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Center for Contemporary Arts in Bloomington, IN. Open Tuesday-Saturday from 11-5pm. 🖼
Rent our space @farweddingsandevents 💐
Home of @picturagallery 📷

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Angela Brown left IU to pursue her calling as an opera singer and moved to New York City in 1999 where she landed her first cover contract with Metropolitan Opera, for the role of Aida, eventually debuting there in 2004. In addition to her operatic roles, Angela also devotes her time to the community as a dedicated philanthropist and educator. Ms. Brown has founded a non-profit organization, Morning Brown, working towards educating the wider public about opera. Morning Brown’s initiatives elevate rising multicultural stars and engage audiences that have been marginalized to facilitate accessibility and exposure to classical music.
She also developed a revue show entitled, Opera…from a Sistah’s Point of View, as a way to engage new audience members and demystify opera for the general public. Visit Angela Brown’s website and you’ll learn that “[t]he success of her signature show, Opera…from a Sistah’s Point of View, provided the momentum and cornerstone for an array of outreach and educational programs that have been presented in 20 USA states under the auspices of Morning Brown.”

In addition to her non-profit work, Ms. Brown also runs a vocal studio at the Indianapolis Opera, where she shares her expertise in vocal techniques and performance development, serving as a mentor to other vocalists. Her community involvement extends into her work as the Indianapolis Opera’s Artistic and Educational Ambassador. She also regularly hosts the podcast Melanated Moments along with music sociologist Joshua Thompson, highlighting “musical works composed by, for, and about Black people”.

As a result of her contributions beyond the concert stage, Ms. Brown is a proud recipient of the 2015 Indiana University Distinguished Alumni Service Award, the Jacobs School of Music Centennial Award, the Governor’s Arts Award from the Governor of Indiana, a Spirit of the Prairie Award from Conner Prairie in Indiana, and a member of the Indianapolis Public Schools Hall of Fame.

The collage was created with materials from the Angela Brown Collection (SC 155) at AAAMC.

If you’re interested in learning more, you can find information about Angela Brown’s work on her website angelabrown.com

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Bloomington! Please join me for what promises to be a really special event… Rumor has it there might be even cake!

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On Sunday, August 30th Bloomington Ayuda along with Sergio Ospina Romero hosted An Afternoon of Solidarity with Colombia and Venezuela at the FAR Center for Contemporary Arts.

The afternoon was filled with incredible music and delicious food, all donated by volunteers. There were live music performances by La Salsoteca, Son Latin Groove, Palonegro, Andy Miller, Daniel Duarte, Mariachi Aires de Solidaridad and a community dance workshop led by Beatrice Capote.

We want to thank everyone who came out and participated, volunteered and donated their time, energy or resources. The event was a huge success and we raised $5,000 which was then matched by an anonymous donor! We are overwhelmed with gratitude and have been organizing to distribute funds between organizations both in Colombia and Venezuela (details to come!).

Special thanks to @uplandbrewco @social.cantina @panerabread, to our volunteers! Performers! And donors! 💛💙♥️

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🪷We’re hosting a series of conversations about the crucial role that the arts play in building our communities and identities. Conversations in Bloom invites participants to consider how the arts help us make sense of the world around us, connect individual and collective experience, and understand the communities we share.🪷 Head to website via our link in bio and click on events to learn more and get a ticket! 👏

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Artists, scholars, and community voices come together for the Latino Art Panel, being held Thursday, September 17 at 530 PM in the Mies can der Rohe Building as part of the National Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month observance in Bloomington. The discussion will feature artists participating in the exhibition FUERZA being held at the FAR Center for Contemporary Arts September 15-18.

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This Friday, Pictura presents TRACE 痕跡, a new photographic series by longtime Bloomington treasure Osamu James Nakagawa, distinguished Professor of Photography at Indiana University. In 2022, Nakagawa began a pilgrimage to visit the sites of Japanese-American incarceration camps. Trace combines photographs taken at these sites with photograms of found objects and rubbings of the memorials.

Using diptychs, Nakagawa pairs the past and the present, flattening the boundaries between them. TRACE seeks to reveal what can’t be seen anymore, things that happened eighty years ago and have been quietly buried. Through a direct and immersive process, using actual objects and surfaces from the sites, Nakagawa unearths this history of forced incarceration.

