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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette will host the “Making it in Crafts” national invitation art exhibit from May 20, 2011 through September 10, 2011. The exhibit features the art of approximately 30 invited craft artists who made a living creating and selling fine art crafts. Many of the most renowned craft [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -– WBAA public radio from Purdue on Tuesday (Feb. 22) will collaborate with artisan Rena Brouwer and Joe Peters in the creation of an original watercolor painting in the studio. Brouwer, an accomplished artist from Delphi, Ind., and Peters, a local musician and host of WBAA’s “Acoustic Blend” program, created a live [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The spring Cultural Arts Series at Purdue University’s Black Cultural Center will include lectures, art exhibitions, a heritage tour, film, community dialogues and artistic performances. “We are confident that this spring’s slate of events features something for everyone in the community, and we encourage participation by all,” said center director Renee [...]

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Tippecanoe Arts Federation (TAF) announces 28 organizations throughout Region 4 (Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Jasper, Montgomery, Newton, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Warren, and White Counties) will receive a total of $116,393.00 in grant awards for Fiscal Year 2010. Earlier this year volunteer citizen peer panels, convened by TAF, reviewed 30 [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ranging from artistic to scientific, life-size decorated dog statues are popping up throughout the Greater Lafayette area as part of the Dog Days of Summer art project. The project, which officially opens on Saturday (May 9), is a partnership between the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine and the Art Museum [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — As part of the upcoming Dog Days of Summer project, lesson plans created around the theme of dogs are now being offered for teachers of students enrolled in kindergarten through the eighth grade. Project organizers said all of the lesson plans take Indiana’s core academic standards into account and are offered [...]