What a year. I can’t believe it is almost over. We have covered a lot of ground at the IMA. There are now 21 partners on ArtBabble! The IMA has been rolling out a new brand and I’m so excited to share that with you in 2010 with the launch of our new website.  Stay tuned for updates on that soon! We created an iTouch application in-house for Sacred Spain. The 100 Acres Art & Nature Park is getting closer every day to being ready for the 2010 opening (see The Launch of Eden II). We revealed the Indianapolis Museum of Art is adding a scientific research and analytical laboratory to its existing paintings, paper, objects and textiles conservation laboratories. For all of those reason’s I’m pretty excited to get started in 2010. But before I forget, seems like this would be a good time to reminisce over my favorite/worst things of the year. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Current Events, Musings, New Media, Technology

From Thursday through Sunday, fantasy creatures of all sorts will be roaming through thousands of imaginations at GenCon 2009. You may have read about the upcoming convention in the news already, but let me expound upon the artistic and creative aspects of this annual game convention.

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Filed under: Current Events, Local, Musings

From all of us here at IMA blog head quarters, we wish you a safe and happy new year!

As a gift of sorts and to make our vows public, we’d also like to treat you to some of our resolutions. Enjoy!

Daniel resolves…To be nice. Eat Twizzlers. Play soccer. Be brilliant. To follow some advice from Ghandi: Be the change that you want to see in the world. And in the words of LL Cool J: Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for years.

Charlie resolves…For this techie to learn the difference between modern and postmodern art.

Anne resolves…To bring more film artists to the IMA and to The Toby…Wim Wenders, anyone?

Gary resolves…To get the gambling monkey off my back.  I give it 20-1 odds.

Matt resolves…To ween myself off of fast food, join a gym, and to always remember to check things in Internet Explorer before sending out a link!

Amber resolves…To live in the now! No more worrying about the future and what it holds – just live day by day and enjoy it. Also, I need to drink less soda and take my vitamins. Baby steps…

Irvin resolves (with obligatory preface)…I’m a bad, bad horticulturist so first of all – take better care of the plants I’m overwintering. Sow more seed (but no wild oats). Photograph the gardens as they develop this year.

Phil resolves… To impress Anne Laker then together continue taking over greening the world.

And if you too want to make your resolution public, leave a comment!

Until the ’09, peace.

Filed under: Current Events, Interviews, Local, Musings

In an effort to visually portray my predictions for marketing the arts in 2009, and to solicit ideas, I’m leaving the rest of this post blank.

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Filed under: Marketing