Events on December 4, 2014
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First Thursday
5pm to 8pm @
Downtown
The Artist Within
313 S WalnutSeasonal Showcase – December at the Artist Within will feature a “Seasonal Showcase”, artwork by their member artists; just in time for holiday gift giving or a personal treat. There will also be a book sale and signing during the First Thursday Artists Reception December 4th from 5-8pm.
Local artist /author Laurie Lunsford will be on site to sign copies of her book It’s a Piece of Cake.
Please make plans to join us for light refreshments and a fun-filled evening.
Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
224 E MainAnnual Salon Show – Our gallery wall will be packed with artwork from each of our 2D artists! Sculpture, pottery & jewelry will of course be on display throughout the rest of the gallery.
Grey Line Performance – And our Nook gallery will feature watercolors by Ball State Student, Sibley Barlow. Her exhibit, "Grey Line Performance" will continue through January 31st alongside the Annual Salon Show.
Per usual, our Salon Show is a gifting friendly exhibit and any work purchased before the holidays can be taken home the same day! This means the exhibit will transform several times before it comes down in January, so we encourage you to visit more than just once!
Artist Talk @ 6:15 and light refreshments will be served.
Heorot Pub & Draught House (21+)
219 S WalnutEthan Yazel is an Art Student at Ball State University focusing on Animation. With each page he opens a small window to a new fantastic world, ready for exploring. His artwork will be on display in the Heorot's gallery space.
IDIA Lab
300 S WalnutBall State University's Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA Lab) explores the intersections between the arts and technology to create engaging and immersive experiences. Using simple motion and gestures, visitors can explore rich 3D environments using MS Kinect, the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion! Come explore, learn and play!
Muncie Makes Lab
628 S WalnutA+form – An interactive installation by undergraduate and graduate students at Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning. Initiated by a basic understanding of surface geometry, the students developed a series of fabricated objects that can be arranged individually or collectively within a space. Users are encouraged to move, stack, and engage the objects as a way of understanding the formal logic behind their nesting capabilities.
Middletown Movies – Five short stories of Muncie's social and cultural history created by Fourth Year Architecture students in a seminar course at Ball State University will be shared at Art Walk. The students will also display illustrated manifestoes of their role as architects in the 21st century.
Utopian Chairs – A selection of simple wood chairs and storage cabinets designed, drawn, and built by BSU Architecture students. Prof Joshua R Coggeshall, AIA (photo by Joshua R Coggeshall, chair by Nick Dodge)
Visual Arts Class – A showcase of prints by Cornerstone students taught by Karen Fisher of Art Mart
Rose Court
125 E CharlesApproximately 10-15 members of the Muncie Artists Guild will be showing some of their work at the Rose Court. Their work will include watercolor, acrylic, oil, 3D photography and mixed medium. Please bundle up and join us for refreshments, conversations and the love of art. Items for sale will include cards, jewelry, oil paintings, watercolors and special works which will make wonderful gifts for the holiday or for any occasion.
The Magic City Music Men will carol through the Streets of DWNTWN stopping to entertain in galleries, restaurants and bars along the way. They will begin at the Rose Court at approximately 7:15.
The Valhalla Room (21+)
215 S WalnutMike Moon is a self-taught creator of dark, surreal, visionary art from Farmland, Indiana. His preferred medium is ink and watercolor pencil drawings, but he also loves to work with colored pencils, acrylics, digital, and mixed media art as well. His work will be on display in Valhalla's gallery space for the month of December.
- Northern Lights: Music Festival and Light Show 8pm to 12:42pm @ Be Here Now in the Village, across the street from the Village Pantry 505 N. Dill St.
Cost: $3 (over 21) $6 (under 21) - Half off with student ID! Come out and dance your soles off! We're gonna shake Be Here Now with a few thousand watts of sound, tons of glowsticks, face painting, tons of lights, and more!
Three local DJ producers opening the night up:
9pm - Phlank ( https://soundcloud.com/phlank )
10:15pm - Ejion Official ( https://soundcloud.com/ejion )
11:30pm - Re:born ( https://soundcloud.com/rebornsound )
and we're happy to announce Button Mashers ( https://soundcloud.com/button-mashers ) coming back out to Muncie to bring the night to it's highest!
Video Art by:
Holly Lay (check out some of her work at ( www.HollyLay.com )
Colin Ledbetter
and Andy Hesik
LED Hooping by:
Cassie Gabriel
Ashley Downing
(learn more about getting lessons at https://www.facebook.com/BallStateGroupFitness?ref=br_tf )
and Laura Christine Haisley!
Extra love for our good buddies down at Sight & Sound Music Center! (www.sightandsoundmusic.com%2F&h=zAQGO10eo&enc=AZMcU9U04hRjBK8CjvrZc6-Y91QbzKAkDcps4NdMk8EkE95XkSE2UC0YdB2cstOtcq4&s=1" target="_blank">http://www.sightandsoundmusic.com/ )
Support from @BallStParties on Twitter - helping people find rad parties wherever they're at in Muncie
https://www.facebook.com/events/906941115997088/ - Buddy Womack's. Open Mic Night 9pm to 12pm @ Valhalla 215 S. Walnut Street
Ages: 21+ Local Blues musician Buddy Womack hosting open mic night at Valhalla come on in bring your guitar and sign up don't have a guitar that's ok bring a backing track,bongos , keyboard , harmonica ...up on the stage under the lights. All types of music welcome and if youndon't sing come in and read some poetry. Get out and express yourself Muncie
- Northern Lights: Music Festival and Light Show 8pm to 12:42pm @ Be Here Now in the Village, across the street from the Village Pantry 505 N. Dill St.