The City of Fishers does not have an indoor facility for arts events and performances. There are people in the city working to remedy that situation. The Fishers Arts Council has engaged the Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning to provide concepts for such an arts center.
“Fishers is a city of more than 90,000 residents, in one of the wealthiest communities in Indiana, yet it does not have an art gallery or an indoor performing arts facility,” said Daniel Kloc, president of the Fishers Arts Council in a news release. “We asked ourselves: what if we had an arts facility, something that could contain a black box theater and space for visual arts, what would that look like?”
Timothy Gray is an Indianapolis architect who teaches at Ball State. He liked the Fishers Arts Council idea, and included it as part of the curriculum for his studio class.
Hope Disbro is a 2015 Hamilton Southeastern High School graduate and is enrolled in Gray’s class.
“Every time I come back to Fishers there is new stuff, and 116th is just a booming area, so I thought it would be cool to do something,” Disbro said. “Something like this would be used, and it would be a huge asset.”
Gray’s class members visited Fishers earlier this fall to discuss the concept and see the downtown Fishers area. The owner of Fritz in Fishers along 116th Street in the downtown area agreed to let the students use his used car business as a mock space for the arts facility.
The Ball State students’ will display several concepts for an indoor arts facility as part of an exhibit from 4 to 6:30 p.m., Dec. 6 at Meyer Najem, 11787 Lantern Road. The event is free. Visitors will see seven different designs, including models and drawings, which showcase the art of design. The Fishers Arts Council also hopes the exhibit generates discussion about expanding arts offerings in the city.