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First Thursday with the Muncie Makers Market is coming soon on November 3rd! 🍁 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events, thanks to an invitation to take over the sidewalks in front of Muncie Map Co. in Downtown Muncie! 🍂 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We’ve been getting a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the November 2022 First Thursday. A former Market Vendor who now has their own shop, Muncie Map Co. at 111 East Adams Street, hosts us on their sidewalk. This is is right next to Toys Forever Models & Hobbies at 300 South Walnut Street, and lots of great shops, bars, and restaurants. The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We will be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🍁 All of our local Growers and Makers hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely Autumn evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance, thank you! 🍂

It’s time, Muncie! 🎁 The 2022 HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET, presented by the Muncie Makers Market, is kicking off the Winter shopping season and we invite you to celebrate with us! The next BIG event for the Muncie Makers Market is the Holiday Gift Market coming up SOON on December 1st, during December’s First Thursday, from 5-8p. There will be fun events all over Downtown Muncie that evening which are sponsored by the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, and we are excited to be at the heart of it all! Every December’s First Thursday is branded as Light Up DWNTWN and we intend to show up BRIGHT and MERRY!

The Holiday Gift Market showcases local business and will feature a HUGE set-up with over FIFTY Vendors, all with handmade creations, homemade goodies, locally grown plants, and SO MUCH MORE! We’ll even have Gift Wrapping available from the Community of Hope fundraiser! Join your community at Light Up DWNTWN for a really fun evening of shopping in a fabulous environment - there is a three floor atrium above our heads and plenty of FREE parking right up to the door! We encourage folks to #ShopLocal on First Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 5-8p INDOORS with the wonderful local Growers and Makers of the Muncie Makers Market at Light Up DWNTWN in Downtown Muncie at our Holiday Gift Market! DO NOT MISS THIS! 🎁

We will be celebrating the kick off of the season with a great night of shopping and entertainment in our wonderful host venue, the Open Door Health Services administration building at 220 South Walnut Street. This is the big glass building on the corner of Walnut and Adams in Downtown Muncie, formerly the Chase Bank building. Very easy to find! 🎁

All Vendors must register in advance.

Create paper mache sculptures of local birds from upcycled materials easily found around the home and local shops. Learn to appreciate the craft of sculpture and maybe notice the birds in your environment with greater appreciation.

Instructor: Aimee Maychack

Dates: Sunday, April 30 AND Sunday, May 7 | 3–4:30 pm

THIS IS A TWO PART WORKSHOP (Please plan to attend both sessions.)

Recommended ages: 12 through adult

Ages 6–11 may accompany a registered adult

Cost: $10

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org. 

111 Arts Gallery 
111 E. Main
111 Arts Gallery is a small local gallery, workspace, and functioning tattoo studio. With classical art, folk art, and 1920s style tattooing as a foundation, this gallery focuses on experimental, outsider approaches to art. We constantly have rotating exhibitions and just refreshed our west wall with new flash from our 111 artists. Open for tattooing during First Thursday from 1-8pm. 

Canan Commons
500 S. Walnut St.
Lighting Ceremony Announces the Opening of the “Rainbow Garden” at Canan Commons:

Community Enhancement Projects (CEP) and the City of Muncie are pleased to announce a public lighting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the “Rainbow Garden” lights at Canan Commons in Downtown Muncie. The ceremony will take place as part of May’s First Thursday celebration on May 4, 2023 at 8 PM at Canan Commons, 500 S. Walnut. Brief remarks will be made by Mayor Daniel Ridenour and representatives of CEP. 

The “Rainbow Garden” is a light installation designed to contribute a significant addition to the aesthetic landscape of Muncie’s downtown area while also providing necessary pathway lighting at Canan Commons. In brief, the eight light poles circumnavigating Canan Commons have been refurbished and repurposed to support a colored acrylic cylinder and LED lighting. Each of the eight cylinders are a different color, with progressive degrees of saturation from top to bottom. During the day, the sun will illuminate the colorful cylinders, while at night the cylinders will glow with color while also providing ambient lighting for the Commons’ perimeter walkway. Thus, the “Rainbow Garden” project is both an aesthetic installation as well as a functioning lighting system. 

The “Rainbow Garden” at Canan Commons is a project of Community Enhancement Projects (CEP), with design by Jeanne Zeigler. The mission of CEP is to foster through beautification efforts a cooperative environment wherein area citizens, government, industry, and organizations continue to enhance and improve our quality of life for today’s community and future generations. The “Rainbow Garden” project aligns with this mission by creating a beautiful, unique and significant addition to Muncie’s downtown landscape that will help to improve the quality of life for all residents of our area.

For more information about the “Rainbow Garden” and CEP, please visit www.cepmuncie.org.

