Tippecanoe Arts Federation - Member Organizations

Tippecanoe Arts Federation currently has over 100 member organizations. Visual, musical,  and performance art along with, historical, cultural and community organizations offer a plethora of arts experiences for the community and region. Take a look at a few TAF Member Organizations. Since half of TAF's mission is to facilitate the artistic activities of member organizations, TAF views the marketing of its Member Organizations' information and events as a primary function of TAF.

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*Benefits
*Forms
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*Upcoming Workshops
 

 


  List of Current Member Organizations

Visual Arts

Art of Giving
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
Art on the Wabash
Artists' Own Art Gallery
Basket Buddies
Cass County Arts Alliance
Elmore Photography
Ferry Street Studios
FibR
Jefferson Fiber Art
Kidz Art
Kokomo Art Association
Kuchta Academy of Fine Art
Lafayette Art Meetup Group
Lafayette Lacers
LaLa Gallery
Logansport Art Association
Old Tippecanoe Quilt Guild
Purdue University Galleries
Round the Fountain Art Fair
Suzie Gibbs Framing & Gallery
Tippewa Spinners
Wabash Artists' Alliance (WAA)
Wabash Valley Potters
Wabash Valley Watercolor Society
Wabash Weavers' Guild

Literary/Language

Association of Women in Communication
Book Readers & Horn Blowers
French School of Greater Lafayette
Novel Group
Sycamore Review (Purdue University Dept. of English)
Tippecanoe Schools Japanese Club
Women's Creative Writing
Words On The Go

Theatre/Dance

Chancel Players of Lafayette
Civic Players of Logansport
Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette
Delphi Preservation Society
Gilbert & Sullivan Sideshow
Lafayette Ballet Company
Lafayette Fun Squares
One Size Fits all Improv
Opera de Lafayette
Project in Motion Dance Company
Purdue Beat Society
Purdue Theatre Division
Shhh Silent Comedy Performance Troupe
Tap Lover's Club (TLC)
Tipton Community Theatre

Community Partners

City Foods
Democracy for Tippecanoe
Friends of Cary Home
Friends of Downtown
Historic Centennial Neighborhood Assoc.
Historic Ninth Street Hill Association
Hoosier Environmental Council
Morton Community Center
New Community School
Niches Land Trust
Psi Iota Xi Sorority/Delta Zeta Chapter
Religious Arts Festival
Simple Benefit Solutions
Tippecanoe County Childcare
Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers
Tri-Kappa Epsilon Chapter
Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association (WALLA)
WBAA Public Radio at Purdue

Wolf Park

Musical/Musical Performance

Bach Chorale Singers
Children's Music Foundation
Dulcimer Focus
Dulcimer Gathering
Edwin's Music Service
Friends of Bob
Gentlemen of Note
Indiana Fiddlers' Gathering
Indian Classical Music Association at Purdue
The Jazz Club
Jefferson H.S. Choral Dept.
Lafayette Area Folk Music Society
Lafayette Bluegrass Jammers
Lafayette Chamber Singers
Lafayette Citizens' Band
Lafayette Flute Choir
Lafayette Klezmorim
Lafayette Symphony Guild
Lafayette Symphony Orchestra
Layflats Arts & Music Festival
Long Center
Long Center Theatre Organ Society
Mariah Wind Quintet
Purdue Bands
Purdue Convocations and Lectures
Purdue Musical Organization
Songwriters' Association of Mid-North Indiana (SAMI)
Tippecanoe Ancient Fife & Drum Corps
Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society
Tippecanoe Music Teachers
Tippecanotes
Traveler's Dream
Voyageur Ancient Fife & Drum Corps
Wabash Valley Youth Symphony
West Lafayette Musicale

Cultural/Historical

Camp Tippecanoe Civil War Roundtable
Carroll County Museum
Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc.
Delphi Public Library
Friends of Frankfort Library
Friends of Monticello Public Library
Historic Five Points Fire Station Educational Center
Historic Prophetstown
International Center of West Lafayette, Inc.
Latino Coalition of Tippecanoe Co.
Lew Wallace Study Preservation Society
Montgomery County Cultural Foundation
Prairie Preservation Guild, LTD
Purdue Black Cultural Center
Purdue Latino Cultural Center
Samara by Frank Lloyd Wright
TIPCOA(Tippecanoe County Area Genealogical Society)
Tippecanoe County Historical Association
Tippecanoe County Public Library
Wabash Valley Trust for Historic Preservation (WVTHP)
West Lafayette Public Library


A Look at Some of TAF's Member Organizations

Tippecanoe and surrounding counties offer a plethora of opportunities of Arts & Cultural experiences. 


