Art Gallery Schedule

The Art Gallery is in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.  For more information call (317) 788-3253.

Selections from the UIndy Permanent Collection

Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between November 9 and December 4, 2009 from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

The University of Indianapolis has been fortunate to have quality works of art in its permanent collection. Over the years many of these works have been donated by alumni and friends of the University. Some are displayed in public areas, others have a more restricted access, and some have never been exhibited publicly. This exhibition showcases some of the items from the permanent collection that are not frequently seen.

Dick Hay, sculptor

Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between January 18 and February 12, 2010 from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

An award-winning sculptor, Dick Hay has exhibited his work in over two hundred exhibitions in the United States, Japan, Canada, Russia, Latvia, and Korea. His work is in major collections throughout the world, including the Pushkin Museum, in Russia; the Riga Museum of Art, in Latvia; the Byung-Tak Woo Public Collection, in Korea; the Sea of Japan Collection, in Japan; and The Butler Institute of American Art, in the United States. His work was recently part of an invitational exhibition, Heroes and Icons, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. He is currently working on a new series of vessel forms supported by a University Arts Endowment Grant. Hay is a professor of art at Indiana State University.

New Work: Melissa Parrott, ceramicist, & Kyle Ragsdale, painter

Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between February 22 and March 26, 2010 from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Melissa Parrott's current ceramics work features an imaginary landscape of botanical forms. Through an instinctual impulse of combining shapes and texture, she creates her own interpretation of exotic flora. The microscopic detail lures the viewer into the sculptures for a closer look and deeper enjoyment. An intimate, personal scale is used to create each piece, which captures the forms in a specific moment of time.

Artist Kyle Ragsdale grew up in Texas and New Mexico and has been painting full time, working periodically as a decorative painter and stage set designer, and making fine art since graduating from Baylor University (BFA) and Southern Methodist University (MFA). He is currently the curator for the Harrison Center for the Arts. Ragsdale paints with his audience in mind. Always keeping in mind core ideas of community and relationship, Ragsda's work tries to suggest a connection among figures without defining that connection. In that spirit, Ragsdale began developing feminine figures in dresses, often in pairs, in 2007. The pairs seem at times like sisters and at times like different images of the same muse or different paths she might choose. While Ragsdale's work continues to vary in focus, inevitably most pieces relate back to history, memory, relationships, and community.

Neo-Rococo: Rocks and Shells Interpreted in Contemporary Jewelry Design

Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between April 5 and April 30, 2010 from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

The term Rococo, in the French language, is a play on the word "baroque," and loosely defined, means rock and shell. These forms appeared as decorative motifs in architecture, landscape architecture, furniture, and occasionally in painting during the Rococo in the 18th century. In general, Rococo's sophisticated style is extravagant and ornate, and at times has a light-hearted playful quality.

This exhibition of contemporary jewelers from across the United States features artists that use rocks, gemstones, and shells in thought provoking and captivating ways in their work. The exhibition is curated by Carolyn Springer from the University of Indianapolis and includes: Helen Blythe-Hart, Atlanta; Jim Cotter, Vail, Colo., Professor Randy Long, Indiana University-Bloomington; Jennifer Howard Kicinski, Seattle; and Tracy Lee Black and Molly Gabbar, San Diego. In April, Helen Blythe-Hart will be a visiting artist and will present her work and her acclaimed Heat Zone Soldering Method.

Art Reception--Neo-Rococo: Rocks and Shells Interpreted in Contemporary Jewelry Design

April 5, 2010 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM