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December
TAF Offices Closed

Thursday, December 24, 2015 through Monday, January  4, 2016

January
TAF Reception
Friday, January 15, 2016
6-7pm

Members, renewal letters for 2016 have been sent!

If you didn't receive one, call 765.423.2787.
If you're interested in joining the Tippecanoe Arts Federation, please contact Chris June at taf@tippecanoearts.org.  
We have individual artist and member organization memberships available.
TAF Members: Click here to submit an event to Arts Intersect 

 
12/24-1/4: Winter Break, TAF Offices Closed

1/8-2/12: Exhibition, Reception Friday, January 15, 6-8pm
Gallery Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm

Call 765.423.2787 or email taf@tippecanoearts.org. 

 

 

Spirit Theatre

For Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
 
No Prior Acting Experience Necessary!

Applications are Now Being Accepted for Our 2015 - 2016 Performing Season
 
Call 765.404.4987 for an application!
 
www.facebook.com/spirittheatrelafayette
 

The Crawfordsville Community Chorus invites you to join them in preparation for their Spring program which will include Vivaldi's Gloria.

Rehearsals will begin in January. No auditions. A wonderful opportunity to sing great music throughout 2016.

The CCC has been performing classical and contemporary choral music since 1951. For more information contact

Sheila Evans at 765-362-6274 or sbevans43@gmail.com.
 
Art Museum
 
Resolve to be more creative in the New Year :-)

Register online for a studio art class!

Classes for adults, kids and teens

ARTlafayette.org

Exhibitions through February 18:
  • Gerald Griffin, Ambiguous Reflections of Race and Identity: A Question of Color
  • Creative Spirits: Works by George, Ilana, & Oliver Debikey
A Bicentennial Legacy, ArtSmart:Indiana - through 2016

Traveling Through the Darkness to the Light - through February 14
 
Write your story. Whether you write regularly, have published widely, or are interested in learning more about how to bring out the book within, join the Lafayette Writers' Studio this year for inspiration, support and insight into the craft of writing.

Let us help you live a more creative life in 2016.  Please visit www.lafayettewritersstudio.


Jan. - Feb. 2016 (Art Museum of Greater Lafayette)      
Gerald Griffin - "Ambiguous Reflections of Race and Identity:  A Question of Color"

Thursday, February 4 (Black Cultural Center)
Gerald Griffin Art Talk

Tuesday, January 19, 7pm (Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center)
MLK Keynote address by Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, President of Maryland University, Baltimore County

February 1 - March 31 (Black Cultural Center)
Funky Turns 40:  Black Character Revolution Firsts Panel Exhibition

In the Library's Gallery:
Anne Parks exhibition through January

In our Children's Department:
Preschool story times: Tuesday & Friday, 10:30am; Thursdays, 4:00pm (ages 2+)
  • Lap Sit: Mondays at 10:30 & 11:15am (infant - 2 yrs.)
  • Lego Club: 1/9
  • Robotics Demonstration: 1/16
  • ArtSmart Unveiling: 1/18
  • Reading to the Cats & Dogs: 1/23
  • Valentine Crafts: 2/6
  • WALLA & Friends Film Series: 1/11
Check our website or call for more details on these and other programs!

westlafayettepubliclibrary.org
(765) 743-2261


Jim Ferringer is the featured artist for the month of January at ART of Framing, Inc.

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 7, 6-8 pm
ART of Framing, 2505 S. Earl Avenue, Lafayette, 47905

This solo exhibit by artist Jim Ferringer features a new collection of mixed media works on paper, combining paper, paint, pencil and thread into dynamic compositions.

 
Jan. 8 to Feb. 5 - View Paintings and Prints from the Prairie Arts Council's permanent collection.

Call for appointment 219-866-5278

Lilian Fendig Gallery at the Carnegie Center
301 N Van Rensselaer
Rensselaer, IN 47978
pacrensselaer@gmail.com

 
Jasper County Art League

Jan 8 - Feb 12
. Showing at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation's East Gallery, Jasper County Art League presents:

PRIMARY COLORS.

Come see for yourself...this colorful display of work of all kinds!

Opening reception January 15th, 6-8pm (est)

Tippecanoe Art Federation
638 North St
Lafayette, IN

Mon - Fri  9am - 5pm
 
Lafayette Ballet Company is pleased to announce NUTCRACKER 2016
  • January 9, 2pm and 7:30pm
  • January 10, 2pm

Long Center for the Performing Arts
111 North 6th Street
Lafayette, IN 47901

Tickets go on sale now at Lafayette Ballet School, 628 Main Street, Lafayette

$8.00-$18.00

765.423.1633
www.lafayetteballet.org 


Monticello Public Library's Events for January:

Saturday Arts and Crafts - January 9 at 10am. Make your own sock snowpeople. K-5th.
Register online

Star Gazing: Understanding Constellations - January 13 at 4pm.
Register online

Midday Classics Matinee - January 13 at 12pm. Watch a movie with ties to Indiana monthly in 2016!

eBook Class - January 27 at 2pm. Learn how to borrow eBooks on your tablet. Visit www.monticello.lib.in.us for more information.
Delphi Opera House
 

Joe Peters, Linda Hicks and Allison Edberg Nyquist are scheduled to perform a "house concert" January 9 at 7:30pm at the Delphi Opera House.