Carrie Wright Silk Gifts & Gallery
405 S. Walnut, Suite 201
Silk painter Carrie Wright invites you to a special evening in her newly opened multi-purpose studio and gallery space! Sporting the best view of downtown Walnut Street, Carrie has turned the second floor corner of the Murray Building into a beautiful gift shop now open to the public. She's providing light refreshments just outside her door in the foyer for all who visit the Murray Building Open Studios and is offering a 10% discount on all non-framed items in the store during this special inaugural event!

The Clubhouse at Accutech
115 S. Walnut
Swing by The Clubhouse during First Thursday! 25% off digital game bay rentals, and a free side of popcorn with purchase! 

Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Cornerstone Center for the Arts will feature the work of popup artists, creatives, and music from 5-8pm on the 2nd floor!

Cornerstone’s feature artist for May’s First Thursday is Debra Gindhart Dragoo:
“BElow ART: Catching Colors” is the feature art installation by Debra Gindhart Dragoo at Cornerstone Center for the Arts May First Thursday 2023. Gindhart Dragoo is a local artist, visual arts educator, poet, curator, and community arts advocate. Embracing her skills with aerosol painting she has prepared this feature show in her style of spray can painter techniques. Debra proclaims that art reflects your inner story. You will enjoy vibrant colors of aerosol and acrylic paints together telling the stories of Gindhart’s vocal social commentary art. The paints are joined with techniques of collage and assemblage art. Debra’s GREEN GLAM STUDIO jewelry will feature wearable art red cardinal jewels. Perfect timing for BSU Graduation swiftly approaching. Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery, 2nd floor, 5-8pm

Music will be provided by Nash Hammond

Popup artists and creatives will include:
Christine Barber Bush, Julie Lephart, Trinity Moore, Taunya Fallon, Jill Palumbo, Melissa Stephens, Olivia Morrow, Morgan Mercer, Jennifer Chrich, Mary Hammond and kids, Sadie Kendall, Lauren Maines, Kili Krippenstaple, Takeya Searles, Sara Collas, Val Kelly, Heather Neal, Crosby Family Art, Tina Caines, Angel Gillette, and Tom Stader. 

Forever Young Children’s Boutique
125 E. Charles
Forever Young Boutique will be open for May’s First Thursday celebration. Forever Young is a local women’s, children’s and tween’s clothing store in downtown Muncie. We make it easy to stay up to date with current fashion styles and trends. New arrivals almost every week. We have a wide selection for Women, Tween Girls and Kids.

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. 
224 E. Main
Brian Gordy, Watercolors: 
Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company will celebrate First Thursday with an opening reception for Watercolors by former owner Brian Gordy.  Brian’s paintings were last featured here in 2016.  Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend. 

"Brian Gordy's art will always enjoy a privileged place on the gallery walls here," said owners Barbara and Carl Schafer.  "Those who know his work will recognize his longtime concern for the natural environment and wildlife habitat."

Gordy paints with watercolor, preferring it to other kinds of painting because the thin transparent paint saturates the paper in different degrees to conjure the image.  In watercolor, the paper and paint become one, rather than layering up on a board or canvas the way oil or acrylic paints do. With skillful strokes watercolor paint migrates into the fibers of the paper and images emerge out of the white paper like the artist is a wizard rather than a painter. 

"I am known for paintings of turtles,” said Gordy.  “My interest in turtles started with the way I observed light playing on their shells. Increasingly I would appreciate their resilience in poor environmental conditions and how their presence can indicate the health of the ecosystem.  When I go into nature to look for them, I also find erosion caused by fast flowing rivers that have exposed root networks of different trees.  The intricacy I find there is endlessly mysterious both as a place that supports life and the compositions they offer me as a painter.” 

The exhibit will be on view with works for sale in the gallery and at gordyframing.com through May 27, 2023. 

Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company promotes talented artists, provides appraisals, restores antique frames, and offers expert design and craftsmanship for framing and displaying treasured family possessions and works of art. Business hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5:30 pm, Saturday, 10 am – 3 pm. Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company is located at 224 East Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre. For more information, visit www.gordyframing.com or call 765-284-8422

Grace Episcopal Church
300 S. Madison
Organ Concert at Grace Episcopal Church featuring Michael Messina, 7pm
The celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Grace Episcopal Church’s Pipe Organ continues with a recital by Dr. Michael Messina, Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, and Organist for St. Richard’s School. 

Michael holds MMus and DMA degrees in Organ Performance and Literature, as well as the Performer’s Certificate, from the Eastman School of Music, and was graduated magna cum laude with the BMus degree in Church Music from Saint Olaf College. He has competed in and won several local and national organ competitions. 

His program at Grace Church will include works by Calvin Hampton, Samuel Scheidt, G.F. Handel, J. S. Bach, and Felix Mendelssohn. All are welcome to the concert and reception following.

Grace Episcopal is located at 300 S. Madison St., Muncie (corner Adams & Madison – next to iconic McDonald’s sign). This program is free and open to the public.

