Black History Month at Newfields
Join us for a 50th anniversary celebration of Black History Month, a milestone honoring half a century of resilience, creativity, and cultural impact. Enjoy tours of the Indianapolis Museum of Art collection, learn from local artists, and experience live music and dance performances by local performers.
Explore Bold: New Voices in Contemporary Art featuring newly acquired works from cutting-edge contemporary African artists, groove to live performances by local musicians and participate in art-making activities inspired by themes of heritage and empowerment. Together, we’ll honor the past, celebrate the present, and look forward to the future of Black artistry and excellence.
As you're browsing the IMA Galleries, use the Exploring Black Artists guide to dive deeper into some featured pieces of our collection.
Included with General Admission and free for Members
Special Events
First Thursday
Thursday, February 5 | 10 AM–8 PM
Join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Black History Month—a milestone honoring half a century of resilience, creativity, and cultural impact. Enjoy a day full of art and music as we highlight Black artists, voices, and stories. Don’t miss Bold: New Voices in Contemporary Art featuring works from contemporary African artists.
Seniors Stay Creative
Tuesday, February 10 | 11 AM–12:30 PM
$25 Members & $30 public
Seniors, discover the joy of art with like-minded peers in this guided art making in The Studios at Newfields. Each class is led by a teaching artist and corresponds with an exhibition that is on view in the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. This month's theme is Bold: New Voices in Contemporary Art.
Cereal Cinema: Soul
Monday, February 16 | Doors open at 9:30 AM | Film starts at 10 AM
$6 for ages 6 and up | Free for ages 5 and under
After an unexpected accident, a jazz-loving music teacher finds himself separated from his body and transported to the world where souls are formed. As he searches for a way back to his life, he learns what it truly means to have purpose, passion & joy.
Gallery Explorers
Saturday, February 21 | 10:30 AM
$15 Members & $20 public
Explore, investigate, and create together. In this class designed for 5 to 10-year-olds and their adult, you’ll go on a guided exploration in the IMA Galleries using your very own art passport to track which countries you explore. Then, you’ll design your own artwork inspired by your findings to take home. This month's theme is the Forefront Gallery.
Ongoing Exhibitions, Events, & Tours
The Queens of Art Collective
Thursday, February 5–Sunday, March 22, 2026
Free for Members and public
The Queens of Art Collective brings together the work of four African American women artists whose practices are rooted in lived experience and creative resilience. Through painting, mixed media, photography, and expressive visual language, these artists offer intimate perspectives on strength, beauty, and the complexity of African American womanhood.
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Bold: New Voices in Contemporary Art
Included with General Admission & free for Members
In Newfields’ newest exhibition, Bold: New Voices in Contemporary Art, guests will discover thirteen works from the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields that highlight our ever expanding and globally relevant contemporary art collection. Featured in the exhibition are several newly acquired works from cutting-edge contemporary African artists including Wole Lagunju, Turiya Magadlela and Kimathi Mafafo.
Docent Tour: Black History Month
Thursday, February 5 & Thursday, February 16
Included with General Admission & free for Members
Join us for a special themed tour of the IMA Galleries in honor of Black History Month led by one of our Docents. Tours generally feature three works of art and are approximately 30 minutes long.
Stout Reference Library
Thursdays in February
Included with General Admission & free for Members
Stop by the Stout Reference Library on Thursday afternoons in February to learn more about Black artists in Newfields’ collection.
