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What’s Blooming at Spring Blooms / Update #3
What's blooming at Spring Blooms presented by Wild Birds Unlimited as of April 8, 2025.
Käthe Kollwitz: Art and Advocacy in Turbulent Times
Ever timely, Käthe Kollwitz’s prints continue to highlight the interaction between art and advocacy in unpredictable periods, more than a century after many were created.
Behind the Blooms
Art in Bloom is the perfect combination of art, nature, and community in celebration of creativity and spring. Learn all about how Newfields brings it to life every year.
Blayne “Wavy” McCrary: Local Legend
Blayne McCrary’s nickname, Wavy, says it all. He goes with the flow, but don’t think that means he is satisfied with the status quo. He is a musician and is in two bands, Kinfolk and The Call. He is also a visual artist and a member of The Eighteen Art Collective.
Across the Pond
This summer, I had the honor to work and learn at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in London, England alongside some of the foremost orchid experts in the world. Here's what I learned.
Bringing the Ancestors Home
This July, Newfields was honored and privileged to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime ceremony deep in the Kilifi Forest in Eastern Kenya. The local Mijikenda community, our hosts, invited us to celebrate the homecoming of 55 vigango memorial statues.
What I Have You Have
What did you give? What did you receive? Walter Lobyn Hamilton What I Have You Have poses these two questions in the new exhibition by Walter Lobyn Hamilton, a locally based and nationally acclaimed vinyl record artist.
Soaring Success
The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at Newfields is home to a record number of bird species thanks in large part to efforts by Newfields to reclaim the space through natural land management.
Conserving Who’s Your Tree
It has long been a favorite piece in the contemporary collection, and it was a must-have for The Message is the Medium: Contemporary Art. However, conserving this complex sculpture was no easy task.
Hot in the Shade
It’s summer. And it’s hot. Embrace the shade. Learn a few tips and tricks to shade gardening in Indiana.
Kevin West: Local Legend
Kevin West is a seasoned artist with more than 15 years of experience under his belt. I visited his studio and spoke to him about his art-reprenuership and the story behind his encapsulating painting in the We. The Culture.
John G. Moore Jr.: Local Legend
John G. Moore Jr.’s superpower is taking information, distilling it, and making it useful. He is technical and meticulous but, in his art, he doesn’t strive for perfection. His goal is to get you to stop and stare. To pause. To think. To agree, or to disagree.