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ArtMix

ArtMix

ArtMix is an Indianapolis-based not-for-profit organization that works to transform the lives of people with and without disabilities through the creation of art. The organization started as an annual arts festival in 1980, during a time when adaptive arts programs for people with disabilities were rare in Indiana. Since then, the organization has evolved to provide five core programs: Artists in Residence, Community Classes, the Lolly Project, Entrepreneur Artisans, and Urban Artisans. With these programs and additional special projects, ArtMix provides arts education and vocational arts employment to more than… Read More »ArtMix

Emma Messing

Emma Messing

(Oct. 29, 1872–April 21, 1950). Emma Messing was a vaudeville actress, a stenographer, and a pioneering figure in American diplomacy as one of an early cohort of women to enter the US diplomatic service. From 1921 to 1939, she broke barriers for women in foreign service while serving as a secretary under five ambassadors at the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany.  Born into a Jewish family in Indianapolis, Messing was the daughter of German-speaking immigrants of the and Riekchen “Ricca” Messing. She graduated from in Indianapolis and worked in the… Read More »Emma Messing

James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children 

James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children 

In 1936 Indianapolis architects designed the James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children, first public school in Indiana for physically handicapped children (see ). The school was located on East 10th Street on Indianapolis’ near east side. The Roberts School’s origins lay in the School for Crippled Children at 612 W. Washington Street established in 1925. That school came into being after a survey in 1924 indicated a need for a special educational facility in Indianapolis. It occupied a school building on the city’s near west side formerly used to… Read More »James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children 

Lucinda Burbank Morton

Lucinda Burbank Morton

(May 16, 1825-July 28, 1907). Born in Centerville, Indiana, Lucinda Maria Burbank Morton spent her early life as the well-educated daughter of successful local merchants Isaac and Mary Elizabeth Troxell Burbank. On May 15, 1845, Lucinda Burbank married in her childhood home. They had five children, though two died before the age of two.   Within the first decade and a half of their wedding, tensions about slavery escalated throughout the United States. During those years Burbank Morton managed the household, while her husband first launched his career as an attorney… Read More »Lucinda Burbank Morton

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