BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11876@muncieevents.com DTSTAMP:20260430T112845Z CATEGORIES:Art COMMENT: CONTACT:nephillips@bsu.edu DTSTART;TZID=AMERICA/INDIANA/INDIANAPOLIS:20260507T170000 DESCRIPTION:111 Arts Gallery \;\n111 E. Main\nHey First Thursday\, unti l June we will be hosting a pop-up flea market. This May 7th\, we will hav e several vendors of odd outsider and folk art\, lowbrow\, VHS\, books\, m agazines\, art\, collectibles\, and prints. Come out and party to the alte rnative!\n\nArt at the Murray\n405 S. Walnut \;(upstairs)\nThe third f loor at ART at the Murray is where the action is this month! Gallery Flane ur (Mark Sawrie) will feature a new selection of photographs\, with treats and libations served\, while Dunckel Haus Photography opens their studio with special prints and copies of their debut first-edition book My Life W ithout Me In It. Kerry Shaw’s studio will be open\, and Cassie Dunmyer w ill have her studio open with new work on display along with a restock of prints and cards. \;\n\nCornerstone Center for the Arts\n520 E. Main\n Join us at Cornerstone on the 2nd floor from 5–8 pm for our monthly Firs t Thursday Arts Walk\, featuring artwork by local artist Terri Best\, live music from Nash Hammond\, and shop from local artist vendors. This month also highlights a special collaboration with Burris Laboratory School\, wh ere middle school students transformed broken violins and cellos into crea tive works of art with Artist in Residence Debra Gindhart Dragoo\, explori ng sustainability and community impact. \;\n\nECAP Gallery\n306 S. Wal nut\nStripped Axles Robotics will be showcasing their VEX Robotics teams w ork thanks to a shared space provided by the Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning. Students from four local teams (ages 7-18) will be on hand to share their robots\, explain what they’ve been buildi ng\, and give the community a closer look at the creativity\, problem-solv ing\, and teamwork behind competitive robotics. Stop by\, say hello\, and help us celebrate these hardworking students!\n\nFox &\; Sparrow Tattoo \n304 S. Walnut\nOur doors open 1pm-8pm with walk-in availability for your next tattoo. We are happy to be hosting Guest Artist and BSU Graduate\, K at Edwards. Kat will be displaying her art work from 5pm-8pm as well as jo ining us for a fun day of tattooing. \;\n\nIdia Lab\n306 S. Walnut St. \nBall State University’s IDIA Lab\, part of the Estopinal College of Ar chitecture and Planning\, will showcase an interactive gesture-based insta llation during Muncie’s First Thursday on May 7\, from 5–8 p.m.\, at t he ECAP Downtown Studios\, \;306 South Walnut Street. The project uses a live game engine and employs a depth camera to sense a person’s movem ent\, allowing them to puppeteer a 3D character. Stop by and play!\n\nMade in Muncie\n313 S. Walnut\nMade in Muncie will be hosting a show by local artist Jamie Twibell\n\nMadjax Muncie\n515 E. Main St.\nMuncie-based visua l artist and MadJax maker\, Kat Peace is April’s featured artist in the TOOLSONG Gallery. The exhibition highlights Peace’s layered\, intuitive painting style\, working across acrylic and oil to explore the connection between the natural world and the inner one. TOOLSONG is located on the fi rst floor of MadJax\, near the center of the building\, across from the el evator. The gallery is free and open to the public during MadJax hours - M onday - Friday\, 7:30 am to 7:00 pm and Saturday\, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.\n\n Carved from a former transformer shaft in our historic industrial building \, the gallery has been reimagined into a light-filled space dedicated to experimentation and contemporary making. Designed and constructed by stude nts from Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning\, TOOLSONG reflects MadJax’s commitment to adaptive reuse\, hands-on learn ing\, and creating new platforms for artists to share work with the commun ity.\n\nMuncie Artists Guild\nVarious locations\nThe Muncie Artists Guild Artist of the Month for May is Dennie Mann.\n\nWhile recovering from major surgery in 2022\, Dennie decided to return to painting after a 40-year hi atus. Recovery and retirement have brought time\, relaxation\, and the opp ortunity to focus on learning new skills while exploring previously unfami liar techniques and media. Dennie currently works primarily in oils on str etched canvas. His subjects are landscape and seascape scenes\, inspired b y breathtakingly beautiful scenes in nature. He is focusing on improving h is plein air painting skills.\n\nDennie's work will be on display at the f ollowing locations: Haul n' Oats\, Old National Bank\, Rosebud Coffee Hous e\, and The Patterson Block\n\nMuncieArts\n216 E. Main\nMuncieArts Artist Spotlight: Eryn Hume\n\nMeet Eryn Hume\, view her artwork\, and learn abou t her creative process. \;Eryn \;Hume \;is a Muncie-based abst ract expressionist artist working with latex and acrylic paint. Through im aginative layering and bold use of color\, \;Eryn's work \;invites curiosity\, blending passion for purpose and accidental discovery. \; Eryn \;studied Interior Design and Art at the Art Institute of Chicago and Ball State \;University. \;5-7pm\n\nMuncie Makers Market\nCor ner of Walnut and Adams\nThe Muncie Makers Market will be open from 5-8p o utdoors on the sidewalks at Adams &\; Walnut in Downtown Muncie! Come H UNGRY &\; Shop SMALL! Everything handmade\, homemade\, &\; locally g rown!\n\nRecord Parlor of Muncie\n125 E. Charles St.\, Suite 110\nThe Reco rd Parlor of Muncie is continuing an initiative to create a Community Coll age \;Album! In addition to enjoying our gallery of local art\, visito rs will have the opportunity to record some music (regardless of talent). We will have a small studio space set up with microphones\, guitars\, and a couple small percussion instruments. Visitors can also feel free to brin g their own instrument \;to play. Anyone who wants to is welcome to re cord something (even if it's just hand claps). All of the sounds will then be mixed and mastered into a song. At the end of the year\, we will have a full album of songs created by the community to share. The recording sta tion will be set up from 6-8 so come contribute to the Community Collage!\ n\nRoHo’s Muncie\n308 S. Walnut St.\nJoin us for a special evening celeb rating local talent as we showcase Kerry Shaw as RoHo’s Artist of the Mo nth! Kerry is a Muncie-based artist with deep roots in the local creative community. With a background in fine art and graphic design from Ringling College of Art and Design and Ball State University\, he’s spent decades honing his craft—both professionally and personally. After a successful career with Ball Corporation\, Anderson University\, and his own firm sha wDesign\, Kerry now focuses on painting stunning landscapes and portraits. His work is inspired by his travels and time spent painting with groups l ike the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association\, Hoosier Salon\, and Tucso n Barrio Painters. Stop in\, grab a drink\, and experience Kerry’s work up close.\n\nThe Songwriter Sessions at Elm Street\n519 N. Elm\nThe Songwr iter Sessions is a monthly event where local and regional songwriters shar e the art of original music and the stories behind the songs. \; The e vent is held in conjunction with Muncie's First Thursday. It runs from 8-1 0pm at Elm Street Brewing Co\, 519 North Elm Street after the main First T hursday events\, as an after party where you can unwind and listen to awes ome live music performed by the creators. The May event features Pocket Di ver (Elia Buss) and Cherry Chub\, both from the Muncie area. \; \; \n\nUrban Stitch\n306 S. Walnut\nUrban Stitch: Designing Connections follo ws a group of Ball State architecture students as they work to strengthen the connection between campus and downtown. Through collaboration with loc al businesses\, artists\, and community leaders—and by activating spaces through events—the studio explores new ways to bring students into the life of downtown Muncie. The result is a set of ideas grounded in real exp erience\, now hopefully moving forward with support from the city and comm unity partners. LOCATION:Downtown SUMMARY:May's First Thursday (full listing) URL;VALUE=URI:https://muncieevents.com/event/11876 DTEND;TZID=AMERICA/INDIANA/INDIANAPOLIS:20260507T200000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR