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By Hand Gallery By Hand is a 40 year old fine arts co-operative located inside Fountain Square Mall on the south side of the Courthouse Square. By Hand features art by local and regional artists including painting, jewelry, pottery, knitting, wood, weaving, photography, glass, and more. Inside Fountain Square 101 W. Kirkwood Ave. #109 Bloomington, IN 47404 812-334-3255 byhandgallery.com Mon.–Sat. 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. ‘Celestial Shadows’: A celebration of Solar and Lunar Eclipses by Scott Johnson May 3rd through June 1st with opening reception with artist May 3rd 5-8pm This last April 8th total eclipse was perfect time for astrophotography. Scott Johnson, the creator of 'Celestial Shadows' plans to bring prints from this April’s eclipse to By Hand as well as those from previous eclipses. His newest print is called ‘Continuum. He says “This 35 image composite of the continuum from the diamond ring, to Bailey’s beads, prominences, and the chromosphere displays images spaced 1 second apart. The center was extracted from a corona image photographed mid-eclipse. Photographed at my observatory in Bloomington using an Astro-Physics 155 f/7 refractor 4-8-2024.” The images hanging in this show are Chromaluxe Metal Prints. These represent a new art medium for preserving photos by infusing dyes directly into specially coated aluminum sheets. Because the image is infused into the surface and not on it, your images will take on an almost magical luminescence. The ultra-hard scratch-resistant surface is waterproof and can be easily cleaned.

Gallery B at Bloomingfoods Gallery B is located in the cafe at Bloomingfoods Near West and hosts local and regional artists who work across diverse mediums. Bloomingfoods believes supporting and collaborating with artists enhances their community while furthering their cooperative values. Gallery B holds quarterly exhibitions and Bloomingfoods is a proud member of the Bloomington Gallery Walk. Learn More → 316 W. 6th St. Bloomington, IN 47404 Daily 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. 812-333-7312 featured-exhibit Are you a local/regional artist? Submit a proposal to display your work! Are you an artist who would like to be considered for a future exhibit? Visit their website and fill out an application to get started! Bloomingfoods currently assigns gallery space on a quarterly basis. They review submissions quarterly and will respond accordingly. Visit their webpage and apply now →

Backspace Gallery Backspace Gallery was founded in 2022 with a mission to showcase exciting and thought- provoking work from local, regional and national artists in a variety of mediums. Backspace Gallery is located inside Bonne Fete, at 112 W 6th Street in Bloomington, on the courthouse square. See Featured Exhibit → 112 W 6th Street Bloomington, IN 47404 812-369-9735 backspacegallery.com featured-exhibit Featured Exhibit Ancient Energies Two artists inspired by their connection to nature, create sacred spaces​

The Venue Fine Art & Gifts Acclaimed local, regional, national and international art, from paintings, jewelry, pottery, glass, and sculpture. See Featured Exhibit → 114 S. Grant St. Bloomington, IN 47408 812-339-4200 thevenuebloomington.com Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sun. 12 p.m.-5 p.m., other days by appointment featured-exhibit Featured Exhibit The exhibit is free and open to the public. MAY 2022 OPENING RECEPTION MAY 6, 5-8 P.M. The Venue Allstars, Hits of 2021 Various Artists ​ On display and for sale are be 10 works by Patricia Rhoden Bartels, Anna Afshar, Daniel Lager, Paul Kane, Cheryl Gregg, Caleb Weintraub et.al., plus additional works by these same artists, the best of the best for 2021. We have enjoyed these paintings so much, we don’t want to see them go. For most of us, 2021 was far from the best of years. In fact, it was damn difficult on many fronts. But these Venue artists were undaunted, creating things of beauty to sooth our souls. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Take the time to see their works and become a collector as a reminder of what helps us get by ...GREAT ART!

Engraving and Stamp Center At Engraving and Stamp Center we believe Artists are a true gift and we want to share that with our community. Come see us on the corner of 7th&Madison today. See Featured Exhibit → 218 N. Madison St. Bloomington, IN 47404 ​ 812-336-0606 ​ Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00 featured-exhibit Fall in Love with Stone Belt Art ​ Gallery on 7th&Madison at ESC NOVEMBER & DECEMBER, 2023 OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY DECEMBER 1ST 5:00-8:00 Stone Belt is a not-for-profit organization that provides education and support to persons with disabilities. We believe in the uniqueness, worth, and right to self-determination of every individual. It is our mission at Stone Belt, in partnership with the community, to prepare, empower, and support persons with developmental disabilities and their families to participate fully in the life of the community. ​ 100% of all proceeds go to the Artist ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Lotus Firebay Enhancing the Lotus mission of creating opportunities to experience, celebrate, and explore the diversity of the world's cultures, through music and the arts. ​ Apply to exhibit in the Firebay here. See Featured Exhibit → 105 S. Rogers St. Bloomington, IN 47405 812-336-6599 lotusfest.org Contact gallery for hours. featured-exhibit Featured Exhibit The exhibit is free and open to the public. Wyatt LeGrand OPENING RECEPTION May 5, 5pm-8pm GALLERY HOURS May 6, 12pm-3pm ​ Artist's Website ​ "Everyday" by Wyatt LeGrand Artist Statement The act of painting, I believe, is more artful than the artifact. The experience of making an image, whether it be a quick study or an attempt at a profound subject, always overshadows the final collection of marks. I find the most satisfaction in this experience of putting brush to canvas, letting the things I see before me flow from eye to heart to hand to brush. These actions, as they occur, bring with them a certain anxiety, excitement, and satisfaction that I cannot find elsewhere. During these painting "performances," I'm most interested in creating honest depictions of my relatively humble experience as a teacher and "artist-type" figure in a small Midwestern community. I allow sentimentality to dictate my decisions in subject and style while reacting to my world in paint, representationally. ​ Artist Bio Wyatt LeGrand is a painter and teacher from Bloomfield, Indiana. He currently works from his hometown studio and teaches grades 6-12 at Bloomfield Middle/High School. Wyatt created his first painting as a college student at Indiana University in 2008. Shortly thereafter, Wyatt graduated with a degree in visual arts education, discovered plein air painting, and had his first solo exhibition. In the summer of 2009, Wyatt returned to his hometown and opened LeGrand Art Studio and Gallery. Since his homecoming, Wyatt has dedicated himself to creating paintings in the place he grew up, sharing experiences with his students and members of his community. ​ ​ ____________________________________________________________ Lotus is looking for artists to exhibit their work. If you are an artist or know one that wants to exhibit for a First Friday Gallery Walk at Lotus Firebay , please fill out the form here . ​ The Lotus Firebay is a wheelchair accessible venue from the entrance off of S Rogers Street. Free parking is available on 4th Street, across Rogers Street from the Lotus Firebay. Limited parking is also free in the bank parking lot behind the Lotus Firebay starting at 5:00 p.m. M-F and all day on Saturday and Sunday. ​ ​

Experience downtown Bloomington’s vibrant Arts Mile as select galleries showcase evolving live and virtual exhibits. Stroll the vibrant arts scene along the sensational art mile and experience amazing art by renowned local, regional, and international artists. Discover delightful surprises, inspiration, festivities, and original works of art for purchase. Explore each distinctive gallery in-person or online all year long at your own pace. See Calendar → ONE MILE • TWELVE GALLERIES • AMAZING ART See Galleries + Exhibits EVERY. FIRST. FRIDAY. Experience an exciting night of the arts as fourteen distinct galleries stay open late to host special exhibits and serve refreshments from 5-8pm . Download Brochure + Map → 2024 Gallery Walk Map map 2024 Gallery Walk Calendar calendar January 5 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. May 3 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. September 6 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. February 2 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. June 7 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. October 4 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. March 1 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. July 5 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. November 1 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. April 5 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. August 2 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M. December 6 OPENING RECEPTIONS 5-8 P.M.

