Projects
Ongoing

Massachusetts Ave. Billboard Project, May 2003 to present
Two community run artist billboards founded in the downtown Indianapolis arts district.

Billboard 101, Fall 2007 +
Community run artist billboard on the corner of 6th and Walnut Streets located on the square in downtown Bloomington, Indiana.
2010

Forgotten and Future Landscapes, February 2010
Collaboration between Your Art Here, the SoFA Gallery at Indiana University, and ArtsWeek.
2009

Billboard Generation VII, March 2009
Call for artwork submissions from K-12 students residing in Bloomington and Indianapolis in celebration of National Youth Art Month. Contest theme this year: Sustainability: Living in Balance.
2008

Benton Project, May 2008
Inspired by the social and public aspects of Thomas Hart Benton’s work, Your Art Here launches a contemporary work by an Indiana-based painter, Caleb Weintraub, who shares Benton’s large-scale, head-on approach.

Billboard Generation VI, March 2008
Call for artwork submissions from K-12 students residing in Bloomington and Indianapolis in celebration of National Youth Art Month. Contest theme this year: If I were president ...

Your Campaign Here, February 2008
Call for submissions from artists of all ages using yard signs as a medium to question the way in which political messages are portrayed to us. This project is part of ArtsWeek 2008.
2007

Billboard Generation V, March 2007
Call for artwork submissions from K-12 students residing in Bloomington and Indianapolis in celebration of National Youth Art Month. Contest theme this year: Be the Media: What Would You Say?
2006

Your Art Wear: Collection One, November 2006
T-shirts designed by local artists Lee Busick, Stephanie Dotson, and Andrew Maxson. Proceeds from the sale of Your Art Wear go on to support the creative efforts of Your Art Here.

Stories in Motion: Art in Transit, August-October 2006
Call for artwork entries by Bloomington residents that captures the spirit of Bloomington. Bloomington residents of all ages and artistic inclinations are encouraged to participate. Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2006.

Billboard Generation IV, March 2006
Call for artwork submissions from K-12 students residing in Bloomington and Indianapolis in celebration of National Youth Art Month. Contest theme this year: Who Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
2005

Billboard Generation III, March 2005
Call for artwork submissions from K-12 students residing in Bloomington and Indianapolis in celebration of National Youth Art Month. Contest theme this year: Free Speech: Voice your opinion!

York Art Here, May 2005
The Coleman Center for Arts and Culture in York, Alabama invited Shana Berger and Nathan Purath, Your Art Here founders, to work with kids in public and private schools to create artwork about their community.
2004

The Patriot Art Series, August - November 2004
A series of four billboards exhibited on the Mass. Ave. billboards that consider the influence of mass media and the perception of 'patriotism.'

Your Art Here Student Billboard Awards, April 2004
Together with IU SoFA Your Art Here sponsored a billboard award in which one outstanding student got his/her art on a billboard. Untitled, by nick Henning

Billboard Generation II, March 2004
Eight different artworks made by students in grades k-12 responded to the question "What would you like to tell your community?" Winning themes included the effects of pollution on our environment, diversity, and the importance of community involvement.
2003

Collect All Four, November 2003–January 2004
This t-shirt project about consumerism resulted in four t-shirts that reclaim our personal visual space, so frequently used for advertising.

Flatland: Billboards in the Crossroads of America, September 2004
Collaborative with Indiana University's SoFA Gallery that resulted in 7 art billboards by Angela Edwards, Linda Adelle, Benjamin Long, Jasmine Grskovic, Denis Chamberlain, Antonia Curry in the SoFA Gallery and outdoors in Bloomington and Indianapolis.

July 4th Parade and Media Conglomerate, July 2003
Collaboration piece by Your Art Here co-founders that participated in the Bloomington 4th of July Parade, and was subsequently hung on Billboard 101.

Billboard Generation, March 2003
Call for artwork submissions from K-12 students residing in Bloomington and Indianapolis in celebration of National Youth Art Month. Resulted in two youth art billboards on commercially rented spaces. Contest theme was Peace and/or War.

Exquisite Corpse Billboard at the Pin-up benefit, February 21, 2003
Public performance of an exquisite corpse billboard where viewers were asked to become the artists.

Billboard 101, January 2003 to September 2003
Community run artist billboard on the corner of 6th and Walnut Streets in Bloomington, IN. James Nakagawa's piece, Border from the Drive-In Series, premiered on the BB101 space.
2002