Made in Muncie
313 S. Walnut
Conservation Tales: Corals and Coral Reef Ecosystem
ART 370 Art Immersive Spring 2023
5-8pm

Exhibition of artwork from the upcoming Conservation Tales books on Corals and Coral Reef Ecosystem in partnership with Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration and the Indianapolis Zoo. Meet the team of illustrators, graphic designers, photographers, videographers, science storytellers, and Spanish translators who will be available to answer questions about the creative process; includes activities for children and book sales. Includes the premiere of the short documentary video “Restoring Our Disappearing Corals” created by director and editor, Faith Oakley.

Artists include: Brooke Ackerman, Rachel Baker, Abigail Clone, Britney Currie, Emma Everhart, Caecey Franz, Kami Geron, Alex Marshall, Annie Mowers, Faith Oakley, Kylie Owens, Karina Powell, Rae Rodabaugh, Emma Rybicki, Zoe Scherer, Nicole Thielmann.

Faculty mentors: Tom McConnell, Biology and Barbara Giorgio-Booher, School of Art

Muncie Artist’s Guild
Various locations
Pati Sparks is the Muncie Artists Guild's Artist of the Month for May 2023.
As a professional artist, Pati (Bell) Sparks specializes in portraits and landscapes in oil and pastel from her studio north of Sulphur Springs, Indiana, where she also teaches art privately. After a successful career as an mural artist in Indianapolis, she has returned to Henry County, where she lives in the Victorian farm house where she grew up. 

Art has been a large part of who Pati is from a very young age. She won her first award at age seven, and received her first portrait commissions while still in her teens. Her inspirations come in a large part from her passions for travel and people. She is a naturally gifted artist, developing her talent by studying fine art in various museums and galleries, and by experimentation. 

Her paintings have won numerous awards, including “Best of Show” in juried exhibits in Indiana and North Carolina. Her murals have been featured on the cover of national magazines such as Better Home and Gardens. She has been listed in the fine art section of “Who’s Who in Interior Design. Her murals may be seen publicly in such well recognized venues as James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, and Medical College of Georgia Children’s Hospital in Augusta Georgia, as well as Kona Jack’s restaurant in Indianapolis.  Her paintings and murals are part of numerous private collections in Indiana and the Southeast US. 

Pati will be displaying her work at the following businesses for the month of May: 
Northwest Bank, 110 E Charles St. Muncie, IN 47305  
Old National Bank, 2401 S Madison St. Muncie, IN 47302 
Parlour at Hazelwood Hair Salon, 1300 W University Ave, Muncie, IN 47303   
Rosebud Coffee House, 1805 S Hoyt Ave. Muncie, IN 47302  
Vera Mae’s Bistro, 207-209 S Walnut St. Muncie, IN 47305 

Muncie Makers Market
Corner of Walnut and Adams
First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon!
 
The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out! 

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p. The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce and plants! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community! 

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts on our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 

Muncie Makes Lab
628 S. Walnut
Muncie Makes Lab will feature two shows from 6-8pm:

Special Topics: Neon & Light
The Neon artwork included in this exhibition is a result of the Neon & Light Special Topics class held each spring at the Glick Center for Glass. Within the class, students are asked to create both sculptural and sign-based neon. Students this semester include:  Derek Bohm, Anna Grabowski, Jessie Murawski, Michelle Pokorny, Arielle Birk, Michael Carson, Kaylee Demlow, Lyle Dotson, Hayly Oldfather, Karina Powell, Riley Taylor, Maddison Uphaus, Frankie Viglietta with SoA Prof Jon Rees.

GAPS and other acts of architecture
This elective explores the generative act of architecture through a series of lenses. Investigations take positions on technique, authorship, as well as translations between drawing and imaging, technology and craft, aesthetics and information- not necessarily in opposition but in dialogue. Final production of student-driven work will explore meaningful representation as the foundation for future design methodologies. Show includes: James Blankenberger, Georgia Cushing, Nicky Johnson, James Kohlmeyer, Mini Laird, Nian Muang, Assumpta Nyein, Seong Joon Park, Autumn Patrick, Nicole Pokorny, Lal Len Thang, Kayleigh Timmons, Shayla Tran with CAP Prof Janice Shimizu

Murray Building Studios
405 S. Walnut
Artists invite you to their inaugural Open Studios Reception! See behind the scenes in these historic second and third floor studio spaces where work from more than seven different artists from all mediums will be on display and for sale. Meet the artists and be sure to get your punch card marked from each as well as at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. to be entered to win a gift basket brimming with artful donations from the resident artists. Light refreshments will be served in the second floor foyer! Live music streetside! Don't miss this very special opportunity!

Vera Mae’s Bistro
207-209 S. Walnut
Vera’s is bringing back First Thursday Cajun Night! Featuring Fresh Oysters, Creole Stew, and other Cajun fixin’s. 

