SoIn 09222016

ART FOR THE PEOPLE Carnegie Center ups its game with #IAmPublicArt

A News and Tribune Publication

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 — Issue 131

TOP THREE:

Indie Fest in New Albany

PERFORMANCE:

'COLE' at the Ogle Center

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Jason Thomas

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STORY

Danielle Grady

PHOTOGRAPHY Tyler Stewart

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The Louisville Dance Academy will is one of the performance groups featured during the #IAmPublicArt event Saturday at the New Albany Riverfront Amphitheater. | PHOTO PROVIDED

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Performance art with a purpose

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ooks like Southern Indiana has some competing arts initiatives on its hands.

Competition, to be sure, is a good

Carnegie’s curator, who was inspired by pop-up events he saw when he lived in Atlanta. Pfalzgraf took his vision and contacted area profesthing. sors and well-known Louisville artist Jecorey Jeffersonville has taken public art to a new Arthur, the owner of 1200LLC, a company that level with its Steamboat Days revival, decorated curates events among other things. crosswalks, stand-out sculptures and even the The roster for what would become #IAmcreation of a Public Art Commission.

PublicArt was born.

JASON THOMAS It set the bar high.

SoIn Editor Pfalzgraf’s plans reflect current contempoNew Albany is coming into its own. Saturrary art trends, said Tiffany Carbonneau, one day’s #IAmPublicArt, which is today’s centerof the IUS art professors Pfalzgraf contacted, piece, takes a cue from Jeffersonville with its inaugural Danielle Grady writes in the centerpiece. introduction to contemporary art.

With everything from artistic videos, inflatable The event, to be staged at 6 p.m. at the riverfront installations, performance works, an edgy performance amphitheater by the Carnegie Center for Art & History, lineup — and tons more, #IAmPublicArt is sure to give features pop-up art installations by art students from the Jeffersonville a run for its money.

University of Louisville, Indiana University Southeast That’s to everyone’s benefit. and KY College of Art + Design; a “Make Your Own Giant Bubble Wand” workshop with a bubble party; performances ranging from live music to dance to spoken — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandword; and a community art project. tribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas. #IAmPublicArt is the brainchild of Daniel Pfalzgraf,

More interesting stories around Southern Indiana.

Rev it up for a good cause SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: Bike Show to benefit Clark County Youth Shelter

• WHEN: 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25

• WHERE: Tattoo Machine Gun, 1705 Charlestown Road, New Albany, Suite A

Last year Jeffersonville-based business Tattoo Machine Gun became the nation’s first Safe Place site that was a tattoo shop. A year later, it still is proud to be a site to assist youth in crisis, but are now hosting an inaugural Bike Show to benefit Clark County Youth Shelter and Safe Place, a youth shelter news release stated.

The Inaugural Bike Show at Tattoo Machine Gun will feature motorcycle contests and trophies, food vendor, a DJ, and much more.

The event will take place on Sunday, Sept. 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Tattoo Machine Gun, 1705 Charlestown New Albany Road, Jeffersonville, Suite A. A special guest at the event

will be Capt. Scottie Maples of the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Clark County Youth Shelter board member, and who regularly appears on the A&E show “60 Days In.” “We are so excited to partner with Tattoo Machine Gun in this inaugural event Everyone there is so supportive of the Shelter and Safe Place. We love their dedication to our community and the safety of our youth. We were shocked to learn the proceeds from this event will benefit CCYS. I sure hope to see every-

one there on Sunday,” said Ashley Nelson, assistant director of Clark County Youth Shelter.

Motorcycle registration is $10 per bike before Sept. 25 and will increase to $15 the day of the event.

For more information on registration, contact Tattoo Machine Gun at 502759-6663.

The overall mission of the Clark County Youth Shelter and Family Services, Inc. is “to serve youth and families in a safe and caring environment.”

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Where to go and be seen in Southern Indiana

INDIE-PENDENCE DAY • WHAT: New Albany Indie Fest • WHEN: noon Saturday, Sept. 24 • WHERE: 400 block of Bank Street,

between Spring and Elm streets; music staged at Bank Street Brewhouse, 415 Bank St. New Albany Indie Fest, a celebration of localism, showcasing independent artists and entrepreneurs, marks its fifth year in 2016 with a headlining 20th anniversary performance by the reunited Sativa Gumbo. Members of the New Albany area’s thriving arts scene will be on hand to display their homegrown talents. Expect handmade jewelry, local boutiques, handmade bath and body products and much more.

