March's First Thursday (full listing)

Tom Heatherly, "Strolling in the Park," showing at multiple locations Scott Livingstone, opening reception for "Fire" at Cornerstone Center for the Arts Kim Anderson, showing at Gordy Fine Art and Framing Michelle Duran at Madjax, 2nd floor Michelle Duran at Madjax, 2nd floor Michelle Duran at Madjax, 2nd floor Mattie Ewing at Madjax, 2nd floor Mattie Ewing at Madjax, 2nd floor Debra Gindhart at Madjax, 2nd floor Debra Gindhart at Madjax, 2nd floor Debra Gindhart at Madjax, 2nd floor Denise King at Madjax, 2nd floor Denise King at Madjax, 2nd floor Neal Soley at Madjax, 2nd floor Carla Corbin at Harmony Cafe and Studio Carla Corbin at Harmony Cafe and Studio Plyspace, Online talk: “Creative Use of Difference Discussions - The ‘New’ Policies of Dance.”

Tom Heatherly, Muncie Artists Guild’s Featured Artist for March 2021
Showing at:
Northwest Bank, 110 E. Charles
Vera Mae’s Bistro, 207-209 S. Walnut
Old National Bank, 2401 S. Madison
Let There Be Art, 812 W. White River Blvd.

Heatherly worked at Muncie Community Schools for more than two decades before retiring in 2011. Since that time, he has been pursuing his passion for oil painting. His hard work at honing his painting skills has paid off with success as he has won several awards for his paintings in the past ten years. In 2019 he won the Peoples’ Choice Award at the Muncie Artists Guild’s Annual Show. 

Heatherly prefers to paint people, landscapes and buildings. His wartime experience also influences his artwork.  Heatherly is a Vietnam War Army Veteran who served in the 25th Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne Division from 1970 to 1971. He has created several paintings of soldiers in action from this time period. One of these paintings is proudly on permanent display in the Yorktown American Legion. 

As the Muncie Artists Guild’s Artist of the Month, Tom Heatherly’s oil paintings will be on display for the entire month of March at Northwest Bank on East Charles, at Vera Mae’s Bistro on South Walnut, at Old National Bank on South Madison Avenue and at Let There Be Art on White River Boulevard in Muncie.

Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Opening Reception for Fire an Art Exhibition by Scott Livingston
Hosted by Cornerstone Center for the Arts in conjunction with DWNTWN Muncie’s First Thursday

In his debut exhibit, local artist Scott Livingston shares what remains of his abstract pieces after they've been engulfed in flames. His show, Fire, will be displayed in the Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery on the second floor of Cornerstone Center of the Arts.

The opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 4, from 5 - 8 p.m. and will remain on display until Friday, March 26. A virtual gallery will be available on the Cornerstone Center for the Arts website during this time.

This event is free and open to the public, but visitors are asked to follow social distancing guidelines and wear masks. For more information about this event, please contact Claire Yazel at (765) 281-9503 ext. 123 or cyazel@cornerstonearts.org.

Cornerstone Center for the Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to engage and enrich our community by providing opportunities for creative expression, educational programs and events in a historic setting.

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. 
224 E. Main
Gordy will be open during the First Thursday hours 5-8 pm featuring artworks, scarves, pottery, and jewelry made by local artists. We have new pieces in the shop to welcome the first signs of spring.

Harmony Café and Studio
112 W. Jackson
Carla Corbin at Harmony Cafe
Drawing and making things have been strong lines of continuity for me in a life that has otherwise been nomadic and varied. I recently retired from the Department of Landscape Architecture at Ball State where I taught drawing and graphics, and design and other professional courses, similar teaching loads as at my prior two universities, at Illinois and Cornell. This followed a mid-life career change from practicing architecture, and a realization  that the in between spaces were of more interest to me than the buildings. Two years in  graduate school in landscape architecture were a wonderful renewal, and a return to drawing and making again.

 With full-time teaching aside now, there has been time to do both. Sketching with ink, pencil and Conte crayons has led to doing portraits of friends’ horses in pastel, as well as to turning some drawings into linocuts and prints. 

