Indianapolis Art Center

Such a great spot! We walked the trails and saw the sculptures. We headed inside to warm up at the little coffee shop. The library was cozy and clean with even some sweet little kid art books. The inside galleries were super cool and the workshops looked fascinating!

The Indianapolis Art Center is my new favorite happy place as the art lover I am. You can visit the Indianapolis Art Center to discover the work of amazing artists. Take Art and creative classes for you or children. When I visited them, the work of the artist Bad Habbit was being exhibited. She’s such a talented artist. It was also the 50th birthday of the center, so they had an amazing fair which I really enjoyed.

The outside area is pretty with some interesting sculptures, and nicely shaded by green tunnels. The nearby river is calming, with some decent views via the wooden walking platforms. You can also stroll right down to the water if you don’t mind getting a little dirty. The art on display when I visited today is a little too leftwing for my tastes, but hey, that’s art. I wouldn’t bring children through it. I’m not in town long enough to take any classes, but it seems really cool. There is a nice little library down one of the halls. The art center looks nice and pretty well maintained, and the few staff members I ran into seemed polite and helpful.

Awesome exhibition for Flava Fresh!

Loving a woodworking class here. The shop is so well equipped and our teacher is wonderful. The building and grounds are beautiful. Stop by sometime and walk around. You’ll be impressed.

Was looking forward to this art center, but found it closed during opening hours, and even the artspark was dark so we couldn’t see anything. Will try to revisit when in Indianapolis again!

The Indianapolis Art Center is an incredible asset to the community that delivers such remarkable benefit! Our non-profit is so grateful to have been able to rent this wonderful space. The atmosphere, communication, and contact with the IAC for our free positive parenting event was exemplary; and the provided equipment was wonderfully helpful. The space was set up and ready to go when we arrived and it was generally the easiest, most fluid part of organizing and hosting an event. We feel lucky to have such an asset in the area for places like ourselves to host events and engage with our community members. Thank you, IAC!

Love it. I’ve done many classes here in woodworking, metalworking, watercolors. Almost a fun time, everyone is super nice, and u get cool stuff to take home

Lazy staff, no general knowledge of their posted policies or follow-up to issues. Grounds are reasonably maintained but interior is dirty with some areas like the library in need of maintenance.

There is a great variety of art class choices for different people and budgets. There is also opportunity to receive financial assistance or for children to receive free art education through community partner programming around the city. IF you have time and money, then you have a real opportunity to take classes from some of the very best artists in the city. But the very best part of the Indianapolis Art Center is free. The exhibitions inside the Art Center galleries feature work by nationally acclaimed artists, as well as young blooming artists and students too. There is no other gallery in Indianapolis as diverse and eclectic as the Art Center. Additionally, the sculpture park is also free and a beautiful place to experience art and nature. Another amazing thing is the history. The building itself is designed by Michael Graves -- who is from Broad Ripple too -- and was picked by Joyce Sommers herself. In the words of Kurt Vonnegut: "The Art Center is an example of America at its most Utopian -- peaceful, welcoming to one and all, and boundlessly optimistic."