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Come enjoy live entertainment, music and art during the Festival on the Green on Saturday, June 8th, 2013 on the lawn of the Ball State University Arts Terrace. An Arts Fair, hosted by the Muncie Arts and Culture Council, will be from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra taking stage at 7:00 pm. The concert will be led by guest conductor Lawrence Ranchak.

The Muncie Symphony Orchestra will be hosting an Around the World-theme picnic contest prior to the concert. The winners of the picnic contest will be awarded prizes donated by local businesses! Picnics must register at the information tent between 5:30 and 6:15pm and will be marked by a numbered helium balloon. The picnic contest will conclude at 7:00 pm.

Bring your own chairs, blankets, and picnics to enjoy the show or rent a table for eight and eight chairs for $20 from the Muncie Symphony League volunteers.

Event presented by Harry and Janet Kitselman Fund, Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, and Muncie Arts and Culture Council. Event supported by Indiana Arts Commission, Ball State University, Indiana Public Radio, WERK Radio, and WIPB.

For more information, visit http://www.munciesymphony.org or call (765) 285-5531.

Be Here Now, Muncie's DIY Music Venue and Craft Beer Bar, is bringing you some great FREE Monday shows (donation only 21+, $3 under 21!) to spice up your week.  

July 8th: Marmalakes, Taft, The Directionals, Paul By The Water

July 15th: SmileEatingJesus, Wings To Save, Murphey's Midnight Rounders

July 22nd: Harikari, Inirie, TBA

July 29th: Part Time Hero, Moving Forward

August 12th: Mammoth Indigo

We're really excited about next weeks show:

We've got a killer free show lineup for ya'll in just a few weeks... one of Austin Texas' rising bands MARMALAKES will be performing with Detroit indie rockers Paul By The Water, Milwaukee's The Directionals, and NYC's TAFT!!! Yeah... we know... you ain't heard of none of them... that's cool... give them a listen below!!!


Marmalakes
https://www.facebook.com/marmalakes

Paul By The Water
https://www.facebook.com/paulbythewater

The Directionals
http://markpoemusic.bandcamp.com/

TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

The Directionals 8:30-10
Taft 10:00-11
Paul By The Water 11:00-12
Marmalakes 12:00-1

$3 PBR pitchers and $6 Microbrews + $3 American Hard Iced Tea Cans & Marmalake Punch!!!

111 Arts Gallery
111 E Main
Zorn Crowder skater local celebrity outsider artist presents series of drawing on cardboard found object ink marker pen paint bring money n skateboards n beer, located next to mark 3 areas favorite gay bar we love you.

The Artist Within
313 S Walnut
Botanically and Naturally Inclined – The work of Cindy Norrick Turner
Cindy Norrick Turner’s style of painting is very colorful and very bold and this is apparent to even the most casual observer. Cindy is a native of Delaware County and a graduate of BSU with a degree in graphic design. Since her first class taken from local watercolorist Brian Gordy, Turner has exhibited regularly throughout central Indiana in her own shows as well as in juried competitions.  She continues to take additional classes and workshops in watercolor techniques and has admirers throughout the world due to her exposure on Facebook and Flickr. Topics for her paintings change often from the botanicals offered in this show to the architectural paintings at her next show in October 2013 at The Rose Court.  Turner does commissioned work as well as of those of her own choosing.  Contact Turner at renrut1105@aol.com, through her Facebook page, or through her Flickr account to see more of her paintings or for more information.  She is also currently signing up students for her fall “Basic Watercolor” class that will be taught at The Artist Within.

 
Students for Responsible Consumerism – In the Upper Level Gallery
The Upper Level Gallery will display work submitted to the Ball State organization Students for Responsible Consumerism and the work will remain on exhibit  through September 20th. Artwork from this show will then be part of the “Living Lightly Fair” held at Minnetrista on Saturday, September 21, 2013.  Artwork in this exhibit must be created from reused materials or with a sustainable theme.

Canan Commons
500 S Walnut
Dance, Dance, Dance
Join America’s Hometown Band at 7pm on First Thursday as they perform some of our best-loved dance tunes and perennial favorites. This concert is sponsored by Indiana Public Radio.

Gallery 308
308 E Main
Borderline 2013: Board Members Past and Present
Sherry was a charter board member of Mitchell Place and also serves as the treasurer of Gallery 308 and is a talented photographer.

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
224 E Main
Color Ocean/Color Land – The work of Suzanne Lambert
"I live in a sea of color, the waves roll in and thru and all around." - Suzanne Lambert.

