Started in 1934 after the Great Depression to provide employment for artists, the Indianapolis Art Center stays true to its mission by hiring professional artists as faculty (classes and outreach), exhibiting the work of working artists (exhibitions) and selling artist-made gifts and art (gift shop and Broad Ripple Art Fair). With help from donors like you, the Art Center is the place to make art, see art and buy art.
The Indianapolis Art Center is one of the largest community art facilities in the United States not connected with a university.
Our philosophy is grounded in the belief that art is more than just a picture on the wall-it is a vital component of a diverse, thriving community and an agent for social change.
Through classes, exhibitions, outreach programs and inter-arts events, the Art Center welcomes more than 285,000 annual visitors and hopes to provide them with the confidence to become life-long learners in the world of art.
The Art Center campus consists of:
- The $8.5 million Marilyn K. Glick School of Art, a 40,000 square-foot facility designed by world-renowned architect Michael Graves
- ARTSPARK, an outdoor creativity and sculpture park designed to incorporate art and nature
- 13 state-of-the-art studios
- Three major fine art galleries and five exhibition halls
- A 224-seat auditorium
- The Frank M. Basile Studio Shop
- A library complete with a two-story atrium
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