Comments on: Grab your cameras. Fall is upon us. http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/10/20/grab-your-cameras-fall-is-upon-us/ The IMA blog is a space to discuss everything related to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:32:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeep http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/10/20/grab-your-cameras-fall-is-upon-us/comment-page-1/#comment-60972 Jeep Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:58:40 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=9049#comment-60972 The Arts and Nature Park. What can you say? Indianapolis has a limited amount of 'natural' green space compared to other cities of its size. The 100 acres behind IMA was a pleasant place to get away. The lack of man-made structures made for a secluded get away right in the city. Now Indianapolis has its limited store of green space reduced more with the recent additions of these man-made hunks of debris. Utilities had to be run. Maintenance will have to be performed. The Park will be decidedly more art than nature. The conceptual idea of the park would make sense in a city where we had am abundant supply of wooded green space. Indy doesn't have that. In the end the art in the 'Nature' park is no different than putting condos in - at least for the trees, fungi and kingfishers. What would have been VISIONARY would be putting the sculpture park in any of numerous industrial and commercial dead spaces that litter Indianapolis. Just go a few miles west to the Lafeyette Square Mall area. There are miles and miles of worthless commercial store front and parking lots that could have been transformed into an urban arts park. In fact 'nature' could be brought back into these areas. Art could be brought in, and the urban art park could be a dynamic toward changes in these wasted areas. Instead we have a reduced the value of another Indianapolis greenspace. The 100 acre nature/sculpture park. The Arts and Nature Park. What can you say? Indianapolis has a limited amount of ‘natural’ green space compared to other cities of its size. The 100 acres behind IMA was a pleasant place to get away. The lack of man-made structures made for a secluded get away right in the city.

Now Indianapolis has its limited store of green space reduced more with the recent additions of these man-made hunks of debris.

Utilities had to be run. Maintenance will have to be performed. The Park will be decidedly more art than nature. The conceptual idea of the park would make sense in a city where we had am abundant supply of wooded green space. Indy doesn’t have that. In the end the art in the ‘Nature’ park is no different than putting condos in – at least for the trees, fungi and kingfishers.

What would have been VISIONARY would be putting the sculpture park in any of numerous industrial and commercial dead spaces that litter Indianapolis. Just go a few miles west to the Lafeyette Square Mall area. There are miles and miles of worthless commercial store front and parking lots that could have been transformed into an urban arts park. In fact ‘nature’ could be brought back into these areas. Art could be brought in, and the urban art park could be a dynamic toward changes in these wasted areas.

Instead we have a reduced the value of another Indianapolis greenspace.

The 100 acre nature/sculpture park.

]]> By: Libbe http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/10/20/grab-your-cameras-fall-is-upon-us/comment-page-1/#comment-55637 Libbe Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:21:32 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=9049#comment-55637 I spent a blissful hour wandering the IMA grounds on Saturday afternoon and just wanted to express my thanks. The landscape is beautiful, the fall colors are awesome and there's something interesting around every corner. The hard work, talent and dedication of the IMA horticulture staff is apparent everywhere you look. Thank you for creating such a space in Indianapolis for everyone to enjoy. I spent a blissful hour wandering the IMA grounds on Saturday afternoon and just wanted to express my thanks. The landscape is beautiful, the fall colors are awesome and there’s something interesting around every corner. The hard work, talent and dedication of the IMA horticulture staff is apparent everywhere you look. Thank you for creating such a space in Indianapolis for everyone to enjoy.

]]> By: Carren http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/10/20/grab-your-cameras-fall-is-upon-us/comment-page-1/#comment-55559 Carren Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:11:49 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=9049#comment-55559 I understand what you mean. The fall just inspires such a burst of color that one can't help breaking out their cameras. Here are some photos of Central New York (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=132887&id=733012320&l=fab8671336) taken while walking home. I understand what you mean. The fall just inspires such a burst of color that one can’t help breaking out their cameras. Here are some photos of Central New York (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=132887&id=733012320&l=fab8671336) taken while walking home.

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