Published: October 02, 2008 03:01 pm            

Museums & Exhibitions list for 10/3

Vigo County

Hane Gallery and Studios, 120 S. Seventh St.

Currently — Mike’s Metal Worx Studio with work by Mike Russell.

Today — First Friday open house, refreshments, 6 to 9 p.m.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, or by appointment; (812) 606-6916.

Gopalan Contemporary Art, 9 S. Seventh St., gopalancontemporaryart.com

Currently — East Indian contemporary artists Bharat Modi and Anu Agarwal.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; or by appointment. E-mail art@gopalangallery.com or call (812) 232-8080.

Art Spaces Inc., (812) 244-4216.

Currently — Outdoor sculpture, “Composite House for Terre Haute,” Gilbert Park, 141/2 Street and Wabash Avenue.

Currently — Outdoor sculpture, “Spirit of Space,” in front of Swope Art Gallery, 25 S. Seventh St.

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, 1532 S. Third St.

Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, (812) 234-7881.

Terre Haute Children’s Museum, 523 Wabash Ave.

Currently — Run with the Animals.

Currently — Water Table.

Currently — Midwest Wild Weather.

Currently — 20th anniversary brick sale; pay to have child’s name on a commemorative brick on the new museum.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call (812) 235-5548.

Vigo County Historical Museum, Sixth Street and Washington Avenue.

Through October — “Fun at the Fair,” a history of the Vigo County Fair and 4-H.

Hours: www.vigohistory.org or (812) 235-9717.

Sisters of Providence, Providence Center, St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

Currently — Display of various crosses worn since the time of St. Mother Theodore Guerin in honor of the 40th anniversary of the cross worn by Sisters of Providence, Heritage Museum.

Currently — Exhibit of the 100th anniversary of the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Currently — Personal artifacts that belonged to St. Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence, Heritage Museum.

Currently — “Sisters of Providence Life and Mission” photo exhibit, poster-size photographs of various ministries, hallway east of Heritage Room.

Currently — Diorama exhibit of the congregation’s early history.

Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday. Call Providence Center, (812) 535-4531.

Arts Illiana, 23 N. Sixth St., info@artsilliana.org

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call (812) 235-5007.

Titzer Art Studio, Back Gallery, 3124 Wallace Ave.

Currently — Sculpture, decorative metals, glass bead jewelry by Patrick and Karen Titzer as well as works by 20 local and regional artists.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; or by appointment. Call (812) 478-1313; titzer.com

Clabber Girl Hulman & Co. Museum, former first floor lobby, Hulman & Co. building, 900 Wabash Ave.

Currently — 1962 Dan Gurney racecar on loan from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.

Currently — Showcase of the company’s history as well as the family history of founder Herman Hulman.

Currently — Wheels in Motion, display geared toward children.

Hours: bakeshop, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; gift shop, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission free. Call (812) 232-9446.

Raven Art Gallery, 817 Ohio St.

Currently — Several Wabash Valley artists: watercolors, Marty Martinez; naturalist photography, Spencer Young; oils, Wayne Shaw; woodworks, Mark Donham; oils, Peter Bruning; works by Laura Mason; metal artwork, Robert Watton; watercolors, Jane Dusanic; photography, Jim McMullen and Julie Hickman; Robert Follett painting of Terre Haute House prints.

Hours: Call Marty and Debi Martinez at (812) 234-9884.

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, 25 S. Seventh St.

Currently — Horsing Around in Terre Haute exhibit of painted colts.

Currently — Sculpture “Spirit of Space,” in front of building.

Today — Recent acquisitions.

Today — First Friday: Memory and Memorials, 5:30 p.m.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and national holidays. Admission free. Call (812) 238-1676.

Halcyon Contemporary Art Gallery, Swope Art Museum Education Center, 25 S. Seventh St.

Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call (812) 841-2884; www.artathalcyon.com.

Dobbs Park Native American Museum, 5170 Poplar St.

Currently — Carvings by Ron Parker.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call (812) 877-6007.

Vigo County Public Library, main branch, 1 Library Square, Seventh and Poplar streets.

Outdoor Sculpture, “Gatekeeper.”

Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Open Sundays 1 to 5 p.m., Labor Day through Memorial Day. Call (812) 232-1113.

