"And Ann really is always dancing. There is something supremely comforting about Ann dancing morning, noon, and night through snow, rain and presidential transitions. That Ann, she never quits." - I had a very strong sense that I was in Night Vale during this section and it was joyous.

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

High compliment!

@DasGanon

5 жыл бұрын

!!! I just realized that I'd seen another of those and that it's by the same artist and everything in Dublin. "Suzanne Walking in Leather Skirt" outside of the Hugh Lane Gallery.

@rbb9753

4 жыл бұрын

IIRC those were added to downtown as part of Indianapolis hosting the Super Bowl. I like to think of Ann dancing to celebrate the Patriots losing. [Insert cheesy grin here]

@MrAndrewlang

3 жыл бұрын

I hope Ann is still dancing.

I've been feeling burnt out and had a particularly rough morning at work. On my lunch break I dug through my old KZread subscriptions and revisited your channel. I love every one of your Art Trip videos in particular. They are just so full of beauty and enjoyment of life. Thank you.

This video should be required watching for Indianapolis residents! I grew up north of indy and hated going to the city. When i graduated college i moved away from Indiana entirely because i thought there was nothing to do there. This video IS a piece of art in its ability to show the bright side of indy. It looks so alive and vital and makes me want to move back! Thank you!

Yes yes yes!!! Plus - the Canal, the murals, the Monon, Broad Ripple, the Art Center, the Memorials, the library, the sensory art on the Cultural Trail (smell and Care/Don't Care), White River State Park! This truly scratched the surface of a place I miss so dearly!!

I love seeing my city featured! I lived downtown during the construction of the Cultural Trail and am a frequent visitor of the 100 Acres Park. I was excited to see places in Fountain Square that were unfamiliar and now I want to visit The Alexander even more than before. Thank you!

@brookegarza6616

7 жыл бұрын

Aimee Aikins same ☺️

I’ve lived and traveled to many cities while serving in the navy. I’m originally from Indy and I’m ashamed to say that I never knew my city had this much to offer in art. I would put Indy firmly in the middle of the pact in the art category and it’s elevating its game every time you turn around. I think the city should support the arts even more and have an actual day that’s specifically dedicated to art. I’m starting to view Indy through a set of new lenses now. Excellent video and I highly recommend the locals to rediscover their city.

Hi I live in Indy!! As an art student at Herron, I love this city 😊

I don't know if the bias crept out of the video but the way Indianapolis was showcased made me instantly fall in love with a city that I have never been to, never planned on going to, and now really want to.

I've lived here my entire life but I had never realized how amazing the art around the city really is! definitely hopping on the cultural trail sometime soon. thanks for this beautiful video.

Awesome art trip! It was so cool to learn about art installations that I see almost every day, and really cool to discover some new things too! Makes me want to explore Indy and see some of these things in person.

Alfredo Jaar's Park of the Laments in the 100 Acres Park has been the site of some of my most delightfully scary (...admittedly illicit and after hours) adolescent memories. Thanks for helping to facilitate those!

Indianapolis looks so hip and clean. It actually looks more welcoming than Chicago or NYC.

Great video, Sarah! I've lived in Indy for 14 years and didn't know we had so many little galleries! Some of my favorites are the city's two Dale Chihuly installations: "Fireworks of Glass" at the Children's Museum and "DNA Tower" at IUPUI. Also! Love Tom Otterness! "Boy and Dog" lives just off of Mass Ave and I believe "Free Money" still resides at the steps of the Convention Center.

The light fittings! The tiles! 😍😍😍

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

Oh they're amazing. Even better in person!

Wow, that is incredible, there is a lot of great stuff in Indy! What really struck me over and over again was how many were site- and context-specific -- really wonderful. That cultural trail is great, prairie modules 1&2 are fantastic, the book shares are both wonderful and playful!, that the Alexander hotel hosts so much art is cool, I really want to see that parking garage (how often do you hear that? :P), PUP, Marlon Blackwell, and the pieces in the 100 Acres... you've got me convinced. I wanna go to Indy to check it all out. :D

I'm visiting Indianapolis this coming summer and I can't wait to go to some of these spots!

Indianapolis looks like such a nice city!

I remember reading Lewis Grizzard books (and others like Erma Bombeck that my mom had) when I was in high school. It would be interesting to read them as an adult!

Thank you for this tour of what I call "the creative vortex" of Indy artists. I have escaped Indianapolis many times during my art career but always get pulled back here because of the truly superior art thinking and art making. You showed me some new things, too!

This makes me so happy. I just moved up to Indianapolis and it feels so good to see all the wonderful things the city holds.

Thanks for repping Indy so well, SUG. Awesome video!

