Yoga at Newfields
Stretch your limbs and realign mind, body, and spirit while surrounded by inspiring art and nature with Yoga at Newfields. Start the weekend with an hour-long vinyasa yoga session, offered by registered instructors from Indianapolis, at various locations on the beautiful Newfields campus. For ages 13 and up.
$10 Discount per order when you select 6+ Classes
Members use code MEMBERYOGA
Public use code PUBLICYOGA
Please meet in the Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion by 9:45 am, unless otherwise stated. Locations are subject to change and weather permitting.
Featured Events
Discover Newfields
Design Gallery
The Design Gallery returns with a thematic reinterpretation that offers new insights into the versatile design process—from inspiration to production.

Pop Up: Tea House
Pop Up: Tea House will be a celebration of the beverage genre with a curated emphasis on the teas of Japan, in harmony with several 2019 exhibitions centering on the art, fashion and history of Japanese culture.

Natural Abstraction: Brett Weston and His Contemporaries
Brett Weston and his contemporaries were masters of the craft of black-and-white photography who used their cameras to capture increasingly-abstract forms in the world around them.

Ben Russell: River Rites
Filmed in one take and played in the reverse, this captivating and ambitious work is an exercise in what the artist called “psychedelic ethnography.”

Adult Class: Advanced Orchid Care
A new class for people ready to meet the challenge in orchid growing with fabulous spray orchids.

Artist Talk: Studio Drift
Join Shelley Selim, Newfields’ Associate Curator of Design & Decorative Arts, for a conversation with the creative duo behind Meadow.

Meadow Opening Party
Following the public talk with artists collective Studio Drift, join the Contemporary Art Society and the Design Arts Society to celebrate Meadow.

Studio Drift: Meadow
Amsterdam-based art and design collective Studio Drift is known for its large-scale installations centered on the relationship between humans, nature, and technology.

Step into the Seasons of Japan
Step into the Seasons of Japan invites guests into an immersive, interactive, multi-sensory experience.

Sensual/Sexual/Social: The Photography of George Platt Lynes Tour
Explore the legacy of American photographer George Platt Lynes through this exhibition of photographs from the collection of the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University.

Newfields Adult Art Studio
Discover and enhance your art skills in the galleries, gardens, and studios.

Adult Class: Kokedama Bonsai with Orchid
Newfields’ Lyss Woods shows you how to create this exquisite construction with a small blooming orchid.

NIC Kay: pushit!
“Can resistance be choreographed?” This is the question that drives pushit!.

Rise: A Saturday State of Mind
Has the winter weather gotten you down? Change the vibe and kick your weekend off with Rise: A Saturday State of Mind.

Orchid Stories
Michelle Reinhold—master gardener, docent, and president of the Asian Art Society President—will take guests on a tour of Orchids, installed for the first time throughout the IMA Galleries.

Book Club: The Orchid Shroud
Fall into a mesmerizing world of wild orchids and a chilling murder with Michelle Wan’s The Orchid Shroud.

Newfields Adult Art Studio
Discover and enhance your art skills in the galleries, gardens, and studios.

Newfields Youth Art Studio
Discover and enhance your art skills in the galleries, gardens, and studios.

Game Night: Puzzles and Games
Shake up your game night and meet your friends at Newfields.

Rafiq Bhatia: Breaking English
Heralded by The New York Times as “transcending real sound in real time with the unexpected,” New York composer and guitarist Rafiq Bhatia seeks to shatter preconceptions about how much can be said without a word—and, for that matter, who can say it.

Adult Class: Beginner’s Bonsai
This beginner’s workshop is designed to both instruct & inspire.

Alliance Diamond Jubilee
Join us in the first “grand” event in years, to celebrate the members for their efforts, the presidents for their leadership, and the many significant contributions.

Samuel Levi Jones: Left of Center
Jones provides striking visual commentary on the duplicitous and oppressive nature of American power structures.

Dining by Design: Silver 1925–2000
20th-century designers and craftsmen produced a glistening array of objects that can still enchant the eye.

Spring Blooms
Imagine an idyllic, vernal campus carpeted with over half a million blooms.

Adult Class: Make a Hypertufa Planter
Join instructor Carol Dale for a new spin on the traditional hypertufa planter.

Newfields Youth Art Studio
Discover and enhance your art skills in the galleries, gardens, and studios. For youth ages 10-15.

Newfields Adult Art Studio
Discover and enhance your art skills in the galleries, gardens, and studios.

