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Here are more opportunities for young and old to explore creativity during this year’s festival:
- An Imaginative Legacy: Creating an Ethical Will offers tools and information on how to create a narrative that recounts your beliefs, blessings, and life lessons. (Presentation, workshop)
- From Opera Sets to Visual Art: Contemporary Visual Expressions features visual interpretations of “Hansel & Gretel” by Indiana and national artists, and a presentation by Tyler Green, editor/writer for Modern Arts Notes. (Exhibit, presentation, Q&A)
- Powered by Poetry—Whirl of the Divine features Michael Atwood, Norbert Krapf, Deborah Asante, Richard Brendan, as well as Butler University faculty and students, in an interdisciplinary performance of diverse poems that includes spoken word, dance, and music. (Performance, Q&A)
- Sound Sport highlights the Indianapolis Women’s Chorus in a wacky exploration of imaginative music featuring Inuit throat singers, vocal improvisations, and more. (Performance, audience participation)
- The Language of Imagery offers an opportunity to discover, create, and interpret the structures, symbols, and meanings of images in personal and community life. (Hands-on workshop)
Use our advanced search feature to sort by topic, keyword, presenter name, format, discipline, audience, and event cost. See events in these selected topics:
Public Conversation Tickets
Sunday, November 2, 2 p.m.
Clowes Memorial Hall
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| Do you have your tickets? Don’t miss out! Where else can you eavesdrop on a spontaneous and lively dialogue between three prominent national thinkers in the arts, religion, and humanities? Filmmaker Julie Dash, national religious leader Brian McLaren, and author/essayist Richard Rodriguez will consider the role of imagination in our cultures and communities. Where does imagination reside, and who or what is cultivating its practice? What is the dark side of imagination? What is needed to unleash public imagination in ways that benefit our communities? Indiana author Scott Russell Sanders will moderate this free event. More info… |
Volunteer Today!
Volunteering is easy! Volunteers arrive early and help distribute and collect evaluation forms. Sign up now online and select the event(s) you want to attend. Contact Jennifer at gillesj@iupui.edu or 317-278-3623 if you have any questions.
This year’s festival features more than 120 authors and artists, poets and performers, civic and community leaders, professors and preachers, storytellers and scholars. Link to events that feature these fascinating people (Q-Z):
- Kimberly Quaid, Ph.D., Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics / co-director of the Master of Science in Genetic Counseling / director of Predictive Testing Program, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Kyle Ragsdale, Painter / curator, Harrison Center for the Arts
- Svetlana Rakic, Associate professor of Art, Franklin College
- Michael Reece, Director, Center for Sexual Health Promotion, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
- T.J. Reynolds, Hip-Hop poet / drummer
- Courtney Richards, Minister for Congregational Growth, Geist Christian Church
- Stephanie Lewis Robertson, Fiber artist / program chair of Fine Arts and Visual Communications, Ivy Tech Community College
- Richard Rodriguez, Author / essayist
- Ginny Taylor Rosner, Photographer
- David Russick, Curator and director, Herron Galleries, IU Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
- Eileen Ryan, Program director, Youth Philanthropy Initiative Indiana
- Nina Ryan, Dancer / choreographer
- Scott Russell Sanders, Author
- Stephanie Sanders, Associate director and associate scientist, Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University
- Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, Rabbi, Congregation Beth-El Zedeck
- Pepper Schwartz, Author / professor, Dept. of Sociology at University of Washington (Seattle)
- Myra Selby, Attorney, Ice Miller LLP
- Shepherd Community Center Youth
- Joyce Sommers, President and executive director, Indianapolis Art Center
- Marti Steussy, Macallister-Petticrew Professor of Biblical Interpretation, Christian Theological Seminary
- Marc Summers, Host of Food Network’s “Unwrapped” and “Trivia Unwrapped”
- Ragan Sutterfield, Writer
- Lois Main Templeton, Artist
- Theater of Inclusion®
- Diane Timmerman, Professor, Dept. of Theatre, Butler University / Voice teacher
- Dante Ventresca, Founding director, Theater of Inclusion®
- Thomas Wade, Physician, Methodist Medical Group
- Taylor Walters-Denyer, Founding member, Midwest Voices for Congo and the Kamina Project
- Keni Washington, Board member, Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center / jazz musician
- Phil Watts, Consultant / former president, Athenaeum Foundation
- Robert White, Professor of Sociology / Former dean, IU School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
- Dr. Norma Wirzba, Author / professor of Theology, Ecology, and Rural Life, Divinity School, Duke University
- Aaron Zeis, Owner / operator, Nature’s Harvest Organics CSA
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