- September 14th, 2007
- Filed under Exhibitions, Musings, Public Programs
I’m disappointed. Really disappointed.
Last night I was very excited to go to Herron School of Art on the campus of IUPUI to see a lecture by Allison Smith. Smith is a generous and talented artist who in the spring of 2008 will undertake a major sculpture project with students and faculty at the Herron School to be featured in the “On Procession” parade and exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Almost 100 eager students and art lovers showed up for the lecture in the Basile Auditorium. Unfortunately, all of us were sent home without hearing from Smith. No one was more upset by this than the artist. She was forced to cancel the lecture because her 17″ silver Macbook was stolen from the auditorium after she set up her presentation, but before she began. It happened between 5:40 and 6:00 PM.
I’m disappointed for many reasons:
1. I didn’t get to see Allison Smith speak about her work.
2. This is an embarrassment to the students and faculty of Herron.
3. This is an embarrassment to the city of Indianapolis.
Allison Smith is a guest of our community. This was not the welcome she deserved. I hope we can begin to make it up to her by finding and returning her laptop. Recovering a stolen computer is one thing; it’s going to take a lot more to recover our reputation as a community. Luckily, Smith will be spending a lot of time with us in 2008. I know that goodness and decency will prevail in the end. Until then, on behalf of my community I offer an apology.
