A Creative Affair - Indianapolis Arts History

ArtistDan

August 30, 2008 by ArtistDan

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In 1987, Indianapolis artists of every discipline got together to protest the end of the Indiana Artists show at the IMA. We also wanted to support the growing idea of the city budgeting money for the arts and the creation of an arts council.

The current issue of arts funding before the City Council prompted me to scan some old photos from an album Ellie Siskind loaned me. It was an amazing time when several hundred artists got together to put on a show, organize politically, and inspired the Indianapolis Symphony, IMA, dance organizations, Indianapolis Art Center, galleries, and theaters to meet all together for the first time.

If you’d like to see what happened, click on [A Creative Affair]( http://web.me.com/artistdan/A_Creative_Affair/A_Creative_Affair.html)

I’d especially love to hear from anyone who took part.

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erinswanson
erinswanson, December 3
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Interesting…I was only 10 yrs. old at the time this happened. I recognize Jennifer Sugarman. She was my teacher at the “Indianapolis Art League” during this time. Glad you shared this…it’s great to get some background/perspective on local art history in the city.

ArtistDan
ArtistDan, December 3
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thanks for making me feel older. :)

I’ve talked to a lot of people involved in Coalition of Indianapolis Artists back in those early days and have been sadly finding that nobody seems to have much in the way of photos or memorabilia. I do have the framed proclamation from Mayor Hudnut for A Creative Affair Day, but it seems we weren’t very good at photo documenting.

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