I’ve also grown fascinated with stitch and fabric, and the potential for mark-making with thread and dye. Making quilts as wall-hangings is currently a focus, with subjects ranging from abstractions of color and pattern, to the landscape and its textures. 

As a member of the Muncie Art Guild I’ve been showing work locally for the past several years, as well as with the Pendleton Artists Society. A quilt with patterns of tree bark was included in and international exhibit in Oregon in 2019, and last year an embroidered print was shown at the Indianapolis Art Center.

Madjax Muncie
515 E. Main St.
First Thursday at MADJAX:
We are thrilled to have these talents! 
Neal Soley @tulipfctry
Kyle Young @youngvintage
Nick Teaford @Nicktherelevator 
Michelle Duran @ellybelljar
Mattie Ewing 
Anna Grace Longfellow @boxcar_adv 
Charlie Kehoe @Silver Linings 
Denise King @denisepowersking
Alyssa Carey @alyssumfairy
Brooke De La Garza @honey.mouth.rose.hips
Amelia Jo Rule @_coinstar.gasmoney_

March First Thursday: please support local artists and makers in the second floor galleries. Social distancing measures will be in place and hand sanitizer and masks are required. Meet the makers and artists and see their many talents. 5-8pm, Second floor galleries

The following are additional details about some of the artists showing at Madjax:

Michelle Duran:
Michelle Duran is an art historian whose interests span the material and spiritual worlds, and these interests are reflected in some of the items she makes in miniature: votive candles, tarot decks, ouija boards, and magnets. She also sells hoodoo oils, incense, and jewelry. this week she will have a limited selection of hand embroidered dishtowels for sale. she is a strong believer in the power of rhinestones and glitter and the good madness that is art.

Mattie Ewing:
Mattie Ewing is an art enthusiast who enjoys making a variety of many different items that are expressive to her personality and spirituality. These items include Beginner to Advanced Spiritual Kits, Manifestation boxes, Spirit Boards, mini voodoo dolls, elegant profanity, and her own version of The Major Arcana. She uses upcycled items such as empty jars and even cereal boxes in her work. Mattie’s children, Arabella and Oliver, are artists in training and will be selling their their eclectic and unique drawings, alongside their mom’s work.

Debra Gindhart:
Out of the ARCHIVES. Archival artworks by Debra Gindhart, local artist-maker and visual arts educator. The Gindhart Collection curated, for March’s  First Thursday at Madjax Muncie. Wallart is aerosols, acrylics and or assemblages. Enjoy the extraordinary social commentary messages in paint and found objects, including "An Armed Society is a Polite Society", One Man’s Trash is Another Women’s Awakening”, “Coloured Countenances”, "Mixed Messages", "Cancer Mill", "Folklore", "Polyester Flora", “Dismal Disney” and more. 

There is also a new Green Glam Studio jewelry collection “Hold My Hoops Gurl”(earrings) and “Boho Stones Sets”(pendant and earring sets), too.
Meet the artist. 5-8pm, 2nd floor galleries 

Denise King:
Denise King will be showing pieces from her series “All Grit: Kids in 2020” at the Madjax second floor galleries for March First Thursday. 
 

Neal Soley:
Based in Indianapolis, The Tulip Factory is a company created by Neal Soley. This company campaigns Soley’s exploration of self expression throughout the use of different mediums. The collection of works are representative of periods throughout Soley’s exploration. Please join the artist Thursday, February 4 on the second floor of the Madjax Building. Practice social distancing and kindly wear a mask when needed, and view a collection of paintings on canvas, works on paper, and more.

PlySpace
608 E. Main
On First Thursday, PlySpace will be hosting the final of our online “Creative Use of Difference Discussions - The ‘New’ Policies of Dance.”
6PM-7PM - Registration required (free): PlySpace.org/pld

The “New” Policies of Dance is a discussion with dance educators that will highlight the new policies of inclusion, diversity, and equality in the dance world adopted by dance schools, institutions, etc in the wake of 2020. Featuring guest panelists Felecia Thomas and Beverly Bautista. This discussion is part of the Creative Use of Difference series, in collaboration with artist Indya Childs and Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance. Learn more at PlySpace.org/pld.