Podcast appearances and mentions of harrison center

In this episode of Everyday Leaders, we sit down with Greg Enas, a visionary leader whose journey is marked by a deep commitment to human dignity, community impact, and redemptive enterprise. Greg served as the Senior Director at Eli Lilly and Co, and currently serves Vice Chair at Chorus Inc, and a Venture Catalyst at Innovatov. His leadership influence extends through his roles as the former President of Trinity Fellows Academy, Founding Board Chair at The Oaks Academy, and involvement with the Harrison Center for the Arts. Greg's heart for empowering the poor and oppressed is evident as he shares his passion for restoring human dignity through purpose-driven enterprise. In our conversation, we explore Greg's story, which is a testament to the transformative power of leadership rooted in faith, purpose, and a heart for the oppressed. Whether you're looking to lead with greater empathy or create impact through redemptive enterprise, this episode will inspire you to take meaningful action.Connect with Greg through:Citizen 7 Praxis Guild Indianapolis Cohatch Polk Stables Books Greg is Reading Heaven, Hell and Paradise LostGateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill Culture and Anarchy After 1177 BC: The Survival of Civilizations

There are words written down, and then there are words spoken out loud and arranged into an order that allows someone listening to learn a few things about what's happening in geographical area in which they are interested. For those reading these words now, this is a complicated way of saying this is Charlottesville Community Engagement that has been produced for June 22, 2024. I'm Sean Tubbs, and I can report that there's madness to this method. In this installment: * Charlottesville City Council reaffirms water protection ordinance / stormwater utility fee after two public hearings that were not labeled as such in the agenda (learn more)* Charlottesville Deputy City Manager Marshall briefs Council on her approach to social equity goals (learn more)* The Charlottesville and Albemarle economic development authorities meet to learn more about the regional strategies put together by another level of government (learn more)* The University of Virginia Buildings and Grounds Committee learns how planning and budgeting works for capital projects (learn more)* The Harrison Center of Translational Research at the University of Virginia is preparing to learn more about neurodegenerative diseases (learn more)First shout-out: Friends of JMRL In the first subscriber supported shout-out since the summer solstice: Let's learn a little about a nonprofit group that plays a major role to keep the Jefferson Madison Regional Library going strong. Friends of JMRL plays an important role in the slightly Byzantine structure of library budgets. Proceeds from the popular book sale go to pay for children's, teen and adult programs. The five jurisdictions that make up JMRL pay for facilities, salaries, and operational costs. State aid funds the collection acquisitions for all materials, physical, and digital. The federal e-rate program pays for equipment purchases. And Friends of JMRL raise funds for all sorts of activities. That includes the Library endowment in conjunction with the Charlottesville Albemarle Community Foundation awards money to special efforts such as the NAACP scholarship as well grants to out-of-area patrons to cover the $30 fee for residents of non-member localities. Friends of JMRL also  manages the Books Behind Bars program. Volunteers find and ship books to Virginia inmates at no cost to the inmates. Expenses are paid through private benefactors and Red Light Management.Visit jmrlfriends.org to learn more and find out how you can get involved. Second-shout out: Cvillepedia Cvillepedia is a wiki dedicated to sharing and building community knowledge and history about the people, places, and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. This site is built with the same software as Wikipedia and is a free, public, collaborative encyclopedia that anyone can edit and improve. Cvillepedia is a volunteer run project. Click HERE to become a volunteer and add to the stories we tell about the past!Thoughts at the end of #693AAnd with publication of this newsletter, one week ends and another begins. I have two more stories to post to Information Charlottesville, but one may end up being more appropriate in tomorrow's edition of the newsletter. For now, I need to turn my attention to putting together the Week Ahead. By my count, there were 17 stories in the newsletter this week, and about half of them became audio versions. I've sort of figured out how to balance all of this in a way that the print newsletter gets out quicker and those who listen get to hear the stories the way they're meant to be experienced.People learn things in different ways, and I'm always looking to learn new methods of getting information to people. In four years, there have been hundreds of stories, and I hope to be able to continue this for some time to come.Many of you subscribe and as its a Sunday and my time is partially covered by the sponsor of the Week Ahead, I'm going to spare you the sales pitch. I will ask you consider sharing this newsletter with someone else who may not know about it. Listeners and readers wanted! Share with people you think may want to be informed about things! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

Stuart Snoddy was born inHonduras and lives and works in Indianapolis, IN. He holds an MFA from Northern Illinois University and a BFA from the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. Stuart has had shown his work at Massey Klein, Edington Gallery, Future Fair, Tyger Tyger Gallery, Cat Head Press, Farmer Family Gallery at Ohio State, Trestle Gallery and many others. He has received a Harrison Center for the Arts Award, an Atlantic Center Master Artist-In-Residence Award, an Oxbow Fellowship and others. His work has been covered in Juxtapoz, Artmaze, New American Paintings, Blissmag and others.

