Arts Council of Indianapolis Incorporated in October 1987, the Arts Council of Indianapolis was organized by the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee (Gipc) as the city’s arts advocacy agency. It is the successor to the… Read More »Arts Council of Indianapolis
Arts For Learning Nonprofit community-based arts education program affiliated with Young Audiences/Arts for Learning, Inc., a national arts education organization. Indianapolis-based Arts for Learning was founded in 1961 to educate school-age children about… Read More »Arts For Learning
Asante Art Institute In September 1990, storyteller and performance artist Deborah Asante started the African American Children’s Theatre, a community-based performing arts group. The theatre took the name Asante Children’s Theatre (ACT) soon… Read More »Asante Art Institute
Ascend Indiana Established in 2016, Ascend Indiana serves as the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (Cicp). It is the brainchild of Jason Kloth, former deputy mayor… Read More »Ascend Indiana
Associated Employers of Indianapolis In 1904 local businessmen established the Employers Association of Indianapolis to combat labor strikes in the city. Membership grew steadily over the next decade. In 1914 the organization absorbed a… Read More »Associated Employers of Indianapolis
Barbasol In 1919 Frank Shields, an Indianapolis chemical engineer, began manufacturing a brushless shaving cream, naming it Barbasol after red-bearded medieval German emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Two years later Shields and partner… Read More »Barbasol
Bart Peterson Administration A former Chief of Staff for Indiana Governor Evan Bayh, Bart Peterson was born, raised, and educated in Indianapolis. The first Democrat elected mayor of Indianapolis in the post-Unigov era,… Read More »Bart Peterson Administration
Base Hospital No. 32 Also known as Lilly Base Hospital, Base Hospital No. 32 was founded in February 1917, in expectation of U.S. involvement in the war. Following donations from Josiah K. Lilly Sr.… Read More »Base Hospital No. 32
Bash Seed Company In 1906 Daniel F. Bash started Bash Seed Store at 141 North Delaware Street as an extension of his father’s Fort Wayne grain business, Bash and Eakin, which was established… Read More »Bash Seed Company
Bass Photo Collection The largest surviving collection of photographs of 20th-century Indianapolis, the W. H. Bass Photo Company, commonly known as Bass Photo, traces its beginnings to 1897 with the establishment of the… Read More »Bass Photo Collection
