The IMA invites you to Member Night the second Thursday of the month. Stop by Happy Hour before participating in a special docent led tour or program in The Toby. Enjoy drink specials, music, prizes and the opportunity to meet Chef Ty Hunt in the new Nourish Café. The Museum Store is offering a free LOVE Tote bag with a $100 purchase (a $10 value). Don’t forget your membership card to enjoy special Member discounts.

Gardeners can foster biodiversity simply by choosing to plant more natives. This is Dr. Doug Tallamy’s simple but powerful message. In his eye-opening book, Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, Tallamy, Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, shows how life does depend on what we plant in our backyards. Join Tallamy as he discusses how healthy wildlife populations are directly dependent on native plants and the steps gardeners can take to increase biodiversity in their own yards.

In March 2002, a Newsweek headline regarding Lawrence Rinder proclaimed "This Man Will Decide what Art Is.” Join Rinder, Director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on October 27 as he converses with Maxwell Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO, about ways in which museums can champion diverse art forms, engage new audiences, contribute to lifelong learning, and stay ahead of the digital curve.

The IMA is hosting Wedding Fashion Trends 2010 presented by herecomestheBRIDE. Mingle with the most creative, in-demand talent for your wedding while sipping champagne and sampling exquisite hors d'oeuvres. Be inspired by the wedding fashion design of Birnbaum & Bullock as they show their couture gowns on the runway. Learn about the new IMA Gift Registry. Catering provided by the IMA’s Nourish Events and Kahn's Catering.

Rising majestically with a near-perfect cone shape, Mount Fuji has been a favorite subject of Japanese artists from the earliest times. Mount Fuji was a daily presence in the lives of the citizens of the shogun’s capital of Edo, and it was also visible from many portions of the eastern portion of the great Tōkaidō Highway that linked Edo with the ancient capital of Kyoto.

This exhibition features 18 of the prints that make up Utagawa Hiroshige’s Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji. The series was completed just before his death and published the following year.

Gain further insight into 17th century Spain and its colonies as a docent guides you through the special exhibition, Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World.

Special Exhibition Tours
Tuesday and Wednesday 3:00 pm
Thursday and Friday 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm

This one-evening film series explores identity through spirituality in the films of Spanish director Luis Buñuel, perhaps best-known for his Surrealist explorations with artist Salvador Dalí. Buñuel’s mid-career films presented here grapple with his ambivalence toward religion, a theme that would preoccupy much of his career.

Screen Zenith features award-winning films by emerging directors across the globe.

Carl J. Weinhardt Memorial Lecture