This week we close out James past trip to Indianapolis with a long overdue episode featuring Rebecca Robinson. Hyped up off mid-tier coffee James visits Rebecca's studio at the Harrison Center in the Circle City. Sourcing and handpainting leather bags, mixing up cement for an exhibition at Newfields Museum, and even producing a documentary on Black Men in medicine. We were all over the map on this one. If you enjoy the music or interviews, feel free tip the host. paypal.me/jamesgearlds cash.me/jamesgearlds This week's guest Rebecca Robinson Follow her on Insta: instagram.com/psnob Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/id/stores/art-and-bs-podcast Follow me on social media. Twitter: twitter.com/kindafresh IG: instagram.com/jamesgearlds instagram.com/artandbspodcast

Today I am not in my gallery, I am in the studio of accomplished Indianapolis artist and really good friend of mine Johnny McKee. Johnny's roots in Indy go all the way back to his training at the Herron School of Art in the early 90s. Since then he has touched so many different corners of our art scene, from his early studio at the Ferris Building to the Indianapolis Art Center to running the Ashland gallery for 10 years in Broad Ripple and now Johnny has been at the Harrison Center for 8 years. Johnny has a major exhibition opening next month and to dive into what this show is all about.Johnny's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnymckee/?hl=enhttps://www.harrisoncenter.org/Check out https://www.ViningGallery.com to see images of Johnny's studio and artwork mentioned in this episode.

Community Connection Thursday June 2nd 2022 Indianapolis Recorder Sport's Writer Danny Bridges CPR & First Aid Training "Emergencies leave us feeling helpless, but they don’t have to. Take two minutes to learn Hands-Only CPR™ now. 70 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen in homes. When a person has a cardiac arrest, immediate CPR can double or triple their chance of survival. Prepare to save a life, find a CPR course near you today." Find a class near you: https://cpr.heart.org/en/course-catalog-search Now through June 7th, the American Heart Association is recognizing National CPR and AED Awareness week. Phone Guest: Tim Harms - Senior Director Of Communications American Heart Association Bruce Richardson - CPR Survivor Find Your Family, Know Your Roots - Free Genealogy Assistance and discussion about the importance of oral history in Black family genealogy with the Harrison Center This Saturday, June 4th 1:00pm - 4:00pm About: "Bring family photos and join author/historian Eunice Trotter, genealogy expert Charles Barker, and photographer/historian William Rasdell for a workshop presentation followed by professional genealogical assistance from the Indiana African American Genealogy Group to help you start your family tree." Event information: https://attend.indypl.org/event/6688695 Phone Guest: Joanna Taft - Executive Director at the Harrison Center for the Arts Eunice Trotter - Journalist, Author, Community ActivistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode three features mixed media artist, Kate Oberreich. Kate is an Indianapolis based painter employing multiple mediums including water media, cyanotype, embroidery, and collage. Kate's work often explores themes and narratives associated with the concept of finding home and community, both literally and figuratively. During the month of March, Kate's most recent showing "Other People's Oceans" was the featured display in the Harrison Gallery at the Harrison Center for the Arts. Find out more about "Other People's Oceans" on the Harrison Center's website. Follow Kate on Instagram to see more of her work as well as check out her website, kateoberreich.com.

Joanna Taft of the Harrison Center joins us. The Harrison Center is a community-based, nonprofit arts organization that seeks to be a catalyst for renewal in the city of Indianapolis. Founded in 2001, the organization's work is two-fold. The Harrison Center for the Arts is home to 36 artist studios and five galleries with programming that is designed to foster the creation of new art, build community among artists and emerging art patrons, create new partnerships, and provide a forum for public conversations between artists and the community. The Harrison Center for the City seeks to connect people to culture, community, and place to strengthen Indianapolis's core urban neighborhoods. Visit their website here - https://www.harrisoncenter.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan talks with actress Maddie Weinstein about how COVID will change theatre/film, The Bachelor, and our own political narratives, then discuss interviews with Harrison Center for the Arts founder Joanna Taft, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, and Anne Surak from Exhibit Columbus. You can check out Maddie's work in "Beach Rats" on Hulu and "Alex Strangelove" on Netflix. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/50-states-of-mind/message

Sit on the porch with The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking and three guests from Indianapolis, collaborators who are engaging community theater, neighbors, and small business owners to imagine a better future. The guests are Moriah Miller of the Harrison Center, Keesha Dixon of Asante Children's Theatre, and Shirley Webster, a longtime resident and community organizer. The three were instructors at the 2019 Midwest Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit in Cincinnati in October. They taught a session on engaging theater to address neighborhood change and cultural gentrification. Themes include gentrification, community theater, improvisation, honoring and integrating elderly residents, cultural festivals to encourage dialogue around difficult topics and more. The event is called PreEnact Indy. Learn more by watching this video: https://vimeo.com/387485504  Subscribe to our newsletter for updates. Like our podcasts? You'll love our webinars. Register now!

