Holiday Gift Ideas

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Welcome to the Be Indypendent gift guide, your resource for finding unique, Indypendent gifts this holiday season.

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Experience Holiday Events (click here)Looking for great last minute gift ideas? Check out the museum memberships, gift certificates and art classes in the green box to your right.


Nov. 18-Jan. 1, 2009
Indiana Art - Holiday Style
The Hoosier Salon Gallery
Fine works of art in oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolor and mixed media. Beautiful glass pieces, ceramics and fine pottery.

Dec. 5-Jan. 2
Holiday One Piece Show
Dean Johnson
Opening Reception: Dec. 5, 5 to 9 p.m. Featuring over 50 local artists in a variety of mediums this show has something for everyone. The Dean Johnson Holiday One Piece Show has helped to mark the opening of the holiday season for over 12 years! Don't miss this opportunity to start the season right with an evening of Holiday fun, food, shopping and merriment.

Dec. 5-19
One Piece Fine Art Exhibition - Holiday Show
Ivy Tech State College Art Department
Wug laku's studio & garage presents the Ivy Tech State College Art Department Holiday Show. Sale items range in price from $10 - $200 with 13 participating students and four faculty members.

Dec. 6 until Dec. 23
SullivanMunce Holiday Boutique
The art center's galleries have been transformed into an indoor art marketplace featuring the work of Indiana artists ranging from pottery, paintings and glassware to jewelry, scarves, and hats! Give something special this season ... give the gift of art! The boutique will be open regular business hours thru December 23.

Beginning November 13
Ornament Exhibition
Art in Hand
Downtown Zionsville
Unique Christmas Ornaments handmade by our gallery Artists. Artwork affordably priced for gift giving in all media.

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January 25, 2009, 3:30 pm
The Classical Fellowship Awards: Premiere Series presents Igor Lovchinsky
IMA Deer Zink Events Pavilion
Five of America's best young pianists will come to Indianapolis as Finalists for the ProLiance Energy Classical Fellowship Awards. Come hear the next generation of American artists as they perform in a variety of settings and musical genres throughout the Premiere Series and Discovery Week concerts. On Jan. 25, enjoy a performance by 24-year-old Igor Lovchinsky, as he plays Shostakovich Concerto No. 1.

IAC_Header_ArtsCard$3 off general admission to each Classical Fellowship Awards: Premiere Series concerts.

IAC_Header_ArtsCard$3 off general admission to each Classical Fellowship Awards: Premiere Series concerts.

Feb. 15, 2009
The Classical Fellowship Awards: Premiere Series presents Adam Golka
IMA Deer Zink Events Pavilion
Five of America's best young pianists will come to Indianapolis as Finalists for the ProLiance Energy Classical Fellowship Awards. Come hear the next generation of American artists as they perform in a variety of settings and musical genres throughout the Premiere Series and Discovery Week concerts. On Feb. 15, 2009, enjoy the performance of 21-year-old Adam Golka, as he plays Mozart Concerto, K.488.

IAC_Header_ArtsCard$3 off general admission to each Classical Fellowship Awards: Premiere Series concerts.

Feb. 17, 2009
Music of the Americas
Ronen Chamber Ensemble
No visas required for this musical excursion which includes stops in Canada, Brazil and of course the United States. The concert features a World Premiere performance of a work for clarinet, cello and percussion by John Berners.

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Three-CD set
The IVCI Gold Series — $65
Here’s a holiday gift for the music lover in your life ... with an Indianapolis connection. Enjoy recordings by the most recent Gold Medalists of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis ... and find out how they got to the top.

Critically acclaimed performances by IVCI Gold Medalists Judith Ingolfsson (1998), Barnabás Kelemen (2002), and Augustin Hadelich (2006) in a three CD set, along with the DVD “Good as Gold”, the Emmy-nominated documentary chronicling the 2006 Competition: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Budapest Philharmonic, Hungarian favorites for violin and piano including Ravel’s Tzigane and Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen, and Three Haydn Violin Concerti with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra.

For more information, visit IVCI's catalog or call 317-637-4574.

A selection from Indianapolis Children’s Choir & Indianapolis Youth Choral recordings!
Gift CDs ~ $15 to $20
Discover why the Indianapolis Children’s Choir is one of the most successful children’s choirs in the world!  Recorded to commemorate several international tours during the past 10 years, as well as a superb holiday CD, (“Making Spirits Bright”), any music lover will delight in the ensemble virtuosity of these young singers!

Order online at http://icchoir.stores.yahoo.net/music.html or call 317-940-9640.

2008 White House Ornament at The President’s Cabinet
The 2008 White House Christmas ornament honoring President Benjamin Harrison (23rd President of the U.S., 1833-1901) in the series created by the White House Historical Association is offered in the Harrison Home’s gift shop.  Inspired by Harrison’s Victorian Christmas tree replicated each Christmas at the Harrison Home, this 24-karat-gold-finished ornament interprets the first recorded tree to decorate the White House.  The tree ornament is laden with baubles and garland, a showpiece of treats and toys in three-dimensional relief.  Beneath the tree, the ornament depicts the presents the Harrison grandchildren received, including a toy train, a wooden sled, a rosy-cheeked doll and a dollhouse.

American Pianists Association Fellows’ Triple CD Pack
Holiday Discounted Price: $50

Share the gift of music with your loved ones and enjoy countless hours of the finest piano music available! 2003 Fellow Michael Sheppard and the 2006 Fellows Stephen Beus and Spencer Myer each perform selected solo works on these beautifully recorded discs, which are perfect gifts for any musician, audiophile, or music lover. This unbeatable price is only good through Dec. 21 or while supplies last. Hurry now and save on music by the finest American pianists today!
Visit www.americanpianists.org or call 317-940-9945 for more information.

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December 2-30
Gingerbread Village
Conner Prairie
IAC_Header_ArtsCard $2 Off Gingerbread Village Admission

Dec. 13-14

Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
Handel's Messiah
December 13 | December 14
$3 off general admission to Handel's Messiah.

Jan. 25, 2009
American Pianists Association
IAC_Header_ArtsCard $3 off general admission to the Classical Fellowship Awards: Premiere Series presents Igor Lovchinsky

Feb. 15, 2009
American Pianists Association
IAC_Header_ArtsCard $3 off general admission to the Classical Fellowship Awards: Premiere Series presents Adam Golka

AV Framing and Gallery
IAC_Header_ArtsCard Buy one, get one free on Preservation Photo Frames

Broad Ripple Art & Design
IAC_Header_ArtsCard 10% off and 10% Free artwork consultation, 10% off and 10% donated to the Arts Council of Indianapolis or non profit of choice for schematic design for art placement and selection.  10% off and 10% donated to the Arts Council of Indianapolis or non profit of choice of installation fees. 

Broad Ripple Art & Design
IAC_Header_ArtsCard 10% off an 10% 10% off and 10% donated to the Arts Council of Indianapolis or non profit of choice for contemporary fresco and/or sculpture installations indoors or out. 

Indiana Ballet Company
IAC_Header_ArtsCard 25% Off each ticket for IndyArts Card holders

Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
IAC_Header_ArtsCard "Chamber Choice" gift certificate
Purchase an $80 gift certificate redeemable for four tickets ($100 value) to any concert in the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra's 2008-2009 concert series.