Graduate Thesis Exhibitions

Reception on April 30, 5-8pm

Exhibition April 30 - May 30, 2026

This culminating exhibition showcases the work of graduate students completing their master’s degrees in Fine Art, Art Therapy, and Design.

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Jane Fortune Outstanding Women Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Liz Cohen

April 23, 2026 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm SIDNEY & LOIS ESKENAZI HALL

The Jane Fortune Outstanding Women Visiting Artist Lecture brings internationally acclaimed female artists to Indianapolis. In this lecture, Liz Cohen reflects on a twenty-five–year practice centered on belonging, using performance, images, and fabricated objects to explore how identity, ideology, and culture shape the ways we see and recognize one another.

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The Undergraduate Senior Showcase

Reception on May 15th, 5-8pm

Exhibition: April 30, 2026 – May 17, 2026

The Senior Showcase presents work by graduating undergraduate students from across Herron’s studio programs.

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Art, music, and more

Summer and Fall

2026

From artist talks to tech ensembles to exhibition openings to seasonal events and more—we’ve got it all.

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Herron student volunteer in glasses and a green sweatshirt holding down a piece of paper while a child with their back turned to the camera rubs a crayon across the paper

Herron students create activities at the Children's Museum

Hundreds of visitors

make art with Herron's art ed majors

"We do the readings about childhood development in class, but to see it in action with such a wide range of ages, I think it really clicked for the students," said assistant professor of art education Alexa Kulinski.

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Herron student Min Durham smiling in front of a banner that says IU Indianapolis Top 100

Meet the Herron students on IU Indy's Top 100 list

Demonstrating academic excellence

and exceptional leadership

Herron students Sofia Castillo Samperio, Kelsey Conner, Leah Hanfland, and Valentine Nikolayev are on IU Indianapolis' Top 100 list. From the Top 100 list, ten seniors are chosen for the Top 10 list, which this year includes Herron art history major Min Durham.

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Old photograph of Donald Tavel smiling while playing guitar in front of a Resynator poster

Long-lost synthesizer brought back to life

Late music pioneer's

work featured in documentary

Herron professor of music technology and Ph.D. student have revitalized Donald Tavel's synthesizer known as the "Resynator." The instrument is at the center of Alison Tavel's award-winning film by the same name.

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