Gentrification, cultural shifts, crime, unsafe streets, poverty and disconnection. They all sound pretty bleak especially when considered together. But my guest, Joanna Taft, has been experimenting along with her neighbors in the Herron Morton neighborhood in Indianapolis and have found some remarkably sensitive and effective ways to begin to reverse these trends. She has discovered the healing and effective power of art, empathy, personal connection and refraining from making sweeping judgements about the people around her. If anything, it could be said that Joanna takes a deliberate and meditative approach to living in her place keeping her posture open towards connection instead of disconnection. Joanna Taft is the Executive Director of the Harrison Center for the Arts and co-founder of Herron Highschool in Indianapolis. Find Joanna online: Twitter, Instagram More about PreEnact Indy and a TedX talk given by Joanna

Joanna taps into the importance of connecting people to ideas, opportunities, place, and culture.

Harrison Center 48 Hour Song Project; Warner Swopes: He's Got the Beat; Nothing Coy about this Poem; Sound Expeditions: White River; Axum Ethiopian; Climate Change Camp; Feeding a Crowd; Graffiti Guru Ezi. Originally posted August 2, 2018.

Harrison Center 48 Hour Song Project; Warner Swopes: He's Got the Beat; Nothing Coy about this Poem; Sound Expeditions: White River; Axum Ethiopian; Climate Change Camp; Feeding a Crowd; Graffiti Guru Ezi. Originally posted August 2, 2018.

Come porching with us as Joanna Taft from the Harrison Center shares her story over a Gin Rickey. Joanna grew up in Washington D.C. knowing that she wanted to solve problems in the Federal Government. That was until she met her husband and they moved to Cambridge City, Indiana where she worked as a program coordinator for Huddleson House. In that role, she learned how to embrace and build communities, which is now the core of her projects. Joanna, her husband, Bill, and young daughter moved to the Herron-Morton neighborhood in 1991. Although it is now the home of some of Indy's most coveted properties, it was not then. Its evolution over the last 30 years is partially contributed to Joanna and Bill's efforts in achieving their family mission: “The healing of the city." Together, they helped start a church, The Oaks Academy, the Harrison Center, and Herron High School in the Herron-Morton neighborhood. You can now find Joanna hosting Porch Parties every Sunday to build community with her neighbors, working on PreEnact Indy, and sharing the stories of the Greatriarchs in Indianapolis. Tune in to learn about the different forms of gentrification, how to embrace the history of your neighborhood, and about Joanna's newest projects. Drink deep of the culture that surrounds you with Joanna Taft from the Harrison Center. Learn about the Harrison Center! Review the episode on iTunes, Twitter, and Facebook! Join our community on Patreon! What we tasted from Hotel TangoGolf Gin Bourbon Whiskey Check out our sponsors for this episode: Naptown Fitness - To start your health journey today, visit naptownfitness.com http://naptownfitness.com/ https://www.instagram.com/naptownfitness/ https://www.facebook.com/NapTownFitness FullStack PEO - Turnkey HR for Emerging Companies. https://www.fullstackpeo.com/drnkcltr https://www.linkedin.com/company/27092746/ https://twitter.com/fullstackpeo https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Consulting-Agency/FullStack-PEO-1107694849373703/ Sahm’s Coffee Cake - The official dessert of Indy Holidays. Available at all Sahm’s locations, Big Lug Canteen, Liter House, and Goose the Market. Don't forget to tell them we sent you! https://www.sahms.com Drink Culture Website: https://www.drnkcltr.com Drink Culture Newsletter: https://www.drnkcltr.com/newsletter/ Drink Culture Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/drnkcltr Drink Culture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drinkculturepodcast/ Drink Culture Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drinkculturepodcast Drink Culture YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvrw7Fqfw4ZORgZMPJKio-A

If you've spent any time on the Circle this summer, you've probably seen Justin Vining painting the Soldiers & Sailors Monument or the surrounding buildings or even the downtown streets and people. It's part of an effort the attorney-turned-artist is making to raise his profile as he prepares to move out of the popular Harrison Center for the Arts and into his own studio and gallery space in a building he and his brother, an attorney, have purchased. The marketing tactic has worked. People stop, take Vining's card, shoot photos they post on social media and even buy paintings on the spot. Vining then adds data about the painting or the sale to what he calls the "hot sheet," a record of his paintings, their sizes, prices and how long they take to sell—even details about who's buying them. It's part of his data-driven effort to boost his art business. Vining talks to podcast host Mason King about his process—both in creating art and running his business. For more, read Sam Stall's profile of Vining for IBJ.    