I really enjoy how these videos show off the often overlooked sides of well-known cities. You guys should come do an episode on the quickly emerging art scene of NW Arkansas, especially in May during the Artosphere Festival!

The industrial waste exhibit reminds me of the band Loone's new music video (where they go through the wreckage of a demolished building to decorate their house)

@TheArtAssignment - if you haven't already, please stop by Garfield Park Art Center right by the Tube Factory. They have different exhibits featuring local artists throughout the year. Along with the conservatory and the beautiful park itself, it's really an underappreciated place. :)

I visited the US last year and I wanted to visit Indi so bad! I am disappointed I didn't make it there, but I hope if find myself there in the near future and now I know there will be so many great things to see.

So I never realized the dancing woman actually had a name. Good to know it's Ann so I can now call her by her name! I also didn't realize the Alexander had so much art on display as well. I've never set foot in there though because it seems to fancy for a lowly college student like myself. Actually there is so much art in Indianapolis I haven't known about. Sad I won't have enough time to explore more before I graduate in early May. Probably won't be in Indy past then sadly.

I used to live in Indy and I would like to visit again.

This was so wonderful! I love how much public art was in this video.

Love these videos and the case for videos. Keep 'em comin! This is what the people need.

INdianapolis - cool ! Makes Boudler, CO a shallow shanty town + retirement shaming LOVE IT!! Lets get going everyone - time is a wastin' ....

I think the most I want to visit that park!

This was beautiful! I wish I could live in a city like that! Thanks Sarah.

all of the stops were amazing but you should of stopped by herron!! there are some pretty cool little galleries there

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

I know!! Herron is excellent. We wanted to keep to our route and sacrificed some wonderful venues along the way. Thanks for mentioning it here.

@bidaubadeadieu

7 жыл бұрын

+ it must be hard to plan those routes when you have so many choices.

May I just say, your city is beautiful!

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

Why thank you.

How can you see so much art in just one day?? I would be emotionally exausted.

I always love your videos, I know it would be very difficult, but I live in the mexican city of Monterrey, and i think you would have a very pleasant experience exploring and discovering the art in the architecture, the music, the people and the food if you could come. You are more than welcome and it would be very fun since I know there´s a lot of fun stuff that even we that live here ignore or don't get to appreciate like we should and this video made me think about that, i will start to try and enjoy more of what the city that I live in has to offer. Thank you very much!!!!

I love the art trip videos!

You helped build a park. Leslie Knope would be so proud

love this art trip! had no idea indianapolis had so much going on. after hearing so much about the 100 acre park from john and tfios, now i really wanna visit after watching this.

You should totally take an Art Trip to Cleveland! So much great work here.

Great video for a wonderful place to learn and discover.

How about an art trip to Scranton, Pennsylvania? Let's see if Pam's mural in The Office is present, haha

I love this! I was hoping throughout that y'all would be going to Crown Hill since at the beginning you used the shot from James Whitcomb Riley's grave--that is my absolute favorite spot in Indy, with such a weird history and a beautiful view. Plus I just love wandering around Crown Hill looking at all the monuments.

I really need to go to that art park.

There's a Julian Opie near where I live too in Toronto! Although it's not Anne dancing, but People Walking. You guys have such great art in Indianapolis! I passed through there about ten years ago but never really got to see much of the city. Would love to return for a longer visit some time. Now I'll have lots of great places to check out.

:O that art park is breaktaking

Yay Indy!!!

AH I love this. Come to Nashville plz

Great Episode, one of the best ! congrats to the channel

Thanks for featuring some locations I have yet to visit in my closest large city. And it was really cool to see you biking around town with my friend Stuart! (He is the coolest, isn't he?!) I have one of the People for Urban Progress wallets (that I got from Silver in the City on Mass Ave) and it has been going strong for over 5 years now! I love it! It's so good what they have been able to do with upcycling the materials they acquire.

Sooo gooood. Thank you!!!!!

Beautiful

this was a great and awesome video and your voice meshed perfectly with it.

awesome job! and i love indy :)

Ayyy nice Against Me! poster at 7:28

I would be interested in exploring how gentrification is connected to all this beautiful public art. Cincinnati doesn't have quite as awesome art infrastructure, but it has a lot of similar things... boutique art hotels, museums, outdoor spaces, bike shares, murals, hospital architecture, parks, farmers' markets, etc. However, so much of this art is located in areas that have been taken over by gentrification or are about to be. How do these things connect? Are we justified in taking over spaces to create art that benefits and beautifies the city?

I've been waiting to see an art trip for Indy! My list would include Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. I still need to visit IMA.

