About the Indiana Arts Homecoming Conference
The Indiana Arts Homecoming is a gathering of Indiana’s artists, arts providers, and creative communities who are doing work every day to create opportunities that are vibrant, engaging, and embedded in the lives of our citizens.
The Governor’s Arts Awards are presented every other year in conjunction with the conference. The awards recognize excellence in artistic achievement, philanthropy, arts education, and leadership in the arts.
2021 Conference
The focus of the 2021 conference was the intersection of creativity, learning, and community.
We believe that everyone in the state of Indiana should have the opportunity to find the joy in creating, and the 2021 Homecoming conference supported those who facilitate that creating: the artists, arts organizations, community members, and arts teachers in our state that do the important job of communicating art skills and providing creative experiences for the very youngest to the very oldest and everyone in between. Think community arts learning, audience engagement, arts education, arts workshops, residencies, and educational performances.
The conference took place virtually from October 13-15.
What can I expect to learn at the Indiana Arts Homecoming?
It’s all about the “why” and “how” of:
- Artists and creative professionals: incorporating teaching into your portfolio and business practice
- Arts, youth, senior, and community organizations: engaging, connecting, and sharing your creativity with community (from informal to formal settings and everything between)
- 0-3, K-12+ educators, arts educators, and artists: integrating arts into any classroom
- Communities: embracing lifelong creative learning and creative aging to build vibrant places to live
- Advocates: inspiring others about the importance of arts learning and the messaging around it
Everyone will leave the experience familiar with the world of arts learning, its lingo, how to enter the conversation, and be able to connect it with community health and quality of life.
Program Contact:
Paige Sharp, Deputy Director of Programs
psharp@iac.in.gov
