15 past events with the electronic tag

Participants will build a two-string guitar using a cigar box and a round wooden dowel. They will install an electric guitar pickup, and they will learn the basics of tuning and playing the instrument using a guitar slide.

Event Details:

DATE: Saturday, October 28

TIME: 1:00–4:00pm

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

COST: $20 PER PERSON DUE AT REGISTRATION

This workshop is recommended for adults. Youth aged 16 or older may register independently. Youth younger than 13 or older may register if accompanied by a registered adult. Participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of using hand tools. This workshop is led by Maker in Residence Michael Pounds, a retired music composition professor and former mechanical engineer.

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.

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*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.

sound synthesizer

Participants will build a simple electronic circuit that creates a musical tone with a pitch that can be changed using a light sensor. The instrument will be mounted in a keepsake box along with a mint-tin speaker. There will be an explanation of how the circuit works and suggestions for future development of the instrument.

Instructors: Michael Pounds 

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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PlySpace and the Muncie Arts and Culture Council invite you to an artist lecture by PlySpace Spring 2020 Fellows, Valerie Skakun and P. Spadine, on Tuesday, February 18th, from 5-6 PM in AJ225.

Skakun and Spadine have been working as collaborative partners since 2017. The philosophy of Skakun’s recent body of work began the moment she was struck by a car while on her bike and left unable to walk for a year. She has explored sculptures as objects of ritual and labor, ranging from time-based devotions to endurance trainings in order to transform mental and physical states of being. She received an MFA from Hunter College in 2019, and a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2009. Spadine has worked under Ashcan Orchestra, a pen name and performance ensemble as a vehicle for his audio/visual experiments since 2007. Informed by a sense of wonder, his work has sought to emulate, celebrate, and demystify the laws that govern the physical universe. Together they work in the realm in which the physicality of sculpture and sound overlap. Skakun and Spadine seek to explore the dual nature of labor and play, as a way to engage the world of wonder within the viewer through a physical catalyst.

While in residence at PlySpace, Skakun & Spadine will be researching stronger materials and building prototypes of new working components for their series of modular sound sculptures, which refer to an “organ” as both body part and musical instrument and require physical use of the entire body to play. They will be working with Assistant Professor Rachel Cohn and her 4d students at Ball State University to design and build pump organs which generate sound through bodily motions. The collaboration will culminate in a public performance featuring the ensemble of sound sculptures on April 2nd, first Thursday, at Madjax.

PlySpace is a program of Muncie Arts and Culture Council in partnership with the City of Muncie, Ball State School of Art and Sustainable Muncie Corporation. PlySpace is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Original music from Mike Martin & the Beautiful Mess (Charleston, SC), In Flight (Asheville, NC), and Zorn (Muncie, IN)

Event Page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/106251566522224/

Cover of Ultra City's newest album, "Year of the Deer"

We bring in acts from all across the globe and this show proves it! The Blue Velvets are from Sydney, Australia and they will be coming all the way from the land down under to us!

Ultra City (Oklahoma City, OK)
-Alternative/Rock-
https://ultracity.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/weareultracity

The Blue Velvets (the Blue Mountains on Sydney’s outskirts)
-Fresh, Lounge-Style-
http://bluevelvets.net/

https://www.facebook.com/thebluevelvets15

Not Blood Paint

"Believing Is Believing" is the name of Not Blood Paint's freshest album being released this June! They will again be joining us... cause Muncie is Muncie and ya'll kick ass. 

Not Blood Paint (Brooklyn, NY)
-Post Rock/Prog Rock/Art Rock/Glam Rock/Pop Rock/Hot Rock/Beef Stock/Tube Sock-

http://www.notbloodpaint.com/

https://notbloodpaint.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/notbloodpaint

Continental

Hey we're bringing back the Continental Band after a few years. We had such a good time with Rick Barton and son last time around, we're excited to show them all our improvements!!!

They are coming to us all the way from BOSTON, so you know they're excited to jam with us! Join us for a kick ass night of music with Rick Barton, the original guitarist for Dropkick Murphys, and son Stephen as they regale us with their badass tunes!!!

https://continentalband.bandcamp.com/album/1000-miles

https://www.facebook.com/ContinentalBand

Steel Toed Slippers

Alex Culbreth 10-11
Steel Toed Slippers 11-12

Alex Culbreth
http://www.alexculbreth.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/alexculbrethmusic

Steel Toed Slippers (Humboldt County CA)
-Rock and Roll-
http://www.steeltoedslippers.com/

https://steeltoedslippers.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/steeltoedslippers

featuring Cathy Morris, electric violin

Party Jazz, presented with infectious enthusiasm that is hard to forget. Program features the signature sound of original music and arranged familiar surprises.

More info on MSO website at http://www.munciesymphony.org/time/