Indianapolis Artsgarden Spanning Washington Street at Illinois Avenue, the Artsgarden is both a signature architectural element of a revitalized downtown and a… Read More »Indianapolis Artsgarden
Indianapolis Contemporary Established in 2001 as an arts-based organization, the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA) was dedicated to showcasing artwork made… Read More »Indianapolis Contemporary
Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association Established in 2002, the Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association, or IDADA as it was commonly known, was a 501(c)(6)… Read More »Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association
Irvington Group A colony of artists resided in during the 1920s and 1930s that became known as the Irvington Group. From 1928… Read More »Irvington Group
Olive (Ollie) A. Jackson (Nov. 16, 1895-June 29, 1917). Ollie Jackson, the first African American woman student at the , was born to Carrie… Read More »Olive (Ollie) A. Jackson
William George Ryder Jr. (Feb. 25, 1935-May 5, 2017). William George Ryder Jr. was born in Baskett, Kentucky, to William George Ryder Sr. and… Read More »William George Ryder Jr.
William F. Kaeser (Oct. 31, 1908-July 17, 1987). Born in Durlach, Germany, commercial artist and fine arts painter William F. Kaeser came to… Read More »William F. Kaeser
Susan Merrill Ketcham (June, 1841-Feb. 2, 1930). The granddaughter of , Indiana’s first state treasurer, Susan Ketcham was born in Indianapolis and received… Read More »Susan Merrill Ketcham
Henry Jackson Lewis (ca. 1830s-Apr. 10, 1891). Henry Jackson Lewis was born enslaved near Water Valley, Mississippi in the late 1830s, although some… Read More »Henry Jackson Lewis
John Washington Love (Aug. 10, 1850-June 24, 1880). John Washington Love was born in Napoleon, Indiana, to William and Mary Love, who moved… Read More »John Washington Love