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Indiana Arts Organizations

Arts Access    |    Statewide    |    Regional and Local     |    Regional Arts News


Organizations Dedicated to Arts Access

ArtsWORK Indiana

Awareness of Mental Health through the Performing Arts: Creates awareness of mental health issues by providing education and insights through the performing arts.

Diversity Theatre: Seeks to increase awareness of social issues involving race, ethnicity, homelessness, age, disability, gender, and sexual orientation.

South Central ArtsWORK Indiana

The Creativity Network in Muncie

Theater of Inclusion

VSA Indiana: see Partners


Statewide Arts Organizations

Indiana Arts Commission: see Partners

Association of Indiana Museums: Click on AIM Members List.

Indiana Coalition for the Arts: INCA's mission is to assist in grassroots and direct lobbying to promote public funding, legislation and policy favorable to the arts.

Traditional Arts Indiana

Indiana Humanities

Young Audiences of Indiana: Empowers children to achieve their creative and intellectual potential through arts in education.


Regional and Local Arts Organizations and Festivals


REGIONAL ARTS PARTNERS OF THE INDIANA ARTS COMMISSION

The IAC website provides contact information for these agencies:

South Shore Arts
Community Foundation of St. Joseph Co.
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, Inc.
Tippecanoe Arts Federation
Community Foundation of Randolph County
Arts Illiana
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Columbus Area Arts Council
Vanderburgh Community Foundation
Community Arts Program at Hanover College

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DIRECTORIES OF LOCAL ARTS GROUPS

IndianaArts.org: A statewide website providing listings for art-related organizations and businesses, as well as artists.

Americans for the Arts Database of Local Arts Agencies
Go to Resources and click on Your Local Arts Agency. Search national database by town/city.

Bloomington Area: See listings on the Bloomington Entertainment & Arts District (BEAD) website.

Greater Indianapolis Area: Click on Locate Arts Organizations.

Lafayette and 14-County Region: Lists over 100 organizations in Lafayette and 14 counties.

Greater South Bend: Find arts organizations and event venues on the ArtsEverywhere website.

Wabash Valley: Click on Artists and Arts Organizations on the Arts Illiana website for arts organizations in Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties.


FESTIVALS

Festival Network Online: Search the database for hundreds of Indiana festival sponsors.

Indiana Festival Guide: Free online guide from the Indiana State Festivals Association.


Sources for Regional Arts News and Events

NORTHERN INDIANA

South Shore Arts: Search for events by city in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties.
ArtsEverywhere: Arts events, news, and more in the Greater South Bend area.

CENTRAL INDIANA

Indyarts.org Arts Calendar: Click on Search Arts Calendar. 
Artist Opportunities E-Newsletter (Arts Council of Indianapolis)

SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

BEAD News: Event listings and news items for the greater Bloomington area.
Region 8 news blog published by Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington, an Indiana Arts Commission Regional Arts Partner.
Columbus Area Arts Council: Click on a new item to see e-newsletter sign-up.

SOUTHERN INDIANA

Arts Council of Southern Indiana: Monthly e-newsletter.
Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana website: News, Community Events Calendar for Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties.

STATEWIDE

The Indiana Arts Commission publishes ArtsEye and Arts:92 newsletters.


Find other Indiana arts groups in Resources By Discipline (visual arts, music, etc.)

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    People in the Arts:
    Musician Henry Butler

    See profiles of a few of the many accomplished individuals working in diverse fields of the arts who also have a disability.
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  • Gina Soo Golden: The Gray Room

    Featured Artwork by:
    Gina Soo Golden

    Gina Soo Golden is a painter from Indianapolis, Indiana. “I like to mix realism and surrealism.” “I aim to give a visual definition of feelings one could never quite describe with words,” she has written in her artist statement. Pictured above: The Gray Room.
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  • art by Nicolas Lyford-Pike: Toyota Avalon

    Featured Artwork by:
    Nicolas Lyford-Pike

    Nicolas Lyford-Pike is an artist from Columbus, Indiana. Pictured above: Toyota Avalon.
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  • painting by Warren Miller: Rub-a-Dub

    Artwork by:
    Warren Miller

    Warren Miller is an artist from Indianapolis, Indiana. Pictured above: Rub-a-Dub.

  • Wug Laku: Earth Poems

    Featured Artwork by:
    Wug Laku

    Wug Laku is an artist from Indianapolis, Indiana. "My art is about ideas and finding the purest, simplest ways of expressing them," he says. Pictured above: Earth Poems.
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  • photograph: The Ruins by Stu Johnson

    Featured Artwork by:
    Stu Johnson

    Stu Johnson specializes in Central Indiana subjects, from black and white shots of architectural landmarks, to picture-postcard fall landscapes, to prints of trucks and buses digitally enhanced with tie-dye colors.. Pictured above: The Ruins.
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  • Blue Moon, art by Susan Gorsen

    Artwork by:
    Susan Gorsen

    Louisville, KY artist Susan Gorsen has exhibited her art in New Albany and served as Artist-Facilitator for ArtsWORK New Albany. Pictured above: Blue Moon.