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Sapientia Gloria Corona Est
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 to Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
New Harmony Gallery 506 Main St
As part of the ongoing Social Alchemy partnership with Indianapolis-based Big Car Collaborative, this exhibition taps into the history, art, and architecture that has long made New Harmony a source of creative and spiritual energy for artists and thinkers.
The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art’s latest exhibition
Sapientia Gloria Corona Est curated by Shauta Marsh and featuring works by Audrey Barcio and Rachel Leah Cohn opens Saturday, May 15 and runs through Saturday, June 26. An opening reception with limited capacity per the University of Southern Indiana’s Covid-19 guidelines will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 15. An artist talk will be held at 1 p.m. on the closing day, Saturday, June 26.
APLR house, with murals painted by APLR resident Justin Cooper
Big Car co-founders Jim Walker and Shauta Marsh emphasize the focus on conversation rather than presentation when speaking about Big Car Collaborativeâs Artists & Community Conversations Series.
 âWe donât want this to feel like night school,â says Marsh. âWhile there are serious topics that will be considered, these are artists, writers, actors, dancers, community activists in this series. I hope there will be some singing and dancing! Some lightheartedness with the learning.â Â
Tonight, May 13, at 7 pm, Big Car Collaborative presents the first session of the Artists & Community Conversation Series. Sessions are free to attend and will be presented through Zoom and co-led by artists in Big Carâs Affordable Artist Residency Program (APLR). The conversations will also be recorded and available online, and Big Car is looking to find ways to broadcast the sessions on WQRT, 99.1
How Big Car Collective Is Walking The Tightrope In Garfield Park
As the neighborhood begins to thrive, the group hopes to avoid the gentrification that has followed artists everywhere else they have gone.
November 28, 2020
The Asad family lives in one of Big Car Collaborative’s Garfield Park homes. “There’s a lot of opportunity here,” says Bashiri Asad (second from left). “Why not give it a shot?”Photo by Tony Valainis
Were it not for Big Car Collaborative’s track record, their plans for the Garfield Park area might sound a tad grandiose. Maybe even nuts.
Until recently, the near-southside neighborhood was known almost as much for its abandoned buildings as the green space for which it is named. Crime rates were high and rents were low. But Jim Walker and his wife Shauta Marsh, cofounders of Big Car, saw potential in the place. And where the leaders of that community arts group see promise, good things usually happen. The two were instrumental in Fountain Square