About Your Art Here
Overview
Since 2002, Your Art Here (YAH) has founded three community-run-artist-billboards in Bloomington
and Indianapolis, and has exhibited over 50 art billboards on YAH billboards and on commercial for-rent
billboards. For the first time in 2006, Your Art Here has also displayed art on city buses.
Mission Statement
Your Art Here is an Indiana-based non-profit public art organization created to provide local communities with an opportunity to engage in visual, public dialogue through the use of billboards and other public spaces.
Our mission is to extend visual expression beyond traditional museum and gallery spaces in order to create a public venue where art and ideas can be expressed freely.
Board of Directors
Your Art Here board members include: Owen Mundy (Chair), Leslie Sharpe (Secretary), Sophia Travis (Treasurer) and
Brad Wicklund.
Coordinators
Previous coordinators include: Michelle Dalmau (2005-09), Julie Hardesty (2005-09) and Brad Wicklund (2006-09), Tamara Lopez (2005), Shana Berger (2002-2005), Alyssa Hill (2002-2005), Owen Mundy (2002-2005) and Nathan Purath (2002-2005).
Founders
The Your Art Here public art project was founded in September, 2002, by Shana Berger, Alyssa Hill, Owen Mundy, and Nathan Purath
Past Volunteers
Your Art Here is an all-volunteer organization and couldn't have been possible without the help of amazing members of our community:
Kara Alexander, Angela Edwards, Dita Ayudya, Tom, Sherrie, and Vickie Battista, Brian Berger, Chris Berger, Rachel Brewer, Kristin Cotterell, Rick Dietz, Rob Dietz, Mike East, Rachel Ellison, Vicki Gannon, Michelle Graves, Elizabeth Gray, Eric Guido, Shelley Harrison, Nick Henning, Cliff Ingham, Colleen Jankovic, John Johnson, Stephanie Kirby, Mike Klinge, Susana LaLuz, Jared Landberg, John Landis, Tamara Lopez, Sally McSpadden, Mark Rice, Nikki Roberg, Melanie Schlosser, Ian Sienicki, Clara Taylor, Mark Tschida, Rasma Vitols, Jim Vyverberg, Youle Wang, Jeff Wolin, Brent Woodall and Cinnamon Zook
Friends & Supporters
Art Hospital, Bloomington Area Arts Council, Bloomington Community Arts Commission, Bloomington Transit,
Rhino's Youth Center & All-Ages Music Club,
Boomerang Hair, Bicycle Garage, John Walsh and the Sinkholes, Sophia Travis, BJ Sunfire, Jack Flannel, Sam Lowry & the Circumstance, The Binkleys,
The Impossible Shapes,
The Decanters, The Neophytes, The Coke Dares, The Hoosier Hotcakes,
The Nicotones,
IU SoFA Gallery,
Pygmalions art supplies,
Boxcar Books,
Primary Colours,
Newspace Center for Photography,
Municipal Workshop,
Friends of Art Bookstore,
Indiana University School of Fine Arts,
Harmony Education Center,
Monroe County Community School Corporation,
WFHB Public Radio,
Indiana Daily Student,
Adbusters,
John Waldron Arts Center,
Notice: Your Art Here is not responsible for information on websites we link to.
Acknowledgments
Tom Battista and Downtown 101, LLC for providing community art billboard spaces!
To learn more about public art and public art initiatives, visit Public Art References.
