Join us for a conversation with artist Aaron S. Coleman on No More Water, new mixed media assemblages on view at Storage Space Gallery October 18—November 3, 2024.

Setting is intimate with room for 30 guests and a light brunch will be provided.

Price | Sliding Scale | Reserve Your Seat

Join us for a conversation with artists Cory Robinson and Rebekah Nolan and moderator Braydee Euliss about Prototype, collaborations in form and function on view at Storage Space Gallery August 16—September 9, 2024.

Prototype is the initial conversation between the two Indianapolis artists who explore how collaboration can shape artistic expression, open doors to new ways of making, and create resonating outcomes.

Setting is intimate with room for 30 guests.

Event includes brunch provided by Sidedoor Bagel & SunBean Coffee Roasters whose kind donations allow us to present the event at a sliding scale fee.

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Closing Reception | Join us Sunday, June 30, 2024 1—4 pm for the closing reception of WINDING ACCORD. The event is free and open to the public. We’ll gather up for a casual conversation with the artists around 2:00 pm.

Opening Reception | Join us Friday, May 31, 2024 6—10 pm for the opening reception of WINDING ACCORD. The event is free and open to the public.

Closing Reception | Join us Sunday, December 17, 2023 1—4 pm for the closing reception of SPOTLIGHT/SEARCH by Maura Jasper. We’ll be joined in song by Nathaniel Russell and Chris Vorhees.

SPOTLIGHT/SEARCH is part of the Middletown Film Project by Maura Jasper, an ongoing body of work inspired by the sociological studies of Helen and Robert Lynd titled Middletown, and the six-part documentary series of the same name produced by Peter Davis for PBS in 1982. Middletown Film Project reflects on the collective identity of Muncie as a highly studied community. Comprised of moving image, sound recordings, photographs, participatory events, and drawing, this new body of work explores the concept of “Middletown” as a myth in contention.

Join us Saturday, December 16, 2023 for an artist dinner with Maura Jasper, food by creative and cook Grace Seibert, and wine with sommelier Demian Hostetter.

Homecoming welcomes you to a table you've visited many times before. You've sat here with family, friends, lovers, and ones you miss dearly. Find comfort in a Midwest supper inspired by your coziest aunt’s or grandma’s home decked out in wallpaper and plush carpet with recipes on the table from vintage and family cookbooks spanning the 1960s to the early 2000s. Flavors and presentation will reflect Grace’s midwest upbringing as a person of color. Our pitch-in style meal extends the invitation of Spotlight/Search and "serves as a beacon — a gathering spot for anyone who searches to find [it]."

Setting is intimate and limited to 15 guests.

Price | $80-100 | Reserve Your Seat

OPENING RECEPTION | At the furthest edge of an open horizon with miles of cornfields, brownfields, commercial plazas, and quiet downtown streets, two beams of light are pointed into the night sky. They rotate slowly, piercing the darkness and serving as a beacon for anyone who seeks to find them.

Spotlight/Search is about searching, being found, and finding beauty exactly where you are.

It is for Muncie, Indiana and inspired by Middletown, as they are not the same.

Spotlight/Search took place in Muncie, Indiana July 14th, 2023 for 158 minutes.

This work is part of the Middletown Film Project by Maura Jasper, an ongoing body of work inspired by the sociological studies of Helen and Robert Lynd titled Middletown, and the six-part documentary series of the same name produced by Peter Davis for PBS in 1982. Middletown Film Project reflects on the collective identity of Muncie as a highly studied community. Comprised of moving image, sound recordings, photographs, participatory events, and drawing, this new body of work explores the concept of “Middletown” as a myth in contention.

Join us Saturday, June 17, 2023 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm and again for the opening of Go More Slowly Over The Earth for a two-part casting workshop. Learn about ancient casting techniques and make your own small object or ornament using cuttlefish bone moulds.

Price | $200 | Reserve Your Space

Setting is intimate and limited to 10 guests.

Join us for a morning exploration of ritual and nourishment in this season with hosts Lauren Day and Grace Seibert.

Wintering invites inquiry, reflection, and vulnerability guided by independent writing and the ideas Katherine May shares in her book by the same name. Warming winter tea and treats by Grace. Setting is intimate and limited to 8 guests.

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Join us Sunday, January 8, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. for guided yoga and adornment assembly with artists Ellery Diaz and Braydee Euliss in collaboration with the Indianapolis Zen Center. This program is part of FAIR MARKET 2022, a gathering of artists and objects around the idea of holding on.

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Setting is intimate and limited to 12 guests.

Join us Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 3:00 pm for an intimate afternoon of poetry with Mitchell L. H. Douglas and Michael Kaufmann as part of Fair Market _ 2022.

