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iMOCA and the 48 Hour Film Project

The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie — write, shoot, edit and score it — in just 48 hours. On Friday night, you get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in your movie. 48 hours later, the movie must be complete. Then it will show at a local theater, usually in the next week.

In 2009, nearly 40,000 filmmakers made 3,000 films in in 76 cities. This year, we’re even bigger, with filmmakers around the world taking the challenge to make a film in just 48 hours.

The Indianapolis location of the 48 Hour Film Project, produced by Big Car for the second year, returns July 30-Aug. 1. And online registration is now open. Just visit the Indianapolis 48HFP website - http://www.48hourfilm.com/indianapolis – for more information and to reserve your spot in this year’s competition.

Registration is $155.

Kickoff
Date: Friday, July 30
Time: 6-7pm
Place: iMOCA/Red Lion Grog House at the Murphy Art Center , 1043 Virginia Ave. Suite 5/6
Notes: The Grog House will be open for planning, mingling, food or drinks. Red Lion is all ages. Announcements and drawing will happen in iMOCA (the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art).

Film drop off
Date: Sunday, August 1
Time: 6:30-8:30 (by 7:30pm to be on time!)
Place: iMOCA/Red Lion Grog House at the Murphy Art Center , 1043 Virginia Ave. Suite 5/6

Premiere Screenings
Date: Aug. 7
Time: 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m.
Place: Indianapolis Museum of Art – The Toby, 4000 N. Michigan Rd.
$10 for one screening. $15 for all-screening pass — participating teams get free passes

iMOCA to screened Building for Meaning: the Architecture of Evans Woollen

Indianapolis—The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA) hosted the screening of Terrence L. Black’s film “Building for Meaning: The Architecture of Evans Woollen”, on July 23 at 7 p.m. inBig Car Gallery (Suite 215). The film concluded iMOCA’s photography exhibition of ‘Evans Woollen: The Art of Architecture’, which closed July 24 at 6 p.m. then travel to Ball State University. The 56 minute film featured Woollen and various architecture critics discuss his buildings in Indiana. Evans earned both his Bachelor’s Degree in Arts and Master’s Degree in Architecture from Yale University in 1952. After three years of apprenticeship with Philip Johnson, Mr. Woollen returned to his hometown of Indianapolis and established his own firm in 1955. Key projects designed by Evans include the Indiana University Musical Arts Center, Pruis Hall at Ball State University, Herron School of Art (Fesler Hall), Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, the Indianapolis Children’s Museum, and Clowes Hall at Butler University. At the conclusion of the film, Black will be available for a Q&A session about production of the film. The 1994 film was published by Spellbound Productions and originally aired on PBS and MSN.Admission was free.

iMOCA IN THE NEWS: WHAT’S HAPPENED

The Indianapolis Star’s coverage of Evans Woollen

NUVO’s Susan Watt Grade gives Projected Curiosity 4 stars.

Records: New work by Athens, GA based artist Kathryn Refi

Opening on February 5, 2010

To check out more of her work, go to www.solomonprojects.com

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New Changes at iMOCA

The past year has seem a number of changes and shifts in the local arts community on all fronts. From cut backs at the IMA, to the closing of Ruschman Gallery. For those who have been paying attention, things over the past several months have been shifting at iMOCA (Indianapolis Museum of Contemporart Art) as well. iMOCA had been struggling with funding for a couple years, creating some delays in remodeling and a cut back in the number of annual exhibitions scheduled. I have long been a fan and supporter of iMOCA and a number of the shows that curator Christopher West had put on in the space. But the past year in particular was tough. There seemed, to me at least, a bit of a dark cloud looming. Was iMOCA going to survive or go under? READ MORE…

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Developer buying Fountain Square building: museum lined up as tentant

Architect and developer Craig Von Deylen said he hopes to close next week on the purchase of the Murphy Arts Center in Fountain Square. In the meantime, he’s lining up new tenants, including the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art.

Museum board Chairman Brandon Judkins said iMOCA will execute a lease for 2,000 square feet at the Murphy building, 1043 Virginia Ave., today or Monday. “It’s a great move for us; it’s a great move for the neighborhood,” he said. READ MORE…

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iMOCA signs on for Virginia Avenue development

The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art has signed a letter of intent to move to a proposed development on Virginia Avenue in Fletcher Place – a previously announced project that will also include 56 market-rate apartments over a 56-space parking garage.

The Fletcher Place Arts Building – being advanced by Fletcher Place Development and Perkins Von Deylen Architects – would also feature 8,700 square feet of street-level commercial space in addition to the second-floor space which would house iMOCA. There will also be a 20-space surface parking lot at the rear of the building. READ MORE…