Closing Doors: Arts Center Based in Indianapolis Methodist Church

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Ernest O. Britton

I didn't want to believe the rumors. How could I? Why would I believe that another religious arts-based organization was having a financial crisis? However, on August 31, 2012 the arts collective Earth House, based at Lockerbie Central United Methodist Church in downtown Indianapolis closed its doors. Yes, in their press release they wrote that they were "suspending its operations while the mission of the organization and programs are reevaluated," but that's simply nonprofit code for "going out of business". It's time to mourn another nonprofit casualty of the Bush Recession, but we pray this too will pass.