Maryland Community Church, 4700 S. State Road 46.

Web site: www.mccth.org/ArtOutreach.htm.

Java Haute, 3805 E. Wabash Ave.

Coffee Grounds, 423 Wabash Ave.

Hours: 6:30 a.m. to midnight.

Fowler Park, Oregon Church Road, east of U.S. 41 South.

Saturday, Sunday— Annual Pioneer Days, 1840’s activities, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wabash Valley

Indiana

J.E. Smith Gallery, 56 Adams Ave., Evansville.

Through Oct. 26 — Second Chance: Recycled and Found Object Art Exhibit; workshops 11 a.m. Saturday, and Oct. 11 and 18.

Hours: (812) 455-8982.

D’Arlier Cultural Center, 405 N. Mill St., Veedersburg.

Saturday, Sunday — Digital art/photography by Greg Apple of Covington; reception 4 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Hours: (765) 294-4824.

Fort Harrison State Park Natural History Center, 5753 Glenn Road, Indianapolis.

Hours: During winter months, noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday; (317) 591-0122.

Covered Bridge Art Association Gallery, 124 W. Ohio St., north side of square, Rockville.

Through November — Covered Bridge Festival Show.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call (765) 569-9422. No admission fee.

Rockville Public Library, 106 N. Market St., Rockville, IN.

Hours: (765) 569-5544.

Clay County Museum, 100 E. National Ave., Brazil.

Hours: (812) 446-4036.

Salmon Lusk Home, Turkey Run State Park, Rockville.

Weekend tours through Labor Day. Admission: $5 park entry fee. Hours: (765) 597-2654.

Ernie Pyle State Historic Site, 120 W. Briarwood Ave., Dana; (765) 665-3633.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

WonderLab, 308 W. Fourth St., Bloomington. Web site: wonderlab.org

Hours: Call (812) 337-1337.

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, 3000 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.

Currently — Dinosphere exhibit.

Hours: Call (317) 334-3322. Closed Mondays.

The Gallery, Stutz II building, 217 W. 10th St., Suite 125, Indianapolis.

Call (317) 955-2450.

Downtown Indianapolis, on street corners in people’s everyday paths of travel.

Through April 1 — African-American sculptor Chakaia Booker’s outdoor urban exhibition of nine larger-than-life installations. The New York City-based sculptor works primarily with recycled tires.

Indianapolis Zoo/White River Gardens, Hilbert Conservatory, 1200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis.

Through Nov. 9 — Exhibit “Autumn Harvest,” scene wit giant fall leaves floating from ceiling, ornamental squash, antique gardening tools.

Indiana State Museum, Wilbur E. and Florence Jeup Ford Gallery, White River State Park, 650 W. Washington St., Indianapolis.

Saturday through Jan. 4 — Chocolate: The Exhibition.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For information call (317) 232-1637. Admission is $7 for adults (ages 13-59), $6.50 for seniors (ages 60 and older) and $4 for children (ages 3-12). Entry is free for museum members and children under 3.

Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis.

Through Jan. 3 — “You Are There: 1945 Hoosier Home Front,” INvestigation Stations and History Lab. You are There features the Kroger/Clabber Girl recreation of the Citizens Market in Terre Haute.

Through Jan. 3 — “The Faces of Lincoln.”

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call 1-800-447-1830 or (317) 232-1882.

USS Indianapolis Museum, Indiana War Memorial, 431 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.

Currently — Permanent exhibit of the USS Indianapolis, the most famous ship in U.S. history.

Currently — Sterling silver service from the USS Indiana, later used aboard the USS Indianapolis.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes.

Hours: www.indianamilitarymuseum.org or call 1-800-886-6443.

Indianapolis Art Center, 820 E. 67th St., Indianapolis.

Hours: www.indplsartcenter.org or (317) 255-2464.

John Waldron Arts Center, Rosemary P. Miller Gallery and the Flashlight Gallery, 122 S. Walnut St., Bloomington.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call (812) 334-3100.

Brown County Art Gallery & Museum, Main Street and Artist Drive, Nashville, Ind.

Currently — Collection of 30 paintings by early Indiana artists added to permanent collection, including “Daisy,” by T.C. Steele.

