Meet Me on Main returns today in the Carmel Arts & Design District. It will include all of your favorite components of the Second Saturday Gallery Walks including live music, face painting and caricatures, new exhibits and features in local art galleries and businesses staying open until 9 p.m.
March is Indiana Disability Awareness Month and to help bring awareness, Meet Me on Main is partnering with the Carmel Advisory Committee on Disability for a pop-up art gallery with artwork from students with disabilities at Carmel High School. In addition, the Art Lab invites you to drop in and create shamrock or spring themed watercolor paintings from 5 to 8:30 p.m. This event is free and no sign up is required. Both the pop-up exhibition and art project will be held at 110 W. Main St., Suite 125, next to Highgarden Real Estate.
Meet Catie Combellick, 2019 Miss Indiana Teen USA, during Meet Me on Main. She is passionate about anti-discrimination for people with autism and has created her very own movement to initiate inclusivity for people with this disability. Join Catie at the make and take art project from 5 to 8:30 p.m.
New to Meet Me on Main is a monthly drawing. Each month, three $100 gift cards to businesses in the Arts & Design District will be given away. To enter, visit participating galleries and businesses to fill out an entry form; only one can be filled out per location but the more businesses visited, the more you can increase your chances. There is no purchase necessary to participate.
Special gallery exhibits will be featured throughout Meet Me on Main including:
- Carmel Art on Main Gallery is featuring an Indiana Artisan Spotlight where works will be welcomed by Indiana Artisans Mark Lisota, Kathy Blankenheim and Otis Harville. Carmel Art on Main boasts nine Indiana Artisan artist members, including Julie Bolejack, Peter Falk, Amy Greely, Sylvia Gray, Pam Hurst, Nancy Keating, Lynne Medsker, Marie Reamer and Monte Young. (111 W. Main St., #140)
- CCA Gallery is featuring a new member show throughout the month of March. Artists include Joy Tilson Cobb, Simona Buna, Brook Hall, Cindy Cwi, Tara Hicks and J. Rodney Reveal. Their reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. during Meet Me on Main. (111 W. Main St., #135)
- All Things Carmel will be having its spring sale. Enjoy 20 percent off store-wide today (excludes consignment items). (110 W. Main St., #104)
- Hoosier Salon will be featuring Indiana & Beyond, a collaboration from a chance encounter in Paris a few years ago, by Anna Afshar and Randall Scott Harden. The opening reception takes place during Meet Me on Main from 5 to 9 p.m. (22 N. Range Line Road)
- In March, the Carmel Arts Council Children’s Art Gallery will feature student art from Carmel Elementary, Carmel, Clay and Creekside Middle Schools and Carmel High School. Also on exhibit during March will be the First Place artwork from the CAC’s Spring Art Contest. (40 W. Main St.)
- Soori Gallery features paintings, bronze and acrylic sculptured works by leading American and international artists. Featured sculptors include Michael Wilkinson, Frederick Hart, Jerry Joslin and more. (33 E. Main St.)
Activities taking place during Meet Me on Main include:
- Free caricatures and face painting by Custom Eyes Designs inside All Things Carmel (110 W. Main St., #104).
- Free musical entertainment throughout the district. Kassey King will play at Metalmark Fine Jewelry, Circle City Steel will perform at Hoosier Salon and Molly Jones will be at Magdalena Gallery.
- Free Make & Take Art Project with the Art Lab from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Drop in and create shamrock or spring themed watercolor paintings at 110 W. Main Street, Suite 125, next to Highgarden Real Estate. The location is sponsored by Keystone Realty Group. No registration necessary.
A map of the gallery locations and more information about Meet Me on Main activities can be found at CarmelArtsAndDesign.com.
Public parking is available in the Carmel Lions Club lot (141 E. Main St.), Sophia Square parking garage (entrance off of 1st Ave. NW), Indiana Design Center parking garage (200 S. Range Line Road) or on-street. Click here to download the Arts & Design District parking map.
About the Carmel Arts & Design District
The Carmel Arts & Design District is the Midwest’s premier arts and design destination. Home to more than 200 businesses, including art galleries, restaurants, antique dealers, design showrooms, boutiques and creative service providers, the Carmel Arts & Design District promises to stimulate the senses. The Indiana Design Center is housed in the Carmel Arts & Design District. In addition, hundreds have taken advantage of the wide variety of housing opportunities and call the Carmel Arts & Design District home.