WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Paintings, glass work, jewelry, photography and pottery by 35 artists from eight counties will fill West Lafayette’s Tapawingo Park on Sunday, September 20, from 10:00a to 4:00p for the fourth annual “Art on the Wabash, a Local Artists’ Fair.”

Kathleen Kitch, who works primarily with kiln-formed (fused) glass, is one of the Greater Lafayette artists whose work will be featured at Art on the Wabash.

The public is invited and admission is free, with free parking available in the Wabash Landing parking garage for those attending the fair. The artists will be on hand to talk about their art; some will demonstrate their work.

Purdue University Galleries will bring its ArtCart, offering free, hands-on art activities to those attending.

“This fair showcases the unique creativity and diverse talents of artists from this area, and gives residents and visitors an opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind artwork,” said Beverly Shaw, Art on the Wabash committee chair. “It’s also inspiring and interesting to browse the art and enjoy a day in the park.”

Artists from a 15-county area were invited to apply for the fair. Those who will participate were chosen in a juried process by Indiana artist Kathleen Dugan of Noblesville, an assistant professor of art and design at Anderson University. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University’s School of Fine Arts and master’s of fine arts from Yale University.

The 4th annual Art on the Wabash will be held at West Lafayette’s Tapawingo Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, September 20, 2009.

Participating artists include:

• Glass: Kathleen Kitch, Sharon Owens, Beverly Skinner
• Jewelry: Carolyn Cason, Linda Elmore, Caroline Erdahl, Cheryl Hart, Lisa Hopkins, Rebecca Minniear-Schneidt, Joanne Kuhn Titolo, Lisa Walsh
• Mixed Media: Thomas Billeaux, Terri Duncan, CJ Fang, Sara Vanderkleed
• Painting: Michael Altman, Rebecca Brody, Rena Brouwer, Shirley Chapman, Kathryn Clark, Sandra Daniel, Alice Harpel, LaDonna Vohar
• Pottery: Lynne Corrigan, Mary Thomas Firestone, Scott Frankenberger, Christine Heisler, Gail Johnston, Linda LeMar, Rachael Schatko, Roberta Schonemann
• Other: Philip Conlon, boxes; Al Knight, photography; Rhonda Mitchell, pen-and-ink; Deb Remsburg, gourd art

The fair is presented by the City of West Lafayette and West Lafayette Parks & Recreation Department with assistance from Tippecanoe Arts Federation and sponsorship funding from KitchenArt, The Store for Cooks.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University Galleries will open a new season with an exhibit titled “Living Stone: The Cast Project,” which will be on display in the Stewart Center Gallery from Aug. 31 to Oct. 11.

Jim Dine, Untitled, from the Glyptotek portfolio, 1989, glacies transferes etching and aquatint on chine colle, The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, Living Stone: the Casts Project (Courtesy of The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky)

Inspired by Jim Dine, a contemporary American artist who created a series of drawings reinterpreting works of sculpture in the Glyptothek Museum in Munich, the display will recreate the ambience of a studio. With a series of prints by Dine as the backdrop, plaster casts originally used in studios will be displayed allowing visitors to draw inside the gallery. Artworks by visitors will be exhibited in the gallery in a salon-style display.

Local artists and art classes in the community are invited to come and draw in the gallery, which is located on the main floor of Stewart Center. Instructors are encouraged to schedule their class visits with the gallery staff.

Purdue Galleries will host a reception and open drawing session for “Living Stone” at 6 p.m., Sept. 11 at the Stewart Center Gallery.

Future exhibits at Purdue Galleries include:

• Hard Rain: The late works of Mary Hambleton, Oct. 26-Dec. 6. Painter Mary Hambleton’s work chronicled her journey of living with cancer. This exhibit is presented in collaboration with the Purdue Oncology Science Center’s “Cancer, Culture and Community” program.
• Dream Deferred, Jan.11-Feb. 21. An exhibition of contemporary art inspired by Langston Hughes’ poem, “The Dream Deferred,” and by the current socioeconomic challenges facing minorities in the U.S. Purdue Galleries is collaborating with the Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette to present this show.
• Sixty Square Inches: 17th Biennial North American Small Print Exhibition, March 8-April 25. A review of North American graphic artists working in an intimate format.



• Ninth annual art teacher professional day, Sept. 2. Art teachers in K-12 programs are invited for a daylong session, discussing upcoming art exhibits and events and networking among themselves.

The Stewart Center Gallery and the Robert L. Ringel Gallery – both managed by Purdue Galleries – are open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays; and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays. All exhibits organized by Purdue Galleries are free and open to the public.

For class and group visits, contact Mary Ann Anderson at Purdue Galleries at 765-496-7899.

