Exhibitions: Cook Center: Arts & Humanities Council: Indiana University Bloomington

A place for art and exploration

The Cook Center in Maxwell Hall is home to the Process Gallery, a dedicated exhibition space, and the Grand Hall, a multi-use event and exhibition space. Exhibitions presented in these spaces highlight new work from current IU faculty members, students, and alumni, as well as community artists.

Throughout the year, the Cook Center presents exhibitions curated by and featuring the work of faculty members, visiting artists, and community members to give our guests a glimpse into the diversity of creative expression and experimentation that define the arts scene at IU Bloomington.

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Current Exhibits

karass (kə’ræs) n.

OPEN MAY 30, 2025 - JULY 3, 2025, MONDAY - FRIDAY 12-4 PM

A group (exhibition) of people linked in a cosmically significant manner, even when superficial linkages are not evident.

May 30, 2025 - July 3, 2025

Process Gallery, Gayle Karch Cook Center for Public Arts & Humanities

750 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405

Opening Reception: Friday, May 30th, 5-7 pm

What unites the contents of this gallery before you? All are works of art, though the forms they take and the materials they are made of might appear disparate and strange. All are made by Hoosier artists, though what lies in common between every denizen of Indiana eludes even the most decerning demographer and astute anthropologist.

At the least, each work exhibited here communes with the absurd and the irreverent, the comic and ill-fated. Some are quite literal, depicting Vonnegut’s skepticism of organized religion, politics, and civil society. Others operate mysteriously, offering apocalyptic visions and confounding dreams. There are clowns and mini golf, roadkill and newsprint poetry.

A karass of Hoosiers made these works, and that enough should command your attention. Beyond, if you insist that everything must have a purpose, then the purpose of art might be to defy the purposeful.

Statement by exhibition curator, Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert

Kurt Vonnegut Altar

OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY 12-4 PM IN THE 100 SUITE

The 100 Suite is open Monday-Friday from 12-4pm

Gayle Karch Cook Center - 750 E Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN

Free Exhibition!

The Kurt Vonnegut Altar was designed and executed by Keith L. Andrews while living in Guatemala with the assistance of local artisans and assistants. In December, the altar travelled from Andrews' home in Tallahassee, Florida to live at the Gayle Karch Cook Center for Public Arts & Humanities.

All the quality resin figures were cast from clay figures that were hand sculpted and painted by Andrews. In addition, there are 14 laser-etched and hand-painted acrylic plaques and half a dozen objects that were hand-crafted in other materials.

Apply to Exhibit with Us!

Are you interested in exhibiting in our space? We encourage all interested artists/groups to fill out the application form below for exhibition consideration.

We are currently taking new applications from May 1st - August 1st.

Spaces available for exhibiting: The Grand Hall, the Process Gallery, and in display cases in the hallway outside of the gallery.

Please contact the Exhibitions Coordinator, Bethany Habegger, (bhabegge@iu.edu) with further questions regarding exhibitions.

Exhibition Application Form

Exhibitions

A place for art and exploration

Current Exhibits

karass (kə’ræs) n.

Kurt Vonnegut Altar

Apply to Exhibit with Us!

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