Visual Art

 Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette has been a foundation of the Lafayette art community since April 14, 1909. Through the years, the Art Museum has done much to contribute to both the arts and cultural atmosphere of the community as well as fostering educational and public art programs that have enriched the lives of many people, young and old.  We are fortunate to have the Art Museum as a Tippecanoe Arts Federation Member Organization.  Public Arts projects such as "Hog Wild"(2003) and "Frog Follies" (2005) excited the community by involving artists in painting individual hogs and frogs in unique and creative styles. The sculptures were then placed in public locations.  Many of these creations may still be viewed in various locations through out the community.




 

Art Galleries for Visual Art:


Artist's Own

LaLa Gallery

Suzie Gibbs Gallery

 

Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries
in Yue-Kong Pao Hall - Purdue Campus

Robert L. Ringel Gallery - Purdue Galleries
in Purdue Memorial Union - Purdue Campus

Stewart Center Gallery - Purdue Galleries


 

Hubbard Gallery - Franfort Library

McKown Gallery - Frankfort Library

K.L. Art Gallery

Terra Luna Studio/Gallery - Battleground

Ferry Street Studios

Inspired Fire Studio/Gallery

   

 

Logansport Art Association - Logansport

 


Art Fairs

Art on the Wabash
(September Art Fair)

Round the Fountain Art Fair
(May Art Fair)



Visual Art Classes

Art Museum

Morton Center

Inspired Fire

     

Ferry Street Studios

 Kuchta Academy of Fine Art

 LaLa Galleries

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Musical/Musical Performance

Musical Organizations comprise the largest number of TAF Member Organizations. The breadth and depth of the musical genre covered by the musical groups in this area is a cultural attribute for which this community and region feels great pride.  From Classical Symphonic music to old time fiddle, from Jazz to Barbershop Quartets, from a full fledged, healthy Wabash Valley Youth Symphony to a Fife and Drum Corp, this community and surrounding area offers music for all tastes.

Purdue Convocations offers programs and performances from around the world for all tastes. Initiated in 1902, Purdue Convocations is among the oldest collegiate performing arts presenters in the United States. Each year, Convocations offers the region 30–40 performances of widely varying genres: Broadway-style shows, theatre, dance, children’s theatre, world music, jazz, and chamber music, along with rock, pop, country, and comedy attractions.

Indiana Fiddlers' Concert at the Wells Building

Lafayette Symphony at the Long Center

Friends of Bob Concert at Duncan Hall

Lafayette Citizen's Band at Reihle Plaza

Tippecanotes - Full Group

Bach Chorale in concert


Literary/Language

TAF's literary and language Member Organizations involve working with people of all ages; from the "Book Readers and Horn Blowers" that work with k-6 grade school classes to "Women's Creative Writing Group".

"Sycamore Review" - Purdue University's internationally acclaimed literary journal, affiliated with Purdue's College of Liberal Arts and the Department of English.

"Words on the Go"; a TAF Member Organization, is a community arts project that collaborates with CityBus to place poetry on board the buses. Local poets may submit original work for consideration. New poems are published on the buses every six months. Words on the Go is a group of volunteers working in collaboration with staff at CityBus to mount poetry onboard local buses. The aim is to celebrate language and to encourage the use of public transportation. And in the process of soliciting and showcasing local poetry, a rich sense of community is acheived. Although poetry-on-the-buses is an international phenomenon, Words on the Go is somewhat unique in its focus on community participation. Other writing groups offer peer collaborative, critique and learning opportunities for honing individual writing skills.

