This Summer Nights, leave the picnic at home and let us feed you! Beginning July 3 for select films, the upper level of the Outdoor Terrace will have a cash bar and barbecue buffet, featuring freshly grilled burgers and dogs, summer salads, refreshing beverages and watermelon, cookies and treats. Cash bar opens at 5:30 pm. Tickets include film admission to Summer Nights. For reservations, call 317-923-1331, ext. 235.

Sign up for an introduction to the IMA's matting and framing operations, along with a tour of the art storage areas led by IMA conservation and registration staff. See demonstrations of museum-quality practices in displaying and storing works on paper, oil paintings and more. Presented by IMA and Professional Picture Framers Association, Indiana Chapter.

To register, contact kdaniel@imamuseum.org or 317-923-1331, ext. 221. Limit 30 people.

Teams of Indianapolis filmmakers screen short films produced in 48 hours, as part of an international film competition. Vote for the audience favorite at the event. Films will be shown in two sets, one at 7 pm and one at 9 pm; check The 48 Hour Film Project Web site for film schedule. Presented by Big Car. Call 317-450-6630 for additional information.

Tickets $10 for each screening / $15 for both
Tickets available at the door and in advance at www.48hourfilm.com/indianapolis/.

Artist Reception & Preview
Thursday, July 9 / 5:30-7:30 pm / FREE
Complimentary light hors d'oeuvres and cash bar

This exhibition presents short films produced by area high school students over the course of their participation in the IMA's Museum Apprentice Program. The students were mentored by acclaimed film director Julie Dash, who worked with the students over a period of seven months as the students created a series of films exploring the concept of dreams deferred and dreams realized.

Presented for the first time at the IMA since its acquisition in 2008, Omer Fast's landmark work, The Casting, is a fourteen-minute, four-channel video installation. Fast edited the video from conversations he recorded in Texas in 2006 with a young U.S. Army sergeant preparing to depart for his second tour in Iraq. The sergeant recounts two stories, which Fast splices and interweaves, blending the narrator's recollections of a date with a German woman while stationed in Bavaria, and the accidental shooting of a civilian in Iraq.

Join Elizabeth Smith, Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, as she discusses the experimental home design program (1945 - 1966) which produced iconic work by Eames, Neutra, and Saarinen, among others. Presented in conjunction with Landmarks of the Recent Past Committee (LORP) of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. This lecture is the kick-off of LORP’s midcentury modern home tour on Saturday, May 30 in West Lafayette, IN.

Get FREE tickets at imamuseum.org, by calling 317-955-2339 or at the door.

Enjoy award-winning film screenings as part of the 39th Annual Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration. The IBE Film Festival features three days of the artistry of established and emerging filmmakers creating non-Hollywood productions on subjects relevant to the African American experience. The film festival is presented in part by IMA, the Indianapolis International Film Festival, Heartland Truly Moving Pictures, and the Walker Theatre Center. Visit www.indianablackexpo.com for a full film schedule.

CLICK HERE to see the entire Summer Night's schedule.

The IMA’s annual summer favorite returns. Grab your blanket and lawn chairs, pack a picnic and head to the IMA for movies under the stars.

High Fidelity (R 2000)
Directed by Stephen Frears, starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, and Jack Black.
Running Time: 113 mins.

CLICK HERE to see the entire Summer Night's schedule.

The IMA’s annual summer favorite returns. Grab your blanket and lawn chairs, pack a picnic and head to the IMA for movies under the stars.

V for Vendetta (R 2005, DVD)
Directed by James McTeigue, starring Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, and Stephen Rea.
Running Time: 132 mins.