How do teenagers envision a just, sustainable, and peaceful community? Local high school and congregational groups will share their imaginative and artistic visions with a panel of Indianapolis community leaders.
We are surrounded by design—objects that come into being through the imagination and effort of engineers. Engineering links the discoveries and theories of scientists with anyone who needs a more effective way to live and work. What types of skill, imagination and ethics are required to envision and build a functional object to be used by a variety of people in a complex world?
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Comic books, film noir and the visual art of Jean-Michel Basquiat are a few of the springboards for Kevin Young’s poetry. The author of collections Black Maria, Jelly Roll (a finalist for the National Book Award) and most recently, For the Confederate Dead, Young digs deep into history by way of the arts. Walk with Young through the IMA galleries and share impressions of selected works of art.
Daniel Pink’s best known work, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, offers a fresh look at what it takes to excel. He claims the era of “left brain” dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which “right brain” qualities—inventiveness, empathy, meaning—predominate. Provocate heaves an enormous sigh of relief!
How’d the Indianapolis International Film Festival go from a twinkling in Brian Owens’s eye to one of the major film festivals in North America … in just six years? Indianapolis Business-Art Networking Get-together will explain how.
The Village Experience had a very successful launch party with over 200 people in attendance and an appearance on FOX 59. Do it again with volun-tourism, fair trade products, global education and local action.
Thanks to her residency with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indy is privileged to host one of the rising stars among composers, Gabriela Lena Frank. She is composing Peregrinos (Pilgrims), a new orchestral work inspired by the experiences of Latino immigrants in Indianapolis. In the meantime, you can meet Frank and hear some of the music that won her prestigious residency.
American art educator and professional comedy writer Maureen Kushner traveled across Israel helping children move beyond fear by creating paintings about peace. The artworks by Jewish, Arab, Bedouin and Druze children are now featured in a traveling exhibit. Hear Ms. Kushner share stories about her journey and the inspiring vision of the children. The exhibit will be on display at the Arthur M. Glick JCC through December. Schools and youth groups are encouraged to bring students to view the paintings.
In honor of the IMA’s 125th Anniversary, Maxwell Anderson will host public conversations with leaders from the global museum community. An important conversation will be “Expanding Community: Relevant Roles for Museums in Africa & the United States.” Dr. Boureima Diamitani, executive director of the West African Museum Programme, will join Dr. Anderson for a conversation about colonial collections and post-colonial communities, conserving cultural and art history, and other pressing issues for museums today.
Joseph Lehner puts on the coolest monthly event in Indy — Wine Wednesday — at his extremely cool house. This month Joseph shifts the happening to Earth House and takes away the wine … and Provocate is invited to be part of the performance art. Yikes!
NUVO gives Provocate 2007 Cultural Vision Award
Provocate featured in Indianapolis Monthly
"Award combines film, activism: Festival to recognize social justice of Sept. 11, Congo in discussions,"
Indiana Lawyer April 16, 2008 ... on Provocate's Eric Parker Social Justice Award at the Indianapolis International Film Festival
