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Events for Friday, July 25, 2008
 DEMONSTRATION
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
"Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting" Exhibit Demonstrations
Watch fiber arts enthusiasts create fascinating works, and see how knitting, crocheting, and lacework may be used in everyday items and art. These demonstrations include crocheting, knitting, finger k...
· Rapp Reception Hall
· 3rd Floor Galleries
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Great Hall Demo
“What is THAT?” From taxidermy to stereoscopes and geodes to ox yokes, the Indiana State Museum offers a wide variety of daily demonstrations in the Governor Frank O'Bannon Great Hall. During demonstr...
· Governor Frank O'Bannon Great Hall
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Kate Larson: Knitting with Energized Yarns
This event is presented in conjunction with the exhibit “Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting,” organized and circulated by the Museum of Arts & Design, New York. "Energized" yarns are freshly spun and...
· Rapp Reception Hall
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Footprints Exhibit Demo: Arachnid Adventure
Demonstrator: Jim Floyd, M.Ed. Jim Floyd, M.Ed. will discuss the morphology and biology of spiders native to Indiana as well the medical significance of Indiana species. Visitors may learn how to...
· South Gallery
 LEGACY THEATER PERFORMANCE
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Legacy Theater Troupe Presents: Stories with Stevi
Performance times: 9:30 – 10 a.m., 10:30 – 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. –noon and 12:30 – 1 p.m. Stephanie “Stevi” Butler is a local actress who uses songs, drama, and humor to tell stories with a style...
· Legacy Theater
 SOAPBOX THEATER PERFORMANCE
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Soapbox Theater
Ask James Whitcomb Riley about his poem “Little Orphant Annie,” quiz Terre Haute advertising icon Clabber Girl about her baking soda, or chat with pioneering businesswoman Madam C.J. Walker. “Soapbox...
· Museum Galleries and Public Spaces
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Soapbox Theater: James Whitcomb Riley
As portrayed by actor Danny Russel. Meet Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley as a young man, as he gets his start in the world as part of a traveling medicine show. Ask him to recite some of his most fa...
· Museum Galleries and Public Spaces
 SPECIAL EXHIBIT
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting
The practices of knitting, crocheting, and lace-making have experienced a phenomenal rise to prominence in the work of contemporary artists. Their vision uses fiber to explore line and space, marrying...
· NiSource Inc. Gallery of Indiana Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Footprints: Balancing Nature's Diversity
Try to imagine what types of animals lived in Indiana 200 or even 12,000 years ago. Since the Ice Age, our wildlife has grown much scarcer and less diverse. This exhibit draws on the museum’s rich col...
· South Gallery
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Capturing Fins and Feathers: Indiana Wildlife Stamp Artwork
This exhibit showcases the technical skill and talent behind The Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR) hunting and fishing stamps. The Indiana DNR stamp program began in 1976 to raise funds to preser...
· Whipple Truss Bridge
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
84th Annual Hoosier Salon
The Hoosier Salon Patrons Association celebrates its 84th consecutive year of showcasing original works by Indiana’s finest contemporary artists. See sculpture, glass, prints, paintings, and drawings...
· Wilbur E. and Florence Jeup Ford Gallery
General William Henry Harrison led troops against Native American forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe on Nov. 7, 1811.
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