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PARTY ON THE ROCKS

ZOOMING ZOMBIES

• WHAT: Rock the Rocks annual fundraiser • WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 • WHERE: Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center • INFO: Call 812-283-4999

Enjoy festivities including a catered dinner by Fireside Bar and Grill, bourbon tasting by Jim Beam Brands Company, handcrafted beers from New Albanian Brewing Company, wine sampling by River City Winery. Live music by Jamey Aebersold Jazz and 100% Poly. The evening includes silent and live auctions, and a guided stroll on the fossil beds. A special exhibit for the Indiana Bicentennial and State Parks Centennial.

• WHAT: Culbertson Mansion Coffin Races • WHEN: noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 • WHERE: Culbertson Mansion • COST: Free

Watch “ghouls” in this spooky-fun box car coffin race held in historic downtown New Albany. The fastest casket to reach the other side wins, states the event’s promotional poster. The coffin races serve as an unofficial lead-in to New Albany’s fall attractions, including Literally, A Haunted House at the Culbertson Mansion, which starts Oct. 1 and runs through Oct. 29. While you’re there check out the historical gem that is the mansion.

GOTTA GO: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com

CONTEMPORARY Performances, videos, hashtags — Carnegie event has it all

By DANIELLE GRADY danielle.grady@newsandtribune.com

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EW ALBANY — The Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany has done public art before, but never like this.

On Saturday night, the New Albany Riverfront Amphitheater will fill with gigantic bubble wands, enormous video projections and a flurry of performers ranging from drummers to spoken word artists for the center’s first #IAmPublicArt event from 6 p.m. to midnight.

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It was all Daniel Pfalzgraf’s idea. He’s the seminew curator at the Carnegie Center.

Sally Newkirk, the director of the Carnegie Center, tasked Pfalzgraf with revamping the center’s public art programming when he started at the center a year and a half ago.

Pfalzgraf worked as the director of the Green Building Gallery in Louisville before that.

“He kind of has his hands on the pulse of what’s going on in the larger art community here, and just brought a lot of fresh and new ideas to it,” Newkirk said.

Before Pfalzgraf, the Carnegie Center had been putting on public art walks.

The center would receive installation proposals from artists, pick the ones they liked and then unveil them at spots across downtown — celebrating the occasion by inviting the public to walk through the city and view the installations.

Many of the installations were good, but static.

“You would sit there and look at them, but that was about it,” Pfalzgraf said.

He looked to his past for a public art alternative.

Before Pfalzgraf moved to the Louisville area, he lived in Atlanta. There, he attended pop-up art events.

Local artists would showcase their work for one night only wherever they could — their garages, sheds or yards.

Pfalzgraf “absolutely loved” the idea at the time. Years later, he decided to bring it to Southern Indiana.

AN ENGAGING EVENT

With a vision in mind, Pfalzgraf contacted art professors at Indiana University Southeast, the University of Louisville and the Kentucky College of Art + Design. He got in touch with Jecorey Arthur, the owner of 1200LLC, a company that curates events (among other things). Pfalzgraf also listened to ideas from his staff.

His efforts resulted in a long roster of #IAmPublicArt attractions.

The university professors he contacted had their students create artistic videos, inflatable installations and a weaving project for the event.

Arthur cobbled together a diverse lineup of acts, which includes the River City Drum Corp, the Louisville Dance Alliance and Eons D, a Roots-like hip-hop artist.

The Carnegie Center’s coordinator of public programs and engagement, Al Gorman, proposed the idea of making and decorating large bubble wands out of bamboo shoots and colored tape. A bubble-making contest could follow.

Pfalzgraf came up with his own project — a chalkboard mural that the public can add to.

Pfalzgraf’s plans reflect current contemporary art trends, said Tiffany Carbonneau, one of the IUS art professors Pfalzgraf contacted.

Public art isn’t just bronze sculptures anymore, she said. It includes performative works and videos — like the ones her students are creating.

The videos, which will be projected onto the New Albany flood wall at a larger-than-life scale, are about New Albany’s past, present and future.

Most of the work at #IAmPublicArt will be interactive, too. Even the name of the event was chosen to inspire the public to engage with the art by using the hashtag and sharing pictures of the event on Instagram.

Pfalzgraf wants the public to use hashtags and pictures for the school installations they like most, too. Each one — #IUS, #UofL and #KYCAD — will act as a vote. The installation that receives the most social media attention will be displayed in the Carnegie Center.

These efforts — to get people making their own art and touching the work of others — all have a purpose.

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Students take time to critique a film the class created for a video installation project as part of the #IAmPublicArt event at the Riverfront Amphitheater. | STAFF PHOTO BY TYLER STEWART

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ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIES: SEPT. 23

é “The Magnificent Seven”

“Storks”

This week's entertainment releases

ALBUMS: SEPT. 23 é “Van Helsing” (Syfy) “The Exorcist” (FOX)

BOOKS: SEPT. 27 é “Christmas Caramel Murder” by Joanne Fluke “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen

Go dancing with a living legend SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: Dance Kaleidoscope presents “COLE!”

• WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday,

Sept. 24; pre-performance with Artistic Director, David Hochoy at 7 p.m.

• WHERE: The Ogle Center at Indiana University Southeast, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany • COST: $29 in advance; $33 at the door; $10 students • TICKETS: Available at the Ogle Center ticket office, by calling 812-941-2525, or online at oglecenter.com.

The Ogle Center at Indiana University Southeast presents Dance Kaleidoscope, Indianapolis’ professional contemporary dance company, and its production of “COLE!” as an Indiana Bicentennial Celebration event on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ogle Center’s Stem Concert Hall on the IU Southeast campus, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany.

Artistic director and Indiana living legend, David Hochoy, will give a

pre-performance talk at 7 p.m. in the Stiefler Recital Hall — adjacent to the Stem Concert Hall in the Ogle Center — providing insight into the creation and meaning of “COLE!” Admission to the talk is free and it is open to the public, but seating is limited.

Supported by the Indiana Masterpiece Grant Award from the Indiana Arts Commission, Hochoy, Dance Kaleidoscope’s artistic director, has honored Indiana’s Cole Porter by creating a lively two-act contemporary dance piece set to Porter’s most popular songs, an Ogle Center news

release stated.

Act One (Ole King Cole) sparkles with nostalgia, using original musical artists from the 1920s and ‘30s.

The music is from vintage LPs, so the singing style and even scratchy record sound becomes part of the ambiance. Songs include “Let’s Do It” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.”

Act Two (Cole Soul) uses contemporary recordings of Cole Porter’s songs. The energy and costumes are current and gritty. Songs include “Don’t Fence Me In” and “Miss Otis Regrets.”

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LOCAL SOIN HAPPENINGS Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/or organization’s upcoming events/new features/entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@ newsandtribune.com

LIVE MUSIC

• WHERE: Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards • WHEN/WHO: Saturday, Sept. 24: Jeff Guernsey & Josh

Glauber, 1 to 5 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 25: Dan & Dev, 1 to 5 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC AT WICK’S

• WHAT: Live on State • WHERE: Wick’s, 225 State St., New Albany

Friday, Sept. 23: Paul Kaszubski and Friends; Saturday, Sept.

24: Gas Money; Friday, Sept. 30: Wicked Fridays featuring DJ Stingy and Mpose

ART SHOW

• WHAT: “Floyd County Art Crit. Club” Art Show • WHEN: Through Sept. 30, Tuesday through Saturday 10

a.m. to 6 p.m.

• WHERE: Pearls On Pearl, 214 Pearl St., New Albany • INFO: Exhibit contains 10-20 paintings by both amateur and professional artists with paintings in all price ranges. Paintings judged by Ray Day. A great addition to 20-plus local artist of handmade items at Pearls On Pearl.

BANK STREET BREWHOUSE

• WHAT: Live music • WHERE: Bank Street Brewhouse, 415 Bank St., New

Albany All shows 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 23: Dan Dilamarter; Saturday, Sept. 24: Wasted Planet; Friday, Sept. 30: Gavin Caster 7 p.m. every Tuesday: Tuesday Night Talent Review

JAM ON AT THE LEGION

• WHAT: Entertainment at the American Legion • WHERE: Bonnie Sloan American Legion, 1930 McDonald Lane, New Albany

• WHEN/WHO: 7 to 10 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Sept. 22:

Karaoke, hosted by Bob and Charlene Wilkerson; 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, Sept. 23, Saturday, Sept. 24: Burning Bridges Other events: • Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 7:15 to 10:15 p.m., Bingo

CORYDON LIVE

• WHAT: Live country music • WHERE: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon • INFO: Admission, adults $12; children 6-12, $7; under 6,

free. For tickets call 812-734-6288.

Saturday, Sept. 24: The Lloyd Wood Show

FRESH OFF THE FARM

• WHAT: Jeffersonville Farmers Market • WHEN/WHERE: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon at Big Four

Station park; Tuesdays, 3 to 6 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church,

2014 Allison Lane More info from Jeffersonville Main Street www.JeffMainStreet. org.

EVENTS AT THE PARK

• WHAT: Clarksville Parks and Recreation events • WHERE: Gateway Park, 500 Little League Blvd., Clarksville

Smokey’s Discount Tobacco Outlet Corydon • New Salisbury • Salem Jeffersonville • New Albany • Sellersburg Stop in at any of our 6 locations for a wide selection of e-cigs, candles, dreamcatchers and more....