Enjoy music that hearkens back to a time when young people sought the experience of peace, love, and adventure and expressed this search in their music.

Admission: free will offering, beer and wine cash bar.

109 South Washington Street, Delphi. www.delphioperahouse.org or 765-564-4300 
 


ADULT AUDITIONS
By Appointment:
Monday, January 11, 2016 at 6:00pm
To schedule an appointment please contact Karen Goff at kgsoprano1@gmail.com

CHILDREN/YOUTH AUDITIONS
Monday, January 25, 2016
Monday, February 1, 2016
To schedule an appointment contact Darcy Keegan at bachchildrenschoir@gmail.com

For more information: www.bachchorale.org or call the Bach Chorale office (T-Th) at 765.429.5151
 

Artists' Own has hosted an art exhibit of area high school students' work for seven years now.

The exhibition features art created by students from Central Catholic, Faith Baptist, Jefferson, Harrison, West Lafayette, and McCutcheon High Schools.

Entries include works in clay, acrylic, oil, metal, photography and several digital art pieces.

The exhibit opens January 11. Awards presentations are on Sunday, January 17, from 2-4pm. Awards about 2:45-3pm.

January 11/12 - February 20

"Sixty Square Inches - 18th North American Small Print Exhibition"
Juried exhibit of printmakers working in a small format.
Ringel Gallery in Stewart Center.
Reception: January 14, 5:30pm

"360 Degrees of Separation"
International ceramic artists who have worked at the Guldagergaard Center in Denmark.
Fountain Gallery, 330 Main Street, Lafayette.
Reception: January 15, 5:30pm

Visit cla.purdue.edu/galleries or contact us at (765) 494-3061 or galleries@purdue.eduFacebook/Twitter/Instagram

@PurdueGalleries

Closed December 24, 25, 31 & January 1.

All Ages
  • Annual Celebration!
  • Jan. 18, 11:00am - Martin Luther King, Jr. Program, Downtown
Kids
  • Jan. 16, 11:00am & 2:00pm - Once Upon A Tea Time, Downtown
  • Storytimes System Wide: 429-0119
Teens
  • Jan. 14 & 21, 6:30pm - Fandom Frenzy, Board Games, Downtown
Adults
  • Jan. 12, 5:30pm - Downloadables, Downtown
  • Jan. 28, 6:30pm - Vacations Online, Campus
Tech Classes
  • Downtown 429-0113, Campus 269-5380
Questions? 765.429.0100 or www.tcpl.lib.in.us
Morton Community Center
222 N. Chauncey Ave.
765-775-5120

NEW Instructors and NEW Classes!

Metal Smith Julie Bunch teaches fundamentals of transforming copper into jewelry and fine art: Thursdays starting 1/28

Van Stokes gets you moving and dancing to great music as you burn calories in his Dance Fit class: Tuesdays starting 1/12

Join Cheryl Eberle on Tuesday, Jan. 19th for her "Yoga for the New Year" Workshop.

"Like" us on Facebook!
 
Join the Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers for their Winter Education Program!

Thursday, January 14
3150 Sagamore Parkway South, Lafayette, IN
Registration 9:30am; program 10:00am
Lunch will be served. There is no fee.

Topics are Hoosier Train (Heather Hice speaker); Boxwood Wreaths demonstrated by Rhoda Riffey, and a dermatologist will speak.

In support of Volunteer Community Support, please bring small bottles of shampoo, body lotion or soap for LUM.
 
Delphi Public Library Adult Winter Reading Challenge 

January 15-February 25

This winter, we are celebrating the Indiana Bicentennial with a reading challenge. Pick up a Celebrate Indiana Winter Reading Bingo card starting January 15. Read books in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line and enter to win great prizes!

Find more fun ways to celebrate the Bicentennial at the Delphi Public Library on our Events Calendar.

Questions? Contact us at 765-564-2929 or pkapraun@delphilibrary.org 


Tour the Haan Museum on January 16 or 17 to experience important Indiana paintings, Indiana ceramics and American antiques showcased in an architectural gem.

