INDIANAPOLIS — Windsor Park Neighborhood Association (WPNA) and Circle City Industrial Complex (CCIC) Artists join together to showcase the newly acquired Fletcher Park and to highlight local artists-in-residence on August 2nd with a unique outdoor First Friday “opening” in the park from 5-10 p.m. This event is in conjunction with the monthly IDADA First Friday gallery open houses within the CCIC on Indianapolis’ Near Eastside.
Windsor Park Neighborhood Association recently announced the acquisition of historic Fletcher Park. The park, located at 1429 E. Brookside Avenue, is the triangle of land between Brookside Avenue, Arsenal Avenue, and 12th Street. The park will act as an outdoor gallery exhibiting works from the artists of the CCIC including Nancy Lee Designs Studio, Carla Knopp, Paul D. Best Photography, and many others. The “Premium Blend Trio”, led by Jared Thompson on saxophone, sponsored by the Chatterbox Jazz Club on Mass Ave., will entertain guests in the park space as they mingle among the sculpture and paintings. During the event, future design plans for Fletcher Park will be presented and the possible sculptures from a recent Request for Proposal sponsored by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and The Arts Council of Indianapolis will be announced. At dusk, Craig Mince and his Indianapolis Film Festival award winning Roving Cinema: The Pop-Up Edition will show a movie before the festivities end.
New Day Meadery will serve wine by the glass as a way of celebrating their recent expansion and relocation of their production facility within the CCIC. Additionally, Near Eastside food truck Duos will be on hand to provide food and beverages throughout the evening.
Like all First Friday events, First Friday in Fletcher Park is free, family friendly, and open to the public. A portion of the proceeds for the event will go to the rehabilitation of Fletcher Park.