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Art, Augmented Reality, and an Instrument Played by Dancing

The IAHI recently had the privilege of hosting artist and transmedia playwright Kat Mustatea, who is currently touring the country following the release of her new book from MIT press, Voidopolis. Mustatea’s visit was co-sponsored by the Donald Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center.   Voidopolis is a first-of-its kind augmented reality book that is read […]

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Inaugural Speculative Play and Just Futurities Artist-in-Residence: Artur Silva

Artur Silva, the inaugural fellow of the Speculative Play and Just Futurities residency program at the IAHI, recently completed his residency and is preparing to exhibit his work in London. When reflecting on his return to Indianapolis from his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, Silva agreed that the city is like a magnet: “It just […]

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Kat Mustatea Brings New Augmented Reality Book Voidopolis to Indianapolis

The IAHI is pleased to announce three events with artist and transmedia playwright Kat Mustatea on November 8th and 9th, presented in collaboration with the Donald Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center. Kat is currently promoting the release of her book Voidopolis, a first-of-its-kind augmented reality book that combines text, image, and app in a profound meditation […]

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The Center for Africana Studies & Culture Welcomes Rob Dixon

The Center for Africana Studies & Culture at IU Indy will welcome the renowned, Indianapolis-based jazz musician Rob Dixon as the first artist in residence for the 2023-2024 academic year. Dixon, a tenor saxophonist, is an active recording artist, an adjunct professor at IU Indy, and a jazz studies lecturer at Northwestern’s Bienen School of […]

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IAHI Summer Academy Fellowship (Deadline extended to Feb. 15, 2023)

The IAHI Summer Academy Fellowship supports IUPUI researchers who wish to participate in the IAHI Summer Academy, an intensive and immersive program focused on aiding scholars in accelerating sustainable major interdisciplinary projects that integrate arts, humanities, or qualitative social science approaches into their core research agenda. Summer Academy Fellows participate in a full-time, three-week academy that provides them the time, space, and support to […]

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Exhibition: (New) Blueprints for Counter Education

The IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute is proud to present (New) Blueprints for Counter Education. Featuring new work by Artur Silva, Lasana Kazembe, Jason M. Kelly, and Kara Taylor, the exhibition uses virtual reality, poster art, film, and music to consider our current moment—and the ways that the visual arts, philosophy, poetry, performance, and history equip us to both understand and respond to the challenges that we face.

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IAHI Works with Center for Urban Health and Community Organizations to Address Lead Exposure in Indianapolis

The Indianapolis Star has run a story featuring the work of the The IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute and the Center for Urban Health in the School of Science. The story features the IAHI’s Anthropocene Household project, funded by the IU’s Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge. The Anthropocene Household Project explores the Anthropocene at […]

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The Indianapolis Anthology: a crossroads of diverse writers

IUPUI Dept. of English associate faculty instructor Norman Minnick serves as editor of The Indianapolis Anthology published by Belt Magazine, available to order now. In the anthology, a diverse cross-section of writers focus their attention on the Circle City. Tube Factory artspace will have a socially-distanced reading and book release on Saturday, May 15, 2021 […]

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NEA Grant, Son Lux Track, and over a Dozen Publications from IUPUI English Faculty

IUPUI creative writing faculty has been very productive in terms of publishing their work, launching their projects, and getting grants over the past year. Here’s a list of publications, projects, films, and awards: Mitchell Douglas, Associate Professor of English “Voyager,” a poetic triptych, appears in print in the album art and as a recorded performance […]

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Ginkgo tree with historic roots in Hiroshima is planted as a symbol of peace at IUPUI

Written by Amber Denny and originally published by Inside IUPUI. Nestled on a small patch of ground in Taylor Courtyard at IUPUI, close to Democracy Plaza, stands a little ginkgo sapling that holds a message of peace and legacy. On April 16, students and faculty of the Japanese Studies Program in the School of Liberal […]