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Step into spring at the IMA
Discover nature indoors and out across the IMA campus.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 2, 2017—With spring in the air, the Indianapolis Museum of Art gears up
for a new season of art and nature experiences.
Relax and unwind as you stroll the beautiful gardens filled with 250,000 blooms in the exhibition,
Spring Blooms: Celebration of Color. Simultaneously, explore the world of birds through prints by
the famed John James Audubon inside the galleries with Audubon: Drawn to Nature. Test your
golf skills on this year’s Mini Golf at the IMA course, designed by artists and inspired by the
nature all around us. With experiences for all ages, the IMA is the perfect destination for spring
holidays like Easter, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day.
The IMA’s seasonal lineup includes:
FILM: B Movie Bingo: Cobra*
March 2 / 7 p.m.
The Toby
$8 Members / $12 Public
B-Movie Bingo makes an interactive game out of the most awesome movie clichés ever
committed to celluloid. To play, grab a bingo card and look to fill squares like “Long Boring Scene
or Male Ponytail,” and “Teamed up with a Rookie or Animal,” while watching some of the worst
(or best) movies of all time. So grab a drink, compete for prizes, and partake in banter with fellow
movie-nerds at these one-of-a-kind screenings. In Cobra, a tough-on-crime street cop must
protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans. (R)
EXHIBITION: The Birds of Céleste Boursier-Mougenot: A Film by Ariane Michel
March 3–Aug. 27
Lori Efroymson Aguilera and Sergio Aguilera Gallery
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
This exhibition features a video of the installation from here to ear (1999–ongoing) by French
artist Celéste Boursier-Mougenot. The video depicts a gallery transformation into an aviary
furnished with Gibson guitars and amplifiers. Throughout, zebra finches perch and pluck on
various musical instruments to create a living and improvisational soundscape.
FILM: Cereal Cinema: Robin Hood*
March 4 / 10 a.m.
The Toby
$5 Members and Public / Free for children 5 and under
Cereal bar and coffee are included with ticket
Parents and little ones are invited to experience Cereal Cinema, a unique family-friendly event
created by Indy Film Fest. Cereal Cinema features the two things that every family needs on a
Saturday morning—a fun-for-all-ages classic movie and a cereal bar! Join us for the 1973 classic
about legendary bandit, Robin Hood, as he and Little John match wits with Prince John and the
Sheriff of Nottingham. (G)
EVENT: Reel Film Screening: The Wizard of Oz
March 5 / 2:30 p.m.
The Toby
$8 Members / $12 Public
Head to the IMA to celebrate both 35mm film and the return of spring with the vibrant Technicolor
classic, The Wizard of Oz. This screening is part of the first-ever “Reel Film Day”, a collaborative
initiative from Alamo Drafthouse and Kodak, to champion the beauty of cinema’s richest and most
enduring format with celebratory screenings at independent theaters across the U.S. A portion of
all ticket sales will go to the prestigious Film Foundation to help fund an upcoming important film
preservation effort. (1939, dir. Victor Flemming, 102 mins., PG)
EVENT: Stress Less with Teen Arts Council
March 12 / noon–4 p.m.
The Toby
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
The Teen Arts Council is calling all stressed-out teens to take your mind off your worries with a
fun filled day at the IMA. Feel nostalgic with classic board games, rock out to a personal concert
at the headphone music mash up, and help build a community fort. Kick back and relax with a
12:15 screening of Shrek and a 2:30 screening of The Princess Bride in the Toby Theater. The
first 100 students with a valid Central Indy high school ID will have free admission to the galleries.
High school students who are home schooled are also eligible. All ages are invited to let their
stress melt away with TAC.
FILM: Anime Film Festival*
March 24–26
The Toby
$8 Members / $12 Public per day / Receive a 15% discount for purchases of more than one film
Bring your friends and join us for a weekend filled with Anime classics such as Akira, The Wind
Rises and Paprika. The fun starts Friday and runs until Sunday, with six screenings throughout
the weekend. Visit www.imamuseum.org for show times.
TOUR: Evening Garden Tour with Director of Horticulture
March 30 / 6–7 p.m.
April 27 / 6–7 p.m.
May 25 / 6–7 p.m.
Horticultural Society Overlook Garden
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
Join the IMA’s director of horticulture, Chad Franer, for an in-depth tour through the gardens.
Franer will lead guests throughout the Oldfields estate and surrounding gardens and answer any
and all questions.
