Public Programming

Shaping Experiences

Our Public Programming series organized by the Fine Arts, Communication and Performing Arts Departments offer students, faculty, staff, and the broader community an opportunity to explore their engagement with the arts and the dynamic field of communication and media studies.

Through an interdisciplinary approach, our programming strives to create, support, and advance robust, collaborative discourse that is transformative and thought-provoking; and of interest to the region and the campus community. Examples of our curated programming series range from lectures, symposia, performances, and temporary installations. All events are free and open to the public.

POP-UP Art + Action Interactive Art Exhibition
Southlake Mall, Merrillville, IN

In the old Alberts Jewelers store, 2nd floor south between Yankee Candle and the old Carson Pirie Scott Store.
Hours of operation:
FRI–SUN | 12 PM – 5 PM

Free and open to the public, family-friendly.

While the School of the Arts at Indiana University Northwest (IUN) maintains two traditional galleries and two state-of-the-art performance spaces on campus, the sudden and severe limitations of in-person activities caused by the pandemic in the spring of 2020 initiated a demand for new formats for public exhibitions and artistic engagement. With goals to bring rich cultural offerings directly to its local communities, in the autumn of 2020 during the ongoing pandemic, the School of the Arts went on tour throughout Northwest Indiana to create socially distanced, interactive cultural programming and pop-up exhibits in public parking lots, parks, and sidewalks in the cities of Gary, Hobart, Merrillville, and Hammond. During the winter and spring of 2021, the Pop-Up Art+Action Interactive Exhibition went indoors to activate the interiors of campus buildings at IUN, the Chesterton Art Center, the South Shore Art Center, and the NWI Food Bank.

This Summer, the School of the Arts has partnered with Southlake Mall in Merrillville to activate an empty retail space in the mall with artist exhibits, hands-on activities, site-specific installations, performances, and workshops! Follow us for additional mall programming:
Instagram + Facebook @iunschoolofthearts

Oct 01

FREE Pop-Up Interactive Art Exhibition @ Southlake Mall

12 p.m.—6 p.m.

Oct 02

FREE Pop-Up Interactive Art Exhibition @ Southlake Mall

12 p.m.—6 p.m.

Oct 03

Exhibition: Indian American Modernism

12 p.m.—5 p.m.

Oct 04

Exhibition: Indian American Modernism

12 p.m.—5 p.m.

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2022

Music on the Pavilion Series
August 25, 2022, Edith Yokley/DJ Violin
August 29, 2022, Billy Foster Trio with Renne Miles-Foster

2022 Educator In-Studio Residency Summer Program

Spring Friday Community Workshops
January > Unlikely Musical Instruments
Joe Rauen
February > Letterpress Printing
Terrance Chouinard/The Wing and the Wheel Press
March > Weaving on a Cardboard Loom
Bryana Bibbs
April > Zine Making 101
Briana Petty
May > Beginner Framing 101
Beth Davis

2021

Mini-Golf Course Challenge
Anderson Library
November 17, 2021 –January 22, 2022

2021 Educator In-Studio Residency Summer Program

Fall Friday Community Workshops
August > Bookbinding
Regin Igloria
September > Vinyl Cutting Basics
Lauren M. Pacheco + Cathy Feeman
October > Beginner Framing 101
Beth Davis
November > Craft Making with Balloons
Cristina Carreto-Soto

TEDxGARY hosted by the School of the Arts > September 17

Improv Boot Camp @Theatre Northwest with Mark Baer and Mark Ryser > August 16-19

Mobile Art + Action Community Lab Pop-Up Events
Chesterton Art Center > January 29 – February 28
Hobart > August 5
Marquette Park, Gary > August 21
Hobart Lakefront Festival > August 19 – 22
Downtown Miller, Gary > September 3

2020

Mobile Art + Action Community Lab Pop-Up Events
Gary > September 19
Hammond > October 10
Hobart > October 16
Campus Pop-Up Installations > October/November
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Joe Rauen in the Anderson Courtyard + Pavillion
September 15

Regarding. Sculpture. Panel Discussion with Juan Angel Chávez, Josue Pellot, Moises Salazar, and Grace Wells
co-moderated by Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford and Lauren M. Pacheco
February 18

Taehoon Kim
February 12

2019

Katherine Darnsdadt
November 18

Noël Morical
November 12

Dia de Los Muertos Festivities
November 1-2

Alumni Lecture Series: Robert Nava
Moderated by Dean Dave Klamen
October 22

Willie Baronet: The We Are All Homeless Project, 1993-2018
October 4

Windy City Warmth presentation and discussion with James Van Drie (In conjunction with the We Are All Homeless exhibition)
October 1

Signs of Humanity, Documentary Screening
September 18

The Hunting Accident
Landis Blair, Charlie Rizzo, Aron Packer, Bert Green, and David L. Carlson
September 11

Curator-Led Gallery Talk by Greg Hertzlieb
February 20

Public Programming

Shaping Experiences

POP-UP Art + Action Interactive Art ExhibitionSouthlake Mall, Merrillville, IN