A&O Week Ahead | Indianapolis

Indianapolis Arts Center's "Day of the Dead" poster

Wed., Oct. 26-29, 1-5pm | Art Entry Deadline
Art entries are due for Beyond Dead: A Youth Reponse, a High School Art contest exploring what happens to the Body after Death, as part of the 16th Annual Spirit & Place Festival. Includes $750 in prizes and no entry fee. Produced in partnership with the Indianapolis Art Center, entries are due at Indiana Interchurch Center, 1100 West 42nd Street, (317) 755-8400, alphaomegaarts.org.


Thursday, October 28, 2:30-3:3pm | Halloween Art Tour 
From thieves, trickery and Satan to images of religious reflections, angels and cupids, this treasure hunt will be about learning the role of Angels and Demons played in art over the ages. Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, (317) 923-1331, imamuseum.org.

Friday, October 28, 7 pm | Halloween Movie Night
In The Shining (1980), the film version of Stephen King’s simple tale of demonic possession is complex, revelatory, hellish riff on madness, unreliability and ambiguity. The Shining follows the descent of a writer and family man (Jack Nicholson) into murderous psychosis at an isolated mountain resort hotel. Shown in DVD in The Toby Theater. Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, (317) 923-1331, imamuseum.org.
 
Saturday, October 29, 1-2pm | Christianity in Art Tour
Discover how the Church used art filled with images and symbols to educate and to influence its followers during times of change and conflict. Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, (317) 923-1331, imamuseum.org.

Saturday, October 29, noon-5pm | Day of the Dead Celebration
Join the Indianapolis Art Center for its 12th annual celebration of the Dia de los Muertos holiday (Day of the Dead). There will be exhibitions of shrines, altars, traditional Mexican food and activities for the entire family. Free. Indianapolis Art Center, 820 East 67th Street, (317)255-2462, dayofthedeadindy.org.

Thru January 16, 2012 | African Spirituality Exhibit
The Dynasty and Divinity: Ife in Ancient Nigeria exhibition features the artistic accomplishments of this unique 12th- to 15th-century civilization in what is today southwestern Nigeria, and examines how factors of dynastic power and divine authority shaped the exceptional arts from Ife. Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, (317) 923-1331, imamuseum.org.