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Public Invited to Contribute to Crowdsourced Public Art Map
The Arts Council of Indianapolis is asking for the community’s help finding public art throughout Indianapolis.
Director of Public Art Julia Moore said the Arts Council is conducting a census of all the public art in Marion County for its public art directory. The directory currently includes 800 works of art, but she says this is an opportunity for artists and communities to add pieces that the public can see and access.
“We are really looking for people to define public art on their own terms. And that’s one of the reasons we are doing this equity audit,” Muney Moore said. “We have been defining public art fairly narrowly in the past and that has resulted in some inequities.”
May 11, 2021 / 06:05 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The City of Indianapolis will now spend $150,000 to help immigrants who are seeking legal status. The Indianapolis City-County Council on Monday night approved an ordinance that will allocate the money to pilot an immigrant defense fund.
The money will help immigrants in Indianapolis seeking asylum, or those at risk of deportation with legal information and much more.
“I believe that this is a great change for Indiana and I think we should commend all, everyone, that’s working hard for that,” said Hector Morales, grants coordinator at Central Indiana Community Foundation.
The $150,000 will help immigrants pay for attorney fees, citizenship, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applications.
Oftentimes when we hear the words ‘diversity and inclusion,’ the term ‘equity’ is left out of the conversation. Venture capital (VC) firms across the country have pledged to invest in Black-owned startups, but how many have made good on their promises?
Thankfully, Sixty8 Capital led by Kelli Jones, Indiana’s first Black, female VC, has put its money where its mouth is by announcing the first close of its $20 million venture fund this morning May 10. According to PR Newswire, investors include The Indiana Next Level Fund, 50 South Capital, Bank of America, Eli Lilly and Company, First Internet Bank, and the Central Indiana Community Foundation.
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