Original Performance directed by Derek Spencer (Los Angeles, CA), featuring an ensemble of students from the Ball State Department of Theatre and Dance, led by teaching professor Veronica Santoyo. Fury will run for four nights, opening Thursday, April 21, 2022 through Sunday, April 24, 2022. All performances will be held in the Heritage Room on the second floor of Cornerstone Center for the Arts, starting at 7:30pm. This performance is rated PG-13 for language and discussions of violence. Opening Reception on April 21 from 5-7 PM.

Joshua Challen Ice (Pittsburgh, PA) has created an immersive art installation, High Maintenance, that pays homage to the Cornerstone Center for the Arts’ historic building. Opening Reception, April 21 from 5-7 PM. Daily open hours from 5-8 PM from April 21-25.

Derek Spencer will will direct his cast and crew through an open rehearsal at 7pm on Thursday, April 7th in the PlySpace Gallery. Please join Derek and his cast for a brief interactive and immersive experience. No prior experience is required. This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.

Derek Spencer (Los Angeles, CA) will present an artist talk about his past projects and process on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00pm in the Arts and Journalism building, room 225, on the campus of Ball State University. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are recommended, but not required.

Join PlySpace and Ball State University School of Art for the visiting artist lecture for PlySpace Resident Fellow Joshua Ice. Ice will speak about his work and answer questions about his practice and project he plans to complete while in Muncie.

Jordan Delzell will host a one night exhibition and artist talk on Thursday, December 9, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the PlySpace Gallery (608 E Main Street, Muncie). this exhibition will showcase sculptural tools and installations that assist her in teaching and sharing the recycling process. Objects for measuring, holding and presenting paper in its various forms of transition will be shown as well as larger scale installations that illustrate the paper recycling process. By creating these objects and environments, Jordan looks forward to further exploring how her art practice can be pedagogical—a way of learning with paper, people and place. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are required.

Jordan Delzell will transform the PlySpace gallery (608 E Main Street, Muncie) into a recycling center where the Muncie community can drop off paper materials to be recycled and learn about paper-making with recycled materials. All are welcome to stop by during drop-in hours to drop-off paper to recycle and to learn more about the paper-recycling process. In addition to the open drop in hours, Jordan will also lead a paper-recycling workshop and host an exhibition.

“Recycling as a Creative Practice: Paper-making with Found Materials”, which will be held on Saturday, December 4, at 3:00 pm, is a free workshop that will introduce participants to the basics of paper-making using everyday materials that can be found in or near Muncie. Discarded paper, lint and plants will be blended, forming a pulp that can be used to create stationary, functional vessels or sculptural objects. By using discarded items that can be sourced in Muncie we will take collective action to reduce items in the local waste stream while also learning a fun and creative process that requires little experience, equipment and monetary investment. Sign up here!

Jordan Delzell will transform the PlySpace gallery (608 E Main Street, Muncie) into a recycling center where the Muncie community can drop off paper materials to be recycled and learn about paper-making with recycled materials. All are welcome to stop by during drop-in hours to drop-off paper to recycle and to learn more about the paper-recycling process. In addition to the open drop in hours, Jordan will also lead a paper-recycling workshop and host an exhibition.

On Thursday, November 18, Adam Stacey and Makenzie Goodman will host a one-night only immersive installation entitled, The First Guide in the PlySpace Gallery (608 E Main Street, Muncie) from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Both events are free and open to the public. Masks are required.

Adam Stacey and Makenzie Goodman will present an Artist Talk about their past and current work on Wednesday, November 10, at 7:00 pm in the Arts and Journalism Building room 225 on the campus of Ball State University. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are required.

PlySpace, the artist in residence program of the Muncie Arts and Culture Council (MuncieArts) presents a one-night only artist talk and performance by PlySpace Resident, Camila Ortiz on Thursday, October 21 at 6:30 pm in the PlySpace Gallery. Ortiz will perform “touching the stove coil”, a collection of songs she created during the month of October while at PlySpace. The songs are explorations of personal and family histories interwoven with scenes from her time in Muncie, and will be performed on guitar, voice, and electronics. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are required.

PlySpace, invites emerging writers to attend “Building A Career as a Literary Artist”, an all-day in-person workshop facilitated by PlySpace Resident, Lyzette Wanzer. “Building A Career As A Literary Artist” will take place on Saturday, October 9, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Carnegie Library in Downtown Muncie. This event is free and in partnership with Muncie Public Libraries. Masks are required. Space is limited and registration is required. Sign up today.

Open Curiosity: An Exploration of Material as Metaphor, a four part online workshop, invites participants to release their expectations about “Art-making” and embrace process-driven, open-ended inquiries. Participants will use simple basketry techniques to consider relationships- both physically/structurally and metaphorically/philosophically. The sessions will include discussion and interaction among workshop participants, with facilitation by Summer 2021 Virtual PlySpace Resident, Carrie Dickason, and will culminate in an online Instagram exhibition with a map of participants’ locations and their individual works.

Join us for an artist lecture with Anna Lublina, a Performance Artist and the PlySpace Residency Spring 2021 Fellow.
This lecture will be livestreaming on zoom and facebook live. It is free and open to the public. Registration is requested through Eventbrite. Click here to register.

Anna Lublina, our Spring 2021 Fellow, is doing a project all about bread and needs your help! Got a recipe or technique you can share? We want to hear from you! Learn how you can be part of her project.

Join PlySpace Virtual Residents LanDforms Dance for a special workshop series and unprecedented performance in Muncie! The entire performance will be a scavenger hunt of dance, where the audience will view the performers from their cars at locations around Muncie. Register by November 3!

Join PlySpace and Ball State University School of Art for the visiting artist lecture for PlySpace Resident Fellow Natan Diacon-Furtado. Diacon-Furtado will speak about his work and answer questions about his practice and time spent in Muncie. This event will be held on Thursday, October 29th at 6 PM-7PM via Ball State School of Art Live (https://sites.bsu.edu/artlive/). A live Q&A will follow the lecture.