Look Both Ways: A 50th Anniversary Celebration and Auction

Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 01:15 pm UTC-06:00

401 N Arthur St, New Harmony, IN 47631-9706, United States | New Harmony

New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
Publisher/HostNew Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
Look Both Ways: A 50th Anniversary Celebration and Auction
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Join us in celebrating the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art's 50th anniversary - and 40th year as part of the University of Southern Indiana - at this celebratory event.
NHGCA 50th celebratory event program is as follows:
Welcome, gallery staff
New Harmony Town Song, New Harmony Town Choir
Reflections by guest speakers:
Leslie Townsend, Director, Historic New Harmony
Audra Verona Lambert, Curator, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art
Docey Lewis, New Harmony-based artist and NHGCA Advisory Board Member
Kent Parker, Chair, Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation
Shauta Marsh, Co-Founder, Tube Factory Artspace and Social Alchemy Project
Special Presentation by Kathryn Waters, NHGCA Advisory Board Member
Former NHGCA Directors John P. Begley and Connie Weinzapfel in conversation
Panel, 'Utopia in Contemporary Art Practice' featuring artists Anila Quayyum Agha, Sam Van Aken and Mary Mattingly
***The speaking portion of the event from approximately 1:30-3 is free and open to the public***
There is a ticketed reception and auction to follow. Come and secure an exhibition catalog and stay around for our reception and auction event -- more details to be posted here shortly.
50th Celebration event; reception and auction for a ticket price (ticket cost TBD.)
This event is taking place on Saturday, November 8th at the Atheneum New Harmony Visitors Center, 401 Arthur Street to commemorate 50 years of the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, founded on Oct 29, 1975.
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