Concerts in the Park Friday, Sept. 16, 7 to 9 p.m.: The Killer Lips

HOWL AT THE MOON

• WHAT: Full Moon Hike • WHEN: 10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 16 • WHERE: Charlestown State Park, 12500 Ind. 62, Charles-

town.

Wear good hiking shoes and comfortable clothing, and bring a red lens flashlight and walking stick. The event is free. Other full moon hikes are planned for Oct. 15.

ON THE OUTSIDE

• WHAT: ‘The Outsiders’ • WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 22-24 • WHERE: Community Montessori, 4102 St. Joseph Road,

New Albany The Community Montessori Players will present “The Outsiders” based on the best-selling book by S.E. Hinton. The story follows the teen protagonist, Ponyboy, as he tries to navigate life and gang rivalry with only his two older brothers and friends to depend upon. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. Purchase tickets in advance by emailing hroseberry@shiningminds.com.

STROLL DOWNTOWN JEFFERSONVILLE

• WHAT: Historic walking tour • WHEN: 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 • WHERE: Downtown Jeffersonville • INFO: Call 812-283-0301 or email downtownjville@sbc-

global.net A historic walking tour of downtown Jeffersonville will take place on Friday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m., rain or shine. Meet at the corner of Wall and Maple streets in downtown Jeffersonville, for a tour highlighting the East Maple Street neighborhood. Clark County Historian Jeanne Burke will lead the tour, sharing stories about the history of the neighborhood, and architectural and historical information about the buildings. Sponsored by Jeffersonville Main Street, Inc. and the Clark County Museum, Inc., this is the fifth and final in a series of walking/ historical tours taking place this summer and autumn.

PARTY ON THE BLOCK

• WHAT: All In Block Party • WHEN: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 • WHERE: Preservation Station, downtown Jeffersonville

An All In Block Party is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oct. 1, at Preservation Station, downtown Jeffersonville. Representatives at the event will include League of Women Voters, Indiana Arts Alliance, Clark County Clerk’s office, Jeffersonville Main Street Inc., Homeless Coalition of Southern Indiana, Jeffersonville Township Public Library and Clark County Museum. Enjoy fun, food, music and prizes.

and more!

For all of your smoking needs Wide Assortment of Zippo Lighters

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Walk-in Humidor at 5 locations

Hookah

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EVENT: Curator looks to create art park in New Albany CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4

CONTEMPORARY ART FOR THE PEOPLE

The Carnegie Center for Art & History, with its tall columns and stately air might seem intimidating to some, Pfalzgraf said.

People who haven’t had too much exposure to art might think they don’t belong there.

“That’s just — it’s not the case,” he said. “We’re free, we’re open for everyone, we’re a part of the library system. We are for this community.”

An event like #IAmPublicArt introduces people to contemporary art. From there, they might start creating on their own or find themselves going to places like the Carnegie Center.

“And once they’re in, then at that point then they can start seeing a bigger expanded idea of art work, and they’ll have more appreciation that way,” he said.

JUST THE START

Pfalzgraf wants people to think of #IAmPublicArt as a kickoff for other Carnegie Center art efforts in New Albany.

He has a couple future plans in mind.

One is an art park near the New Albany riverfront, where more permanent interactive installations could reside. Pfalzgraf envisions adding a new piece to the park each year.

Pfalzgraf’s other plan involves rehabbing (artistically, of course) New Albany’s old skatepark near the Sherman Minton Bridge.

The city has already approved the idea.

Pfalzgraf just needs funding and to put out a call for artists to propose plans for the park.

EXPERIENCE THE ART

New Albany Indie Fest will be happening earlier the same day of #IAmPublicArt. People attending that music and independent business festival in the 400 block of Bank Street can wander down to the riverfront, too.

They’ll be able to grab refreshments from food trucks, listen to the amphitheater performances and look at (or interact with) the art.

Recent research, including a study by Harris Group, shows that the majority of millennials value experiences over things.

Pfalzgraf showed that to Newkirk when he pitched #IAmPublicArt to her, and that’s what she expects it to be.

TOP: Indiana University Southeast Professor Tiffany Carbonneau talks with students of her Advanced Multimedia as they discuss videos they’ve created that will be screened at the #IAmPublicArt event at the Carnegie Center in New Albany.

LEFT: Students in Tiffany Carbonneau’s Advanced Multimedia class watch a screening of their video installation projects, which will be on display as part of the #IAmPublicArt event that will be held at the Carnegie Center in New Albany. | STAFF PHOTOS BY TYLER STEWART