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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.
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Art galleries are adapting to ever-changing conditions during the pandemic. Photographer Paige Strobel visited several local galleries for Limestone Post, to find out how they are welcoming visitors — in-person, online, or both. Pictured is Untitled, 2009, by El Anatsui, a recent acquisition by the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art. | Photo by Paige Strobel

Galleries Adapt to Pandemic While Artists Continue to Create [Photo Essay]
Paige Strobel
Art galleries are adapting to ever-changing conditions during the pandemic. Photographer Paige Strobel visited several local galleries to find out how they are welcoming visitors — in-person, online, or both. “While the world looks different and extra precautions are in place,” she writes, “one can still experience the incredible artists and artistry this town offers.” Click here for Paige’s story and photos.
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This photo by Jeffrey Wolin shows the last day of quarry season at the Independent Limestone quarry in 1983. This is one of many photographs Wolin took for his book, with text by Scott Russell Sanders, on the Indiana limestone industry, "Stone Country." | Photo by Jeffrey Wolin

‘Stone Country,’ the Land That Carved a People
Yaël Ksander
In her first article for Limestone Post, Yaël Ksander, a producer at WFIU, takes an in-depth look at the collaboration between photographer Jeffrey Wolin and writer Scott Russell Sanders, whose two books (published 30 years apart) are a chronicle of our quarries — the workers, rock, and cultural histories of the Indiana limestone industry. Click here to read the full story.
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The Indiana University Arts and Humanities Council has created the First Thursdays Festival at Showalter Arts Plaza — a monthly event that will “celebrate and showcase” a range of arts. | Photo courtesy of IU Office of First Year Experience Programs

IU to Showcase Artists with Massive Monthly Festival
TJ Jaeger
Recognizing the wealth of “artists and thinkers” on campus, the IU Arts and Humanities Council has created the First Thursdays Festival at Showalter Arts Plaza. The monthly event will “celebrate and showcase” a range of arts — musical, visual, performance, and other creative endeavors — free and open to the public. Click here to read the full story.
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