First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon! 🌱 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! 🍃 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🌿 The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts in our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 💚

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/       

Create paper mache sculptures of local birds from upcycled materials easily found around the home and local shops. Learn to appreciate the craft of sculpture and maybe notice the birds in your environment with greater appreciation.

Instructor: Aimee Maychack

Dates: Sunday, April 30 AND Sunday, May 7 | 3–4:30 pm

THIS IS A TWO PART WORKSHOP (Please plan to attend both sessions.)

Recommended ages: 12 through adult

Ages 6–11 may accompany a registered adult

Cost: $10

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org. 

Visit the David Owsley Museum of Art on May 20 and 21 for Art in Bloom, an annual celebration featuring floral creations by regional designers inspired by works of art in the galleries!

From 1pm to 5pm on both days, visitors can enjoy the arrangements, docent-led tours, music, and activities for all ages. An evening reception from 5pm to 7pm on Saturday, May 20, will offer jazz, hors d'oeuvres, and a cash (only) bar.

There is no admission fee for this event, and weekend parking on the Quad Circle is also free.

Help us spread the word about this community event by sharing or marking your attendance on the Facebook event, and bring your friends and family! The Facebook event will be updated with a detailed schedule of activities closer to the weekend.

The weekend also marks the final opportunity to see the special exhibition A Wild Story: The David and Sarojini Johnson Print Collection, which closes on May 21.

Visit bsu.edu/doma for more information, and contact Rachel Buckmaster with any questions.

Downtown Development:
A special edition of First Thursday, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, presented by The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County, celebrates the arts culture in Muncie!

Head DWNTWN to enjoy:
- YART: A Yard Sale for Art @ Canan Commons
- Live music and dance featuring:
- Muncie Ballet Studio
- America’s Hometown Jazz Combo
- Ben Davis and Alex Kosla Duo 
- Delicious food from eateries and local food trucks
- Multiple art galleries at Gordy, Cornerstone, MadJax, and throughout DWNTWN 

Flower Hour:
During ArtsWalk, be sure to also take on Flower Hour!
Explore DWNTWN during Brink of Summer ArtsWalk and collect flowers from 10 different locations to create a beautiful, custom bouquet.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at downtownmuncie.org/flowerhour, from a participating sponsor, or at the event (while supplies last).

Money raised through this event will support DWNTWN event programming and development opportunities.

111 Arts Gallery 
111 E. Main
111 Arts Gallery will be displaying art by Jolie ruin and Jme Noggle as well as a pop-up art sale with tons of collages, drawings, bargain screen printed t-shirts, embroidered patches, and more!

Beyond I CAN (Madjax, 1st floor)
515 E. Main St.
Beyond I Can/CARS is a day center for adults with disabilities, where we live our best lives. We enjoy making things with our hands and selling them in our store and will be open for Artswalk. 

The Clubhouse at Accutech
115 S. Walnut
Swing by The Clubhouse during First Thursday! 25% off digital game bay rentals, and a free side of popcorn with purchase!

Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Cornerstone’s community artists and makers will display and sell their work in the Colonnade Room/first floor at Cornerstone, Resident Artist Debra Gindhart Dragoo is coordinating this event again and has lured several local artists to participate during the past four First Thursday celebrations at Cornerstone. The Colonnade Room will also display the works of the winners and contestants of the YAE competition announced May 21. This is county-wide contest among youthful artists. Dragoo’s brother, well-known flautist and photographer Larry Gindhart of Indianapolis will perform. Brink of Summer ArtsWalk Cornerstone Center for the Arts 520 East Main Street Colonnade Room/first floor 5-8pm

Cornerstone Resident Artist Debra Gindhart Dragoo is coordinating this event again and has lured several local artists to participate during the past four First Thursday celebrations at Cornerstone. In addition, the Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery will display the works of the winners and contestants of the YAE competition announced May 21. This is county-wide contest among youthful artists. Dragoo’s brother, well-known flautist and photographer Larry Gindhart of Indianapolis will perform. 5-8pm Cornerstone Center for the Arts also presents their artist-in-residence, Debra Gindhart Dragoo, who shares her love of art and repurposing. Her artist mantra is “Real Babes Recycle, RE-use, RE-claim, RE-new" this mantra moves through her Green Glam Studio jewelry. So if you have admired her style come and get your own Green Glam Studio jewelry collection. 5-8pm Colonnade Room

Downtown Farm Stand
125 E. Main
Join us, and local artists for a community jam during First Thursday (& every Thursday)!

Stop in and enjoy craft cocktails, fabulous music, and amazing food in this hip, historic venue ~ a truly unique experience! We are located above The Downtown Farm Stand at 107 S Mulberry Street.  For more information, please visit their website at downtownfarmstand.com. 

