- October 4th, 2007
- Filed under Exhibitions
So I’ve made the giant shift from Ancient Art to Contemporary Art. From Roman Art from the Louvre to On Procession. It’s the diversity of projects that I get to work on that make my job exciting. Yesterday, we launched our latest Web presence OnProcession.org. We also ran an ad in NUVO announcing a call for participation in the Street Spectacular! On Procession is an IMA exhibition about parades and pageantry in contemporary art. The exhibition is comprised of two components. There will be an in-gallery exhibition that will take place at the IMA beginning in May, 2008. The second component is an actual parade. On April 26, 2008, artists and community groups will join together for a parade in downtown Indianapolis (Fountain Square area to be specific).
You can take to the streets as part of the art parade. The IMA with the support of the Arts Council of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission is calling for submissions from artists and community members to be part of the Art Parade! Visit OnProcession.org for more details as well as an online submission form.
A couple of weekends ago I was having drinks with the assistant curator of contemporary art, Rebecca Uchill, at Deano’s Vino in Fountain Square. Sitting outside, sipping our beers we started to talk to folks from the neighborhood about the art parade. I was really fired up by the response we received . The other patrons of the bar were coming up with really brilliant ideas as to how to be part of the Art Parade! Deano proposed his own float that would represent the culinary arts. Other people discussed making costumes for their kids to walk in the parade. Apparently, everyone loves a parade or at least everyone at Deano’s Vino at 2:00 am loves a parade. Either way, I’m really excited about the Street Spectacular! As we are still months from the actual event, I’m sure I will be updating you often with details. Check the blogs, check OnProcession.org and stay tuned.
