Events on October 5, 2026

Beginnings 2026: The First-Year Foundations Student Show

September 4 – October 9, 2026 | Reception and awards ceremony: September 11, 4-6 p.m.

The Ned and Gloria Griner Art Gallery

Normal Hours

• M – F: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Closed weekends and all Ball State breaks and holidays.

The Beginnings 2026 exhibition showcases student artwork completed in the past academic year in School of Art First-Year Foundations courses. We are pleased to offer awards in four categories (2D, 3D, 4D, and Drawing) and a Best in Show Award that is generously sponsored by Art Mart in the Village. Join us for the reception and awards ceremony during BSU Family Weekend, Friday, September 11 from 4 to 6pm.

Foundations provides all first-year students in the studio art, animation, graphic design, and art education programs with the fundamental concepts of art and design through an intensive year-long studio-based experience in AFA 101 Drawing Studio, ADS 101 2D Foundations, ADS 102 3D Foundations, ADS 103 4D Foundations. This interdisciplinary program emphasizes critical thinking and making skills, conceptual development, process, collaboration, and experimentation. Students are introduced to the School of Art’s learning approaches and gain a deeper understanding of historical and contemporary practices in art and design.

What voters think about Delaware County’s new vote centers, used for the first time for the May primary, will be shared at a free public forum at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, in the Muncie Central High School auditorium.

Monday, Oct. 5, also is the last day to register to vote. Citizens are encouraged to register to vote if they are not already registered, and citizens who believe they are registered to vote should double-check to make sure they are still registered. Citizens can register to vote or check their registration at VOTE411.org.

The public forum is being organized by VSTOP, which was responsible for conducting the exit poll survey about vote centers, in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Muncie-Delaware County and the Delaware County clerk’s office. Survey results from the May primary will be shared.

Organizers plan to survey Delaware County voters again during the general election in November as they exit the vote centers. They want to compare feedback and assess whether residents view vote centers as more convenient than the precinct-based model previously used in the county.

With vote centers, voters can vote at any of Delaware County’s 26 vote centers. Voters are no longer assigned a specific precinct polling place to vote.

Indiana counties have been permitted to adopt vote centers since 2006. Seventy-two of Indiana’s 92 counties use vote centers.