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Before renovating our Tube Factory artspace building and as we work on expansion of our second 46,000-square-foot “Big Tube” building on the campus, we have visited many other adaptive reuse art spaces around the United States.
Many of the strategies and approaches have seen have informed and inspired our approach. This post explores these places with links to images (often taken during our research trips). We suggest visiting these art spaces!
“Bauhaus Imaginista” is a major international project that marks the German art school’s 100th anniversary. Operational from 1919 to 1933, Bauhaus is famous for the approach to design that combined high art and industry. This exhibition rethinks the school from a global perspective, and reads its entanglements against a century of geopolitical change.
The exhibition presents the 4 Gegenstande (Objects) in order to communicate the essential elements of bauhaus imaginista.
“The Bauhaus Manifesto” (1919) is shown through a specially commissioned essay film, exploring the hybrid and transnational influences that shaped its conception and the school’s origins. Marcel Breuer’s collage ein Bauhaus film (1927) was reproduced in the Bauhaus Journal No. 1, an edition of the journal will be reprinted and displayed in the gallery as a stacked multiple available for audiences to take away. Paul Klee’s “Carpet” drawing will be shown in reproduction on a study table detailing the artist’s North African journeys. Kurt Schwerdtfeger’s “Reflective Light Game” is shown through a film projection.
Photo: Paul Klee Rug (kilim), (1927); Hans Snoeck Private Collection, New York
Project partners:
Goethe-Institut, Bauhaus Kooperation, Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Funded by:
Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Auswärtiges Amt, Kulturstiftung des Bundes.
On the occasion of 100 Jahre bauhaus (100 Years of Bauhaus).
Admission is free
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Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tube is also open until 10 p.m. each First Friday.
Closed Holidays
Prerequisite – Shop Safety Part 1
Tools used – table saw, jointer, planer
Materials (all provided) – Wood!
Class time – 3.5 hours
Cost: $75.00
Prerequisite – NONE!
Tools used – miter saw, bandsaw, drill press
Class time – 2 hours
Cost: $25
The Artist as Problem Solver:
Understanding the Role of Artists and Arts Organizations in
Community Building, Placekeeping, and Cultural Sustainability
Presented by The Joyce Foundation and Big Car Collaborative
Thursday and Friday, March 1-2, 2018
Big Car/Tube Factory artspace
1125 Cruft St.
Indianapolis, IN 46203
As part of its ongoing effort to support the capacity of artists and arts organizations to create artworks and cultural participation opportunities that transform their communities, The Joyce Foundation (based in Chicago and supporting artists cities in the Great Lakes Region — including Indianapolis — through the Joyce Awards), is partnering with Indianapolis-based placemaking and socially engaged arts nonprofit, Big Car Collaborative to host an engaging and immersive, two-day convening beginning with an evening keynote and panel on March 1 at 5 p.m, and ending on March 2 at 5 p.m., after a full day of sessions.
This event (which is open to everyone but limited by space so please RSVP soon — links below) is for individual artists, leaders from arts and community organizations, city and neighborhood leaders who collaborate with artists, community organizers, entrepreneurs, urban planners and placemakers, funders, researchers, and others interested in the role of the arts in fostering community vitality in general in Indianapolis and the Great Lakes Region.
The aim of this interactive convening is to deepen and widen the conversation around placemaking to include the critical work of community building and placekeeping in established, economically vulnerable, or demographically fluctuating communities. Centered around first-hand case studies and tool-sharing, the goal of these two days is to provide opportunities for learning and network building that may lead to future collaborations and exchanges.In addition to nationally and regionally recognized speakers and panelists, everyone who attends will be asked to share their areas of expertise, current initiatives, and needs for additional assistance. Time will be allotted to organize around synergies, themes and resource needs.
Please register as soon as possible via the links below to hold your spot. Again, seats will be limited to ensure an inclusive and interactive convening. The final agenda will be disseminated to all registrants.
Registration details:Please register via the links below by February 16 to help us with planning.
Schedule (full agenda coming soon)
Thursday, March 1, 5-7:30 p.m. (opening keynote panel & reception — followed by optional coordinated small-group dinners)
Friday, March 2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (full day of panels and workshops)
Shop Safety and Orientation II is the second installment that will cover basic and safe use of the jointer, planer, and table saw.
This 2-hour class will act as a refresher or as an orientation to our specific equipment models. Limited hands-on practice will accompany the demonstrations.
A few things to note:
*Pre-requisites: Shop Safety and Orientation I.
*If you are new to the table saw, jointer, and planer, please take Woodworking I which will cover these machines more in depth and include more hands-on practice.
*Open to ages 16+. For those 16-18, plan to have a parent/guardian on-site for waiver signatures.
*Class size is limited, so register early.
*$75
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Ramps, steps, and rails are important things for homeowners and skateboarders alike to know how to make. At Bottom Level Tool Shop you can learn how to make these over a series of classes and be part of a small crew who’ll help neighbors in need.
During the class you’ll build small skate and home items for Tube and elsewhere. By taking the class, offered free in exchange for your help, we’ll supply wood and hardware needed so you can also take what you make home for your own mini skate park or maybe to help around your house or the house of a neighbor of your choosing.
This class requires the prerequeisite Shop Safety class offered in the morning before this class. Shop safety usually has a cost but this is waived, also, with your commitment to help with this summer community home repair project we’re piloting at Big Car Collaborative with support from INHP.
Woodworking I is an introduction to dimensioning wood- how to take rough sawn lumber and turn them into usable boards.
This 3-hour class will include demonstrations and discussion on wood selection, local suppliers, as well as limited hands-on practice with sample material at the end of the class.
Afew things to note:
*Pre-requisites: Shop Safety and Orientation Part I.
*Woodworking I covers these machines more in depth and includes more hands-on practice than Shop Safety and Orientation II. If you are totally new to the table saw, and jointer, this class is for you.
*Open to ages 16+. For those 16-18, plan to have a parent/guardian on-site for waiver signatures.
*$75
For more information or inquiries, please contact Brent at email hidden; JavaScript is required
