Promoting Arts, Culture, Innovation and Creativity

• Indianapolis is getting a new contemporary art museum, Axios
• University of Evansville Receives $33,000 in grants for visual arts and student experience, Tri-State News
• Day School receives $20,000 grant, WNIN Public Media
• USI New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art to feature Signals and Satellites to the Ancestors by artist Christopher Blay, City County Observer
• Levitt Series returns for a second season, UIndy Reflector
• N-I-C-E Festival Planned for January 30 – February 1, Western Wayne News
• Al Sheets, 2024 USI Efroymson Bridge Year Fellow, presents “Chatter” alongside “Tangled Threads”, USI Foundation e-news
• Acclaimed exhibit Dark testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice to Travel to Vanderbilt University in 2025, ABC 27
• New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art to Feature Makenzie Goodman and Adam Stacey, City County Observer
• A Century of Black artists celebrated at Vanderbilt art exhibit opening February 14, Vanderbilt e-news
• Columbia alum share creative writing lifestyle, advice at Efroymson reading series, The Columbia Chronicle

Preserving Historic Spaces and Places

• May is National Historic Preservation Month: Breathing life into Independence Church, Kankakee Valley Post News
• Taking Steps to secure the Walnut Theatre, Indiana Landmarks e-news
• Safeguarding the Historic Poland Chapel, Indiana Landmarks e-news
• Marion’s Firestone Service Station poised for new use, Indiana Landmarks e-news
• Indiana Landmarks awards $6M to save meaningful places in Indiana, WTHI-TV

Protecting and Preserving the Environment

• Indiana Audubon secures $60,000 grant for bridge replacement at Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary, Outdoor Wire
• Indiana preserve ramps up accessibility where buffalo restoration efforts take place, Indy Star
• Kankakee Sands bison viewing area gets an ADA accessible makeover, Indy Star