Help Cardinal Stage raise the curtain on their 15th Anniversary Season! You can help by bidding on silent auction items, purchasing raffle tickets, or making a direct tax-deductible donation. All proceeds will directly support their artists, technicians, and improvements to Cardinal’s new production and rehearsal facility (TBA) as they prepare for a triumphant return to the stage later this year! Online now – May 21 at cardinal.cbo.io. 

Here are three ways you can help:

Purchase a raffle ticket for the chance to win a French Lick weekend getaway! Purchase a raffle ticket for just $10!

Bid on silent auction items! We have everything from vacations to gym memberships to in-home catered dinners – plus gift cards and packages from some of your favorite Bloomington business.

Make a direct, tax-deductible donation. Every donation counts, no matter the size.

Thank you! Get started at cardinal.cbo.io.

Topic: Beautiful Insects
In this episode of Animal Hour we will be celebrating the importance and beauty of insects and we will explore the many roles they play all over the world. We will define exactly what an insect is as we build our own bugs. To build a bug you will need clay OR an empty egg carton (this will need to be trimmed down during the program), pipe cleaners, markers or something to color with. We will end the program with an appearance by some of WonderLab’s Animal Ambassadors. This program covers Indiana Academic State Standards 1st- 6th grade Life Science.

May 2021 Gallery Walk
Friday, May 7th
5pm-8pm
Cheers to our faithful Gallery Walkers!
Spring has sprung….and our galleries are in “full bloom” with beautiful art exhibits! This month, we are delighted to feature SEVEN live Gallery Walk openings, including our three newest galleries: The Cook Center, located in Indiana University’s Maxwell Hall, Yarrow, located at 213 S. Rogers, Suite 4 and Gallery B, located at Bloomingfoods West; 316 W. 6th St..

Gallery Walk continues to offer safe and creative ways to reach out to our community during this ever-changing climate. Though a few of our galleries continue to be closed, we are pleased to announce a variety of art experiences inside many of our gallery spaces who are offering socially distant LIVE openings as well as “by appointment” gallery tours. Please take note of our May events, exhibitions and gallery websites for our devoted GW followers.

By Hand Gallery (OPEN)
Show Title: “A Grateful Farewell”
Artist: Mary Hambly
www.byhandgallery.com

Cook Center (OPEN)
Show Title: “People of IU: Moving Image Portraits and the Public Screen”
Conceived, directed and produced by IU Media School faculty members, Susanne Schwibs & Stephanie DeBoer in collaboration with Scott Birch & Chris Eller from IU’s Advanced Visualization Lab; created and curated by IU Media School students.
www.go.iu.edu/cookcenter

Gallery B at Bloomingfoods (OPEN)
Show Title: “Chromaticity”
Artist: Juliana Burrell
www.bloomingfoods.coop

Gallery SCG (OPEN)
Show Title: “Not too Main Street”
Artist: Kendall Reeves
www.spectrumcreativegroup.com

Monroe Convention Center Art Gallery
www.bloomingtonconvention.com

FAR Center for Contemporary Arts (OPEN)
*Pictura Gallery
Show Title: “Anatomy of Loss”
Artists: Galina Kurlat & Sylwia Kowalczyk

Rainbow Bakery
www.rainbowbakery.net

The Venue Fine Art & Gifts (OPEN)
* Check website for show details
www.thevenuebloomington.com

The Vault at Gallery Mortgage
www.gallerymortgage.com

Yarrow (OPEN)
Show Title: “Horizon: New Work by Claire Wood”
Artist: Claire Wood
Also, at Yarrow:
“Sanctuary” a nonprofit exhibition with all proceeds going to fight food & housing insecurity in Bloomington. Proceeds from the sale of originals & prints created by emerging artists will go to Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard and Beacon.
www.yarrowinbloom.com

After many years as a practicing artist and arts administrator in Bloomington, Mary Hambly has decided to re-locate back to her home state of Washington.
Mary served as Gallery Program Director at the John Waldron Art Center from 2001—04 and was a founding member of the committee of the persistent individuals who, in January 2003, started the Downtown Bloomington Gallery Walk.
Since the summer of 2008, Mary has been absorbed with the intricacies of machine stitching boldly colorful, pattern–printed paper into the geometrically complex, pieced designs of her Paper Art Quilts.
Mary will be leaving in mid-May so this By Hand Gallery show is a chance for a friendly farewell to her and to enjoy her Paper Art Quilts one last time. By Hand Gallery will be open from 5-8pm on Gallery Walk evening to give people a chance to see Mary in person before she leaves.