Saturday, Sunday— Work by local painter, etcher Louis Oscar Griffith.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Waldron Gallery of Brown County, 41 S. Van Buren St., Nashville, Ind.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call (812) 988-1844.

Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle, museum2@co.putnam.in.us.

Currently — John J. Baughman book, “Our Past, Their Present: Historical Essays on Putnam County, Indiana,” on sale.

Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, by appointment. Call (765) 653-8419.

Conner Prairie, Johnson Weaver Gallery — Museum Center, 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers. Web site: www.connerprairie.org

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday through April; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday May through September. Closed Easter. Call (317) 776-6000 or 1-800-966-1836. Admission: adults, $11; youth age 5 to 12, $7.

Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, in White River State Park, 500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, www.eiteljorg.org

Currently — “Ansel Adams in Yosemite” and “Our People, Our Land, Our Images.”

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call (317) 636-9378; 1-800-633-2024. Admission: $7-$4.

Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1200 W. 38th St., Indianapolis.

Currently — Renovation completed and reopened, includes three news wings, bigger gallery, outdoor garden court, new cafe and new Puck’s Restaurant, operated by famed Chef Wolfgang Puck.

Through Nov. 21 — “Class Pictures: Photographs by Dawoud Bey,” intimate photographs and autobiographical statements of 40 young adults, in McCormack Forefront Galleries.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Call (317) 923-1331.

Harrison Center for the Arts, 1505 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis.

Through Nov. 1 — Bristled, new work by Tyler Meuninck; reception, 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 3.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 4 Sunday. Call (317) 396-3886.

Warrick County Museum, 217 S. First St., Boonville.

Through Monday — Indiana Historical Society exhibition, “Indiana Through the Mapmaker’s Eye.”

Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday; (812) 897-3100.

Reitz Home Preservation Society, 224 S.E. First St., Evansville; reitz@evansville.net.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays. Call (812) 426-1871.

Eagle Creek Park, 7840 W. 56th St., Indianapolis.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call Nature Center, (317) 327-7148.

Southern Indiana Center for the Arts, 2001 N. Ewing St. (Indiana 11), Seymour.

Monroe County History Center, 202 E. Sixth St., Bloomington.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Illinois

Bicentennial Art Center & Museum, 132 S. Central Ave., Paris, Ill.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Admission free. For information call (217) 466-8130. Web site: parisartcenter.com

Edgar County Historical Society Annex, 408 N. Main St., Paris, Ill.

Paris Carnegie Public Library, 207 S. Main St., Paris, Ill.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Call (217) 463-3950.

Palestine Art Center, 110 S. Main St., Palestine, Ill.

Hours: (618) 586-5532 or (618) 586-2701.

Fife Opera House, 123 S. Main St., Palestine Ill.

Hours: noon to 8 p.m. weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. weekends. Free Admission.

Vermilion County Museum, 116 N. Gilbert St., Danville, Ill.; www.vermilioncountymuseum.org

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call (217) 442-2922.

Marshall Public Library, 612 Archer Ave., Marshall, Ill.; www.marshallillilibrary.com.

Currently — Artwork by local artists.

Monday through Oct. 26 — Traveling exhibit, “The View From Here to There: The Aesthetics of Travel in the Rural Midwest.”

Hours: (217) 826-2535.

Teutopolis Monastery Museum, 110 S. Garrott St., Teutopolis, Ill.

Oct. 5 — Open for tours.

Hours: 12:30 to 4 p.m. Call (217) 857-3586.

Historic Lincoln School Museum, northeast of Interstate 70, Exit 136, Martinsville, Ill.

Hours: Open through October; also 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays, June through August; or by appointment. Call (217) 382-6666 or (217) 232-1943.

Colleges and universities

Indiana State University

University Art Gallery, Center for Performing and Fine Arts.

Today, Saturday — Bloodline, A Quilt Exhibition.

Oct. 9-Nov. 7 — Building Futures: Scott Ingram; reception 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Friday; 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Admission free. For information, call (812) 237-3720.

Sculpture Corridor, between Hulman Memorial Student Union and the Science Building; in front of Stalker Hall.

Outdoor sculpture, “3 Elements,” steel and neon light sculptures by Dutch artists Frans and Marja de boer Lichtveld.

