Exhibited in this show is the Koi Roliquery and the Gods and Goddesses. Stop into the art before April 18 and roll a Roliquery yourself!

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Art Exhibition to Feature the Best of the Midwest

More than 70 Works by 50 Artists to be on Display

Indianapolis, IN (December 23, 2009) (Exhibition runs Jan. 29-April 18, 2010) – Paul Klein, Chicago-based curator, art critic, writer and creator of ArtLetter (www.artletter. com) selected more than 70 works by artists from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan for the Indianapolis Art Center s Art from the Heartland exhibition. The opening reception is Friday, January 29 from 6-8 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Klein juried more than 400 pieces by 205 artists for this first of what will be a biennial exhibition at the Art Center. The Art Center extended an invitation to almost 50 artists, many of whom will be here for the opening reception (see below).

Klein said he was impressed with the high number of applicants and also, “the quality of what I reviewed and the significant breadth presented. I enjoyed the selection process and believe that we have a really strong exhibit that admirably reflects the talent that exists in the Heartland.”

Participating artists are from all over the Midwest and include:

Illinois
Brenda Barnum (Chicago)
Daniel Castelaz (Aurora, IL)
Larry Chait (Chicago)
Mary Farmilant* (Chicago)
Robert Horvath (Champaign, IL)
Khara Koffel* (Jacksonville, IL)
Alyssa Miserendino* (Chicago)
Xavier Nuez (Chicago, IL)
Jason Pallas (Chicago)
Vera Scekic (Evanston, IL)
Dave and Meredith Sears* (Glen Ellyn, IL)

Indiana
Amy Brier* (Bloomington, IN)
Chris Bucher* (Indianapolis, IN)
Matthew Davey* (Indianapolis, IN)
David B. Johnson (Muncie, IN)
Deborah Klein* (Bloomington, IN)
Caroline LeFevre* (Bloomington, IN)
Tom Tedrowe* (Columbus, IN)
Kay Westhues* (South Bend, IN)

Kentucky
Ken Hayden* (Louisville, KY)
Annie Langan (Prospect, KY)
Jennifer Reis* (Morehead, KY)

Michigan
John Walters (Ann Arbor, MI)
Margi Weir (Detroit, MI)

Ohio
Tom Bartel (Athens, OH)
Tyler Bohm (Columbus, OH)
Leslie Shiels (Cincinnati, OH)
Jim Shirey* (Athens, OH)
Michelle Stitzlein (Baltimore, OH)

Wisconsin
Heejin Hwang (Madison, WI)
Sonja Thomsen (Milwaukee, WI)
John Walté* (Highland, WI)
James Zwadlo (Milwaukee, WI)

* Planning to be at the opening reception

General information

Art from the Heartland

January 29-Apil 18, 2010

Opening reception January 29 from 6-8 p.m.

Paul Klein, Chicago-based curator, art critic, writer and creator of A New Art Letter juried 400 works from more than 205 artists from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan for the Art from the Heartland exhibition. This is the first of what will be a biennial exhibition. The opening reception is Friday, January 29 from 6-8 p.m.

More about Paul Klein:
an art advocate and proponent for art in Chicago

selected as 2006 Man of the Year by the Chicago Society of Artists

Managing Director of the Briddge Group (www.briddgegroup.com) in Chicago, the premier Art Succession Planning Group in the country comprised of an international consortium working in full partnership with collectors and their wealth advisory teams

Klein was the Art Consultant/Curator for the recently completed 2.3 million square foot expansion of McCormick Place

writes ArtLetter, an online examination of art in Chicago

owned and operated Klein Art Works from 1981 to 2004

Amy is the founder of Bloomington’s annual Limestone Sculpture Symposium. She participated in Ivy Tech’s Limestone Duet in 2008, and recently taught “Introduction to Stone Carving” at the Center for Life Long Learning, Amy Currently teaches “Survey of Art and Culture” as a dual credit class for sophmores at New Tech High School.