Indiana Arts Commission's ArtsEye - May 2011

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Dates
May 20: FY11 IAP Final Grant Report Deadline
May 30: IAC Closed - Memorial Day
May 31: Committee on the Future & Cultural Trust Advisory Board
June 2: Advocacy & Awareness Committee


Individual Artist Program Panel Audio Now Online
Did you apply for a fiscal year 2012 Individual Artist Program (IAP)
grant? Were you unable to attend the panel meeting for your
discipline? The audio from the IAP panels is now available online.
Scroll down the page to the red header entitled "FY2012 Individual
Artist Panels". For the order in which the panel reviewed
applications, click on the PDF file beside the audio file. This will
give you a general idea of where to find your application review in
the recording. Please note: due to the different acoustics in the
various rooms in which the panel meetings were held, we cannot
guarantee the quality of the audio files. Looking for additional
feedback? You may also send an email to grant...@iac.in.gov and
request the written comments submitted by IAP panelists. Please
provide the discipline in which you were juried, as well as the
application number (if possible). Grant awards will be announced after
they have been ratified by the Commission at the Quarterly Business
Meeting in South Bend on June 30, 2011. All applicants will be
notified by email and letter of their status in the program.


Creative Aging Festival Taking Place Throughout the Month of May in
Bloomington
The inaugural Creative Aging Festival is a month-long celebration
honoring our elders and their creative contributions to our
community. Throughout May 2011, Bloomington area organizations are
presenting a wide variety of events to raise awareness of the
contributions of local elder artists, writers and performers. Most of
the festival events are free and suitable for all ages. The festival
is sponsored by the City of Bloomington Commission on Aging and the
Center on Aging and Community at Indiana University. Along with
showcasing the talents of our elders, the festival's prupose is to
promote intergenerational understanding and to highlight the value of
creative engagement for adult health and well-being. The festival
includes a presentation by elder artist George Goehl on May 24, 2011
from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. on "Making and Marketing Your Own Instructional
Videos Online" in conjunction with the South Central ArtsWORK Indiana
meeting. Self-taught Brown County sculptor George Goehl successfully
produces and distributes nationally a series of videos on techniques
for working creatively with metal. Find out more about how he
achieves this. This event will take place at Bloomington City Hall
McCloskey Room, 1st Floor, 401 N. Morton Street, Bloomington. For
information, call Jane Harlan-Simmons at (812) 855-6508 or email
Nadine Pinede at npi...@post.harvard.edu. For a complete PDF calendar
of events including gallery walks; a film series; performances; and a
senior expo, please click here.


Indiana University's 71st Annual Writers' Conference to Take Place
June 5 - 10
The Indiana University Writers' Conference will welcome an award-
winning lineup of authors to the Bloomington campus of Indiana
University from June 5th - 10th for a weeklong festival of readings,
classes and workshops. The workshop is open to writers of all levels.
Classes include "Writing the Unthinkable" with Lynda Barry; "The Art
of the Blog" with Gary Ferguson; "The Art of Screenplay" with Jill
Godmilow; and "Poetry" with Julia Story. The Writers' Conference will
also offer fiction workshops led by best-selling author of Await Your
Reply, Dan Chaon, and IU Professor Tony Ardizzone, as well as a poetry
workshop with award-winning poet Patrick Rosal. The three workshops
can each accommodate 15 students. Participants can opt to attend the
classes only, along with the brown-bag lunch discussions and evening
readings. The cost to attend a workshop plus all of the classes is
$525 for the week; the classes-only fee is $275 for the week. "The
workshops always fill up fast," said Bob Bledsoe, director of the
conference. "This year, we're promoting the conference as the perfect
'stay-cation' for local writers. We also expect a large contingent of
out-of-towners, as usual. We've got a great faculty lineup, including
our own Tony Ardizzone, of IU's Creative Writing Program. I anticipate
that the experience for this year's participants will be valuable and
exciting, as it is every year." Barry, a fiction writer and popular
cartoonist, is the Eisner and R.R. Donnelly Award-winning author of
What It Is, One! Hundred! Demons!, and the seminal alternative comic
strip, Ernie Pook's Comeek. Chaon's fiction has appeared in a number
of literary journals and anthologies, including Best American Short
Stories, The Pushcart Prize and the O. Henry Prize Stories. The
conference will also screen the film Silent Light at the new IU
Cinema, which Godmilow will use as the foundation for her class on
screenwriting. Participants can earn up to two credit hours at the
graduate or undergraduate level for the workshops, which may be
applied toward professional or teacher certification. Early
application is highly recommended. The conference is open to writers
of all levels. The Indiana University Writers' Conference is a non-
profit organization that supports creative writing in Indiana, the
Midwest and throughout the country. For an application and more
information, visit http://www.iuwc.indiana.edu.


