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Current installation on Mass Ave, <em>The Limelighter</em>
Current installation on Mass Ave, The Limelighter

Check out artist William Denton Ray’s The Limelighter, a new installation in the light box on Mass Ave from the Arts Council of Indianapolis  

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Patterns in Flight Triptych, 2010
Patterns in Flight Triptych, 2010

See the latest mural in the Picture Windows: Urban Interpretations series at the new Arts Council of Indianapolis office, 924 N. Pennyslvania.   

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Get a "Bird's" Eye View of Our Latest Public Art Project

Check out artist Darlene Delbecq’s Bird, a new installation in the light box on Mass Ave from the Arts Council of Indianapolis  

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Towering Kinetic Sculptures By Renowned Artist George Rickey
Towering Kinetic Sculptures By Renowned Artist George Rickey

George Rickey: An Evolution highlights the career of the internationally recognized Indiana native.

  

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Great Ideas Competition: Light the Way
Great Ideas Competition: Light the Way

Great Ideas finalist, Tom Torleumke, lit the way December 4, 2008 with luminaries in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park.   

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500 Festival 50th Anniversary Legacy Art Project
500 Festival 50th Anniversary Legacy Art Project

This major and permanent public art sculpture titled “The Tent” is the Festival’s gift to the community and pays tribute to community and volunteer spirit during the Festival’s first 50 impactful years.   

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Lake of Deep Mystery, By Morris Kurz
Lake of Deep Mystery, By Morris Kurz

New Downtown Picture Window comes to 2 N. Meridian Street  

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"Silent Sellers" by Jodie Hardy

New “fashionable” site-specific art installations are coming to three downtown Indianapolis office building windows as part of the Picture Windows: Urban Interpretations public art project from the Arts Council of Indianapolis.   

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"Iceberg" by Brian Myers

“Iceberg” is a mural located at 2301 Winthrop Avenue on the side of the Stone and Rhodes Trucking service garage, and can be viewed while traveling along the Monon Trail Greenway.   

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Mass Ave Rotating Sculpture Program
Mass Ave Rotating Sculpture Program

Dylan Mortimer, Ray Katz, Artur Silva and Leslie Baker to exhibit work along Mass Ave as part of Public Art Rotating Sculpture Program.  

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Great Ideas Competition: Urban Silos
Great Ideas Competition: Urban Silos

Jeff Martin's Great Idea, Urban Silos, will be unveiled July 31st at 6pm as a community event with food, drink and music.   

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Lilly Day of Service
Lilly Day of Service

In an effort to engage a large percentage of their employees in a major beautification project, Eli Lilly and Company has formed a partnership with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to make a major impact on the city of Indianapolis.   

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Brian Ferriby, Leaves of Grass II
Brian Ferriby, Leaves of Grass II

Inspired by the volume of poems by Walt Whitman, Brian Ferriby’s new sculpture, Leaves of Grass II, stands approximately 14 feet tall and is constructed of bright red painted steal.   

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At the Bus Stop, Without Delay
At the Bus Stop, Without Delay

Located at Partners in Housing at 2811 E. 10th Street, a new mural has been created and installed by artist Matt Eickoff to create a space for bus riders to mingle and gather next to.   

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Loader by Brian McCutcheon
Loader by Brian McCutcheon

Located on the White River State Park Pedestrian Bridge until 2010, this public art project uses downtown Indianapolis as a backdrop and has relevance with regard to the city’s redevelopment and construction projects.  

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Herron Artists Bring Their Vision to Urban Windows
Herron Artists Bring Their Vision to Urban Windows

Five windows in downtown office buildings have received site specific art installations from Herron School of Art and Design senior photography students as part of the ongoing “Picture Windows: Urban Interpretations” project from the Arts Council of Indianapolis.   

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First permanent art installation along Indianapolis Cultural Trail is illuminated
First permanent art installation along Indianapolis Cultural Trail is illuminated

From now on, there will always be dancing in the streets in Indianapolis. Or at least dancing at the intersection of Mass Ave, Alabama Street and Vermont Street.  

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Colorful New Public Art Project Installed in Massachusetts Avenue “Light Box”
Colorful New Public Art Project Installed in Massachusetts Avenue “Light Box”

Installation created by local artist, nationally recognized illustrator.  

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Artist Chakaia Booker to Produce Major Public Art Exhibition
Artist Chakaia Booker to Produce Major Public Art Exhibition

Newly created sculptures mark largest urban exhibition of artist’s career   

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Departure
Departure

Eleven IndyGo bus shelters will receive artistic transformations beginning October 1, 2007, courtesy of a Public Art Indianapolis project featuring the work of local artist Audrey Barcio.  

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Otterness Returns to Indianapolis
Otterness Returns to Indianapolis

Three bronze sculptures from the wildly popular Tom Otterness in Indianapolis 2005 public art exhibition returned to Indianapolis and were dedicated at a public event at the west plaza of the Indiana Convention Center.   

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Urban Interpretations: 8 NEW Downtown Picture Windows
Urban Interpretations: 8 NEW Downtown Picture Windows

4 Chase windows, 1 CVS window, 1 Scottrade window and 2 at Merchants Garage have received artist makeovers courtesy of a public art program entitled Picture Windows: Urban Interpretations.  

