Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design: Indiana University Bloomington

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

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Our faculty of artists, designers, practitioners, and scholars are here to instruct and inspire you, as we shape the future of creativity together.

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We are a transdisciplinary community of creatives who bring together art, architecture, design, and merchandising.

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McKinney Visiting Artist Series

Speaker series

The McKinney Visiting Artist Series brings prominent working artists from a range of studio practices and fields to the Eskenazi 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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Hoosier Lifelines

Exhibition: Feb. 9 – Mar. 12, 2021

Hoosier Lifelines is an artistic and historical exploration of Indiana’s changing environment along the remains of the historic Monon railroad. Though the railroad, nicknamed the “Hoosier Lifeline,” is no longer in existence, this exhibition uses it as a foundation to understand the interplay of landscapes, ecosystems, and communities across time and space.

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A detail of a quilt with the images of 63 suffragists of color in black and white.

Empowering the Women’s Vote and 63 Suffragists of Color

Exhibition: Feb. 9 – Mar. 12, 2021

Since 2000, AIGA has activated its community of designers across the U.S. and beyond to Get Out the Vote through its Design for Democracy campaign. A collection of posters, designed by AIGA members and commemorating the first legislation for women’s voting rights, will be displayed and will be accompanied by 63 Suffragists of Color.

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Actor Glenn Close as the Marquise de Merteuil.

'Art of the Character': Exhibition will celebrate Glenn Close costume collection

Exhibition: May 4–Nov. 14, 2021

"The Art of the Character: Highlights from the Glenn Close Costume Collection" will be presented in partnership with the Sage Fashion Collection in the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design.

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Construction underway for IU Eskenazi School’s new building, inspired by 1952 Mies van der Rohe design

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The Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University has begun construction of a new building inspired by a 1952 design of legendary architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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