Indiana Arts Commission
Leveraging Creativity in Indianapolis May 15-16
Mark your calendars for May 15-16! One part artist workshop and one part academic conference, Leveraging Creativity will focus on the entrepreneurial skills artists need to have and the intellectual property issues arts administrators need to understand. Come with questions. Leave with confidence. Read more.
Operating and project support grants open
Applications are open for FY2015 Arts Operating Support I (AOS I) and Arts Project Spport (APS) grants. Part of the Regional Initiative Grant (RIG) program, these grants can provide the support your organization needs to bring more high qualty arts programming to you community. Read more.
Student named first repeat Poetry Out Loud champion
Emma Libersky of Plymouth High School took top honors in the 2014 Indiana Poetry Out Loud State Finals on Feburary 22, becoming the first repeat State Champion in the competition's eight year history
George Kalamaras new State Poet Laureate
George Kalamaras of Fort Wayne has been named the new Indiana State Poet Laureate. Professor of English at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Kalamaras has published six books of poetry and one of scholarship, numerous articles and more than 725 poems in anthologies and magazines in the U.S. and abroad. His work has received numerous honors, including from the National Endowment for the Arts. Read more.
Special message to organizations awarded 2014 grants
Due to projected tax revenue shortages and a request from Governor Pence at the start of the fiscal year, the IAC is facing a 4.5 percent reduction of appropriations. Despite working diligently to absorb most of this reduction, a small portion must also be absorbed by grant allocations. Read more.
