Adapting the Garden & the Gardener

What: Adapting the Garden & the Gardener

When: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 10:30 – 11:30 am, Potluck lunch, then 1:00-2:00 pm

Where: Endwright Center, 631 W. Edgewood Dr, Ellettsville, IN 47429

Who: Laura Kray, Nutrition Program Manager

Cost: FREE

About: Although gardening may still be your fondest activity, as we advance in age, the tasks can become increasingly challenging. Garden maintenance (pulling weeds, toting dirt/mulch in a wheel barrow, using a spade/shovel) can become daunting chores. For most lifelong gardeners, the thought of giving up this hobby is simply unthinkable. Laura Kray will lead a presentation about alternative gardening, and give a brief tour of the Area 10 vegetable beds. Afterwards, we will enjoy the People’s Potluck at the Endwright Center, then those interested may carpool to a near-westside (Bloomington) residence to view the adaptations made to better suit elder gardening abilities. Learn creative ways to continue to participate in the rewarding and enlivening art of gardening!

“After A Miracle: Coptic Ex Votos from the Birnbaum Collection,” features a selection of votive offerings from Egypt.

“Food is Work: Tools and Traditions” explores the tools and traditions used in the production of food. The exhibition is also sponsored by Themester 2014’s “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science,” an initiative of the IU College of Arts and Sciences.

“Graces Received: Painted and Metal Ex-Votos From Italy” explores votive objects offered to a saint or divinity, in gratitude for a favor, blessing, or healing.

“Instruments of Culture” provides an overview of how musical instruments around the globe are classified and studied, and why.

“Still/Moving: Puppets and Indonesia” presents puppets, one of the oldest types of Indonesian performing arts which still persists today in many forms, as a way to better understand the dynamic peoples and places of Indonesia–focusing on Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese cultures.

“Thoughts, Things, and Theories…What Is Culture?” explores the nature of culture.

The Mathers Museum exhibition hall and Museum Store are open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and E permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets.

Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sunday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.

New in the Galleries:

WWI War Bond Posters
Continuing through May 24, 2015
During World War I, mass-produced color posters encouraged enlistment, helped raise capital for the war effort, and solidified public opinion against the enemy. Two vintage posters for war bonds, one American and one French, are featured: although both depict a German soldier, they have very different styles and impacts.

Nature’s Small Wonders: Photographs by Ansel Adams
Continuing through May 24, 2015
America’s most famous nature photographer, Adams was also an ardent conservationist who served on the board of directors for the Sierra Club for thirty-seven years and was active in the Wilderness Society. He used his dramatic black-and-white photographs to encourage the preservation of America’s natural wonders, particularly those found in the U.S. National Parks.

This installation is on view from January 13 through May 24, 2015, in the Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art. It is presented in conjunction with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Sycamore Land Trust, whose mission is to protect the beautiful natural and agricultural landscape of southern Indiana.

Finding Atget
Continueing though May 24, 2015
French photographer Eugène Atget’s imagery mixed a nineteenth-century aesthetic with a modern sensibility, garnering him admiration and respect from the young Berenice Abbott, who became his champion. This installation features a vintage print by Atget and several later prints from his original negatives.

Women behind the Camera
Continuing through May 24, 2015
The world of professional photography in the early- to mid-twentieth century was largely a men’s club, but a small group of talented women paved the way for future generations of female “lensmen.” Portraits by three of these pioneers—Imogen Cunningham, Berenice Abbott, and Toni Frissell—are featured.

Pop Textiles
Continuing through May 24, 2015
Textiles designed by Pop artists Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, and Claes Oldenburg are featured. These bold and inventive compositions on fabric blur the boundaries between fine art, craft, and industrial production.

Robert Salmon: Romantic Painter
Continuing through May 24, 2015
Two paintings by Robert Salmon help elucidate the artist’s foundation in English Romanticism, which continued to inform his painting after his move to Boston in 1828.

Focalpoint: Fantastic African Hats: Power, Passage, and Protection
Continuing through May 24, 2015
These twelve richly embellished African hats celebrate the prestige of their owners, evoke complex histories of trade and commerce, and provide protection from harm. Organized by Brittany Sheldon, graduate assistant for the arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas.

Memories can get fuzzy as we age, but it doesn’t have to be that way! Regularly challenging ourselves with fun mental exercises keeps our minds running on all four cylinders. In fact, adults who frequently engage in mentally stimulating activities are 63% less likely to develop dementia than those who rarely do such activities (according to a New England Journal of Medicine study). Stacey Goffinet will lead participants in playing trivia games, solving puzzles and other fun activities to maintain a sharp focus and, better memory retention. Games and puzzles are among the best ways to maintain active and productive use of all our mental faculties. Eating healthy foods and exercise can also significantly boost our brain power!

Refreshments will be provided by Comfort Keepers. New players are always welcome! Sponsored by Area 10 Agency on Aging and Comfort Keepers. For more information: call the center at 876-3383 ex. 515.

SONGWRITERS SELECT, the brand NEW weekly showcase for aspiring songwriters! Got a song to sing? Come out and share, support, and celebrate the original American/International song! Hosted by Actor/Musician/Songwriter dwBrykalski (dwBrykalski.com).