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The Archives of African American Music and Culture will host Jazz Women: Hear My Voice, a concert celebrating the legacy...
10/16/2024

The Archives of African American Music and Culture will host Jazz Women: Hear My Voice, a concert celebrating the legacy of Black women in jazz.

This event will be held at the FAR Center for Contemporary Arts on October 23rd, 6:30 pm with doors opening at 5:45 pm.

More info can be found on their website: https://aaamc.indiana.edu/.

Bloomington Quilters Guild presents “Quilts From the Heartland—2024” on Friday, October 4th (9-to-5) and Saturday, Octob...
09/30/2024

Bloomington Quilters Guild presents “Quilts From the Heartland—2024” on Friday, October 4th (9-to-5) and Saturday, October 5th (9-to-4) at the Monroe Convention Center, 302 S. College Avenue, Bloomington 47403. Admission is $10. There is no fee for children under 12. Parking is free. The show is handicap accessible. Visit bloomingtonquiltersguild.org for more information.

Calling all artists and artist groups!The City of Bloomington, in partnership with the Bloomington Arts Commission, seek...
03/13/2024

Calling all artists and artist groups!

The City of Bloomington, in partnership with the Bloomington Arts Commission, seeks an artist or artistic team working in Indiana or adjacent states to create a signature artwork at Hopewell Commons, a community-oriented area composed of green space, areas for active and passive enjoyment, and arts programming. The city invites proposals for unique, durable, low-maintenance site-specific artwork of any media that will activate Hopewell Commons as a welcoming, inclusive space that reflects the history of the area and facilitates a sense of community and connectedness for the residents and visitors in the developing neighborhood.

Deadline to apply is Friday, March 29th, 11:59 PM EST.

To apply, find more info here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jHz5mlMWgIq-cC1ED7kq_Esthp8R24k1/view

The City of Bloomington’s Department of Economic and Sustainable Development (ESD) is partnering with the Correspondence...
02/27/2024

The City of Bloomington’s Department of Economic and Sustainable Development (ESD) is partnering with the Correspondence Club of Bloomington and Hideout Press to commission three local artists or artist groups to create new visual art to be printed on postcards to be used at future Correspondence Club events.

Deadline: 11:59 PM EST, Sunday, March 17, 2024
Budget: $500 honorarium for each of the three selected artists/artists groups.

Application available at:
https://forms.gle/CTrjEHUNQwcyGKKw6

Artists wanted!The Bloomington Economic and Sustainable Development department is collaborating with the neighborhood of...
02/22/2024

Artists wanted!

The Bloomington Economic and Sustainable Development department is collaborating with the neighborhood of McDoel Gardens to create a street mural to enrich and visualize the long history of this neighborhood. The mural is focused on the identity and history of the neighborhood, emphasizing shared values of residents.

Deadline to submit proposals is Friday, March 22nd, 11:59 PM.

Find more info here:
https://cityofbloomington.smapply.io/prog/RFP_allen_and_fairview_street_mural/

The Bloomington Arts Commission is excited to launch details of its 2024 grant cycles! The BAC will administer three gra...
02/14/2024

The Bloomington Arts Commission is excited to launch details of its 2024 grant cycles! The BAC will administer three grant cycles during 2024.

Grants included:
Arts Projects Grants
Operations Arts Grants
Emerging Artist Grants

More info found here:
https://bloomington.in.gov/arts/grants

An information session detailing each cycle will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 22nd in Room 1B at the Monroe County Public Library downtown branch, 303 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408. Individuals interested in attending should RSVP here: https://forms.gle/sFDRn3qCHPKCubEw7

Join us tomorrow evening for our last edition of Busk at Dusk on Kirkwood Ave this fall! We will have performers at thr...
09/28/2023

Join us tomorrow evening for our last edition of Busk at Dusk on Kirkwood Ave this fall! We will have performers at three locations from 5:30-8 PM.

Schedule of performances:

Uptown Cafe:
5:30 PM - Alec Ignjatic
7 PM - Fred Meyer, The Hurdy Gurdy Man

Public Library:
5:30 PM - Craig Brenner - exploring the jazzy side of blues and boogie-woogie piano
7 PM - Yours Truly

Lennie's:
5:30 PM - Ugly Feelings
7 PM - Meg Anderson

APPLICATION CLOSING TOMORROW!The Emerging Artist grant supports the professional career advancement of emerging artists ...
09/28/2023

APPLICATION CLOSING TOMORROW!

The Emerging Artist grant supports the professional career advancement of emerging artists living and working in Bloomington, Indiana, and may be used for any expenses related to their work as an artist. Artists may practice any generally recognized art form, including but not limited to music, visual arts, performing arts, film, architecture, literature, etc.

More information about applying can be found at this link:
https://bloomington.in.gov/arts/grants

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Bloomington, IN
47404

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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