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Urban Interpretations: New Picture Window
Urban Interpretations: New Picture Window

A new mural, courtesy of Picture Windows: Urban Interprations, brightens the 10 East Main Street District.  

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Urban Interpretations
Urban Interpretations

Four windows in the Chase Building downtown have received artistic makeovers courtesy of an ongoing public art project entitled “Picture Windows: Urban Interpretations.”   

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Julian Opie: Signs
Julian Opie: Signs

Indianapolis Hosts Artists' Largest Public Art Exhibition on Display through September 28th.  

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Mass Ave Rotating Sculpture Program
Mass Ave Rotating Sculpture Program

Public art in the form of a cardinals resting along a guardrail, a circular canoe that glows at night, and an artist's mailboxes that are now accepting your comments about truths and lies line Mass Avenue.   

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Ebb and Flow
Ebb and Flow

Douglas David, "Ebb and Flow" exterior house paint on board, 2006 located at the Consolidated Building on N. Pennsylvania  

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Unquestionable Doubt
Unquestionable Doubt

Created by local artist Artur Silva, the work "Unquestionable Doubt" is located at 2 N. Meridian in the Scottrade office.  

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Water Whispers, Truman Lowe, Now at Eiteljorg Museum
Water Whispers, Truman Lowe, Now at Eiteljorg Museum

A recent piece by Truman Lowe, Water Wispers, can be found at the Eiteljorg Museum, in the Christel DeHaan Family Terrace.   

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Herron Gallery Hosts its First Sculpture Invitational
Herron Gallery Hosts its First Sculpture Invitational

The Herron Gallery hosts its first Sculpture Biennial Invitational Exhibition to showcase the work of 15 artists, each represented by a single work. Tour Herron's sculpture gardens to see the work of participating artists Katrin Asbury, David Bellamy, Barbara Cooper, Wim Delvoye, Casey Eskridge, James Wille Faust, Don Gummer, Greg Hull, Edward Mayer, Arny Nadler, Eric Nordgulen, Tom Otterness, John Ruppert, Tom Sachs and Judith Shea.   

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Indianapolis Native Don Gummer Creates Southern Circle
Indianapolis Native Don Gummer Creates Southern Circle

Indianapolis gains an artistic gateway to the Southside.  

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Broad Ripple Village Unveils New Artist Designed Gateway
Broad Ripple Village Unveils New Artist Designed Gateway

College Avenue now boasts a wonderful new gateway welcoming visitors to one of Indianapolis’ unique cultural districts. Indianapolis artist and northeast side resident Tim Ryan’s piece Implication of Three now sits at the intersection of College Avenue and 67th Street in Broad Ripple Village.   

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Fountain Square Installs New Artist Designed District Gateway
Fountain Square Installs New Artist Designed District Gateway

Stakeholders in the Fountain Square Cultural District recently completed a new gateway project located at the southwest corner of Virginia Avenue and Leonard Street just south of the Virginia Avenue interstate overpass.  

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Herron School of Art and Design to Install First of It's Kind Faust Sculpture
Herron School of Art and Design to Install First of It's Kind Faust Sculpture

On Monday, May 2, 2005 a 20 foot vibrantly colored, aluminum sculpture designed by local artist and Herron alumnus, James Willie Faust, arrived at Herron School of Art and Design for installation.   

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Brick Head 3, by James Tyler
Brick Head 3, by James Tyler

With the goal of "bringing art outside the traditional context of museums and galleries", Public Art Indianapolis introduces "Brickhead 3"; a massive 7' high, eight thousand pound ceramic head with an interactive sound component that is activated as the viewer approaches the piece.  

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"Convergence" By Bernie Carreno, Luis Morales and David Thomas

The Canal and White River State Park Cultural District announces completion of artist designed gateway   

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Picture Windows 2005: Urban Interpretations
Picture Windows 2005: Urban Interpretations

Local Artists Bring Their Vision to Urban Windows. For many artists, an empty window is a blank canvas. Witness five empty downtown windows transformed by local artists through site-specific art installations.   

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The IMA's Felix Gonzales-Torres Project
The IMA's Felix Gonzales-Torres Project

“Untitled” (For Jeff) A remarkable work of public art will appear in a variety of locations throughout Indianapolis in celebration of the re-opening of the IMA’s Contemporary Art Galleries. Visit http://fgtblog.ima-digital.org/ to participate in the virtual community discussion and stop by the Indianapolis Artsgarden to pick up a free brochure. (All Images are copyrighted to the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, courtesy of the Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York.)  

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Charting Pogue's Run
Charting Pogue's Run

This project is intended to provide historical information and encourage the formation of associations between individuals and the surroundings in which they work and live, as well as furthering the aesthetic environment of the City of Indianapolis.   

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Great Ideas Competition Winner Patrick Manning, Speak/Spoken, 2004-2005, video installation
Great Ideas Competition Winner Patrick Manning, Speak/Spoken, 2004-2005, video installation

The goal of Speak/Spoken is to create an ongoing and evolving database of video images of the people of Indianapolis and Indiana. The project provides them with an opportunity to express their ideas and thoughts about the world they inhabit and displays those images in the public realm.   

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