You are invited to the opening reception of

ROBERT D. BECKMANN, JR. EMERGING ARTIST FELLOWSHIP 

10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
 

Friday, June 2 | 6 - 9 pm
(during IDADA First Friday Art Tour)

Special live performance by 2017 Fellow, Eric Salazar at 7 pm
 

2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the inaugural round of the Beckmann Emerging Artist Fellowship. Robert D. Beckmann, Jr. was a founding board member of the Arts Council of Indianapolis in 1987. He was an active arts advocate, patron, a performing and visual artist, as well as a community leader. Upon his death in 2001, he bequeathed funds to the Arts Council for the creation of a fellowship program to support emerging artists of all disciplines in central Indiana. Since its inception in 2007, the Arts Council has awarded Beckmann fellowships to musicians, dancers, theatre directors and lighting designers, painters, sculptors, installation artists, and poets. This summer in Gallery 924 we will celebrate this important program and share highlights from the the first 10 years of the Fellowship.

Robert D. Beckmann, Jr. Emerging Artist Fellows:

2017
Derrick Carter - painter
Eric Salazar - musician

2016
Jessical Ucul - photographer
Stuart Coleman - dancer

2015
Betsy Boxberger - dancer
Kassim Norris - filmmaker

2014
Ash Robinson - conceptual artist
Melissa Kistler - sculptor

2013
Adam Bodony - conductor
Amelia Morris - photographer

2012
Joseph Crone - visual artist
Michael Burke - theatre director

2011
Kathryn Dart - painter
Patrick McCarney - lighting designer

2010
Diane L. Lewis - poet
Emily Budd - sculptor

2009
Christina Block - musician
Cindy Hinant - installation artist

2008 (Inaugural Year)
Kate Oberreich - painter
Kyle Herrington - painter

*all artists will be represented in the show, 15 artists will be showing new work

Beckmann Fellowship 10 Year Retrospective 
will be on view at Gallery 924 through July 14, 2017

For more information and for hours visit indyarts.org/gallery924.