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Herron Art Library, Herron School of Art + Design,
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10/26/2026

The Herron Art Library's hours for Monday, Oct. 26th will be from 10am to 5pm. We apologize for the inconvenience!

10/22/2026

Stacks aren't just for browsing in addition to being a great resource for color reference and inspiration! 😌🎨📚
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10/16/2026

The Herron Art Library will be open 9am-5pm on Monday, Oct. 19th and Tuesday, Oct. 20th for Fall Break.

10/15/2026

Another bulletin board refresh! 📌
Huge thanks to our library assistant London for creating this great visual! Stop by and take a closer look on your next visit in the library! 📚
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10/09/2026

Did someone say that it's spooky season?! 👻
Here are some for our normal circulating stacks featuring illustration books highlighting all things spooky such as memento mori, dragons & creatures, insects, and brutal weapons. 💀🐉🧌🕷️🗡️
Ask the circulation desk if you're interested in checking out any of the featured titles!
1. Dragons & Mythical Creatures: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers, NC825.F25 D73 2021
2. Death & Mortality: An Image Archive for Artists & Designers, NC 825.D5 D43 2020
3. Insects Reference Book: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers, NC783 .I574 2022
4. Skulls and Skeletons: An Image Archive and Anatomy Reference Book for Artists and Designers, NC760 .S63 2020
5. Brutal Weapons and Armour: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers,
NC825.A65 .B78 2022
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10/07/2026

The Herron Art Library is pleased to host the work of students from Jordan Munson's N208 course, Sound Objects: Building Generative Sonic Worlds.

Students in the N208 course began by exploring sound as artistic material. They used recording, transformation, time, repetition, and space to create fixed or repeatable sound artworks. These 11 works range widely in form and subject, exploring dread, grief, nostalgia, memory, surveillance, the life cycle, and more.

Now, students are taking the next step: transforming their ideas into interactive, responsive, and generative systems that reconsider the relationship between artist, artwork, audience, and environment.

Listen to the complete collection now in the Herron Art Library (located in one of the study carrels). Encounter the resulting Project 2 sound installations throughout Eskenazi Hall, October 13–15, 2026.
Artists & Works include:
Aren Chynoweth - two rooms
Lilly Garcia - untitled
Jamie Gish - and when it finds you.
Bria Harris - a sense of fear
Lauren McDonald - What’s Your Balance?
Phoebe Neace - Between Arrivals
Jalen Poole - untitled
Trevor Rainbolt - Extant Ars
Juls Serowik - Wandering Mind While Developing
Ethan Thomas - FeedBack
Naomi Turnipseed - Take Me Back
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09/25/2026

✍️ Art imitates life 📚
We love seeing students creating within the library!!
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09/15/2026

We're fired up 🔥 to share some new books focusing on ceramics, glazes, and applied arts! 🏺All available to browse now!
1. Bente Skjøttgaard: Nature and Glaze = Nature et Glaçure, NK4210.S562 A4 2025
2. Architectural Pottery: Ceramics for a Modern Landscape, TP807 .C438 2024
3. The Art of Low-Fire Glazes: Techniques, Color Development, and Surface Design for Functional and Sculptural Ceramics, TP812 .E94 2025
4. A Shared Journey: The Barkan Contemporary Ceramic Collection at the RISD Museum, NK4210.S5374 A4 2025
5. The Magic of Geramic Glazes: Nils Thorsson and the Artist Stoneware of Royal Copenhagen, 1932-1975, TP812 .S39 2025
6. A Cultural History of Craft, NK600 .C85 2026 v.1-5 (Reference)
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09/04/2026

The Herron Art Library will be closed on Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day. The library will resume regular hours on Tuesday, September 8th. Have a great, safe holiday weekend!
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09/04/2026

If you've wandered the halls of Herron, you might notice a limestone scultpure of a bison. The 1,200 pound locally sourced stone sculpture was created by Brown County-based artist William A. Galloway. "Bison of North America" was commissioned by the INB Financial Corp., now part of J.P. Morgan Chase, in 1992. The sculpture then found its way on the terrace of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian & Western Art until it officially became part of the museum's collection in 1998.

At some point, the scultpure became affectionately known as Buffy the Bison, not to be confused with the vampire slayer. The series debuted one year prior to its acquisition, which could be the reason for the nickname, or beacuse it is a shortened name for a buffalo.
The museum deaccessioned the sculpture in the past year to serve as a reference tool for the school's sculpture department in addition to honoring the former logo for INB, IU Bloomington's mascot, and the State of Indiana.

We're happy to say that Buffy has found a home here right at Herron!
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Sources: Indianapolis Star, April 10, 1992, pg. C10, photo by Kelly Wilkinson; Brown County Democrat, July 1, 1992, pg. 10; Eiteljorg Museum Newsletter, Summer 1992, pg. 8, photo by Frank Radaker, Eiteljorg Museum Newsletter, First Quarter, 1999, pg. 12, Digital Indy via Indy Public Library; anitabryan.myportfolio.com/indiana-national-bank; iuhoosiers.com
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Indianapolis, IN
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Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 2pm

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+13172789484

Website

https://library.indianapolis.iu.edu/herron

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