Traditional Arts and Creative Identities: Traditional Arts Indiana’s 2022 Apprenticeships

August 15 to October 14, 2022

Process Gallery at the Cook Center for Public Arts & Humanities (Maxwell Hall)

From a fourth-generation hoop net maker to a Zapotec weaver, this exhibition explores how makers from diverse communities throughout Indiana assert their personal and cultural identities through traditional arts. Each artist in the exhibition is a member of Traditional Arts Indiana’s 2022 Apprenticeship Program. This exhibition tells the story of how these artists are teaching their traditions to the next generation, which is perhaps the most complete expression of one’s cultural identity.

Identity:Identify

September 9- November 12, 2022

Grunwald Gallery

Identity:Identify is an exhibition of contemporary art that explores the vast territories of identity within today’s visual artistic practice. Containing works in photography, digital art, fashion design, ceramics and other media, the exhibit illustrates the concept of identity from a variety of intersectional viewpoints and perspectives. Identity is a mutable and personal concept. The intersections of location, culture, sociopolitical realms, objects, personal & collective experiences all contribute to how we develop our own unique sense of identity, and the perception of the identities of those around us.

Perspectives on Identity and Identification: Highlights from IU’s 2022 Themester

October 1–December 16, 2022

The IU Libraries’ Research & Learning Division presents “Perspectives on Identity and Identification: Highlights from IU’s 2022 Themester,” an exhibit and companion resource/research guide showcasing materials from selected Themester 2022 courses. Exhibit and companion guide are envisioned as a series of vignettes offering diverse perspectives on identity and identification through the lens of small groups of related materials representing individual contributing courses and their respective approaches to this year’s theme. 

The Aids Memorial Quilt

November 10‒November 12, 2022

Alumni Hall and Solarium, Indiana Memorial Union

Sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a 54-ton tapestry, are coming back to Indiana University. You will have the opportunity to tour sections of the Quilt, which represents over 110,000 individuals who have died of AIDS. Each day campus and community prevention teams will be present for you to ask questions and learn about HIV/AIDS, prevention best practices, and receive free HIV testing. As you tour the Quilt, take a walk through history to learn about the AIDS crisis from a local and national perspective.