The Fickle Peach (21+)
117 E. Charles
The Muncie Pride Network presents the 2023 Pride Celebration at the Fickle Peach for the Brink of Summer Artswalk! There will be Drag Bingo hosted by Ida Kay and the event will go from 7-10pm. 

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. 
224 E. Main
Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company will celebrate from 5-8 pm with a reception for the gallery’s annual Summer Invitational. The exhibit features work by Charles Knox and Tom Steiner. Light refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend. A brief program at 6:15 will highlight both artists. Knox will discuss his intricate color pencil drawings and Steiner will speak about his new body of photographs. The exhibit will remain on view through August 26.

Grace Episcopal Church
300 S. Madison
All are welcome to an organ concert at Grace Episcopal Church, 300 S. Madison, Muncie (corner Adams & Madison–next to iconic McDonald’s sign). Fr. Paul Jacobson, pastor of the church and accomplished organist, will perform beginning at 7:00. The program and reception following are free and open to the public.

High Street United Methodist Church
219 S. High
High Street UMC is holding a slow cooker competition and is inviting the community to help in selecting the winner. Tasting in the church parlor starts at 5:00! Outdoor games for children and youth activities will be taking place outside the church. Come inside and enjoy the stained-glass windows and other artwork in the church. 

IDIA Lab
119 W. Charles St.
Ball State University’s IDIA Lab will be exhibiting an interactive augmented reality artwork. The virtual experience appears automatically without an app, by pointing your phone at a QR code decal placed on the sidewalk somewhere on Walnut street. Bring your phone, explore and look down!

Madjax Muncie
515 E. Main St.
Join us on Thursday, June 1st, to celebrate the reopening of the Design Lab at Madjax in its new downstairs location! Drop in anytime from 4–9 pm to tour the lab and view equipment demonstrations. A ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce will be held at

Muncie Artist’s Guild
Various locations
Jean McCauley is an award winning artist in pastels and oils, and has been a member of the Muncie Artists Guild for more than twenty years. Jean’s artwork will be on display during the month of June at the following locations: Northwest Bank, Old National Bank, Parlour at Hazelwood Hair Salon, Rosebud Coffee House, and Vera Mae’s Bistro.

Muncie Makers Market
Corner of Walnut and Adams
The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events, a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. June brings an extra special First Thursday, the Brink of Summer ArtsWalk - even bigger with lots more to do! Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for all of the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8pm. The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! All Vendors must register in advance.

Murray Building
405 S. Walnut
The Artists of the Murray Building invite you inside our studios to see all the great art we've been busy creating! All art will be for sale, some at prices under $40! Light refreshments served in the 2nd floor foyer with live music street side sponsored by certified Bob Ross instructor Chris Taylor, Silk Painter Carrie Wright, Acrylics & Mixed Media Artist Cassie Dunmyer, Oil Painter & Printmaker Kate Thorson and Ink Line Artist Jeff Brackett.

Vera Mae’s Bistro
207-209 S. Walnut
First Thursday Cajun Night at Vera’s! Featuring Fresh Oysters, Creole Stew, and other Cajun fixin’s.

YART
Canan Commons, 500 S. Walnut St.
YART is a Yard Sale for Art, unlike any sale you’ve seen before! This community art sale, with a goal of making art affordable and accessible to everyone, will be held in conjunction with the 2023 Brink of Summer ArtsWalk on Thursday, June 1st, from 5-8p. You can find the huge Spring 2023 Muncie YART and LIVE music performances at Canan Commons, Muncie's great urban greenspace park and amphitheater by the roundabout on South Walnut Street. YART encourages interaction between Artists and the community, hoping to make Art more accessible, especially to those who think they cannot afford to buy Art for themselves and their homes. To this goal, all YART Art will be priced below $40! The last YART featured over 150 Artists! 

YART is a Yard Sale for Art! But don’t think it’s a yard sale like you’ve ever been to before! YART began in Muncie, Indiana with students at Ball State University and continues here and in several U.S. cities - a Muncie original! The Muncie YART is now held Downtown, at Canan Commons, twice a year, Spring and Fall, and coincides with ArtsWalk. The Spring 2023 Muncie YART is scheduled for the evening of Thursday, June 1st!

This community art sale, with a goal of making art affordable and accessible to everyone, brings together Artists and Art patrons in a casual and unique setting. The Spring 2023 Muncie YART will be held in conjunction with the 2023 Brink of Summer ArtsWalk on Thursday, June 1st, from 5-8p. You can find YART and LIVE music performances at Canan Commons, Muncie's great urban greenspace park and amphitheater by the roundabout on South Walnut Street in Downtown Muncie, Indiana. 