Event is open to the public with no RSVP. The gallery will hold open hours 12 - 5 pm.

Poet and visual artist Mitchell L. H. Douglas is the author of dying in the scarecrow’s arms, \blak\ \al-fə bet\, and Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem. He will likely read from his last collection, dying in the scarecrow's arms, and a collection of new poems he is currently wrapping up. A 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow, he is Associate Professor of English at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Michael Kaufmann has written on the intersection of disability and punk, penned strong critiques of public art and our cultural institutions, and freestyled a novella about a time traveling Aztec rapper. He will be reading from his two collections of poems, The Long Chorus and Cowboy Psalms and Fat Haikus.

Join us Tuesday, December 13, 2022 for a traditional-ish Korean feast with vegetable-forward banchan and seafood by friend and cook Grace Seibert.

Gyopo includes wine, a small memento, and helps support future artist programming at Companion. Setting is intimate and limited to 14 guests. Guests may bring beverages of their choice.

Gyopo (교포): ethnic Koreans living outside of Korea; definitely not “full” Korean.

The closing reception brings together Katy Didden and Jennifer Delgadillo, artist-writers whose work often centers the possibilities of language, gazing, and our relationships with the natural world. Katy will read from her new book of mixed-media erasure poems, “Ore Choir: The Lava on Iceland” (a collaboration with illustrator Kevin Tseng). Jennifer will share an excerpt from her novel in progress, The Flowers in the Desert. We'll close with an interactive rain oracle led by Katy. Readings begin at 2 PM.

Join us Tuesday, October 11th for an artist dinner with Stephanie Barlow and food by friend and cook Grace Seibert.

Tablescape Courses offers access to an immersive and exploratory meal that reaches into the nature of the exhibition, light libations, a small gift from the artist, and helps support future artist programming at Companion. Guests may bring beverages of their choice.

Setting is intimate and limited to 15 guests.

Price | $75 | Reserve Your Seat

OPENING RECEPTION | Stephanie Barlow explores our connections with the natural world and brings into focus the endlessness of time and change in the everyday. Material curiosities lead her present and playful practice through drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, bookmaking, and sculpture. With They say it better than I ever will., her notes on patterns and fluctuations in life, decline, and what gets left behind document a reverence for the biosphere and reflect on our collective impact.

Join us Sunday, December 5, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. for guided yoga and adornment assembly with artists Ellery Diaz and Braydee Euliss in collaboration with the Indianapolis Zen Center. This program is part of FAIR MARKET, a gathering of artists who make work about material, craft, performance, and ways we protect ourselves.

Price | Sliding Scale | Reserve Your Space

Setting is intimate and limited to 15 guests.

Ellery will lead a gentle, multi-chakra focused flow two doors down at the Indianapolis Zen Center with mats and blocks provided. We’ll reconvene at Companion for light lunch followed by a guided exploration of amulet and adornment assembly with Ellery and Braydee. Guests are encouraged to bring strand, pendant, and amulet materials of their choosing that hold sentimental, cultural, or curiosity-sparking relevance. Fees and additional purchases support program facilitator stipends and future artist programming at Companion.

CLOSING RECEPTION | Comprised of paintings, textiles, and sculptures, LIVE/WORK deconstructs what would be a single painting by Rebekah Nolan and realizes its individual objects to examine the experience of home as a creative work space. The closing reception brings Nolan’s exhibition to life with an accompanying performance led by dance-maker Lauren Curry in collaboration with Bethany Bak and André Williams. The improvised and choreographed movements are inspired by mid-twentieth century modern dance and will begin at 2:00 pm.

Join us Thursday, September 9, at 7:00 p.m. for family-style dinner with artist Rebekah Nolan and surrounded by her large, extruded sculptures and buoyant, painted figures. The exhibition, LIVE/WORK, examines “the experience of home as creative work space.”

Price | $50 per person | Reserve Your Seat

Setting is intimate and limited to 13 additional guests.

Includes three-course dinner, soft drinks, a complimentary print, and helps support future artist programming at Companion. Guests are encouraged to bring beverages of their choice.

Proof of vaccination is required for attendance.
A guest under the age of 12 who is unable to be vaccinated will be with us for the evening. Proof of vaccination is required for attendance. Tickets purchased without verification provided cannot be refunded. We appreciate your understanding and ask that you email braydee@thisiscompanion.com to submit verification and with any questions.

OPENING RECEPTION | Comprised of paintings, textiles, and sculptures, LIVE/WORK deconstructs what would be a single painting by Rebekah Nolan and realizes its individual objects to examine the experience of home as a creative work space.