Stop and Start CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS presented by BEAD, the Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District and the Bloomington Area Arts Council

The BAAC invites artists or community teams to submit proposals to transform unassuming city traffic boxes into gateway public art for the Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District (BEAD). Designs for each box should reflect the vitality and innate personality of their location.

The deadline for proposals is 5:00 pm on Monday, July 6, 2009. Click here for more information. The application form can be downloaded here.

The Summer 2009 Course Catalog is here! Take a look now to see all the exciting camps and classes we have to offer beginning in June.

Two week Summer Art Camps begin on June 29, July 13, and July 27!

To register, please call us at (812) 334-3100

July in the Galleries, opening reception on Friday, July 3 5:00-8:00 pm

In the Miller Gallery...John Bower will be exhibiting his black and white photography in a solo show. Bower's images of abandoned houses, cemetary statues, and building facades are fine portraits--silver gelatin renderings of an honored Indiana past.

In the Flashlight Gallery...Maureen Forman will exhibit a number of small oil painting and drawings. These works are a compilation of lines, shapes, and colors that slowly register to become real objects.

The Waldron will also be displaying a community art work titled Gold Fish in the Blue Ocean. This piece was organized by Martina Celerin and involved kids of all ages weaving side by side.

BAAC Awards More Than $75,000 in grants to area arts organizations through the Indiana Arts Commission Regional Arts Partnership program

For full listing of grant awards click here

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BAAC Appoints Roger Meridith for New Leadership Role

Bloomington Area Arts Council Interim Executive Director Rob Hanrahan joined the board in extending an invitation to Roger Meridith, Director of Education, to assume the new position of Director of Operations. Meridith, an 11-year veteran with the BAAC joined the Council in 1998 after a five-year tenure as Director of Atheletics/Art Educator in the Cincinnati Public School system.

Meridith will manage the education and education outreach programs, oversee the performance and rental spaces, supervise gift shop staffing/business procedures, manage the gallery and exhibition spaces, coordinate special event staffing, and concession sales, oversee facility and performance rental operations and manage online and box office ticket sales. "Roger has the talent, business acumen, and passion that will elevate our organization in new ways," commented Hanrahan.

BAAC welcomes new Technical Coordinator

 

The BAAC's Director of Operations, Roger Meridith, announced the recent addition of Lee Burckes as Performance Technician Coordinator. Burckes brings an extensive knowledge of theatre tech to the BAAC and the Waldron having worked with many regional and local theatres. Her experience includes the Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN; The Georgia Shakespeare Festival Atlanta, GA; and locally with the Bloomington Playwrights Project and the Cardinal Stage Company.

Membership Drive Now Underway

Members support the day- to-day activities at the Waldron, and arts outreach in the six counties that we serve. To join please click here.