IU Festival of Arts offers summer entertainment

FROM IDS REPORTS

The IU Summer Festival of Arts kicked off May 12 with two Kinsey Institute art exhibits, “Creative Minds” and “Artistic Types: Text in Visual Art,” but students can look forward to many more events in the coming months.

“The best thing about the Summer Festival of the Arts is that there is something going on every day all summer, whether students are interested in seeing a musical like ‘Godspell,’ unique offerings in the IU Cinema or exhibits in any of the many gallery spaces on campus,” Brady Miller, director of special and academic events, said in an email.  

The summer festival has a full calendar including music, cinema, theater and arts events.

The festival will continue until Aug. 24.

“There also are individual special events throughout the summer, such as the Midsummer Night at the Art Museum event on June 21, where we’ll be celebrating the return of the Light Totem, a signature piece of outdoor artwork for the campus,” Miller said.

The Summer Festival of the Arts has recurred each summer since 2011.

“Campus takes on a slightly slower pace during the summer, so this season is a great time for those in the Bloomington community and visitors from out of town to come on campus and experience everything IU Bloomington has to offer, whether they’ve been here many times or this would be their first venture,” Miller said.
 
Many of IU’s campus partners take advantage of the summer season as well, Miller said.

Some campus partners are programming outdoor events, such as the Jacobs School of Music’s Summer Band concert, a special performance that will take place June 16 on the lawn of the Musical Arts Center, Miller said.

“It’s a great chance for new people to become engaged with each of the arts entities,” Miller said.

Anu Kumar