EXHIBITION: Paula McCartney: Bird Watching
March 31–Oct. 8
June M. McCormack Forefront Galleries
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
Bird Watching showcases Paula McCartney’s photographs of craft store songbirds placed in
natural settings to create enhanced landscapes. McCartney brought her own birds on trips to the
woods to create the idealized scenes of her fantasies, where songbirds perched patiently on trees
as she photographed them. Support for this exhibition is provided by the David C. & Sarajean
Ruttenberg Arts Foundation.
EXHIBITION: Spring Blooms: Celebration of Color
March 31–May 31
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
Experience the IMA as never before this spring when the gardens come alive with a quarter of a
million blooms transforming the campus into a spectacular display of color. New paths will take
visitors on a breathtaking journey, each twist and turn unveiling a new splash of color from
crimson tulips to golden daffodils and much, much more. Bring your friends and celebrate the
return of warm weather in our new Beer Garden. Explore the gardens and Beer Garden with new
extended hours until 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday evenings and until 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Lead support for Spring Blooms: Celebration of Color is provided by Tom and Nora Hiatt, Tony
and Marya Rose, and Gay and Tony Barclay. Additional support is provided by Bob and Toni
Bader, Milly Brehob, A. King’s Art Studio and Gallery, Joyce Pruitt, Sun King Brewing Co., and
Robert and Catherine Turner. Promotional sponsorship is provided by WTHR-13. In-kind
support is provided by Kornegay Design. This project is made possible by a generous gift from
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
EXHIBITION: Audubon: Drawn to Nature
April 1–July 30
Allen Whitehill Clowes Special Exhibition Gallery
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
Fly to the IMA to experience Audubon: Drawn to Nature, an exhibition featuring the lifelike
drawings of John James Audubon. From wise owls to playful parakeets these beautiful birds of
North America were carefully studied and documented by Audubon, a leader in ornithology and
conservation. This exhibition is presented by the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation and The Alliance of
the IMA. Lead support is provided by Wild Birds Unlimited with contributing support from Gary
and Hannah Hirschberg, Goldman Sachs & Co. Support for related education programs is
provided by Christel DeHaan Family Foundation in honor of the children and families of Christel
House.
FILM: Cereal Cinema: Follow That Bird*
April 1 / 10 a.m.
The Toby
$5 Members and Public / Free for children 5 and under
Cereal bar and coffee are included with ticket
Parents and little ones are invited to experience Cereal Cinema, a unique family-friendly event
created by Indy Film Fest. Cereal Cinema features the two things that every family needs on a
Saturday morning—a fun-for-all-ages classic movie and a cereal bar! After Big Bird is sent away
from Sesame Street by a social worker, the rest of the gang sets out on a journey to track him
down and bring him home (G). After Cereal Cinema, stick around for Family Day: Flowers &
Flowers, a day filled of fun spring activities for the entire family.
EVENT: Family Day: Flowers & Feathers*
April 1 / 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
Celebrate the opening of our special exhibitions, Audubon: Drawn to Nature, Paula McCartney:
Bird Watching and our Spring Blooms garden experience, with activities for the whole family.
View more than 250,000 flowers in bloom, listen to seasonal music or create your own felt
birdhouse at the Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse. Take part in an interactive still life display station
with Paula McCartney, the artist behind Paula McCartney: Bird Watching.
WORKSHOP: Freeform Hypertufa Planter Workshop
April 8 / 10–11:30 a.m.
Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse
$55 Members / $70 Public
Instructor Carol Dale will show participants how to make a truly one-of-kind hypertufa planter.
These containers are well suited for use with trendy succulents in nooks and crannies. This class
is intended for experienced students. Advanced registration required.
TALK: Asian Arts Society (AAS): Arnold Chang: The Persistence of Tradition in
Contemporary Chinese Painting, A Personal Journey
April 20 / 7 pm
DeBoest Lecture Hall
Included in general admission and free for IMA members
Join the founder of the Chinese Paintings department at Sotheby’s, Arnold Chang, for a
fascinating look on the elements of his career as an artist, curator and auctioneer. Chang’s own
landscape paintings were recently featured in a collaborative exhibition with photographer
Michael Cherney at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
FILM: Planet Indy films
April 22
The Messenger / noon
This Changes Everything / 3 p.m.