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's a wonderful museum! Thanks for mentioning it here. And it's heresy that I didn't include the inside of the IMA, which has a magnificent collection. Also the Indiana State Museum often puts on really great art shows as well. And the Indianapolis Art Center! We missed a lot, but wanted to keep it in a day.

Two notes.1) Bike helmets are not required in Indy. 2) the term "crossroads" of America was coined before highways, and referred mostly to railroads. Freeways in DT Indy are actually a problem, not a good thing.

Cool! This awesome trip reminds me that I live in a cool city too (Harrisonburg, VA)and I should hit up art more often. Let's start with once per month. :)

I have to wonder: where is that creepy guy that used to follow her around? Did she finally ditch that stalker?

I REALLY need this for zurich, where I live for studies. (I find this city mostly boring atm, hopefully because I don't know the awesome places).

The crocheted rifle reminds me of the traditional Afghan rugs which now feature Military aircraft. I think Seeker did a video on them

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

Nice comparison. Here's a good article from a few years ago, too: www.artnews.com/2014/04/29/afgan-war-rugs-at-boca-museum-of-art/

@DeborahBoschert

7 жыл бұрын

Also Lisa Kokin's How the West Was Sewn created with vintage linens. www.lisakokin.com/how-the-west-was-sewn-three.html

Funky Bones!

could you do Birmingham?! I spent year interning there and grew to love it, would also be nice to see you and john back in your old stomping grounds!

This was wonderful. I hope you do my home city of Atlanta eventually!

@bidaubadeadieu

7 жыл бұрын

I am an Ohioan who visited Atlanta last year on my Spring Break for fun, and WOW do y'all have a great high art museum. I still think regularly about some of the pieces I saw there. In particular, this installation totally blew my mind: vimeo.com/174045958. I wish I had known about other smaller galleries and places to explore when I went, I was pretty underprepared.

@ayarzeev8237

7 жыл бұрын

The high is pretty great. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip down here. Atlanta can be a good place :)

Very Cool

I would love to see Philadelphia in an Art Trip video!

For the record, you are fully justified in being biased towards IMA. The late great Neil Peart of Rush would make a point of visiting when he was in town, stating it is a real hidden gem.

I almost spotted two middle age men doing squats and lunges in that park!

@zioscozio

7 жыл бұрын

hello! it's a small world! :)

I love Stuart. I love him as Stu, but I'll take him as Stuart.

This was great. I was born in Indy, but, like Kurt Vonnegut, I guess, I've never spent more than a couple weeks at a time there since college. I'm shocked how hip and lovely it seems now. Since my Mom is finally selling her house there and leaving this year, I probably only have 1 or 2 more chances to see all this stuff. Thanks for this.

Can't believe you didn't shoot some of the blown art at the Children's Museum. You have two kids and live in Indy, surely you have a membership. Come on, Sarah ;)

Welp, looks like I have to make a trip down from Bloomington soon...

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

And I need to do the reverse and visit Bloomington. Have been but don't go nearly often enough.

I love the art trip videos, though they do make my travel bucket list longer and longer. I would love to see how you would explore Philadelphia and our juxtaposition of the modern with old, well as old as our young country can offer.

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

I love Philadelphia. So much good public art. The Brancusi collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (and Twombly room!). The ICA. And so many good working artists. What would you add to the itinerary?

@DeborahBoschert

7 жыл бұрын

The Barnes Collection and the Magic Gardens. Two very different places!

@MsFredWeasley

7 жыл бұрын

The Barns Collection was my first thought, followed by the Philadelphia Art Alliance. James Turrell's Skyspace in Chestnut Hill, I know that you visited the one in Houston but to see it with the LDE lights working the sounds of the city coming alive for the day is kinda amazing. And as you said, we do have so much good public art; personally I could spend afternoon really taking in the art around and on City Hall. Lastly, one of my favorite galleries is The Toothless Cat: facebook.com/The-TC-Art-Gallery-174835899045/

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

Excellent recs! How could I forget the Barnes collection?!

Come to Columbus, Ohio! Please??

You need to make a trip to Sao Paulo

Do San Fran!

Lit

Please do Santa Fe, New Mexcio !!!!!!!!!

Car-free that's my life :)

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

It's the way to be. (At least for a day if you're me?)

What about California?

I spend a lot of time in hospitals (not because Im sick because of my job, no sympathy needed, except for capitalism) and I am slowly developing a fondness for hospital art.

Great video, music choice was a bit distracting.

Do Paris please

@theartassignment

7 жыл бұрын

Oh that would be wonderful, wouldn't it.

@DeborahBoschert

7 жыл бұрын

I think it would require a multi-episode trip!

Cthulhu.

The worst ratio of subs to views i've ever seen