Guests to the upcoming First Thursday art opening at Gordy Fine Art and Framing are in for an eye-satisfying festival of color. Suzanne Lambert is well-known for mixed media canvases with stunning arrangements of poured, dripped and sprayed paints. The former dancer seems to transfer dance movements into her work; colors flow and are embellished with staccato beats, swirls and arabesques. Titles give hints to the artist’s meaning, or the place of inspiration. That could be the Ohio River Valley or the French countryside; Lambert splits her residence/studio between two continents. “My intention is to visually convey, through color, tone and composition, the feeling and essence of places I live and visit, the people I experience.” She continues, “Energy of life moves me; I wish to bring this feeling to the viewer, to touch them and, perhaps, to lift the soul…” Lambert will fill the main gallery with new works, and will speak about her work during the opening reception on First Thursday at 6:15 PM. Reception hours are 5 to 8 PM.

iGarden – The work of Genny Gordy
"I work in a garden of colors. My eyes dart from flower to fruit to bug, but my images are always about the intense saturation of color I find, especially the infrequent blue." - Genny Gordy.

Genny Gordy will hang an exhibit of photos and watercolors in the Nook gallery during the month of September. Titled “iGarden”, the show exposes the acre of land in town that Gordy and husband, Brian, somewhat wildly maintain and that Genny’s iPhone camera readily captures. Fruit trees and grape vines share space with raised bed and traditional vegetable gardens. Flowers and herbs fill every view. Artworks dot the landscape – a Kim Anderson bird bath, Matt Lynch sculpture, an Amish fertility sign, painted by a friend.  A cabin, possibly 80 years old, serves as Genny’s garden shed. A blue desk in the shade is used as a garden bench and is the background for many photos. One hundred year-old trees edge the plot, and a dry stream bed runs through, serving only during heavy rains. A small bridge connects upper and lower yards where wildlife - from deer to heron to flying squirrel - has visited through the years. “It is where I reconnect with the ground beneath my feet and work out thoughts and muscles,” offers Genny. “Every day, I step out my back door into the wonder of the gardens and return renewed. These images are my attempt to share that colorful magic with others.”  Gordy will speak about her work at 6:30 PM on First Thursday.

Both exhibits will remain on display through September 30, 2013, and may be viewed during normal business hours: Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5:30 PM, Saturdays, 9 to 3, or by appointment.

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. is located at 224 E. Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre.  For more information, call 765-284-8422 or visit http://www.gordyframing.com. 

The Living Room
130 W Jackson
The Living Room will have art on display during First Thursday.

Muncie Ballet
118 S Walnut
Muncie Ballet will have demonstrations, door prizes, mini lessons, and snacks during registration and open house on First Thursday.  Shop the ballet boutique or register for dance. Tuition assistance is available.

Munseetown Square Lobby
400 S Walnut
Artwork of Munseetown Square
The offices of DeFur Voran and Raymond James  are partnering to transform the lobby of Munseetown Square into a gallery, featuring the works of local artists David Dale, Brian Gordy, Jim Faulkner, Eric Ernstberger, and many others.

Bette Graham
Muncie native Bette Graham is known for her landscapes and popular images of cats.  For over sixty years, she has been active in the local arts community. Proficient in several art media, Graham's primary focus throughout her lengthy career has been printmaking--both wood block and linoleum.

Jim Faulkner
Faulkner taught and practiced contemporary abstract art while teaching at Ball State for thirteen years. Near the end of his college teaching in 1977, Faulkner returned to his background of realistic watercolor and sculpture.  There, he found a search for the essence of what he believes and feels to be truth.  He paints full time at the country homestead he shares with his wife, Eleanor, and various cats and dogs.  His studio is a restored barn.  He has received numerous awards throughout his painting career and is one of the most collected and well-known artists of east-central Indiana.

Brian Gordy
Brian Gordy taught art in the public schools, the university level and privately for over 20 years.  He exhibits throughout the United States and has earned numerous awards for his watercolors and charcoal drawings. Mr. Gordy, with his wife Genny and son Ben, own and operate Gordy Fine Art & Framing Company.

Barbara LaRue King
After graduating from Ball State with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, LaRue King worked as a graphic designer at Indiana Glass Company where she rejuvenated the company’s packaging and marketing.  Her own line of design-on-glassware was distributed nationally through department store chains. Working at Hallmark’s Ensemble Company division, she designed product lines for Franklin Covey, the United States Post Office, and other high-profile Ensemble clients.  Most recently, she has been employed at Hallmark’s Kansas City headquarters designing album and giftwrap lines in Hallmark’s Gifts Studio. 

Eric Ernstberger
Eric Ernstberger, a Muncie resident, is a native to extreme southern Indiana’s un-glaciated landscape which stands in bold contrast to the flat un-forested terrain of the state’s better known midsection.  His love for painting, drawing and the arts was influenced by the physical attributes of this unique landscape and further evolved by the profession he has chosen to pursue for the last three decades. Ernstberger is a registered site architect and founding partner of Rundell Ernstberger Associates, the region’s largest urban design and site architectural firm with offices in Muncie, Indianapolis, and Louisville.  His vivid expressionistic paintings in acrylic on paper are spontaneous, free flowing images of landscapes, objects, people, and events, offering intense abstraction or new perspectives on familiar subjects.