Study Shows the Majority of Arts Graduates Find Satisfying Work
Findings from a national survey released this week show that, contrary
to widespread belief, most arts graduates are employed and holding
jobs consistent with their educational goals. For example, 92% of
those who wish to work currently are, with most finding employment
soon after graduating. Two-thirds said their first job was a close
match for the kind of work they wanted. And almost three-quarters
(74%) of those who intended to work as a professional artist had done
so at some point since graduating. The findings of the Strategic
National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) are based on information from
13,581 alumni of 154 arts high schools, arts colleges and
conservatories, and arts schools and departments within universities.
Those responding to the fall 2010 survey graduated from fine arts,
theater, dance, music, creative writing, media arts, film, design and
architecture programs. The results provide insights into the lives
and careers of arts graduates including: (1) what they studied in
school; (2) satisfaction with their educational training and
experiences; (3) the various jobs they have held; (4) their
involvement in the arts outside of work; and (5) personal information
such as where they live, family and individual income, and educational
debt. "Artistic careers exemplify new ways of working in the growing
contingent economy, and the experiences of artists might increasingly
become the norm for many 21st century workers," says Steven J. Tepper,
associate director of the Curb Center at Vanderbilt University and
SNAAP senior scholar. "For example, arts alumni have high rates of
self-employment with more than six of ten being self-employed at some
point, and more than half of professional artists hold two or more
jobs." Most professional artists are quite satisfied with the
opportunities to be creative in the job in which they spend the
majority of their time. For example, 80% of fine artists, 71% of
photographers, 68% of dancers or choreographers, 68% of actors, and
61% of musicians were very satisfied with the opportunity to be
creative at work. "SNAAP transforms our ability to track the
professional outcomes and satisfaction of our graduates. It allows us
to be better informed about our results, more engaged with our alumni,
and more responsive to our curricula," says Douglas Dempster, dean of
the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. "SNAAP
is also indispensable to satisfying the increased calls for
accountability in higher education." Additional key findings from the
2010 survey are: arts graduates are happy with their training, with
90% reporting their overall experience at their institution was either
good or excellent; most (76%) arts alumni would attend the same
institution again; and a majority of fine artists (78%), dancers or
choreographers (75%), craft artists (69%), actors (68%), musicians
(68%), photographers (66%), and directors, producers, or managers in
theater and stage (64%) were very satisfied with the opportunity to do
work consistent with their personality, interests, and values. SNAAP
is supported with a leadership grant from Surdna Foundation as well as
generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Houston
Endowment, Barr Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, and the Educational
Foundation of America. More information is available at www.snaap.indiana.edu,
including an interactive SnaapShot based on the 2010 findings.


Indiana Cultural Tourism Conference May 16 in Merrillville
Is public art worth the expense? Join the conversation! Art,
architecture and commerce: three things public art guru David Young of
Young & Laramore knows best. Take away key insights into public art's
economic impact and the corresponding visitor experience at this
year's Indiana Cultural Tourism Conference on May 16th. Part two of
the conversation will help you understand the value public art brings
to your community with an interactive session featuring Jim Walker of
Big Car Gallery; Mindy Taylor Ross of Art Strategies, LLC; and Miah
Michaelsen of Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District. Also
presenting, nationally regarded keynote speakers Carol Coletta, who
will help attendees understand if their communities are vibrant enough
to attract and retain visitors and residents and Amy Webb, who will
give participants eleven practical solutions to help their communities
or businesses survive the new economy. This half-day event is packed
with high-powered, high-energy keynote presentations and fast-paced
break-out sessions. Registration is $65 ($25 for college students)
and includes breakfast, lunch and all sessions. All events take place
at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza in Merrillville, Indiana. To
register, visit http://petm.iupui.edu/affiliates/culturaltourismconference/register.php.


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