All forms of Art are welcome at YART! Art of all kinds, by all kinds of Artists! YART encourages interaction between Artists and the community, hoping to make Art more accessible, especially to those who think they cannot afford to buy Art for themselves and their homes. To this goal, all YART Art will be priced below $40! YART works to enable local creative entrepreneurs and to improve the Muncie economy. Shop local, support independents, enjoy your town! 

The last YART featured over 150 Artists! Each YART Artist will be present throughout YART to meet the public, discuss their Art, handle sales personally, and some Artists will be making Art LIVE at YART! This is a great opportunity to enjoy your family interacting with local culture in a dynamic, lively, and relaxed atmosphere.

The Spring 2023 Muncie YART will feature a wide variety of handmade jewelry, photography, clothing, oil/acrylic/watercolor paintings, ceramics, stuffed animals, drawings, knits, pottery, candles, toys, sculpture, glass, digital art, mosaics, LIVE ART and LIVE MUSIC, and so much more!

Outdoor fun for all ages - YART and ArtsWalk are for the whole family!

Miss Moth (YART Director) and the YART Artists very much thank Cheryl Crowder of the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership and the City of Muncie for their generous support! YART is an all-volunteer, zero-budget, community event. THANK YOU!

LIKE Muncie YART on FaceBook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Muncie-Yart/156725934394407

First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon! 🌱 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! 🍃 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🌿 The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts in our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 💚

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/       

Create a paper mache sculpture of a bear’s head to hang on your wall. Using upcycled material easily found around the home, participants will learn skills in the craft of sculpture and paper mache.

Instructor: Aimee Maychack 

Dates: Mondays, June 12 & 19 | 6–7:30 pm (must attend both sessions)

Recommended ages: 12 through adult

Ages 6–11 may accompany a registered adult

Cost: $10

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org.

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First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon! 🌱 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! 🍃 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🌿 The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts in our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 💚

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/       

First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon! 🌱 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! 🍃 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🌿 The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts in our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 💚

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/       

Muncie Mystery!
(begins at Canan Commons and continues throughout the downtown area)
Downtown Development and Ball State’s Office of Community Engagement present Muncie Mystery! We need your "hand" solving this year's Muncie Mystery! Join us downtown during September's First Thursday to question suspects, look for clues and - hopefully - solve the case!

What we know so far: The Addams Family’s beloved Helping Hand, Thing, is missing! The butler, Lurch, suspects that someone in the family knows where Thing is because there was evidence from each of them left in the same room where his empty box was found, the library of Addams Manor. 

Pick up your Crime Tracker form and map at Canan Commons beginning at 5:30 p.m., then visit participating downtown businesses to hear alibis from the suspects and look over the evidence. Turn in your guesses at Canan Commons by 7:30 p.m. because the big reveal is set for 8 p.m. on the Canan Commons stage.

Sleuths with correct guesses will be entered into a drawing for great downtown prizes! (You must be present at reveal to win!)

Muncie Mystery is hosted by Ball State's Office of Community Engagement, Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, Ivy Tech Community College, and Muncie Civic Theatre.

111 Arts Gallery 
111 E. Main
@garfieldfrommemory is the guest artist at first Thursday art show in September 9/7 dont miss this !! Kate Parnell is 43 years old, and since February 24, 2019 she has drawn and painted Garfield (the cartoon cat) every day. She lives and works in her parents’ house in Richmond, Virginia, and travels around the country doing small pop up markets where she sells paintings and gets to meet some of her 18,000+ Garfield-loving instagram followers. While her subject matter is deceptively simple, drawing Garfield from memory saved her life, becoming not only a creative outlet but also a source of income, stability and confidence after many years of battling depression. These Garfield drawings and paintings form a body of work spanning four and a half years, reflecting not only her taste but the incredible sensibilities of her followers, whose Garf commissions of album covers, portraits, pets, inside jokes and erotica have “kept the lights on” and kept the project going. It is a kind of self-portrait, not only of the artist but of a community of people who find joy in humor, creativity, and love for a fat orange icon of the past 45 years, in both the tenuous space of a social media platform and in the real world.

Parnell is also attempting to become the Guinness World Record holder for most tattoos of a single cartoon character. She has 32 Garfield tattoos, and needs 24 more to take the title. Like her daily Garfing, the process of building her Garf tattoo collection has given her a joyous momentum and introduced her to artists around the world. Screening at the show will be filmmaker Michael Arcos’ documentary short “Orange From Memory,” which offers a glimpse into the world of Garfield From Memory and its incredibly orange obsession. This 14 minute piece will be screened at multiple film festivals in the fall.

Carrie Wright Silk Gifts and Gallery
405 S. Walnut (above the Caffeinery)
Silk painter Carrie Wright invites you upstairs to visit her multi-purpose studio space after getting one of your Mystery Clues street side! With lots of big plans for the upcoming Christmas shopping season, this is a great chance to place personalized orders ahead of the rush.