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Theater/Dance

TAF Member Organizations, whose focus is on theater and dance performance offer both participatory, presentation and audience experiences that are exceptional for a community of this size. Anything from opera and ballet to square dancing and tap; plays and musicals to improv comedy can be seen at a performance or gathering. "Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette" performs numerous plays and musicals throughout the year; both adult and youth groups are offered. The annual performance of the Nutcraker by the "Lafayette Ballet Company" is a tradition of the community during the holiday season. "One Size Fits All" offers a hilarious evening of improv comedy. Whether you want to take the family or go with some friends, they will keep you laughing at their family friendly or over 21 shows. "Purdue Theater" offers an entire season of performances open to the public. "Purdue Theatre" performances are presented by undergraduate and graduate students of Purdue’s School of Visual and Performing Arts. They also offer various workshops for high school students.

One Size Fits All Improv Group

Lafayette Ballet Company

Civic Theater Productions

Tap Lover's Club (TLC)

Purdue Theater Productions

Opera in a Suitcase


Cultural/Historical

Of course Tippecanoe and surrounding counties boast innumerable Cultural and Historical features. From "Purdue University's Black Cultural Center" and "Latino Cultural Center", to "Tippecanoe County Historical Association", to "Historic Prophetstown State Park"; TAF Member Organizations fulfill various missions. But regardless of their specific mission, they serve to offer a rich diversity of experiences and they enrich the lives of many people in Tippecanoe & surrounding counties. Located in the private study of Major General Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur, the museum contains items collected by Wallace during his life as an author, soldier, statesman, artist, violinist, and inventor. Wallace often wrote his literary works on the grounds of the study. One of the primary goals of the "Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center" is education. Through group visits to the center children can learn how canals were built, how they were operated and what life was like in that era here in Indiana. The Interpretive center serves as a special venue for educational field trips for schools in the region as do many of the other Cultural & Historical TAF Member Organizations.

Feast of the Hunter's Moon
presented by Tippecanoe Historical Association

Canal Boat at Wabash &
Erie Canal Interpretive Center in Delphi

General Lew Wallace Library
in Crawfordsville

Purdue University Black Cultural Center

   
   

 

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Community Partners

TAF Member Organizations that are considered community partners are organizations whose mission may  lay outside the definition of an arts and cultural organization but who still wish to partner with Tippecanoe Arts Federation for the enrichment of the community's cultural offerings. Organizations such as WBAA Public Radio from Purdue has helped Tippecanoe Arts Federation promote TAF coordinated community arts events such as the Gallery Walk & Bravo Breakfast.

"NICHES" stands for "Northern Indiana Citizens Helping Ecosystems Survive." It is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation formed in 1995 by a diverse group of concerned people acting to protect natural spaces in the face of increasing threat. It recognizes that a strong economy and a continued high quality of life in our area of Indiana is ultimately dependent upon and related to the state of our environment.

The Wells Building is located in one of downtown Lafayette's Historic Neighborhoods, the Centenial Neighborhood. As a community partner to TAF, the Centenial Neighborhood Association volunteers conducted an extensive restoration project on the historic lights surrounding the Wells Building and were able to restore the lights so they now function as working street lights which beautify the block around the Wells Building.

 

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Types of Organizations that may become
Member Organizations of Tippecanoe Arts Federation

Member Organization Categories Defined - pdf

 


 

Benefits for Member Organizations


Benefits for Arts & Cultural Member Organizations - Non-Profit - pdf

Benefits for Arts & Cultural Member Organizations - For Profit - pdf


Benefits for Community Partner Organizations - Non-Profit - pdf


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Forms for Member Organizations:

Application/Renewal Application for TAF Membership

Meeting Room Reservation Form

Tent Reservation Form

Tippecanoe Arts Federation has a catering partner that is to be used if food
is to be served at functions in the Wells Building.


Arts Intersect

Submissions
for TAF Member Organizations

Current Member Organizations of Tippecanoe Arts Federation
may submit information about their upcoming events.
Submissions must:
*be 75 words or less and subject to editing
*be accompanied by a digital image no larger than 500 kb
*be received by the 15th of the month prior to the event

Submissions may be sent several months in advance of the event!

Click to Send Monthly Arts Intersect Submission!
 
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Event Submission

At any time during the year TAF Member Organizations
may submit information about their upcoming events to TAF or directly to

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TAF will post all events to the ACE Event Submission database.

In order to prevent duplication of efforts,

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