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BORN THIS WAY: Celebrating Queer Graphic Art

Reception with Dance and Draw Art Rave: Thurs., Jan. 30, 4-7pm

Duration: Jan. 20- Feb. 14, 2025

Location: Turman Gallery (Fine Arts Building)
649 Chestnut Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809
Hours: M-F 11am-4pm, open until 6pm on Thursdays

All exhibitions are free and open to the public. This means family and friends are welcome.:)

Artists: Terry Blas, W. Scott Forbes, Garrett Ley, Tesha Merkel, David Talaski, Tessa Wijaya

Curated by: Tanmaya Bingham and Garrett Ley

Sponsor: Indiana State Multicultural Services & Programs

Join us on January 30th from 4-7pm for this free Rave Dance and Draw celebration with a live DJ and Drag Performers. There will also be food and a mystery bling table with free goodies!

About: 
The group exhibition 'Born This Way: Celebrating Queer Graphic Arts,' inspired by the message behind Lady Gaga’s song 'Born This Way,' showcases mixed-media and multimedia artworks by six graphic artists. The show celebrates the vibrant spectrum of gender identity and sexual orientation by collectively highlighting the LGBTQIA2S+ community’s resilience and fight to exist, love, create, survive, and thrive in the face of rejection.
Each graphic artist interprets this theme through their unique styles and mediums, ranging from graphic design to storyboarding, illustration, animation, comics, and more. They weave vulnerable personal and societal narratives to express the duality of liberation and the repression of personal autonomy. The exhibition also uncovers the unshakable darkness stemming from the insidious rejection of human rights and the troubling notion that these rights are subject to debate.
This platform fosters connection, learning, and an immersive experience of visual conversations about one’s innermost authenticity. The exhibition challenges viewers to confront what inspires them about deviating from the status quo, resisting forced heteronormativity, prescribed gender roles, and expected aesthetics. It honors the essence of “QUEER” identity and serves as a heartfelt love letter of empowerment.

Past Exhibitions

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DIGITAL ART EXHIBITION - ‘it for bit’

Nov. 11- Dec. 13, 2024

The exhibition it from bit is inspired by physicist John Wheeler’s concept that reality is fundamentally shaped by digital information rather than matter. Digital art students from the Department of Art and Design expand on this notion through artworks that blend traditional mediums with digital technologies. Each piece challenges perceptions of identity, experience, and existence, reflecting the ever-evolving relationship between the digital world and reality. Digital information acts as an active force that shapes contemporary media culture, influenced by the binary code structures of devices that alter and distort our perceptions and engagement with the world. As Wheeler proposed, information is not just something we engage with; it is an integral part of who we are. The diverse student expressions on this theme encourages reflection on the interplay between human experience and digital phenomena in shaping the essence of modern existence.

ART ACTION- Pussy Riot Exhibition Poster

ART ACTION- Pussy Riot: Nadya Tolokonnikova

Sept. 30- Oct. 25, 2024

Tolokonnikova considers herself a conceptual performance artist and her multimedia works are limitless in artistic expression and approaches ranging from music to the visual arts. The chosen mode of artistic communication for each action is dictated by what she believes will garner the greatest impact to voice her message. In one of many revolts against Putin, her Russian action Putin has Pissed Himself (January 20, 2012, Lobnoye Mesto on Red Square, Moscow), she and other Pussy Riot members performed in brightly colored clothes and balaclavas shouting the song "Putin Has Pissed Himself" accompanied by electric guitars. In What if Women Ruled the World (WIP), (23 May - 1 September 2024, Serpentine North, London, UK), a collaboration with feminist artist Judy Chicago, her ‘...queen and mother...,’ (Instagram: @pussyriot, July 7, 2024) they showcase interactive digital quilts.

ART ACTION, is a vehicle for human rights, presenting works from various locations and time periods. Tolokonnikova continues to insert herself into perilous situations to fight for her beliefs. Her actions have instigated more than 70 arrests by Russian police, a sentence of two years in a Russian jail and a Siberian penal colony (2012-14), and being added to Russia’s Most Wanted list (2023). Tolokonnikova’s courageous and vehement actions remind us that art has the power to raise awareness and provoke change.