Monroe Convention Center Featuring the work of artists from Monroe County and showcasing a number of nationally recognized local artists in its Permanent Art Collection. See Featured Exhibit → Located in the Rogers Gallery 302 S. College Ave. Bloomington, IN 47403 812-336-3681 monroeconvention.com Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m featured-exhibit Featured Exhibit The exhibit is free and open to the public. February, 2024: ​ No Exhibitors this month. ​ ​ ​

Juniper Art Gallery A collector's destination for the finest of regional midwestern artwork. See Featured Exhibit → 615 W. Kirkwood Ave. Bloomington, IN 47404 812-822-1663 juniperartgallery.com Contact gallery for hours featured-exhibit Featured Exhibit The exhibit is free and open to the public. Baseball Flags; A World Series, new work by Patrick Donley Now - March 24, 2024 Opening Reception: First Friday Gallery Walk, March 1, 5-8pm Special Music provided by Joe Langfitt & Bill Lorton , 6-7:30pm Visit this collection of work. ​ Artist's Statement: This series began as an excuse to use the imagery of America’s Game in my art. For years, I have been fascinated by the gritty, rugged, glorious, and often tarnished visual lexicon of baseball, a game full of heroes, heroines, legends, myths, successes and failures. The flag metaphor, though related to pennants, was somewhat accidental. I had been making paintings on paper composed of horizontal bands, like the strata of the earth, or like the stripes on a flag. The paintings being on paper felt more ephemeral, more flag-like. I came across a cache of baseball images I had saved including some torn up baseball cards found while walking my dogs (the source for much of my collage), and I began embedding the players in the layers of color. Thus the Baseball Flags were born. The first flags were mainly suggestive of flags, very colorful with lots of random collage, words and letters buried in the paint. After making about ten or so, I chose to leave the idea for a while. ​ Several years and several bodies of work ensued, then I decided to revisit the flags. I researched how many countries are actually represented by players throughout Major League Baseball. Twenty-something is the rough tally. Fascinated, from that point on, I focused on flags of countries who have contributed players to the sport. ​ At this point, I began to connect the dots between our military presence throughout the world and the growth of baseball in many of those places. It makes sense. Where our army has gone and established a long term presence, there has sprouted an interest (however small) in America’s game: Japan, Korea, Germany, Cuba, Vietnam. But the list extends well beyond that to some places that honestly I could not guess why players would come from there: Australia, the Netherlands, Aruba, Venezuela, Columbia, Greece, Taiwan, Curacao, Brazil. And the list goes on. So now the flags of refugee countries may fall into the category of “future” players. Who knows? ​ It does fascinate me that while Futbol (Soccer) is the World’s game, Baseball has “the World Series”, and now, for me, that phrase makes a little more sense. ​ Patrick Donley, is Juniper's Artist of the Month (March 2024). He is offering his paintings in the Legacy (main) Gallery at a 15% discount for a limited time only! See those paintings here. ​ ​

John Waldron Arts Center Built in 1915 as Bloomington's City Hall, the Waldron Arts Center has historically served residents of the City and now plays home to work by local emerging and established performing arts groups and visual artists. See Featured Exhibit → 122 S. Walnut St. Bloomington, IN 47404 812-349-3406 bloomington.in.gov/waldron featured-exhibit Featured Exhibit JUNE 1-15, 2022 OPENING RECEPTION JUNE 3, 5-8 P.M. Awakening Huner Emin, Honey Hodges, Mac Clout, Christina E., Raheem Terrell Rashawn Elmore, Garrett Ann Walters, Brick Kyle, Elise Putnam, Diego Manansala, and Ellise Smith. ​ A Spring introspective, Awakening features ten local artists of mixed medium in the Visual Arts Galleries. ​ The exhibition is curated by Chaz Mottinger, Special Projects Manager in the City of Bloomington’s Economic and Sustainable Development department.

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