DeBoest Lecture Hall
$8 Members / $12 Public
Celebrate Earth Day at the IMA with Planet Indy films. The Messenger explores our deep-seated
connection to birds and warns us that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. Su
Rynard takes us on an engaging, visually stunning, emotional journey, one that mixes its elegiac
message with hopeful notes and unique glances into the influence of songbirds on our own
expressions of the soul. This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to reimagine the vast
challenge of climate change. Directed by Avi Lewis and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international
non-fiction bestseller, This Changes Everything, presents seven powerful portraits of communities
on the front lines.
EVENT: Young Actors Theater: A Line in the Land
April 22 / 1 p.m.
April 23 / 2 p.m.
Free Students / $15 Adults
The Earth is dead. In a time when solar flares have scorched the earth, when plants can only
grow in the air and survival is all that matters, can Val save her community from famine? Join
Young Actors Theatre in commemoration of Earth Day on a post-apocalyptic journey as we
discover how anyone can make a difference, no matter how small. This performance is inspired in
part by William Lamson’s A Line Describing the Sun, part of the IMA’s permanent collection.
EVENT: Perennial Premiere
April 29 / 11 a.m.–5 p.m. (IMA Member early access 9 a.m.)
April 30 / noon–5 p.m.
Newfield
Free
Perennial Premiere is back this spring. Come purchase rare plants including annuals, perennials
tropical, herbal and house plants. The IMA horticulture staff will answer all your planting
questions. While you’re visiting, be sure to check out the Indianapolis Garden Club Flower Show
inspired by the IMA gardens and Spring Blooms experience.
EVENT: Indianapolis Garden Club Flower Show
April 29 / 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
April 30 / noon–5 p.m.
Deer Zink Special Events Pavilion
Included in general admission and free for IMA members
The annual flower show is back again for 2017. This year the collection is inspired by the IMA
gardens and Spring Blooms exhibition. Come browse through hundreds of flowers all tied into our
theme of “Through the Looking Glass.”
EVENT: Fashion Arts Society (FAS): Hats Off! Lecture and Luncheon
May 4
Lecture / 11 a.m. / DeBoest Lecture Hall / Free
Luncheon / noon / Deer Zink Special Events Pavilion / $60 FAS members / $70 public
Wear your best vintage and join guest speaker Doris Raymond, star of the Smithsonian Channel
documentary series L.A. Frock Stars and owner of Los Angeles vintage boutique, The Way We
Wore, for FAS’ signature fundraiser for fashion acquisitions.
EXHIBITION: Crazy Quilts: Stitching Memories
May 5–Jan 7, 2018
Gerald and Dorit Paul Textiles Galleries
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
Crazy quilts were extremely popular throughout the United States in the 1880s and 1890s. The
fashion embraced asymmetry and bold colors and made the structured patterns of traditional
quilts seem outdated. This exhibition traces the brief history of this unique style of quilting in the
context of the period’s increasing industrialization and explores how women expressed their
creativity through these crazy quilts.
EVENT: Beer Garden Game Nights*
Fridays, May 5, 12, 19 and 26
6–8:30 p.m.
Beer Garden at Elder Greenhouse
Kick start your weekend and revive a little nostalgia during Beer Garden Game Nights! Enjoy
classic board and card games over a pint while listening to local musicians. Sink someone’s
battleship, or connect over Chinese checkers. Whether playing for fun or for bragging rights,
there’s a game and beer for you. The last Friday in May, the museum will host the IMA Open
Table Tennis Championship on three “courts” as a nod to the start of the 2017 French Open.
WORKSHOP: Advanced Plant Propagation
May 6 / 10 a.m.–noon
Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse
$30 Members / $40 Public
This is an indoor-outdoor workshop with Denise Petolino, so bring your gardening gloves. Go
beyond simple cuttings and seeds to learn about more hands-on techniques for increasing plants
in your home and perennial garden. Advanced registration required.
EVENT: IMA’s Alliance: Drawn to Birds: Celebrating the Legacy of John James Audubon
Thursday, May 11
Lecture / 10:30 a.m. / DeBoest Lecture Hall / Free
Luncheon / 11:30 a.m. / Deer Zink Special Events Pavilion / $50
Join Jean Bochnowski, director of the John James Audubon Center, as she shares her love of the
historic home Mill Grove. She explains how it shaped its most famous resident, artist and
naturalist John James Audubon. The luncheon will include a silent auction with proceeds
benefiting an Alliance sponsorship of the IMA’s 2017 Christmas experience.
Contact [email protected] by May 4, to RSVP.
WORKSHOP: Air Plant Garden Workshop
May 13 / 10–11:30 a.m.
Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse
$30 Members / $40 Public
Air plants are popular and sculptural tropical plants that lend themselves to a wide range of
decorative applications. They grow perched on trees in their natural habitat and require no soil to
grow. In this class with IMA’s Marian Keith, participants will create their own wood-mounted air
plant garden, while also learning the basics of care and cultivation. All materials provided and
advanced registration required.
EVENT: Contemporary Arts Society (CAS): Rotation Celebration
May 18 / 6–9 p.m.
Penny and Jock Fortune Suite of Contemporary Galleries, Floor 4
Free to CAS members and IMA members / $10 Public
A number of new pieces from the Contemporary permanent collection are being rotated into the
IMA’s contemporary galleries this spring. Please join CAS for a reception celebrating these new
additions, and learn more about the works through guided tours. All funds raised from this event
will go towards the CAS acquisitions fund. Please RSVP by May 8 to [email protected].
WORKSHOP: Color from Nature: Plant Based Dyes
May 20 / 10–11:30 a.m.
Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse
$35 Members / $45 Public
Local textile and fiber artists, Bonnie Carter and Marsha Ward, will lead this hands-on workshop.
Learn preparation and use of vegetal materials to dye wool and fabric. Participants will dye yarn
traditionally and pound flowers to transfer natural colors to paper. All materials provided and
advanced registration required.
EXHIBITION: Elegance from the East: New Insights from Old Porcelain
May 25–October 22
Lilly House
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
This exhibition features exceptional examples of Chinese porcelain made specifically for export to
Europe and the young United States. Examined are the reasons for their popularity, their variety
and the ways in which their forms and decoration were adapted to Western tastes. Beautifully
displayed in the historic Lilly House, these objects tell a story of wealth and commercial trade
linking Europe to the Far East.
EVENT: IMA Open Table Tennis Championship*
May 26 / 6–8:30 p.m.
Beer Garden at the Elder Greenhouse
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
Enter our table-tennis tournament and see if you have what it takes to claim the crown. We’ll have
three “courts” set up for matches as a nod to the start of the French Open.
EVENT: Teen Arts Council TASK Party*
May 28 / noon–3 pm
Newfield
Free
Come participate in the Teen Arts Council’s TASK Party, an experimental art party created by
artist Oliver Herring. TASK parties have three rules: create tasks for the TASK pool, select a task
for yourself to interpret using the provided materials and use your imagination! The IMA's Teen
Arts Council is supported by Bob and Toni Bader and a grant from The Indianapolis Foundation,
a CICF affiliate.
EXHIBITION: Mini Golf at the IMA
May 26–27 Members Only Preview
May 28–Sept. 2
Alliance Sculpture Court
Included with general admission and free for IMA members
This summer, explore the natural world on our brand new mini golf course that’s perfect for the
whole family and guests of all ages. Mini Golf at the IMA is returning with new, artist designed
holes inspired by the nature all around us. Come putt past lions, through glaciers and learn about
honey bees. Afterwards, grab a drink or snack at the clubhouse before visiting the galleries and
gardens.
For more information about the spring lineup, please visit www.imamuseum.org.
*Denotes programs from the IMA’s ARTx series, made possible by a gift from the Efroymson
Family Fund.
About the Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) is located on a 152-acre campus of lush gardens, historic
homes, outdoor sculptures, inspiring performance and gallery spaces. Founded in 1883, the IMA
is among the 10 oldest and 10 largest encyclopedic art museums in the United States and
features significant collections of African, American, Asian, European, contemporary art and
design arts that span 5,000 years of history. With innovative programming to engage guests of all
ages, the IMA offers a variety of interactive experiences inside the galleries, throughout the
campus and within the local community. From gardening demos in the Madeline F. Elder
Greenhouse to outdoor film screenings in the IMA Amphitheater to community celebrations in The
Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres, guests are invited to interact with art and
nature in exciting new ways at the IMA. Along with the Indianapolis campus, the IMA also owns
the Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Ind., one of the nation’s most highly regarded
examples of mid-century Modernist residences. For more information visit www.imamuseum.org.
About the Efroymson Family Fund
The Efroymson Family Fund, a donor-advised fund of the Central Indiana Community
Foundation, continues a long legacy of charitable commitment by the Efroymson family in central
Indiana. The Efroymson Family Fund was established in 1998 by Dan and Lori Efroymson to
promote the viability of communities and to date has awarded more than $100 million in grants in
central Indiana and beyond. For more information about the Efroymson Family Fund, visit
www.efroymsonfamilyfund.org.
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