Gallery Lounge, Hulman Memorial Student Union.

Hours: 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sunday; closed through winter recess. For information, call (812) 237-3814.

Bare-Montgomery Memorial Gallery, Fairbanks Hall.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Call for hours and information: (812) 237-3720.

Turman Art Gallery, Center for Performing and Fine Arts.

Today, Saturday — Local Threads: Quilts of Vigo County.

Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Memorial Stadium, Brown and Wabash Avenues, Arts Spaces outdoor sculpture at the Indiana Mile by Mark Wallis of Spencer.

Ivy Tech Community College

Center for Information Technology, first and second floors, 8000 S. Education Drive.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Rose-Hulman

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 E. Wabash Ave.

Currently — Outdoor sculptures by Phil Dees of Terre Haute.

Currently — Photography exhibits, Hatfield Hall.

Saturday — Dedication of “The Self-Made Man” Sculpture, front steps of Sports & Recreation Center, 11:30 a.m.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission free. Call Steve Letsinger, (812) 877-8452 for guided tour and information on permanent exhibits at the college.

St. Mary-of-the-Woods College

SMWC Art Gallery, 132 Hulman Hall, St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Call (812) 535-5265.

Through Wednesday — Art Faculty Exhibition.

Hours: Noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Vincennes University

Shircliff Gallery of Art, Shircliff Humanities Building, First and Harrison streets, campus.

Through Oct. 31 — Turkish Delights and a Few Other Sweet Treats with photographs by Charles Stroh.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Call (812) 888-4316.

Red Skelton Museum and Education Center, currently under development on campus.

Currently — Vast collection of Red Skelton’s career memorabilia: costumes, scripts, tapes, diaries, makeup, props, jokes, plans for songs and symphonies, original paintings and prints.

Indiana University-Purdue

University Indianapolis

IUPUI University Library, Level One Lobby, 755 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Call (317) 274-8278.

National Art Museum of Sport, University Place Conference Center and Hotel, 850 W. Michigan St.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Free admission. For weekend hours or group tours, call (317) 274-3627.

Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design, 1701 N. Pennsylvania St.

Permanent exhibit — Job sculpture in bronze by Judith Shea, in Allen Whitehill Clowes Pavilion, main entrance, New York Street.

Today — Clayfest, ceramic art by current, former Indiana residents.Saturday — Thomas Woodruff’s “Freak Parade,” 32 works, at Eleanor Prest Reese and Robert B. Berkshire Galleries.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m Thursdays.

Eastern Illinois University

Tarble Arts Center, Ninth Street at Cleveland Avenue., Charleston, Ill.

Currently — Outdoor sculpture collection includes Landspan East and Landspan West by Jeffrey G. Boshart.

Through Oct. 12 — Rural Scenes in paintings by James Oliver.

Through Oct. 26 — Ceramic and bronze sculpture by Chicago artist Ruth Duckworth.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Mondays; (217) 581-2787.

Lincoln Trail College

Eagleton Learning Resource Center, 11220 State Highway 1, Robinson, Ill.

Hours: Call (618) 544-8657, ext. 1123; 544-8657, ext. 1460.

DePauw University

Richard E. Peeler Art Center, 10 W. Hanna St., Greencastle.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

William Weston Clarke Emison Museum of Art, 204 E. Seminary St., Greencastle.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Indiana University

IU Art Museum, 107 S. Indiana Ave., Bloomington.

Hours: Call (812) 855-8978.

SoFA Gallery, Fine Arts 123, 1201 E. Seventh St., Bloomington.

Today, Saturday — “HUB Phase II: A Collaboration of Art and Space,” sculptures by three MFA students and Rob Off, SoFA Gallery associate director, moved to inside four Penske moving trucks that will be joined by a platform-like “hub,” at McCalla School, 10th Street and Indiana Avenue, large field north of building; a fifth truck to serve as reception area with project information.

Hours: noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; closed Sunday, Monday.

Butler University

Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis campus.

Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Submit items to Museums and Exhibitions, Tribune-Star, P.O. Box 149, Terre Haute, IN 47808; fax to (812) 231-4321 or e-mail to community@tribstar.com. All items must be received in writing by noon Friday for use the following Friday. Listings will not be accepted over the phone. Only events open to the public will be listed.

        

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