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STARS Exhibition

Aug. 19- Sep. 13, 2024

Artists:
Aubrey Arms, Abigail Canull-Beauchamp, Sally DeBaun, Joey O’Sullivan, Monica Sanchez, Sophia Sanders, Mahal Wright

About:
You are invited to the STARS exhibition, which celebrates the artwork of a select group of Indiana State University Art and Design students who were awarded scholarships by the Center for Student Research and Creativity. The STARS scholarship is gifted through the Department of Art and Design (Summer Term Art Research Scholarship) and provided stipends to each student to produce artwork during the summer months. Working with diverse media and processes, these students experienced what it means to be a professional independent artist. Without the guidelines of course assignments, it was both exciting and challenging for them to maintain energy and focus throughout the project. This experience, as in past summers, culminates in this professional exhibition as part of the CSRC’s fall exposium showcasing undergraduate research and creativity.

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FORM & FUNCTION- Ceramics Exhibition

Apr. 22- May. 10, 2024
 

Artists:
Aubrey Arms, Abigail Canull-Beauchamp,Mallory Gossett, Kadi Hampson, Stella Harrison, Denny Hindle,Grace Hughes, Hannah Jackson, Robin Lane, Nina Mims, Max Murphy, Zoe Newbold, Madison Rumler, Sophia Sanders, Bee Snow, Alysen VanLeer, Courtney Williams, Mahal Wright, Iris Zhao
 

About:
The Exhibition - Form and Function presents an array of ceramic works that foster the exploration of this medium while providing a space to share diverse ideas and unique perspectives. Each work was created by students currently enrolled in ceramic classes held in the Department of Art and Design. The selected pieces range from more traditional vessels to sculptural forms. Form and Function invites the viewer to consider traditional and innovative practices used in ceramics that students draw upon to showcase both their creative and technical skills.

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DECIBEL - Kevin J. Naylor’s MFA Exhibition

Mar. 4- Apr. 5, 2024

About:
Kevin J. Naylor’s Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, Decibel, weaves together sound and space to form a dynamic ecosystem. Integrating infrasound and wall assemblages, they create a fluid, ever-changing experience. As viewers move through the gallery, they encounter shifts in perception and emotion, reflecting the constant flux of our sensory environment. This interplay of elements challenges the boundaries of art, inviting a deep, introspective interaction with the unseen forces of sound.

SUCCESSIONS: Traversing U.S. Exhibition Show Poster

AMBER ROBLES-GORDON EXHIBITION: SUCCESSIONS: Traversing U.S. Colonialism

Jan. 22- Feb. 16, 2024

About:
Amber Robles-Gordon’s Successions: Traversing U.S. Colonialism is a conceptual juxtaposition that celebrates abstraction as an art form while leveraging it as a tool to interrogate past and current United States’ hegemonic domestic and foreign policies within its federal district (Washington, D.C.) and its other five inhabited territories. By highlighting nuances related to the U.S. governance Robles-Gordon creates a pathway through discursive criticism around issues impacting marginalized communities oppressed by its rule and questions who has access to resources, citizenship, and the right to sovereignty.

The first edition of "Successions: Traversing US Colonialism" was held at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in fall 2021. The exhibition was curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah.

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BFA/BA - SENIOR EXHIBITION

Nov. 27 - Dec. 16, 2023

About:
This exhibition showcases the artwork of the graduating BFA and BA students from the Department of Art and Design. Each work displayed encapsulates the knowledge, skills, and techniques that these students have gained throughout their years at Indiana State University. This culmination point and celebration together signify their ‘rite of passage’ into their next chosen path.

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VIEW/ MIRROR

Oct 2— 27, 2023

About:
Rarely are we gifted a moment of pause, to take stock and reflect on our past in relation to our present. In this invitational exhibition View/Mirror, co-curated by Tanmaya Bingham and Ian Carey, a select group of Indiana State University MFA alumni exhibit their current artwork adjacent to their former artwork which is on loan from the ISU Permanent Art Collection. Both the alumni and the viewer can engage in this reflective and subjective comparison to highlight potential artistic development and simultaneously honor the individuality of each piece.

