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The total solar eclipse on April 8 is generating excitement across much of Indiana. Many people in Bloomington and neighboring communities are celebrating the event with art. Limestone is the medium one local artist and his stone-carver cousin are using to recognize, celebrate, and remember the event.

The Art of Totality: Celestial Celebrations in the Hoosier State Bloomington will celebrate the 2024 solar eclipse through art

Dason Anderson

Bloomington and neighboring communities are preparing a rush of activity for the solar eclipse on April 8. And it wouldn’t be a Bloomington celebration, writes Dason Anderson, if art wasn’t involved. One artist and his stone-carver cousin have made it even more local, with limestone sculptures to recognize, celebrate, and remember the event for eons. See what’s happening for the eclipse.

March 21, 2024

Radical Jewelry Makeover Bloomington kicked off in September with “the Sorting,” when metalsmiths and jewelry designers sorted and categorized donated jewelry. Forty categories emerged, including gold, silver, copper, brass, natural stones, plastic beads, flora and fauna, and rhinestones. | Courtesy photo

IU Professors Host Ethical Metalsmiths and Radical Jewelry Makeover

Hiromi Yoshida

IU professors of metalsmithing and jewelry design are collaborating with the nonprofit Ethical Metalsmiths to inspire students to create jewelry from ethically source materials, reconsider consumer habits, and promote stories behind donated jewelry. Metalsmithing and jewelry-design students from several Midwest universities will showcase their work in an exhibition called Radical Jewelry Makeover Bloomington in January. Click here for the story by Hiromi Yoshida.