INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi) will host its grand opening week from May 1-3, featuring three days of celebrations, live music, and free public programming.
The newly renovated 40,000-square-foot building in Indianapolis’ Garfield Park neighborhood represents a decade-long evolution of the CAMi, which was previously Tube Factory, into one of the Midwest’s most significant new cultural institutions.
The public opening coincides with First Friday, Indianapolis’ monthly arts district celebration. Visitors are invited to socialize, meet exhibiting artists, and explore inaugural shows across six gallery spaces. Some exhibition include Ivelisse Jiménez’s Campo de Resonancia by Efroymson Gallery, Jess Dunn & Sylvia Thomas’s Drafts by Katharine B. Sutphin Media Gallery, and Will Higgins’ The Speedway’s Attic-Research Gallery.
CAMi will celebrate its neighbors with live music at noon by The Roundups, artist conversations and activities, and a group neighborhood tour Saturday at 1 p.m. as well as the opening day of the Garfield Park Farmers Market, across from Garfield Park.
The celebration will conclude on Sunday with a free concert at CAMi’s outdoor amphitheater and pocket park. Virginia-based jazz headliner JJJJJerome Ellis will be in attenedance, as well as Indianapolis-based traditional Mexican folk dance group Grupo Folclórico Macehuani and classical ensemble A.K.A.
Beyond the stage, the event will include vendors from the Indy Gay Market, food for purchase from Pi Indy pizza food truck, and refreshments from Stall and Normal Coffee.