Harrison Center 48 Hour Song Project; Warner Swopes: He's Got the Beat; Nothing Coy about this Poem; Sound Expeditions: White River; Axum Ethiopian; Climate Change Camp; Feeding a Crowd; Graffiti Guru Ezi. Originally posted August 2, 2018.

Harrison Center 48 Hour Song Project; Warner Swopes: He's Got the Beat; Nothing Coy about this Poem; Sound Expeditions: White River; Axum Ethiopian; Climate Change Camp; Feeding a Crowd; Graffiti Guru Ezi. Originally posted August 2, 2018.

Up next, we have Indianapolis's Sarah Grain & the Billions of Stars playing live from the 2018 Independent Music and Arts Festival at the Harrison Center in Indy, offering her blend of folk infused with jazz and bossa-nova that definitely rocks. Produced by Chase Carter.

Joanna Taft is the Executive Director of The Harrison Center, an organization that seeks to be a catalyst for renewal in the city of Indianapolis by fostering awareness, appreciation, and community for arts and culture. Joanna has been a resident of downtown Indianapolis since before it was cool. In our conversation we discuss The Harrison Center, her role in starting Herron High School, and much more. Listen to Know Indy and meet the good people who are doing their best right here in Indianapolis. Guests range from business leaders and community activists, to musicians and artists. On each episode one guest joins host Steven Tyler for an in-depth conversation about their life, career, passions, and what drives them. Know Indy is your introduction to the talented and interesting people you need to know. Website: https://www.knowindy.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowindyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowindyshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowindyshow

Joanna Taft is the Executive Director of The Harrison Center, an organization that seeks to be a catalyst for renewal in the city of Indianapolis by fostering awareness, appreciation, and community for arts and culture. Joanna has been a resident of downtown Indianapolis since before it was cool. In our conversation we discuss The Harrison Center, her role in starting Herron High School, and much more. Listen to Know Indy and meet the good people who are doing their best right here in Indianapolis. Guests range from business leaders and community activists, to musicians and artists. On each episode one guest joins host Steven Tyler for an in-depth conversation about their life, career, passions, and what drives them. Know Indy is your introduction to the talented and interesting people you need to know. Website: https://www.knowindy.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowindyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowindyshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowindyshow

Joanna Taft of the Harrison Center discusses the role of the arts, place, and story to humanize, connect, and empower a neighborhood. We talk about how a neighborhood can change and improve in inclusive and equitable ways, and how important it is for people to feel known and loved in their community and their homes. Central to it all is being a neighbor to your neighbors. This is a jam-packed discussion you can't afford to miss! 2:15 – Brief recap of our Cultivating Strong Towns workshop in Shreveport 9:30 – Introducing Joanna Taft & the Harrison Center 14:15 – Beginning of interview: Joanna's role as a neighbor, helping her neighborhood grow stronger through the arts, education, entrepreneurship, youth development and more 15:00 – What "community building" means to Joanna, and how her thinking on the matter has evolved over the years 18:00 – Harrison Center's neighborhood partnerships, and how residents' concerns about being left out of their neighborhood's story and evolution led her organization to try a new approach to storytelling 22:45 – "Preenactment," or reimagining a neighborhood the way it ought to be 28:00 – How Joanna's team collected stories and concerns from the neighborhood 32:00 – Changing behaviors and attitudes, not just the physical makeup of a neighborhood, and how Joanna uses the concept of preenactment in her personal life 38:00 – Preenactment as a response to the question: "How do we revitalize in an inclusive way?" 39:05 – The centrality of art and place in building vibrant, equitable, and human neighborhoods 43:05 – Cultivating a generation of arts patrons at Herron High School 48:10 – Partnerships with the City of Indianapolis 50:15 – Some of the challenges (and unique opportunities) that come from working directly with a city government 52:50 – The role of relationships and how other cities could set themselves up to be welcoming to grassroots community building 54:00 – The Harrison Center's City Gallery: "Could the arts actually help with the abandoned housing issue?" 57:45 – Porching! How the simple act of inviting neighbors onto your front porch can begin to change your neighborhood 1:00:25 – How to start a grassroots community building movement in a neighborhood without much current involvement (We had some audio quality issues on this episode. Sorry about that! Hoping to have those fixed for the next one.) Links: The Harrison Center PreEnact Indy City Gallery Music in this episode is from Custodian of Records and Tours