Osamu James Nakagawa TRACE 痕跡
Opening Reception and Artist Q&A
Friday, Sept 4, 5 - 8pm | Q&A at 6:30pm
On View: Sept 4 - Oct 30 (Tue - Sat 11 - 5pm)
Pictura Gallery, 202 S. Rogers St., Bloomington IN
Free and open to the public

@gallerywalkbtown @visitbtown #contemporaryphotography #japaneseamerican #osamujamesnakagawa

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The sun sets on our Edition XI Series Award winning exhibition - Francisco Gonzalez Camacho (@frangccom)'s series You Can’t Enter the Same River Twice, exhibited at Pictura Gallery (@picturagallery) in Bloomington, IN.
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The introspective series, exploring the concept of impermanence through creative techniques such as infrared, inversion, and photopolymer etching, was displayed as small hand-framed prints - each given the space to be taken in slowly and reflected on deeply. The perfect arrangement for a quietly mesmerizing body of work.
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Our deepest thanks go to Mia Dalglish (@mia.dalglish) and Lisa Woodward for their expert judging, for their perfect curation, and for giving over their gallery space in the first place. And of course to Francisco for trusting us all with his work - a deserved winner and rewarding collaborator.
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The Series Award is always a highlight of our year, and we can't wait to see what work we'll discover through the next one.
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#lifeframer #photoexhibition #visualart

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Join us Today for a musical, family-friendly afternoon of solidarity for Colombia and Venezuela in light of the recent earthquakes in the region.

Sunday, August 30 | 3pm - 7pm
$10 Suggested donation at the door
Food + Drink available for sale

Location: Far Center For Contemporary Arts
(505 W 4th St)

Performances by:
La Salsoteca
Son Latin Groove
Palonegro
Andy Miller
Daniel Duarte
Beatrice Capote
Mariachi Aires de Solidaridad

All funds raised will go directly to organizations providing relief in Colombia and Venezuela, with a focus on underserved and Afro-descendant communities in both countries: El Chocó (Colombia) and La Guaira (Venezuela).

Colombians 🇨🇴 and Venezuelans 🇻🇪 share borders, food, music, and culture, but also tragedies. In the wake of recent devastating earthquakes, they can use all the help Bloomington can give.

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This Sunday, August 30th, join Bloomington Ayuda for an afternoon of community and solidarity.

Colombia and Venezuela share borders, food, music, culture, and deep connections—and communities in both countries have also faced tremendous hardship. In the wake of recent devastating earthquakes, Bloomington Ayuda is bringing our community together to support those affected.

Join Bloomington Ayuda at @fourthandrogers for an afternoon where everyone is welcome to listen to music, dance, eat, connect, donate, and support neighbors who are mourning.

All funds raised will go directly to organizations providing earthquake relief to underserved communities in Colombia and Venezuela.

❤️ Come together in solidarity and help Bloomington show its support.
#BloomingtonAyuda #Colombia #Venezuela

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Colombians 🇨🇴 and Venezuelans 🇻🇪share borders, food, music, and culture, but also tragedies. In the wake of recent devastating earthquakes, they can use all the help Bloomington can give.

📣Join us NEXT SUNDAY for an afternoon of solidarity at @fourthandrogers where all are welcome to come together, listen to music, dance, eat, donate and support neighbors who are mourning.

All funds raised will go directly to organizations providing relief to underserved communities in Colombia and Venezuela.

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New student guide to Bloomington!

But this time we’re taking you to all our favorite international spots. From cafes to sports and entertainment, you can fill up a whole year with activities. Just don’t forget to go to class too.

#Guide #InternationalStudies #Bloomington #freshman #InternationalFood

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Our new gallery assistant, Darby @darbywilliamsphoto has begun exploring the Pictura gallery photobook library. This week she has been looking at la vie en rose by Malick Sidibé.

The book presents a collection of black-and-white photographs capturing the youth of Bamako, Mali, during the 1960s and 1970s. Created in the years following Mali’s independence from French colonial rule, Malick Sidibé’s images celebrate the energy and optimism of this generation’s newfound freedom and shape a modern national identity.

Darby will be sharing more library finds in the coming weeks for a little series called Pictura Reads, so stay tuned!

Next time you’re at Pictura, stop by the library to see this book or reach out and schedule a time to visit.

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