The Clubhouse
115 S. Walnut
Stop by The Clubhouse for dinner on First Thursday! All entrees are buy one get one free at equal or lesser value from 5pm until 9pm. 

Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 East Main St., again will host local artists and Cornerstone artists in displaying and selling their work Sept. 7 from 5-8 p.m. in the Great Room. 

Artist in Residence Debra Gindhart Dragoo is coordinating this event.

Dragoo is also hosting a project/workshop “Re-making Maps In Muncie: A Map Into Art Workshop”, where participants utilize large format linen maps to create collages, paintings and other unique art pieces. The workshop encourages participants to create new world visions or add ideas about the world as it remakes itself. The workshop will take place during First Thursday from 5-8 p.m. also in the Great Room.

Community artists participating in this First Thursday include Gracelynne Strean, Mike Lassiter, Stefan Mckell, Mikell Vawter, Val Kelley, Hazel McCully, Joleigh M Paul, Tom Stader, Jill Palumbo, Maevyn Stone and her daughters Lily, Emma and Iris. Cornerstone artists include Eugene Boyd, Leon and Laura Crosby of Crosby Family Art, Michelle Metsker-Cass and Olivia Morrow. 

Musician Maevyn Stone, a classical harpist, will perform. 

The featured artist for September is Michelle Metsker-Cass, of Made By Meeshy Art, who will be exhibiting her work titled “Fluid Beauty” in Cornerstone’s Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery. 

Those who want to participate should call Dragoo at Cornerstone at 765-281-9503 ext. 150. Pop-up artists are $20 per table and two tables for $30. For additional information on First Thursday, art classes, rentals and events, please go to www.cornerstonearts.org or call 765-281-9503 EXT. 150.

Cornerstone Center for the Arts offers opportunities for creative expression for all through community and rental spaces in a historic setting. Thousands of area residents attend wedding and civic events, in addition to taking classes in art, dance and music. Cornerstone is home to the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and The Masterworks Chorale. For additional information go to www.cornerstonearts.org or call 765-281-950

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. 
224 E. Main
Patterns in Nature: the Art of Aaron Nicholson:
Gordy Fine Art and Framing is proud to highlight the art of Muncie resident Aaron Nicholson. Nicholson’s art reflects physical patterns found in the natural world as well as behavioral patterns in the way humans relate to nature, both on earth and our observations and speculations about the universe. The party will be on First Thursday, September 7, from 5 – 8 pm with live music by Luke Mitchell and Joshua Vance. The artist will be on hand. Light refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend.

Nicholson is a sculptor and a painter. His most ambitious work uses ancient techniques of pouring molten metal into sand molds. When he does this, the act of making art is itself an expression of his relationship to natural materials. Many of the sculptures in the exhibition were made this way.   

At 6:15, Nicholson will speak about his work and the techniques he uses to make it.The exhibit will remain on view through September 30. 

At Muncie’s recent Fire Up Downtown event in early August, Nicholson organized an Iron Pour where he fired a 2400-degree furnace to melt iron which he then poured into molds to make art. It was an extreme demonstration of an ancient technology that we rarely get to see. In addition to the show at Gordy, many of the castings at the Fire Up event will be on view the same evening at the Muncie Visitors Bureau at 410 S. Walnut St. in downtown Muncie. 

Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company promotes talented artists and offers expert design and craftsmanship for framing and displaying treasured family possessions and works of art. Summer Invitational may also be viewed through the end of August during regular business hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5:30 pm, Saturday, 10 am – 3 pm. Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company is located at 224 East Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre. For more information, visit www.gordyframing.com or call 765-284-8422.

Harmony Movement Studio
Harmony Movement Studio is setting up a free dance party in the alley next to the Fickle Peach! (117 E. Charles)

Made in Muncie
313 S. Walnut
Art4Quarters, an art vending machine, will open on September 7, 2023 at Made In Muncie pottery shop in downtown Muncie. Art4Quarters is a flat vend style machine that will sell stickers, mini prints, and zines from local artists for the humble price of four quarters. 
Artwork will be rotated on a quarterly basis. This quarter’s featured artists are Roque Chavez, Kendall Hess, and Lauren Pontenberg. Art4Quarters’ curator, Mary Arnett-Delaney, aims to make buying local art accessible and fun. She hopes Art4Quarters will be an ongoing destination for artists to sell small works.

Join us at Made In Muncie on September 7th from 5-8pm- bring your quarters! Tokens to be paid for via Venmo or PayPal will be available as well. 100% of profits will go to the artist you buy from! Light refreshments will be provided. 

If you would like to submit your work to A4Q– see full prospectus and application here: www.maryarnettdelaney.com%2Fart4quarters&data=05%7C01%7Cnephillips%40bsu.edu%7C117891620929464db15608dba95cd697%7C6fff909f07dc40da9e30fd7549c0f494%7C0%7C0%7C638289988485969070%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PZrneb3oPrvqGTF3GYlRrO3fTahuJ3zg7R5lWnMGT4o%3D&reserved=0">https://www.maryarnettdelaney.com/art4quarters

Muncie Artist’s Guild
Various locations
Muncie Artist Guild’s “Artist of the Month” for September is Jean McCauley, the winner of the Best-in-Show Award at our Annual Show. 

