Indiana

It is Time to Check Out The Michiana Potters: Art, Community, and Collaboration in the Midwest

August 22, 2020 at 5:16 am

Hi everyone. Some of you already know that The Michiana Potters: Art, Community, and Collaboration in the Midwest by Meredith A. E. …

April 9, 2019 at 3:38 am

An Indiana University event known as #IUDay is nearly here. Scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, 2019, #IUDay is a celebration of Indiana …

April 17, 2018 at 11:37 pm

(We need your help!) Its almost #IUDay! What is #IUDay? As the #IUDay organizers explain: IU Day is a 24-hour, binge-watching, social-sharing, …

April 25, 2017 at 11:11 pm

I finally got to visit the planned worker community of Marktown in East Chicago this weekend. In 1917, industrialist Clayton Mark hired …

August 27, 2016 at 3:05 pm

(Sorry about that headline. I could not control myself.) This fall there will be an extraordinary number of programs at the Mathers …

August 24, 2016 at 12:32 pm

This fall I will be talking a lot about the new book series that the Indiana University Press and the Mathers Museum …

July 8, 2016 at 5:38 am

A local ABC affiliate profiled two Indiana craftspeople in a recent local news segment. These makers–blacksmith John Bennett and bowl hewer Keith …

June 28, 2016 at 4:56 pm

This year is a big year for the Mathers Museum of World Cultures in a number of respects. Two of these weave …

June 15, 2016 at 3:54 am

Rachel Tavaras grew up in the Chicago area and earned undergraduate degrees in History and Anthropology, both in the College of Arts …

April 20, 2016 at 12:46 am

Please come out to the Mathers Museum of World Cultures this Sunday afternoon to celebrate the vernacular arts of Indiana and to …

April 2, 2016 at 7:29 pm

The latest in the abortion wars: “One Indiana woman recently created the Facebook page Periods for Pence where she encourages others to call the …