Swan Lake
Indianapolis Ballet will close its 2018/19 Season in epic fashion with a full staging of the Tchaikovsky masterpiece, Swan Lake.

Matsuri: Celebrating Contemporary Japanese Fashion
“Matsuri” (祭) is the Japanese term for festival. This premier event includes a VIP reception, red carpet arrivals, cocktail reception, exhibition preview, a special performance and a seated dinner.

Nihontō: The Samurai Sword
Explore the history, physical attributes, symbolism, aesthetic qualities and utility of the Japanese samurai sword from the vantage point of beauty and function.

May We Dance Showcase
The Indianapolis School of Ballet will culminate its 13th year as Indiana’s premier destination for dance instruction at The Toby with its annual May We Dance showcase.

Outside In
Outside In is a visually rich and instructive display of the work of noted block printmaker William Rice (1873-1963).

47 Ronin
This exhibition examines the story of the ‟47 Rōnin”, one of the most widely-known and popular historical tales in Japan.

Sensual / Sexual / Social
Explore the artistic legacy of photographer George Platt Lynes through this exhibition of photographs.

wee Wonders
Foster a young imagination through pretend play, sing-a-longs, gallery art hunts, and hands-on art activities.

Fashion Redefined: Miyake, Kawakubo, Yamamoto
Innovative designs set new standards for shape and proportion and coined a contemporary definition of “universal beauty.”

Life and Legacy: Portraits from the Clowes Collection
See the extensive collection of portraiture from Dr. George H.A. and Edith Whitehill Clowes in a whole new light.

A Brush with Beauty
This exhibition will feature the best of the Edo collection, as well as works from several other periods.

Orchid Stories in the Galleries
In celebration of Orchids 2019, we've developed a special tour that will treat our guests to stories of orchid collectors and orchid lore.

Permanent Collection Tour
Get the most out of your visit to the IMA Galleries with a trained docent as your guide.

Ask Me! Docents
Curious about something you see? Just ask one of our Ask Me! docents.

Society Gallery Talk with Josh Ratliff
Explorer members and above get a preview of Pop Up: Tea House before it opens in the Efroymson Pavilion Balcony.

Sacred Texts of the Himalaya
AAS presents an evening with Jim Canary to hear about his passion for documenting the traditional artisans engaged in manuscript and print production.

Samuel Levi Jones: Left of Center Exhibition Opening
Join us in celebrating the first major museum survey of works by Indiana native Samuel Levi Jones.

Society Gallery Talk with Kelli Morgan and Bryn Jackson
Join curators Kelli Morgan, Associate Curator of American Art and Bryn Jackson, Assistant Curator of Audience Engagement and Performance, for a talk on Samuel Levi Jones - Left of Center.

Horticultural Society Annual Meeting and Marguerite T. Smith Lecture Series
Join the Horticultural Society for their annual meeting followed by an exciting update from the Ruth Lilly Deputy Director for Horticulture and Natural Resources.

A Closer Look
Participants are invited to observe, question, and discuss a selected artwork in the galleries with a museum educator.

Star Studio Artist Demonstration
Star Studio Artist Demonstration is designed to be a drop-in experience that gives guests of all ages an introductory overview of a specific art medium.

Alliance Book Discussion Group
The group will discuss The Strange Odyssey of Poland’s National Treasures, 1939-1961: A Polish Canadian Story, 2004, by Gordon Swoger.

Spring Refresh: Astrology & Astronomy
Signs of spring may just be budding on the ground, but tonight we encourage you to look up to the skies.

Society Viewing Event with Anna Stein
Join Anna Stein, Assistant Curator of Works on Paper, for an exclusive look at Joseph Mallord William Turner’s watercolors, prints, and drawings.

Design Thinking Demonstration
Drop in this spring break for a hands-on lesson in design thinking.

Family Day: Day of Flowers
Brighten up your spring with an explosion of flowers at Newfields.

Asian Art Society Present A Call to Arms: Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the European and American Markets
In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, Asian export ceramics were used to create grand and lavish interiors in European stately homes and palaces.

Game Night: Earth Day Trivia
Put your thinking cap on as we honor another Earth Day with a little trivia.

Alliance Fashion Redefined: Miyake, Kawakubo, and Yamamato Exhibition Tour
Join this special docent led tour.

Spring Refresh: Earth Day
Get out of the house and enjoy what Mother Nature has to offer.
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