February's First Thursday (full listing)
| When |
Thursday, February 7, 2019 5:00pm to 9:00pm |
|---|---|
| Where | Downtown Muncie |
| What | Art design, drawing, exhibitions, fashion, jewelry, open mic, painting, paper crafts, sculpture, first thursday, downtown, downtown |
Jordyn Fender at Cornerstone Center for the Arts
Dame Leo at Madjax, 2nd floor
GindhART at Madjax, 2nd floor
Carol Strock Wasson at Gordy Fine Art and Framing, Co.
"Motivate our Minds," at Madjax
Emma Grace Dragoo, Pop Up Thrift at Madjax, 2nd floor
Sam Gindhart Pop Up Shop at Madjax, 2nd floor
"Real Love, Baby" at Muncie Makes Lab
First Thursday at Thr3eWisemen
"Blues Jam" at Valhalla
Book Arts Collaborative (at Madjax)
514 E. Main
Book Arts Collaborative will be showing selected work by Chris Fritton, The Itinerant Printer. Come by, pull a print, and meet our new students!
Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Join Cornerstone Center for Arts on Thursday, February 7 for the opening reception of Through the Lense, a photography exhibition by Jordyn Fender. The reception will take place in the Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery on the second floor of Cornerstone Center for the Arts from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in conjunction with February’s First Thursday events.
Jordyn Fender began pursuing photography at the age of 5. At the age of 16, she held her first exhibition in the B3 Gallery in Nashville, Indiana. Since that time, she has worked to share her art with others through gallery exhibitions. She dreams of becoming a well-traveled and world-renowned photographer, taking photos for magazines, starting her own gallery, and selling work to galleries around the world.
Fender’s photography represents her view of beauty. Taking photos of anything and everything, finding beauty and inspiration in nature, architecture, animals, and people. Her macro views strive to find the beauty in the details of a subject.
Through the Lense will be on display and open to the public in the Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery throughout the month of February.
For more information about the exhibition call Cornerstone’s Department of Education & Communication at 765-281- 9503, ext. 23 or visit cornerstonearts.org.
Dame Leo (at Madjax)
514 E. Jackson St. (2nd floor)
Dame Leo presents “'Heart Strings”: A collection of mixed media paintings depicting the insane nature of the current administration & a few other artsy pieces. Please do come and have a look-see!!! 5-8pm at MadJax, 2nd floor.
Gindhart (at Madjax)
514 E. Jackson St. (2nd floor)
Join local artist and educator Debra Gindhart for her new exhibit, “text: ON world: OFF.”
Altered thrift store art, text on Jesus, and painted vintage furniture. Meet the artist and enjoy Valentine's sweets in her 2nd floor studio and gallery from 5-8pm.
Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
224 E. Main
Gordy Fine Art & Framing Company will open an exhibition of new paintings by artist Carol Strock Wasson, Thursday February 7, 5 – 8 pm. She is one of Indiana’s most accomplished and beloved painters, and Gordy has represented her work for many years. Throughout the evening, the artist will be on hand to engage with viewers and answer questions. At 6:15 she will speak briefly about her work. Light refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.
Carol Strock Wasson lives and works in Union City, Indiana. She is an Indiana Artisan and her work is routinely included among Indiana’s most prestigious artists in the Hoosier Salon and the Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition. Known as a “Plein Air” artist, she often paints outside on location. Sometimes she finishes paintings in this manner. Very often she sketches or composes “studies” on location and then returns to her studio to finish them. “Paintings completed on-site tend to have more excited strokes which show the artist’s sense of discovery,” says Gordy owner Carl Schafer. “Those completed in the studio are more refined as she spends time clarifying the image and introducing colors that heighten awareness of time of day, temperature, ground water, humidity, and rain.” Examples of both methods will be on view in the exhibition.
The exhibition will remain on view with works for sale throughout the month of February. Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company promotes talented artists, provides appraisals, 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, 9 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.
Madjax Muncie
515 E. Main St.
“Motivate Our Minds ‘We Think It We Make it’ after school club”: The fourth through eighth grade students at Motivate Our Minds will be exhibiting work from their after-school club led by Ball State architecture professors and their students. Drop by the CAP Makes Muncie Makes workshop- students will be working on their cPads (portable chalk pads) in the MakerHub. This is the first of a series of designs for the community garden being planned adjacent to Shaffer Chapel.
“BFF Pop Up Thrift”: Custom head wear and wearable art by Emma Grace Dragoo, 5-8pm, 2nd floor.
“Sam Gindhart Pop Up”: Sam Gindhart is an visually impaired fiber artist from New Castle, IN. She does her craft by feel. She can't see the t-shirt images. She transforms contemporary and collectible t-shirts into wall art. Sam uses 16x20 canvas. She has really adapted to losing her eyesight. The best thing is she is the happiest she has ever been in her life, 5-8pm, 2nd floor.
Muncie Makes Lab
628 S. Walnut
Muncie Makes Lab will feature two shows from 5-8pm:
First Floor: “Real Love, Baby” curated by Lexi Musselman
Real Love, Baby is a contemporary art show based on the themes of love, heartache, and genuine emotion. It will feature a range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, performance, and multimedia work from both local and regional artists. Please come see us for an early Valentine's Day celebration!
Second Floor: “No Labels / Design is a Tool of Action / Architecture is a Verb,” Installation by Ana de Brea, in collaboration with Taylor Henderson, Jesse Lindenfeld, and Barbara Willey. This show is a broad and effervescent speculative-reservoir designated to undertake ventures related to modern reflections and contemporary works of spatial and cultural matters.
The comprehension of envisaging the design discipline (architecture included) as a vigorous energy intends to spotlight the value of ‘construction’ -the tangible and/or the intellectual. That vigorous energy looks for architectures like processes of thinking and making as well as it questions how those processes work in the global scenario of today.
Thr3e Wisemen Brewing Co.
625 S. High St.
Come into Three Wisemen and mention “First Thursday” to get $1 off Thr3e Wisemen mugs!
Valhalla (21+)
215 S. Walnut
Valhalla presents “Blues Jam” every Thursday. “Blues Jam” is an open event with sign-up starting at 7pm and music from 8-11pm. Come show us your talent!