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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

A Shared Elegy

Exhibition

October 13 - November 16

A Shared Elegy presents the work of four photographers connected by family ties. Osamu James Nakagawa and his uncle, Takayuki Ogawa, and Elijah Gowin and his father, Emmet Gowin, present unique but overlapping visions recording family histories. The exhibition and symposium are co-presented by the IU Eskenazi Museum of Art.

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Kinship

Exhibition

October 13 - November 16

Kinship presents photographs and installation pieces by six U.S. based contemporary artists from diverse cultural backgrounds. The exhibition is curated by Assistant Professor of Photography, Elizabeth M. Claffey and Grunwald Gallery Director, Betsy Stirratt. The exhibition is by Themester at Indiana University.

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IU + Exhibit Columbus

Exhibitions + events

August 24 – November 26

Visit "Synergia", a university installation from IU interior design and IUPUI graduate engineering students. "Shadow of an Unknown Bird", a large 3D printed sculpture built in collaboration with Cummins engineers. 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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