Come to the Carmel Arts & Design District from 5 to 9 p.m. this evening for Allied Solutions’ Meet Me on Main. This event takes place along Main Street and Range Line Road and attendees can enjoy an evening of art, shopping, music and more.
Meet Me on Main is the City of Carmel’s monthly “second Saturday” event along Main Street and Range Line Road to highlight local galleries, restaurants and design-related businesses in the Carmel Arts & Design District. Art galleries and businesses will be featuring special events to help you experience the wonderful art-related and design-related elements of the District.
Enjoy live music throughout the District, including performances by Redoux, Joe Filipow and Owen Newkirk. Other offerings include free caricatures on the sidewalk along Main Street, make-and-take clay turkeys at the Art Lab, 33 E. Main St., 3rd floor, Suite 300.
You can also take part in a hands-on hot glass session at the plaza at Main Street and Monon Boulevard. Indiana Artisan Lisa F. Pelo will lead participants in an activity to make your own beautiful pumpkin-shaped paperweights. Registration is limited.
There will be an opportunity to register to win one of three $100 gift cards by visiting participating merchants and dropping your name and contact information into a special drawing that will take place on Monday, Nov. 15. The gift cards will be from select Arts District businesses. Be sure to visit as many galleries and shops as possible to increase your chance to win.
As you visit the galleries in the District during Meet Me on Main this Saturday, you can also vote for your favorite design for a new mural coming soon in the Sophia Square Breezeway.
Participating galleries and shops this month include:
- Soori Gallery (33 E. Main St.)
- Magdalena Gallery of Art (27 E. Main St. #100)
- Indiana Artisan (22 N. Range Line Road)
- The Olive Mill (10 S. Range Line Road)
- Carmel Arts Council– The Children’s Art Gallery (40 W. Main St.)
- All Things Carmel (110 W. Main St. #104)
- Art on Main Gallery & Gifts (111 W. Main St. #140)
- CCA Gallery & Gifts (111 W. Main St. #135)
- Kuaba Gallery (404 W. Main St.)
CCA Gallery & Gifts
CCA Gallery and Gifts is featuring the work of two of its artists for November – the beautiful paintings of Simona Buna and the amazing ceramic work of Ingrid Craft. Stop in and see an extensive display of their work in the Feature Gallery. (CCA Gallery, 111 W. Main St., #135)
Indiana Artisan Gallery
Metalsmith Heidi Eikenberry Mandich will demonstrate her jewelry-making process at Indiana Artisan Gifts & Gallery. Meet this Indianapolis-based artist just north of Main on Range Line Road from 5 to 9 p.m. and see her awe-inspiring work. (Indiana Artisan Gifts & Gallery, 22 N. Range Line Road)
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Special offers from Arts & Design District businesses include:
- Bub’s Burgers (210 W. Main St.) is offering cans of Truly for $2 all day (while supplies last).
- Mary’s Mountain Cookies (110 W. Main St.) is offering “Buy 6 get 2 free cookies.”
- Xchocol’Art (228 W. Main St., in the alley) is offering free Salted Caramel with each Hot Chocolate purchased (store open from noon 7:30 p.m.).
The public is also invited to participate in StoryWalk in the Arts & Design District, running now through Nov. 22. The City of Carmel is partnering with the Carmel Clay Public Library to present this unique outdoor reading and walking activity that will lead participants through the District in an interactive experience to read the book A Piece of Chalk by Jennifer Ericsson.
The StoryWalk will start at the CCPL Digital Media Lab, 23 E. Main St. Click here for a map of all the locations where you’ll find a StoryWalk page. Participants can also take a picture of the sign at CCPL Digital Media Lab to know where to go.
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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.