2022 stars exhibiton poster

STARS

Thursday, Sep 7, 4-6pm

About:
‘STARS’ is an exhibition that celebrates the artwork of a select group of ISU’s Art and Design Students who were awarded scholarships by Center for Student Research and Creativity. The ‘STARS’ scholarship is through Department of Art and Design (Summer Term Art Research Scholarship) and provided stipends to each student to produce art during the summer months. Working with diverse media and processes, these students gained a real sense of what it means to be independent artists. Without the guidelines of course assignments, it was both exciting and challenging for them to maintain energy and focus throughout the project. This experience, as in past summers, culminates in this professional exhibition as part of the CSRC’s fall Exposium showcasing undergraduate research and creativity.

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Seth Green | Architectural Wood-Fired Vessels

April 3- May 5, 2023

About:
Seth Green’s exhibition Architectural Wood-Fired Vessels is a selection of ceramic artworks that range from cups to vases and transcend the purpose of everyday objects.

Each ceramic vessel embodies the architectural vocabulary found in Baroque and Romanesque style cathedrals and palaces and the rich symbolism inherent to Islamic mosques. This is accomplished by creating multiple wheel-thrown forms and assembling them on the wheel at the leather hard state to complete the architectural forms. The metal like surfaces of his reduction cooled wood-fired vessels is achieved through the use of high-iron bearing clay slips to create earth hues of umber, ochre, and sienna patinated by metallic bronze, gold, and silver.
Although the inspiration for these objects’ usage stems from their function in religious rituals and ceremonies of the Persian and Ottoman Empires, they are not “Religious Art,” rather they are “Sacred Art” and non-denominational.
It is through the simple act of intentionally holding, pouring, and drinking from vessels that we are elevated and transcended beyond our current reality.

 

 

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Public Blackness I

Jan. 17- Mar. 17, 2023

About:
Public Blackness is an exhibition that spans all three of the Art Galleries at Indiana State University. The aim is to create greater awareness of the on-going and often unresolved local and national racial issues. The show is designed to provide a safe platform where ISU students and the broader community can learn, engage, and be inspired to take positive action to help heal and transform outdated and unconscious biases.

Public Blackness demonstrates how the Black body in a racially divided society gradually disappears from our understanding of what it means to be a human. What transpires when the Black body is captured in our gaze—a gaze that has been trained to only view it as a problem everywhere it exists? What happens when the myths from our past—which were frequently used to justify its destruction—become ingrained in our imagination of its existence today? One should leave the exhibition knowing a bit more about what makes the Black body vulnerable to the violence it still endures today.

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Subject to Change: Digital Art Student’s Exhibition

Nov. 14- Dec. 9, 2022

About:
Subject to Change is an exhibition consisting of works by a select group of Digital Art Students to express their interpretations of the ephemeral and ever-changing world of technology, especially as it applies to the visual arts. Each of these unique multimedia digital artworks asks the viewer to engage with images and ideas that are relevant as they pass by today but tomorrow might be obsolete or just gone.

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World of Frontier

Oct. 3- 28, 2022
 

About:
Micheal G. Moore’s digitally rendered comic book, World of Frontier (Issue #1), transports us into a 32-page alternate universe of a sequential adventure with color-blocked illustrations and speech bubbles. Although this work began as a personal exploration for Moore, the universal narratives and relatable characters engage our imagination, asking us to form our own interpretation of this uncharted world. This exhibition immerses us in its pages while simultaneously creating a didactic platform for Moore to share his creative process from concept to completion. Moore is from Terre Haute, Indiana, and is graduating in December with a Master of Fine Arts, Graphic Design.

 

2022 s t a r s exhibition poster

STARS

Sept. 1-23, 2022

About:
You are invited to the STARS exhibition, which celebrates the artwork of a select group of five ISU’s Art and Design Students who were awarded scholarships by Center for Student Research and Creativity.  The STARS scholarship is through Department of Art and Design (Summer Term Art Research Scholarship) and provided stipends to each student to produce art during the summer months. Working with diverse media and processes, these students gained a real sense of what it means to be independent artists. Without the guidelines of course assignments, it was both exciting and challenging for them to maintain energy and focus throughout the project. This experience, as in past summers, culminates in this professional exhibition as part of the CSRC’s fall Exposium showcasing undergraduate research and creativity.