Jean McCauley is an award winning artist who has been a member of the Muncie Artists Guild as well as various other art groups for many years. She studied art in college but stopped painting to raise a family. About 25 years ago, Jean began painting again and took numerous workshops with a number of Indiana painters. She primarily paints with oils, acrylics, and recently has begun painting with pastels. Her subject matter is usually landscapes but she has been known to paint a dog or two. 

Jean’s work will be on display at the following locations downtown:
Northwest Bank, 110 E Charles St.
Old National Bank, 2401 S Madison St. 
Parlour at Hazelwood Hair Salon, 1300 W University Ave 
Rosebud Coffee House, 1805 S Hoyt Ave. 
Vera Mae’s Bistro, 207-209 S Walnut St. 

Muncie Makers Market
Corner of Walnut and Adams
The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events, a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for all of the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8pm. The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! All Vendors must register in advance. 

Murray Building 
405 S. Walnut (between the Caffeinery & Atty. Frank Brinkman's)
Local fine artists invite you to their Open Art Studios! See behind the scenes in these historic second and third floor studio spaces where work from more than five different artists from all mediums will be on display and for sale. Stop by to visit Certified Bob Ross instructor Chris Taylor, Silk Painter Carrie Wright, Acrylics/Oil Painter Cassie Dunmyer, Oil Painter & Print Creator Kate Thorson and Ink Line Artist Jeff Brackett.

PlySpace
304 S. Walnut
PlySpace and MuncieArts presents a First Thursday performance and gallery installation by actor and clown, Carmen Nikae. Nikae explores themes of vulnerability & resilience, simple presence, and The Ridiculous through the combination of live clown work and silent short films. Her silent short films, made in the style of Charlie Chaplin, will be on display at the PlySpace Gallery at 304 S. Walnut St (the old Olive and Slate storefront) from 5:30 - 8:00 PM where she will be creating a short film live in real time at 7 P.M. Stop by to view her films and her process, ask questions, and support the art of clowning!

Valhalla  
215 S. Walnut
The Unknown Jazz Quintet will be playing outside the old Valhalla space from 5:30-7:30pm.

Vera Mae’s Bistro
207-209 S. Walnut
First Thursday Cajun Night at Vera’s! Featuring Fresh Oysters other Cajun fixin’s. 

First Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market are coming soon! 🌱 #ShopSmall #BuyLocal

The Muncie Makers Market is happy to be a part of Muncie’s First Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie! 🍃 This is a popular local monthly tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout Downtown Muncie. It’s a casual, relaxed evening outdoors, and we help to bring folks to the area. We are looking forward to a great turn out!

Assuming good weather, the Muncie Makers Market will set up every month on the sidewalks by the corner of Walnut and Adams Streets for the 2023 First Thursday gatherings, and be open ‪to the public from 5-8p‬. 🌿 The Muncie Makers Market is a registered farmers market featuring handmade creations, homemade foods, and locally grown produce! We hope you come see us and enjoy a lovely evening with your community!

All Vendors must register in advance - watch for the “Call for Vendors” posts in our Facebook group for all event details and to sign up to sell with us, thank you! 💚

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/       

Create your own paper mache masquerade masks. Masks may be customized for cosplay, Halloween, mardi gras, or a costume ball theme. Using new and upcycled materials participants will learn skills in the crate of sculpture and paper mache. After the two-session workshop participants will take home their self-made creations.

Event Details:

***THIS IS A TWO PART WORKSHOP AND YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS***

WORKSHOP DATES: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 AND Tuesday, September 19, 2023

WORKSHOP TIMES: 6:00-7:00pm both days

LOCATION: Madjax Maker Force, 515 E. Main St. Muncie, IN 47305

COST: $5 PER PERSON DUE AT REGISTRATION

This workshop is recommended for adults or families. Youth aged 16 or older may register independently. Youth younger than 16 may register if accompanied by a registered adult. This workshop is led by Maker in Residence Aimee Maychack, also known as the Ethical Taxidermist.

All of our workshops and classes are led by professional makers, artists, entrepreneurs, educators and community partners. We strive to provide high-quality and unique learning experiences. Registration will close up to 72 hours prior to the start of the event to provide time for instructors to prepare.

*Note: Registrations and email reminders will be processed through SimpleTix. For multi-session workshops, only the first class meeting will appear on your ticket.

Special thanks to our grant funders and donors who make our workshops financially accessible. Scholarships are available for individuals and families with a demonstrated need. Email kyra@madjax.org for more info