Artist Studio
West Lafayette, IN

Watercolor Journal Classes

July 14th and July 21st

Mondays at 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Learn to capture scenes from vacation travels, and local travels, in a watercolor journal. The class will include instruction, an artist demonstration and painting.


For more information, click here.

Morton Community Center
West Lafayette, IN

There are several art programs being offered at the community center this month! Browse through the West Lafayette parks and recreation brochure for more information.


Delphi Opera House
Delphi, IN


Watercolor and Jewelry Classes

Jewelry artist Deborah Waymire's workshops are a great way to complete a jewelry project in a single day. Coming up are:

Wire Wrapped Earrings...Saturday, August 23, 9:30am-12:30pm

Rena Brouwer watercolor classes this month include:
Watercolor Pencils and Paint...Wednesday, July 16, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Negative Painting in Landscapes...Wednesday, July 23, 6:30pm-9:00pm

For more information, click here.

The Palette Room
Kokomo, IN

Summer Art Quest

July 21-25

10am-1pm

Ages 7-13

GO ON A QUEST FOR ART WITH US THIS SUMMER!

DISCOVER! EXPLORE! CREATE!
Painting, Photography, Tie-Dye, Crafts, Discover Artists ,Explore Artistic Techniques

$150 per child
$10 Discount if Registered by June 1st!
Call 765.432.0651 or Register online at www.KokomoArtGallery.com

Space is limited! Register Early!

For more information, click here.

Join an art class in your community today! 

Take a Bow, Greater Lafayette! : Performing Arts in July

Theatre


Can't afford a trip to Broadway this month? Enjoy an evening of theatre near you! Here are some productions happening across Greater Lafayette!

Frankfort

Frankfort's Red Barn Theatre is featuring several plays this summer that involve thrills, laughs, and puppetry!

The theatre is currently playing "Anybody for Murder?" which runs until July 13th. The play revolves around a group of odd characters who each plan to kill each other for money.

From July 16th-July 27th, the Red Barn theatre will premiere the romantic comedy, "Breaking and Entering".  A charming con man breaks into what he thinks is an empty apartment—only to find a mysterious woman waiting for him.  Plot twists, mistaken identities, and interesting dialogue highlight this very different romantic comedy.   

To wrap up the summer season, the Tony-award winning Broadway musical, Avenue Q, will take the stage beginning July 31st! Join a group of 20 something puppets trying to make it in the Big Apple and find their place in the world as they are accompanied by show stopping tunes on their hilarious adventures. (This show may not be appropriate for children).

For a full season schedule and ticket information, visit the Red Barn Theatre's website. 

Hillsboro



 Hillsboro's Myers Dinner Theatre presents a youth production of "Shrek The Musical". The show is based on the Oscar winning DreamWorks Animation film that started it all and brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre - not a handsome prince - shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won't shut up, a bad guy with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand...and his name is Shrek. Full of all-new songs and great dancing, "Shrek The Musical" is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone! The show runs until July 26th. 

For showtimes and ticket information, click here.

Music

Get out of the house and attend an outdoor concert with friends! Listen to that Indiana rhythm over the Wabash!

Lafayette/West Lafayette

Lafayette based musician, Kyle Bledsoe, will perform at the People's Brewing Company on July 8th at 6 pm! Grab a beer and listen to some of the soulful blues! Admission is free. For more information, click here.



The Lafayette Citizens Band continues to play on Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm at Riehle Plaza! Grab some lawn chairs and friends to enjoy the concert! Admission is free. For a full season schedule, click here.



Purdue Memorial Union begins its outdoor concert series on July 9th at 6 pm. The series kicks off with the family band, The Snyders. Food is available from 5-7:30 pm. Admission is free. For more information on this series, click here.



Local bands gather for Lafayette's annual Dancing in the Streets festival on July 19th! The festival lasts from 4 pm-midnight.Three stages of continuous live music, great food, beer/wine, and a classic car and motorcycle cruise last throughout the night. Tickets are now available for $5 each. Click here to purchase your tickets.



Dulcimer Gathering meets for a musical jam each Tuesday through August at 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Centennial Park, 6th and Brown Streets, Lafayette, IN. All acoustic instrumentalists and listeners are welcomed. It is completely free to join! In case of rain, the jam moves to Trinity Education Building on 6th and North Streets.



The Tippecanoe Music Teachers Association is organizing a public arts piano event for 
the Greater Lafayette community during July 2014. “TMTA’s Pianos for the Street” will 
place pianos in public areas in Lafayette and West Lafayette on July 11 and leave them 
on site for the public’s enjoyment until July 28. We hope passersby will take the 
opportunity to sit down and play a favorite tune. Maybe a few people will find their “inner 
musician.” The goal of the project is to promote piano playing and provide live music for 
public enjoyment. We want this to be a unique thank you gift to the greater Lafayette 
area, which is so supportive of the arts. 

For more information, click here.

Logansport

The Sundown Summer Music series continues in Logansport, Indiana. Brandt Carmichael will perform on Sunday, July 13th at 7 pm!

For more information and a full season schedule, click here.

Kokomo

The Kokomo Park Band continues its summer season this month through August! Attend a concert on Wednesdays at Highland park at 8 pm for music ranging from swing to Broadway! Admission is free. 



For a full season schedule, click here.




Some information was provided from organizations' websites.