Broad Ripple artist Lauren Ditchley talks about the Harrison Center for the Arts and race car driver Kristian Aleixo talks about overcoming being homeless, a type 1 diabetic, and serving 2 tours in Iraq to pursue his passion of racing Indy Cars.   

It's a mouthful, but we're joined by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources - Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology to discuss their upcoming "Women at Work" Conference and then we'll welcome Scribfolio, a product to help foster creativity and exploration in Indy kids. All that and more, today on the EDGE! --  Jeanie Reagan-Dinius, the Director of Special Initiatives at Indiana DNR, joins Erin and Brittany to talk about their upcoming Women at Work Conference. This is the third year for the event and the event will be held at the Harrison Center for the Arts. This year's conference will focus on the history of Indiana women in the arts and their keynote speaker for this year will be Abbey Chambers. If you are interested in attending this year's conference, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hoosier-women-at-work-2018-tickets-39052707700 -- Have you heard about the data breach at Facebook? Well, Fitbit has released their own stats of their user's sleep habits. Plus, would you want a robot of your dead relatives? Find out these stories and more, this week on the Paul Poteet on the EDGE! Company wants to build an AI robot version of your dead relatives - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5428169/Scientists-want-build-robot-replicas-dead-relatives.html FitBit studied 6 billion nights of sleep - https://medium.com/world-economic-forum/fitbit-analyzed-data-on-6-billion-nights-of-sleep-with-fascinating-results-66742aa49450 What new for weddings this year? - https://www.theknot.com/content/2018-wedding-trends -- If you are looking to pull your kids away from spending all the time in front of the screen, then be sure to check out Scribfolio! Maggie Held is the founder of Scribfolio and she joins Erin and Brittany to talk about how she turned her career from a professional singer/dancer/actor into a small business owner. To learn more about Scribfolio, please visit their website: https://www.scribfolio.com/

This week, a golf course designer who's also a photographer - or maybe the other way around - a poet who literally traced her ancestors' footsteps, a woman who wants to change the world for women and girls, the Harrison Center's new mission, and Butler University's MFA outreach programs.

Are neighborhoods and gathering spots different today than they used to be? Today on No Limits we'll talk about placemaking efforts, specifically a statewide program designed to provide matching grant funds for projects that bring people into connection with one another. From beautification projects to community kitchens and everything in between, ideas are unlimited. Our guests are Carmen Lethig, Placemaking Manager, Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA); Veronica Watson, Director of Indiana Operations, Patronicity; and Joanna Taft, Executive Director, Harrison Center.

You may have heard of a RE-enactment, but what about a PRE-enactment? This weekend a live theater event called PreEnactIndy will take place over three city blocks on the Indianapolis near Northside. The collaborative production will envision what the performance area along 16th Street could be like one day. Today on No Limits, our guests are Joanna Taft, executive director of the Harrison Center for the Arts & producer of PreEnactIndy; Bonnie Mill, artistic director at the The Sapphire Theatre Co. & director of PreEnactIndy; and Ron Lovett, a neighbor in the Monon 16 neighborhood.

"Experiencing arts and culture helps us to connect to each other and ideas in ways that are impossible otherwise." In this episode, hear Joanna Taft share ways that the Harrison Center for the Arts is creating opportunities for students and members of the community to experience "spectacles of wonder" and imagine a better world to start living out that new reality.

Okara Imani and Sammie Brown were interns this summer for the Harrison Center for the Arts. Their job? To create a Hamilton style musical that could be used by tour groups visiting historic Indianapolis locations. The Indianapolis Foundation is celebrating a century of investment in the central Indiana community, and Sharon Gamble invited Vice President for Development and Philanthropic Services Rob MacPherson in to share the highlights of their plans. Flight of Fancy is a group show featuring artists who explore subconscious thoughts, dreamlike scenes, and surreal visions at Indiana Landmarks Center's Rapp Family Gallery which opens in October. Travis DiNicola couldn't wait to find out about it and invited artists Brinton Farrand and Wazeil in to learn more.

Bookmark show at the Harrison Center for the Arts, IBJ arts columnist Lou Harry and play write Rita Kohn