Even before she founded the Global Minded Project (GMP) last year, Bloomington native Malissa Waterford knew she wanted to bring two of her interests—travel and working with children—together for a common purpose. However, she says it wasn’t until she visited Europe as part of an educational tour group that she found the inspiration for her nonprofit organization.
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In the fall of 2018, if all goes according to plan, audiences will get their first look at The Klaxon, a 47-minute art film about identity and race in America, shot in 360-degree video, largely in Bloomington.
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Sixteen intently focused fourth-through-sixth grade Fairview Elementary School students sound out a complex string of nonsense syllables, a warmup for a drama class. They’re led by Connor Starks, an Indiana University freshman and Cardinal Stage Company intern. It’s all part of an arts-infused educational model Fairview adopted eight years ago.
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Having grown up in the northern part of Indiana, Sam DeWeese, Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington vice chancellor for student success, truly appreciates the rolling hills surrounding his adopted hometown. “I’m from Muncie, which is very flat,” he says. “It’s not very interesting, in terms of the landscape. So, it’s fun to see the various terrains here.”
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This installment of Bloom’s Greatest Gardens features the colorful urban oasis of Laura Ley and Barry Kern on Bloomington’s Near West Side, first published in our June/July 2017 Homes & Gardens issue.
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