September 4 — “Start with Art 2008″ starts with a discussion of whether art makes us safer
Col. Dean Esserman of the Providence Police Department discusses the critical role the arts play in public safety and in building a community … at a critical time for Indianapolis.
When: Thursday, September 04, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Where: Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome 100 South Capitol Ave. Indianapolis, IN, 46225
This Year’s Annual Arts Council of Indianapolis Celebration Will Include:
- Keynote presentation by Colonel Dean Esserman, chief of police, in Rhode Island. Colonel Esserman will discuss the critical role the arts play in public safety and in building a community.
- Insights into recent accomplishments in cultural development and what’s in store for 2009.
- Surprise announcement of this year’s ARTI Award recipients honoring corporations, small businesses, and individuals for their outstanding support of the arts.
Event Phone: (317) 631-3301
Why does Provocate think you should attend this event?
This will be a good chance to engage members of the arts community in a discussion about where they see culture heading in Indianapolis. How can organizations such as Arts Council bring together creative people to come up with new solutions to serious problems we are facing? Should arts organizations expect public funding, and what should they do if this funding is hacked away? Important conversations that will continue for the months to come. Esserman will help push the discussion toward ways of articulating how the arts strengthen society …. whether the “right people” are listening is another question.
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Other discussions of the public roles of art will take place this fall:
- September 19 — “Image as Art/Image as History” will be a discussion with Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Bill Foley. Bill’s photos have captured the uncertainty of revolution and the brutality of war in the Middle East. Clearly they are art, but what does that say about violence and war?
- September 25 — “Class Pictures,” the book and exhibition by Dawoud Bey, could provide vital conversation platforms foraddressing teen life in the US
- October 9 — Maxwell Anderson and Boureima Diamitani talk about about Museums in a Global Community … what role do museums and cultural institutions play in economic development, and in the transformation of relations between rich and poor (post-colonial) countries?
- October 26 - January 11 — “Power and Glory: Court Arts of China’s Ming Dynasty” can be a way for us to think in fresh ways about art as legitimizing political rule … or how art can subvert illegitimate rule.
- November 1 — El Dia de los Muertos at the Indianapolis Art Center is a way for Latino and non-Latino artists to work creatively with each other.
- November 10 — “Explore the Art & Soul of Peace” is a Lecture/Slide Show with Maureen Kushner as well as an exhibition of humorous artwork by Arab, Jewish, Druze, and Bedouin children in Israel
- November 11 — Gallery owner Debra Force and Eiteljorg CEO John Vanausdall discuss “The Valuation of Art”
- November 13 — Charlotte’s Lee Keesler has been credited with promoting public and private support for the arts to a level unmatched by other cities
- November 15 to February 15 — “Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic,” an exhibition of Inuit art, could be part of the larger dicussions of Native American educational challenges November 14.
- November 16 — “Imagining a Global City: Visions of Indianapolis and the World” will be a Provocate event at IMA using several pieces from the African collection to stimulate conversations about Africans in Indiana.
- November 21 — Tan Dun’s “Ghost Opera” and other works should illuminate the possibilities of cross-fertilization of cultures through the arts.
- December 11 — Rebecca Ryan will discuss how arts organizations can contribute to the emergence of the next generation of civic leaders
