This is where art, merchandising, architecture, and design merge to shape the future of creativity from imagination to implementation.

Limitless + Interdisciplinary

Inspiring new types of innovators who value all disciplines in art and design, tackle complex issues, and are socially responsible and globally engaged.

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Risk-takers + Innovators

We are makers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who imagine, create, and implement—moving our world forward through the power of art + design.

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Featured events

Light/Matter

Intersection of Photography + Printmaking

August 23 – October 4

Light/Matter is an exhibition curated by Tracy Templeton, Associate Professor of Studio Art at IU; Walter Jule, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta; and Ingrid Ledent, Professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp. The exhibition will feature up to seventy works by forty-five artists.

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IU + Exhibit Columbus

Opening Events

August 24 – August 26

See "Shadow of an Unknown Bird", a large 3D printed sculpture built in collaboration with Cummins engineers. Visit "Synergia", a university installation from IU interior design and IUPUI graduate engineering students. Explore "Between the Threads" a high school student built installation, assisted by IUCA+D.

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McKinney Visiting Artist Series

Monthly Lectures

Fridays from 5:00 – 6:00 P.M.

The McKinney Visiting Artist Series brings prominent working artists from a range of studio practices and fields to the School of Art, Architecture + Design. Artists lead workshops and critiques for students within the school, as well as lectures and gallery talks open to the campus community.

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