For more information, visit www.purdue.edu/galleries.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University Galleries and Tippecanoe Arts Federation invite local artists, writers and performers of all ages to participate in a community-wide project of creativity, imagination, myth and tall tales called “Tippecanus Rex” (Tipp-eh-can-us Rex).

Tippecanoe Arts Federation is currently accepting submissions for the exhibit – deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 5:00pm.

“Tippecanus Rex” is a community-wide exhibit project that will highlight the invented history of the Tippecanoe County region, through visual, performing, musical, and literary art. It will be presented from April 1 through May 10, 2009 at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation. Imaginative interpretation and fantastic fabrication will run rampant, with a dose of irreverent blarney. The project is meant to be whimsical and imaginative, teasing visitors with mythical beasts, imagined histories and fake statistics. It will also emphasize the contributions and new creative works of artists, writers and performers in this area. “Tippecanus Rex” is sponsored by Purdue University Galleries and Tippecanoe Arts Federation. All creative individuals in the 14 counties served by TAF are eligible.

Entry forms are available at www.tippecanusrex.com, www.tippecanoearts.org, and www.purdue.edu/galleries.

For information, contact Purdue Galleries director Craig Martin at cdmartin@purdue.edu or 765-494-3061, or Tippecanoe Arts Federation at taf@tippecanoearts.org or 765- 423-2787.

“Tippecanus Rex” is presented in conjunction with “Urban Legends and Rural Myths,” at Purdue University Galleries. The two exhibits are a joint project supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Activities of the Tippecanoe Arts Federation are provided, in part, with support from the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, with funds from the Indiana General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University Galleries and the Tippecanoe Arts Federation invite Greater Lafayette artists, writers and performers of all ages to participate in a communitywide project of creativity, imagination, myth and tall tales called “Tippecanus Rex.”

“Tippecanus Rex” (Tipp-eh-can-us Rex) will highlight the invented history of the Tippecanoe County region through visual, performing, musical and literary art. It will be presented from April 1 through May 10 at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation, which is in the Wells Community Cultural Center at 638 North St., Lafayette.

The project is open to residents of the 14 counties served by the Tippecanoe Arts Federation: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Jasper, Newton, Montgomery, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Warren and White. Subject matter should be appropriate for a public, multi-use venue. All submissions must be original in content and/or presentation.

An entry fee of $5 per person will be charged for those over 18 years of age. There will be no entry fee for entrants 18 years old and under.

“‘Tippecanus Rex’ is about creativity and imagination from people of all ages in this area,” said Purdue Galleries director Craig Martin. “It’s a chance to know and celebrate – and maybe make up – the history of what we are and to exaggerate and build the big myths of Tippecanoe County.

“The project is meant to be whimsical and imaginative, teasing visitors with mythical beasts, imagined histories and fake statistics. It will also emphasize the contributions and new creative works of artists, writers and performers in this area.”

A callout, collaboration and brainstorming meeting – a “T-Rex Hunting Party” – will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 11) at K. Dees Coffee and Roasting Co., 1016 Main St., Lafayette.

During the meeting, the original short play “Lafadoon” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. by volunteers of the Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette. Meant as a Tippecanus Rex teaser, the play is a fast-moving farce on imagination and creativity, with a look back at a local ghost story, the tale of “White Wolf.”

The “Hunting Party” will provide interested participants the chance to discuss ideas. Martin said some attendees may need catalysts to get their imaginations going, while some need artwork to go with their ideas and some need documentation of planned performances. Attendees should bring their ideas, incomplete notions, expertise and imagination to share with others and to help the project grow.

Story contest entries will be accepted at Tippecanoe Arts Federation beginning on March 3 and must be received by 5 p.m. March 13. Visual art/performance entries, non-competition literary entries and multi-artist/collaborative entries will be accepted at Tippecanoe Arts Federation beginning March 13 and must be received by 5 p.m. March 25.

The “Tippecanus Rex” exhibition opens to the public at Tippecanoe Arts Federation on April 1. An opening reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. April 3.

On April 17, a “Night of the Tippecanus Rex” will be held at Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, in the Historic Monon Depot, 313 N. Fifth St. It will feature literary readings and performances created for the project.

In conjunction with “Tippecanus Rex,” Purdue Galleries will present “Urban Legends and Rural Myths,” a national exhibition of artists whose work explores contemporary mythology. That exhibit will run from March 9 through April 26 in the Stewart Center Gallery. The two exhibits are a joint project, supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The entry form for “Tippecanus Rex” can be downloaded at http://www.tippecanusrex.com, http://www.purdue.edu/galleries/ or http://www.tippecanoearts.org

For information, contact Purdue Galleries director Craig Martin at (765) 494-3061 or cdmartin@purdue.edu, or the Tippecanoe Arts Federation at (765) 423-2787 or taf@tippecanoearts.org.