David Dale
Artist and designer David Dale was born in Muncie in 1940.  He attended the Fort Wayne Art School and Museum on scholarship where he studied figure drawing, portraiture and landscape painting.  The founder of David Dale Designs, Dale also taught by invitation, Complex Interiors and Professional Practices in the School of Fine Art at Ball State. Dale paints landscapes in pastel and oil, both outdoors and in his studio.  He also designs and handcrafts signature picture frames to complement his paintings.  His paintings hang in corporate, museum, private and public collections.

Rose Court
125 E Charles
Rose Court is pleased to feature the art work of Muncie's noted architect Anthony J. "Tony" Costello, FAIA.  You may have heard or read about Tony regarding his work in architecture or his mission trips to Haiti, but you may not know that he is also an award winning artist.

Tony has always done sketching as part of his architectural practice but in 2010 decided to submit sketches to Architectural Record's Napkin Sketch competition and continued to submit his sketches each year after.  He won Runner-Up/Professional Award in 2011 and 2012. He is the only person to win awards in two of the three contests held since 2010.  The impetus for this contest is that architects have historically sketched ideas on napkins while having a few drinks with clients or colleagues.  Napkin sketching involves using a 5" x 5"plain white cocktail napkin and sketching on it with a pen.

This will be Tony's first public exhibit of his napkin sketches. Sketches and watercolors from his travels, including Italy, England, Istanbul, Haiti, New York City, and Boston, will be featured.  Napkin sketches and sketchbook sketches will be available for sale.

Savage's Ale House
127 N High
The Work of Braydee Euliss
Euliss will exhibit encaustic (hot wax) paintings as well as a series of necklaces. Gallery Manager at Gordy Fine Art & Framing and a Ball State graduate, Euliss holds a BFA in Sculpture. Her vast 3-D background, coupled with an innate preoccupation with repurposing, informs her continued use of non-traditional and found media.

Stay tuned for more info about Muncie MusicFest 2013, and visit http://MuncieMusicFest.com for more info.

Muncie MusicFest 2013 will take place on Saturday, September 14th in The Village, along University Avenue. We're very excited to be having bands in 4 Village spots, we hope this can be the start of something beautiful!

This year's festival will be FREE for everyone 21 and older and will feature 14 bands in three indoor and outdoor venues in The Village.

Stay tuned for further updates and visit http://MuncieMusicFest for more information about this annual celebration of live, local music.

Lineup (subject to change):

Be Here Now (all ages)
9:00 Apathy Wizards
10:00 There Was Eden 
11:00 Mutts
12:00 H.O.M.E. Team

The Cup / d luxe Bar and Lounge (all ages outside, 21+ inside)
7:00 Dustin Vance
8:00 Matthew Ruddick
9:00 Ten High Travelers
10:00 SmileEatingJesus
11:00 Jordan Moody

The Chug (21+ only)
9:30 Stone Messiah 
10:00 Fossil Generation
11:00 Man With A Gun
12:00 Coyote Armada

Dill St (21+ only)
9:00 The Dapper
10:00 Mike Martin Band
11:00 DJ TBA

Join Muncie Symphony Orchestra and Masterworks Chorale for a Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah day filled with music and song! From 12 to 2 p.m.  take your turn trying out different instruments in MSO’s instrument petting zoo,if you can play an instrument you are invited to show off your talent at the song of choice station, visit the brass ensemble to learn the language of music notes, check out the pitch pit and challenge your voice to a matching contest with Masterworks Chorale and step on stage to see how costumes tell a story.  At 2 p.m. the MSO ensemble and Masterworks Chorale will put on a Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah performance with help from the audience.

Program is made possible through a collaborative grant from Indiana Arts Commission

Celebrate the arts in Downtown Muncie from 5pm to 9pm on first Thursday in October! Muncie Symphony Orchestra is taking stage at Canan Commons for a free outdoor concert at 5:30pm, Douglas Droste, conductor.

Bring the whole family, share a picnic, dance on the lawn, gaze at the clouds (no rain please!); sip a refreshing, favorite beverage.  It’s all about celebrating the arts and enjoying last warm days in the fall, before moving indoors for the winter.

The MSO will also have an activity booth with instrument petting zoo as one of the Arts Walk vendors. Stop by with your children!

MSO concert presenting sponsor: Raymond James
Concert support: Ball Brothers Foundation, Downtown Development Partnership and the City of Muncie, Indiana Arts Commission

From the earliest days of our nation, the Marine Band’s mission has been to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Established in 1798 by an Act of Congress signed by President John Adams, the United States Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization.

For more information call the Emens Auditorium Box Office at (765) 285-1539 or visit www.bsu.edu/emens