WE NEED YOU TO HELP US PREPARE FOR IMMINENT COMMUNITY CHANGES A shift is underway. As the largest generation in the U.S. labor force, Millennials are beginning to influence not just urban areas but also smaller and more suburban communities such as Fishers, Noblesville, Cicero, Tipton,...
Noblesville Creates launched the Noblesville Creates Awards in 2016 as a way to celebrate local leadership in the arts. We interact with incredible people every day who are working so very hard to keep creativity thriving in the Noblesville Creates region, and we want to...
Building community in Atlanta, one train car at a time [caption id="attachment_19773" align="alignright" width="236"] Steve and Liz Nelson (aka Mr. and Mrs. Muffins)[/caption] Since 2012, people have gathered at Mr. Muffin’s Trains to hear the whiz of the trains going past, to marvel at the wall of...
I am so very excited to announce that we will be launching to operational independence from Hamilton County Tourism on Jan. 1, 2017. We will be our own, stand-alone institution with both the freedom and the responsibility to set our own trajectory and manage our...
Stephenson House gallery to hold 40 years' worth of work in pottery Dan Howell sees more in a piece of clay than most of us ever will, a skill he has honed for four decades as an artist. His clay work began when he was a young boy,...
Corporate citizenship focused on the arts [caption id="attachment_16456" align="alignright" width="200"] Artist Kevin Huff[/caption] On a chilly spring day in May, Cynthia Tucker found herself in the studio of Kevin Huff. The sculptor had been commissioned by Meyer Najem to create a large piece of art on the...
Couple brings travel bug to Stephenson House gallery John Cinnamon and Ann Craig-Cinnamon have spent three decades speaking into a microphone, sending their voices and travel experiences over the radio waves. Ann hosted morning shows at several area stations, while John did mid-days and mornings. In...
The Arts of Ball State Alumni As a student, it can be easy to let go of a creative habit if you aren’t involved in a class or working toward a degree, but there are plenty of college graduates — perhaps particularly Ball State University alumni...
We are excited to announce that we are the recipient of an Arts Operating Support grant from the Indiana Arts Commission. This is the second year in a row that we have been recognized by the commission, and we are so very grateful for their...
Conner Prairie is participating in the Indiana Association of United Ways bicentennial celebration, titled “Bison-tennial Public Art Project.” The museum has a 5-foot-tall fiberglass bison with base. To mark Indiana’s 200th year of statehood, Conner Prairie seeks to commission a central Indiana artist to decorate...