Tours 10am and 1:30pm Saturday and 1:30pm Sunday

$10 advance tickets and more information at haanmuseum.org.
$12 at the door

Numerous works by TC Steele, George Winter and others

Major ceramics by Indiana's leading clay artists

Walk on the Nature Trail any time, free
 

The Flat Five
  • Kelly Hogan (Neko Case, The Decemberists, Mavis Staples)
  • Scott Ligon (NRBQ, The Redwalls, WILCO session musician)
  • Casey McDonough (NRBQ, Pokey LaFarge)
  • Alex Hall (JD McPherson, Robbie Fulks, Pokey LaFarge)
  • Nora O'Connor (Andrew Bird, Jakob Dylan, Iron & Wine)
Saturday, January 16; 8:00pm (doors 7:30)
Duncan Hall, 619 Ferry St., Lafayette

$13 advance/$15 (day of show) at Von's Records, JL Records, and McGuire Music

www.friends-of-bob.org


HEYWOOD BANKS in his 26th Anniversary Performance: January 16th, 2016, 8:00pm

You've heard him on the Bob & Tom Show...Now here's your chance to see him live at the Long Center!

HEYWOOD BANKS is simply one-of-a-kind, almost impossible to describe, with a style his very own.

Tickets are $15-$29 at the Long Center box office at 765.742.5664 or at longpac.org.

Met Opera Live in HD series has two spectacular performances in January:
  • January 16, 2016: Bizet's Le P�cheurs de Perles, starring Diana Damrau and Matthew Polenzani 
  • January 30, 2016: Puccini's Turandot,starring Nina Stemme and Anita Hartig.
All performances start at 12:55pm at Eastside 9 and Wabash Landing 9 Theaters.

 
The Tippecanoe Music Teachers Association invites all area piano teachers to a program on Saturday, January 16 at 10am at the West Lafayette Public Library.

Natalie Todd, a specialist in the Taubman Approach to piano technique will present a program on the Taubman basics, and demonstrate how those basics can help solve problems like pain, fatigue, weakness, and dexterity.

Program is free.
Happy Hollow painted by Barbara Lee

Happy New Year!

Our first program of the year - Tuesday, January 19th, 7:00pm at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation, our own Barbara Lee demonstrates her beautiful technique to create impressionistic landscapes.

February 16th Program - Sarah Vanderkleed from Artists' Own shares her process of design and painting abstract art.

http://www.saravanderkleed.com/

 
The Rainmaker
by N. Richard Nash
January 22-February 6

Set in a drought-ridden Kansas town during the 1930's, the play tells the story of a day in the life of Lizzie. Lizzie keeps house for her father and two brothers on a ranch. As their farm languishes, Lizzie's family worries about her prospects. A conman arrives and promises to bring and sets off events, enabling Lizzie to see herself in a new light.
 


RHYTHMS Between PAPER and CANVAS. Rena's New Year's resolution, to explore natural rhythms through a variety of mediums and surfaces .

Join artists Rena Brouwer, Deb Waymire and Alan McConnell as each rings in the New Year with fresh new works.

Reception: Saturday, January 23, 2016, 6-9pm

Wabash College Art Exhibit: 

Generations: Sculpture in Stone from Zimbabwe, Africa
Friday, January 29-Saturday, April 9
Reception: January 29, 4:30-6pm
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-2pm

The Hans Dietrich Huebert Collection features stone sculptures from the nation of Zimbabwe. The exhibit spans generations of works by Shona artists and reveals one of the 20th & 21st centuries' most cohesive and enduring art movements.

Further information: www.wabash.edu/calendar

 
The debut Creativity Boot Camp - a Training Event for Makers and Wannabe Makers led by professional artists Lisa Walsh and Sara Vanderkleed

January 29
and January 30, 2016
MatchBOX Coworking Studio, Lafayette, Indiana.

Topics include "Yes, You Are Creative",  "Confidence as a Maker", and "Creativity Triggers" and more.

For tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creativity-boot-camp-tickets-19803715446

Check out our Facebook page: facebook.com/creativity-boot-camp

 
Jan. 31, 2016, 4:00pm
Eliza Fowler Hall, Purdue University

"Francophiles" - Mary Heller, Margot Marlatt and Yon Joo Lee will present a program of French music including the beautiful Sonata for violin and piano by Cesar Franck.

Tickets: $15 at Von's or at the door; $5 college student and FREE for K-12 grade students
About the Tippecanoe Arts Federation
The Tippecanoe Arts Federation is the umbrella organization and arts council for 14 counties. TAF provides educational opportunities in the visual, performing, and literary arts, outreach programs for both underserved and at-risk youth, and funding for capital and operational expenses to fellow arts organizations region wide. Established in 1976, the Tippecanoe Arts Federation serves as a model for arts advocacy by promoting the role of the arts within our region. More information is available at www.TippecanoeArts.org.